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With a different problem that facebook has to grapple with, and thats russian trolls and others who seek to spread misinformation on the site. facebook announced a number of those ad transparency requirements. not just this past week but in previous months as well because it was facing criticism from capitol hill on the 2016 election. the privacy issues that were talking about are another layer on top of that. you can expect lawmakers to bring up both. >> do you think this is really a goodwill m...

These are the additions to guns used in the las vegas shooting, not in the florida shooting, to make it essentially come as the president said, an automatic weapon. the justice department. you see a picture of it. justice department releasing a statement. "the department understands this is a priority for the president and has acted quickly to move through the rule making process. we look forward to the result of that process as soon as its duly completed." "washington post" and abc have a pullo...

To go one step further to stop this so-called sue and settle approach that weve had to curb legal settlements. the sierra club has said what you did here. theres a general hostility that citizen enforcement of environmental laws and reflects the fact that administrator pruitt doesnt want these laws enforced. what do you say to that? >> im a former attorney general. i led a grand jury. i know what it means to prosecute folks. weve begun the process to prosecute officials across the country. what ...

Then go through rule making. thats a sub version of the rule-making process. its called sue and settle. any agency of the federal government that engages in substantive rule making through the judicial process is abusing their authority. >> neil: the press has a field day trying to peg you on climate change, sir. i know you tried to address it in the past. i want to know for the record, you said that you believe in climate change. you believe it in a large part could be contributing to it. but y...

Back of the clean power plan? >> the good news is you dont do away with it with a wave of the wand. this is a rule making process. its going to take time. they have to propose an alternative rule. they have to justify the science, which means the original finding that carbon was something bad for human health, why that no longer applies. tell us about a better way to do it. they will get masses of comments. then they have to answer the comments. the bad news is they are continuing on the path of...

Due process is one too many and thats really what this is all about. we really need to get to a point where its fair for all students and where it is clear with the process is for all students. thereve been too many students wronged in a well-intentioned attempt to ensure that this issue is not swept under the rug and not hidden in back rooms of schools any longer. we have no intention of doing that, we have every intention of continuing to make sure that students feel safe and that they all hav...

This moment, under the rules, the president doesnt have the power to personally fire this special counsel the way he would say a cabinet member. >> pete, it seems like short of changing the actual law, the power to fire mueller falls on the justice department. do you see the doj doing something like that? >> i cant imagine unless they were directly ordered by the president to do so -- >> what if he said, i hope you do it? >> well, that would be a good question. by the way, changing the rules is ...

Between japan and u.s.? what is the outlook? are you looking for concluding japan u.s. in the end. >> thank you. now, can i answer your question first? well, at the economic dialogue this time as the common strategy on trade and investment rules and issues, free and fair rule based trade and investment is an indispensable value and action principal for realizing the growth and prosperity not only firefighter japan and united states, but for the rest of the global economy as well. and on this, on...

Judge to block the travel ban at least temporarily. the bottom line here is that trying to undo all of these federal regulations through the rule making process turns out to be so cumbersome, so time-consuming that lawsuits, as long as they take, are often a better, faster alternative. >> jenna: interesting, thank you. >> jon: right now, millions of people on baby watch for a giraffe. so when will the newborn make its much-anticipated appearance? arent you glad you are not giving birth? we will ...

Administration put in place to begin with say, look, this is a matter of fairness. statistics out there, studies out there showing that transgender students say they feel bullied. many saying they feel bullied. as a simple matter of fairness, fwif th give them access to the bathroom of their choice. it shouldnt vary by local community or state. >> bullying is never acceptable under any circumstances. i dont think this would have dealt with it so much. the people who can deal with it best are the...