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Union. here that doesnt exist. theres not the sense of the ticking time bomb in the background. every day we all wake up and roll the dice that theres not some huge catastrophe. it doesnt result in some genuinely generational horrible happening in the moment and i wonder sometimes if that makes us more complacent here than in the uk where everyone sees it coming? >> yes. and i think thats definitely the case in terms of as i said, brexit is forever. so theres no undoing it. i think there is a se...

The u.s. one of the cases is the tories standing by essentially this line. it break this week. what is the significance of that happening this week? >> oh, there is so much significance, chris. i think you eloquently explained in your introduction. the craziness in britain right now is just beyond belief. were in day six of sharpie gate here in washington, d.c. and every time you think american politics cant get any crazier, britain says hold my beer. its just depressing to watch from a distance...

Ticking time bomb in the background. but what it also means is every day we all wake up and we roll the dice that there is not some huge catastrophe. that it doesnt result in something genuinely generatio l generationally changing in the moment. i wonder if that makes us more complacent here than everyone in the uk where everyone sees it coming. >> yes. i think thats definitely the case in terms of -- as i said, brexit is forever. so there is no undoing it. there is a sense come november 2020, a...

The chancellor says we have to go it alone. we cant count on the united states. no one nation could abuse the power in the region in europe. it could suck us in a away they did in world war i and world war ii. look at putin. why hoes trying undo our elections, he is undoing it in europe. >> the idea of reaching out, hasnt this president done what you wanted to do by reaching out to kim. >> he did the exact opposite. he gave kim that he wanted. legitimacy. he ended our relationship as a

Diversity and address racial in schools. >> for everybody who says dont worry about roe v. wade its settled law, i want to put up cases, 1978, 2003, 2016, the one you referred to, fisher versus the university of texas and another 2003 case. four times. and since the directive that you were responsible for, the supreme court has ruled in the 2016 case. so the bottom line is, one would argue this is established law and the trump administration is undoing it. >> correct. so the law hasnt changed. a...

Court casually said, this pre precedent, its been like 40 year, were undoing it. so, were seeing that while calls of judicial activism usually lands on the left, that thats what they do, were seeing that on the right in realtime right now. how big a deal is this for your state and your function as the top law enforcement officer there? >> crucial. because so many of the challenges that we face, we can take on at the courts. and if we dont have fair play in the courts, then california could lose,...

Precedent, its been like 40 year, were undoing it. decade ago. that was bad law. so, were seeing that while calls of judicial activism usually lands on the left, that thats what they do, were seeing that on the right in realtime right now. how big a deal is this for your state and your function as the top law enforcement officer there? >> crucial. because so many of the challenges that we face, we can take on at the courts. and if we dont have fair play in the courts, then california could lose,...

Saying, okay, it was a policy, it was ours and were undoing it, if he does that, that will take the pressure off congress in a big way. >> julie: painful policy is like this that as every politician knows a make or break. we have mid-terms around the corner. the president again is punting to congress to act on a key policy that has been the subject of a long-term stalemate. this has generated the most anger from the american public. do you believe the reason for the announcement that we may be s...

Suspected terrorists to be investigated more before they could get a gun. that didnt go anywhere. then, remember, after the las vegas shooting at the end of last year people were talking about bump-stocks. there was bipartisan support, anderson, for a law that prevented semi-automatic weapons from becoming automatic weapons, and that didnt go anywhere. >> yeah, i mean the measure that president trump signed last year which nixed obama-era regulation aimed at keeping guns out of the hands of seve...

There needs to be tighter restrictions with regards to guns and mental illness. president trump actually undid an obama-era regulation that year involving mental health restrictions on gun purchases. congress went along and the president signed it. the nra was for undoing it, but so were some mental health groups as well. what do you want to see proposed? >> i would suggest something very specific. let me give you two examples. one, if theres an intervention program, lets say something similar t...