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Underpinning of the conclusion. not just barrs report, but muellers report. there are two possibilities. either the proof wasnt sufficient enough to rise to beyond a reasonable doubt. that is a tough threshold. or that legal opinion. it is only an opinion. i disagree with it that a sitting president cant be indicted. there may be a third possibility which is robert mueller is counting on the southern district of new york and other jurisdictions to take the baton and carry it. not only as to the ...

And the united states, there is an underpinning and yes extremists will create an act of murder but there is a climate of islamaphobia. >> it is easy to condemn the far right nut case. look at the soil and whats been created, the culture of demonization of fear, of incitement from main stream columnists, pundits, tv hosts, politicians. the president of the united states is the worlds most prominent islamaphobe. >> you taught a course that dealt with the treatment of muslims by the media. i have ...

The president still can sustain a veto over it, but to have that many republicans signal this, it definitely shows that the president may not be able to exert his will over the direction of the votes in the senate every time he wants to. and its a pretty resounding message from congress that they do not like the way the president is trying to divert funds using this national emergency power. >> hey, melanie, by way of welcoming you to the broadcast, please tell us about thom tillis. north caroli...

Definitely shows that the president may not be able to exert his will over the direction of the votes in the senate every time he wants to. and its a pretty resounding message from congress that they do not like the way the president is trying to divert funds using this national emergency power. >> by way of welcoming you to the broadcast. please tell us about thom tillis. hes up next time around. he comes out and says publicly that hes going to break ranks, that he has to vote against the nat...

Feels bad for manafort. he admitted to money laundering, bank fraud. he pled guilty to conspiracy against the u.s. and witness tampering. he lied to mueller after he agreed to cooperate and gave polling data to cokonstantin kilimnik. is this someone who deserves sympathy? >> i was struck by judge jackson in the courtroom today. she was not only no nonsense but extremely scathing in honing in on the lies manafort told going to the question of democracy and that you have to have facts and truth as...

He lied to mueller after he agreed to cooperate and gave polling data to konstantin kilimnik. alleged russian intel agent. is this someone who deserves sympathy? >> i was struck by judge jackson in the courtroom today. by the comments. she was not only no nonsense but extremely scathing in honing in on the lies manafort told going to the question of democracy and that you have to have facts and truth as an underpinning of our democracy. and i think that she was right to focus on that as an eleme...

Our policy and technological response has been lacking. >> what does that look like? you say policy and technological responses. so obviously there are a whole bunch of coders, whole bunch of engineers, hackers, good hackers, who are all the time working on this is what could happen, good companies employ these people do-to-do everything you can. whats the qualified response? >> qualified response is two-fold. one, for example, theres a bill on the outside introduced by chairman maxine waters in...

Luther king and raise money for thim. and i think what is borne out of this civil rights era decision is holding public figures such as the police, politicians -- you know, we see that redefined for celebrity and becoming more expansive. "the new york times" versus sullivan really is speaking of how we cover and hold power to account, the underpinning of that belief in journalism. >> jacob, just quickly because if i dont think folks appreciate how much the threat of lawsuit can have a chilling o...

And the former president and the yale professional of journalism, jacob wiseberg. there are choices we make in journalism every day, and one of the most difficult is how to cover the presidents lies, mistruths vurls s some of the other things happening in the world that are larger and bigger in some respects than holding him to account, venezuela comes to mind. how do you make those judgments in the newsroom every day, between telling the presidents account and whats happening in the larger worl...

The problem is many people in this movement believe that law enforcement and organizations like the fbi are going to be sympathetic to them. its just a question of manpower and resources and the belief that this ideological underpinning of white supremacy is a threat on par and equal to what they believe is islamic extremist terrorism. until the bureau gets its orders, and its certainly not getting any help from this white house, they are going to be stressed and stretched to be able to meet thi...