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A, quote, slam dunk. but with the courts 6-3 majority, even slam dunks arent a sure thing. im joined by one of the people suing alabama over the congressional map, evan milligan. thank you so much for being here tonight. i really appreciate having your perspective. and i just want to start by talking about the real-world impact that this is having in alabama in terms of who is representing alabamians in congress. >> sure. thanks for having me. so in alabama right now we have one of our seven con...

Disenfranchised by these people in charge of key states? >> thats always been the scary concept to me. ive been much less concerned about the voting laws in georgia and texas, i think way too much was made out of that. what is really concerning is the people who are actually in charge of certifying elections, not being willing to go by the facts. it hasnt been across the board. down in georgia, i think we had a great result with brad raffensperger, the secretary of state there winning. but there...

The fdas vaccine advisers are recommending moderna and pfizers covid vaccines for emergency use in kids from 6 months to 5 years old. its a key step in the process of vaccinating the youngest americans. the fda and cdc still have to sign off on all of this, but it could happen as soon as this weekend. that means that babies and young kids could finally start getting vaccinated next week. joining us is dr. meghan rainey, emergency physician and academic dean of health at brown university. thank y...

Invest in that have been underinvested in for a long time that it is hard to prioritize. what manchin basically did was throw cold water on that notion and say, you might want to do ten different things, youre going to get two or three. so pick them. and i think thats the hard part coming back, which is going to say, okay, well, if we can get two or three, what are the two or three things we really want to do. he was supportive of universal pre-k, supportive of some of the climate provisions. he...

Arkansas and stayed. never found out that tom moved away. >> i didnt feel like i could go back home to montana. >> reporter: why? >> because tom was there, and i thought if he was willing to kill somebody to be with me, i didnt know what hed do. >> reporter: corrosive. thats what it was. but then, 13 years after dr. reins murder, this man got a new job. this is brant light, who in 2009 became the top prosecutor in the montana attorney generals office. and one of his duties was to help small coun...

That well, if trump actually met and knew maxwell, why exactly is he wishing her well? and what effect could that have on the trial? youre right in that the prosecution and the court has limited this, limited it even to just four victims, not the many more victims of epstein that has been guessed at. >> and is that a tactic? we were talking about this with the producers earlier today. does that get this person on the easiest things to convict her on. if they convict her, shed spend the rest of h...

And most overwhelming evidence and not to try to charge everything even though you could charge other things. >> is it best to charge what may be a slam dunk versus all that is possible? >> when i was a prosecutor, i had about 110 trials. where i was unsuccessful is when i got greedy and i put in charges that i probably could have proven, but i didnt focus enough on the ones that were slam dunks, what i used to call lebron james layups. if you focus on the slam dunks, the ukraine, the abuse of p...

Important to note that about one in four baseball players is foreign-born. >> that is an interesting event. i wonder if theyll play baby shark. they better. molly. >> now i have that stuck in my head. im looking ahead to a trio of red state gubernatorial elections coming up this month. this week we have the elections in kentucky and mississippi and then later in the month louisiana. you would think these would be slam dunks for republicans but it is not turning out to be that simple n. all three...

Just that the fact that we kind of canonize this person as a saint before knowing anything is a little premature. steve: all we know about the person, the whistleblower, who is not guaranteed anonymity, then the folks can decide whether or not what they said was motivated by politics or something else. we dont know. brian: i guess they are going to slam dunk the whistleblower and try to keep him under wraps, see if republicans have success in finding out who it is. meanwhile, vice president penc...

Enforcement, youve seen cases that are slam dunks. youve seen cases that are close calls, not sure. should we charge? should we not charge? do we have here? youve seen cases get dismissed in court. youve -- and not been surprised and then sometimes surprised because you understand the various waeights that evidence can have. whats your assessment of the case against the president that robert mueller assembled in this report? >> lawrence, when the report first came out and i had an opportunity to...