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It almost seems like things seem to be working in france. >> yeah. thats exactly right. there is this idea that once you go after the former presidents, were going to see a political tit-for-tat where one political party will be in power and then it will go after the minority power and prosecute them. i mean, trump himself had this impulse where he wanted to prosecute barack obama and his predecessors. the reality is in advance democracies around the world, south korea, italy and others, they ha...

Had broadly recused himself invo from any matters involving russia. on friday, communications director said president biden had a different relationship with the doj than his predecessors and respects the departments independence. >> let me be absolutely clear. the behavior, these actions the the president finds them absolutely appalling. he ran for president in part because of the abuse of power by the last president and by the last attorney general. >> he added that such, quote, atrocious be...

Predictable, and biden saying the other day when he landed here, telling u.s. troops he wants a stable and predictable relationship with vladimir putin. putin has shown no interest in being anything but predictably aggressive. >> jonathan, the big question is, is there any way to capitalize on any vulnerabilities that putin has? bidens approach to putin the polar opposite of trumps who was very chummy with the russian leader. >> to be sure. we heard from former president trump days ago praising ...

Jeff sessions and bill barr, and their decisionmaking and how that doesnt cross a line, frankly, in terms of separation of powers. congress is a separate, but coequal branch of government. >> before i get back to the summit, this investigation by the doj, how much do you think has to be transparent in order to reassure americans that their department of justice exists and operates without political bias? as it is expected and should. >> i think thats one of the challenges the new attorney genera...

>> i was notified, don, by apple that they did seize my records. its wrong. this is what they do. they smear and they make try to make clear, weve seen that in numerous times, -- i support chairman schiffs call for an inspector general report, into not only this conduct but other conduct that was corrupt by donald trump. >> coming up on morning in europe there has been no comment as of yet from the traveling biden white house, well have much more of the trump administrations use of the departmen...

Wanted to happen. right now its kind of a game of not it. bill barrs saying i didnt do it. other people in the justice department, his predecessors are saying he didnt do it. somebody did it. somebody had to approve this. >> you were covering all of this as our chief white house correspondent at the time. >> thats right, wolf. i think this is just another example of how donald trump was a rogue president leading at many times a rogue administration. this was the ranking democrat on the house int...

January they met in cornwall on the eve of the g7 summit agreeing a new version of the charter signed in 1941 by the predecessors. now to well as my colleague kristian fraser. ., _, well as my colleague kristian fraser. ., a, . fraser. good evening and welcome. we are on the eve — fraser. good evening and welcome. we are on the eve of _ fraser. good evening and welcome. we are on the eve of a _ fraser. good evening and welcome. we are on the eve of a crucial _ fraser. good evening and welcome....

And a leading democracy. >> at every point along the way, were going to make it clear that the united states is back and democracies of the world are standing together to tackle the toughest challenges and the issues that matter most to our future. >> the focus for biden, a big focus is zeroing in on re-establishing the international communitys respect. particularly in the wake of former president trumps go it alone america first approach. but the presidents biggest meeting will not come until n...

On the eve of the g7 summit — and agreed a new version of the atlantic charter signed by their predecessors during the second world war. it updates the terms to reflect the modern world of trade, technology and security. mr biden also pledged that his country would be at the forefront of efforts to turn the tide of the worldwide pandemic. as i said in my address to the joint session of congress in april, america will be the arsenal of vaccines in our fight against global covid—19. just as am...

Nature of the relationship between the uk and europe, but its also quite ever romantic idea that london and washington can kind of come to terms and somehow the rest of the world will broadly follow their lead. it doubtless felt like that to winston churchill and joe with the threat from the flesh is from a particular adolf hitler, there are different challenges now in the climate change, taxation, things that are in themselves causes of tension. are they still in the leading position that their...