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sadly, it was indeed the case. now, imagine, if you will, a foreign adversary attacked any part of our country, let alone a symbol of our democracy, and imagine there's an attack and the president of the united states, the only person that you can't taunt with the phrase you and what army, stands by and does nothing or stands by and stands back. i mean, all the way back, back at the white house in the dining room for more than three hours watching it all unfold on tv. no calls to the military that he commands in chief, crickets. you'd probably tell me it's impossible. it would never ...

imagine there's an attack and the president of the united states, the only person that you can't taunt with the phrase you and what army, stands by and does nothing or stands by and stands back. i mean, all the way back, back at the white house in the dining room for more than three hours watching it all unfold on tv. no calls to the military that he commands in chief, crickets. you'd probably tell me it's impossible. it would never happen. you'd probably say, look, if that were a show i'd stop watching. they'd jump the shark. only it did happen in reality , and we heard how the pres...

Really tried to get it right. there was a real feeling amongst progressives that we were having a punitive system. that is that people at the bail level, right, you're accused of a crime, you're not being convicted, but you're simply accused. you have, as you know as a former prosecutor, an arraignment. at that point a judge has to make a determination as to whether to set bail. well, bail was being set, but it was disproportionately impacting people of color and people who could not afford to pay. as a result of that, people were remaining in jail for excessive periods of time because they co...

Later in accordance with new york's bail laws which were just revised in 2019. republicans have been criticizing legislation like that, and now congressman zeldin is ramping up his calls to change the laws following this attack. i want to bring in the brilliant cnn legal analyst and criminal defense attorney joey jackson. joey, i'm so glad you're here. help us understand here why would this person be released after trying to attack him? it was a nonviolent felony they say, but it seems violent to me. what's the difference? >> indeed, good to be with you, laura. so what happens is as you noted ...