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We'll talk to somebody who's been in his very shoes. here he is now former u.s. attorney general alberto gonzales. thank you for being here. the perfect person to speak with about all the chatter that's happening about what an a.g. ought to be doing. i wonder first primarily what you make of the fact everyone seems to know exactly what they should be doing. you have been the a.g. you're shaking your head. you're reminiscing. tell me what your thoughts are. >> let me express thanks to officer hodges and his colleagues for the work they did on january 6th and keeping members of congress, our sta...

Others before. op you prove what's in somebody's state of mind, how do you prove intent beyond a reasonable doubt. that's the smoking gun that's going to cause jurors to roll their eyes and look for the quickest opportunity possible to return a guilty verdict. >> okay. there you have it, renato mar mariotti, thank you for the information. president biden tested negative for covid after five days in isolation. he says he's feeling great, but he is warning about the transmissibility of this latest omicron variant. and what basketball star brittney griner just said in a russian courtroom and ...

Twisted towards the extremes this is a huge part of the problem. now, you might have seen the head-smacking stat from folks at 538 at least 120 nominees for offices like u.s. house, senate, governor, a.g. say they still believe donald trump's baseless election lies. pretty depressing. but do the math, right. if all you have to do is win the primary and you're being judged by a fraction of most intense partisans, well that's what would happen. but if you actually had to face competitors in a general election, those folks might be more reluctant to deny reality. according to analysis published a...

Thank you. as we look at these various strands of the investigation into january 6, and what may become of them, it's worth thinking about 18 months ago when joe biden's nomination of merrick garland to be attorney general was being wildly celebrated as a deeply gratifying move, the whole bringing seriousness and stability back to the justice department, if you're into that sort of thing, but also the political and even moral satisfaction that came with the garland nomination, that was palpable, this was the guy republicans had refused a hearing for when president obama nominated him to the ...

Prosecuted for manslaughter. what have we come to as a country? it's astonishing. let me ask you this though. the department of justice you made clear, have made clear in other shows, moving far too slowly. what do you think the d.o.j. should be doing? if you were the a. g., what would you be doing right now? >> well, i don't want to suggest that i know what's going on inside. there and it may that they're doing a lot more work than is apparent to the eyes. but i think a few things that may be happening is members of the oathkeepers and the proud boys, trying to connect up roger stone, donald ...