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To shut off travel from china. i guess the question is why the focus on dr. fauci and if you can, make the strongest case you can as to why dr. fauci should somehow be held accountable here. >> well, everybody should be accountable. this is a situation that we basically havent dealt with in over 100 years with the spanish flu in the previous century. mistakes are going to be made, this is the first time dealing with a global pandemic for everyone involved. what weve seen, you mentioned this earl...

Lied to you about how serious this was because he made a bad bet, that he could suppress our understanding and our response to covid-19 as a way of keeping the economy afloat and therefore his fortunes politically. when the right play was to own covid, become the wartime president that he said he was, own it like nobody else, use manufacturing like nobody else, get us to a better place faster, then he would have won again. now, it begins with a fight over where it started. why? because the right...

See her to hear words like allyship, something the left claims white children especially need to do. its described in the langley literature as a lifelong process in which people with privilege and power work to develop empathy toward another marginalized groups challenges or issues. look, empathy is always good, across the board. but here its weaponized. nondiverse students are being taught to remain silent. dont complain, certainly dont complain if you lose out on jobs, scholarships, or colleg...

Russians. not particularly sophisticated but smart. >> well, you also wonder, okay, what if you have the emails, right? what if you have access to some third-party human rights group or ngos, you know, computers, nicole. i mean, presumably, its not for something sensitive, right? i mean, its not like sensitive in the ngos. they are not going to find some secret about a russian agent. you will find dirt to launder and discredit them which is clearly this is an ongoing strategy they keep using. >>...

Donald trump was full of lies and misinformation. we know that. but one of the things that he said was that china developed this virus in a lab, somehow released it or weaponized it. he used the term, sent tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people on planes to the rest of the world. it sounded very deliberate and malicious. he also accused the world health organization of being in the back pocket of china. to what degree did we, meaning the whole scientific and medical and journalisti...

People like senator susan collins has said that she would potentially support it if there are changes to it. senator mitt romney saying similar things. by and large, it doesnt look like republicans are going to back this. >> to your point there really the elephant in your article and the senate is donald trumps influence over the gop. so what can you tell us about these fears that support for this could be weaponized in the next election cycle? >> well, you know, its, i think donald trump is sti...

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Would not constitute an impeachable offense. im quoting exactly from professor dershowitz. he says, let me repeat it, nothing in the bolton revelations, even if true, even if true, would rise to the level of abuse of power or an impeachable offense. that is clear from history. that is clear from the language of the constitution. you cannot turn conduct that is not impeachable into impeachable conduct simply by using words like quid pro quo and personal benefit. it is inconceivable that the frame...

Wont change the outcome of the impeachment trial, but they do acknowledge they have made things messy. other sources say that even more unsavory allegations could surface once the trial is over. norah? >> odonnell: all right, ben. thank you. the f.b.i. arrested three members of a neo-nazis group known as "the base" today. prosecutors say they were armed with a homemade assault weapon and were planning to attend a pro-gun rally in richmond on martin luther king day. tonight, there are new concern...

That will be interesting. >> alex jones got one thing right and that is that we are living in the age of information wars. its become obvious in the past couple of years that information is being weaponized. >> without making a giant confusing reference, i would argue that were living in multi versus. we are on the cusp of whats called synthetic content. >> deep fakes, dumb fakes. >> kind of like deep fakes but intended for good purpose. anybody who used to watch soap operas, imagine characters ...