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And all of this setback americas image around the world. britain was involved in that operation and with classic british understatement, you might say, the uk defence secretary ben wallace said at the time that the whole thing had the uk in, i quote, a very difficult position.— difficult position. thank you so much — difficult position. thank you so much david. _ also here in the us, the white house says its still unable to get consular access to a us journalist detained in russia. evan gers...

Injuries, um and was an attempted crime. um theyre now calling this an example of an insurrection. this was peaceful . it was purposeful. um there was no violence, and there was no attempted crimes. so just when looking at, you know the outrage and the behavior on the right. its important to remember who these people are and where theyre coming from. yeah, i mean, lets take a listen to that moment. this is the tennessee house speaker cameron sexton. talking about what happened in tennessee and c...

Of how this january, 6th mythology is really trickling down into the state level. well just to listen to that sound bite again and have him compared people died at the capitol. i mean, to compare it to this is its silly, and you know, as both sc and professor said yes, theres decorum on the house floor. i worked at the house of representatives in arizona, and it is important to quorum is very important. its how you keep you know, 100 people with varying political differences together to do the w...

State of mind. i think that you have to understand trumps background, right? like this is a guy. who has been driven to a large extent by fear of public humiliation, right? there is nothing that bothers him more than the prospect of being humiliated in public, and i think that you know hes hes trying to turn this into something that he can rally his base around. but theres also the possibility that you know being becoming the first former president of the united states to be indicted to face cri...

I mean, you know, it may sound like ridiculous things. but this is the life that he leads. this is how he indicates his his state of mind. i think that you have to understand trumps background, right? like this is a guy. who has been driven to a large extent by fear of public humiliation, right? theres nothing that bothers him more than the prospect of being humiliated in public, and i think that you know hes hes trying to turn this into something that he can rally his base around. but theres al...

It would be very very tricky for him not to violate it. hes going to have to take extra care if he does violate it, thats going to be a legal problem he has not had to encounter before. the courts take this kind of thing seriously. if you violate a gag order, you would be in contempt and lead to sanctions. >> i believe you said that trump has shown an inability to exhibit self-discipline when it comes to social media. thats an early candidate for understatement of the day. hugo, we know that the...

Hill, and you reaction comin in for members of congress who are fanned out in thei districts over the easter an passover break nbcs julie tsirkin joins me with the very latest julie, welcome the point of view on thi indictment are about as divers as the demographic makeup of congress >> that is an understatement alex, good morning to you. look, weve already heard from so many republicans who ar standing behind trump. most of them, i should say standing behind the former president in the wake of ...

Appear bond. it is a process jim , that is very sort of run of the mill very business as usual for officials here, but given the nature that of the proceedings here, and the fact that the defendant is the former president the process will certainly not be normal monday. come tuesday will certainly expect crowds certainly expect the cameras here, jim it will not be normal. thats correct. polo sandoval thank you very much. joining me now, cnn law enforcement analyst jonathan wackrow. jonathan grea...

To make a circus out of this? its going to be a very interesting negotiation session between the secret service and the former president in between the secret service and the officials in new york as to how this is going to go down, and thats really something that were all waiting to see how its going to play out. yeah we are all waiting to see how its going to play out a bit of an understatement. they read and elliot and ron thank you all so much for the time. appreciate your perspective. thank...

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