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one more point about congressional authority, you remember the president of el salvador said that this decision to prosecute affects american foreign policy, he said, basically don't ever tell us anything about democracy anymore. if a third world country ever ever prosecuted the man running for president against the incumbent there would be no end of you lecturing us about that. you lost your credibility and your standing as a country to try to impose democracy on other countries. if there is ever an issue that congress is entitled to investigate it's whether a local da can destroy america's credibility abroad by essentially using tactics that have been used by banana republics by the soviet unit i don't know and other countries. i hope there will be questioned asked that. i'm pessimistic,
role as a leader of the free world, they are enemies that don't have great intentions for the world are now taking full advantage. and i think this is now developing a new axis of evil, am i overstating the fact? >> no. think back. why did putin invade ukraine? why has china been so aggressive. during the first year of biden's term, he not only surrendered to the taliban, he removed sanctions on the nord stream 2 pipeline. he got rid of the china initiative. he showed every intention of trying to apiece both china and russia. and you mentioned what scares you, i will tell you what also scares me, president biden has another year and a half to discover new and innovative ways
very good tank. >> you have a legacy in washington of being a guy who sort of fixes dumb problems meaning like stuff like why isn't this fixed? >> it's a target-rich environment. >> it is. how would you -- this classified document situation our politics finds itself in, is this something the bureaucracy should fix or is there something more nefarious? >> i think it's about people being more responsible. i think there's an element of carelessness. in some cases there may be intent to take the documents. i think maybe we ought to look at the way transitions take place. >> right. >> so that there's a more orderly process. >> the pentagon is very orderly. it is my understanding the pentagon has it pretty orderly when it comes to classified documents. >> basically don't take anything. >> right. like that is the point. is that what we ought to clamp down on here? >> certainly in terms of what people have in their own residences and so on, yes. >> very quickly, you've spent a
this video is very disturbing. an account caught on police surveillance and body cameras. memphis police officers punched, kicked, pepper sprsprayed, and swung a baton at tyre nichols. he was pulled over for what police said was due to reckless driving. but chief davis says investigators have been unable to substantiate that claim. again, this video is disturbing. here's a portion. >> get the [ bleep ] down, get the [ bleep ] down. >> i didn't do anything. >> turn your ass around. >> all right, all right, all right, all right. >> hold him down, hold him down. >> all right, all right, all right. no, no, don't do that, okay. >> get on the [ bleep ] ground. >> okay. >> get on the ground. >> i'm going to tase your ass. >> all right, i'm on the ground.
it up so many times. one of the items in the democratic legislation a few years ago was some kind of federal registry. then you get concerns, is every complaint going to be there? i know some databases get it wrong and members of congress get put on the no-fly list. and then you had senator mayorkas come and testify and couldn't tell us about those on the terrorist watch list. there's all kinds of problems with that. >> we've had issues of wandering cops where you could go across state lines. >> that's a good point. >> this is why people want this database. >> that's a good point. there should be some way. i don't know if you need it to be the federal government. if a police officer is moving from indianapolis to columbus, there should be some way to know if there had been adjudicated complaints against the guy so you know what you're getting. >> don't you have to do it on a
and it crushes me, it crushes me that rupert got to piers morgan before we did, honestly. well, is there a contradiction, there? it's easier to build a brand around an individual with a strong opinion. i think that's... certainly one of the trends of the last few years is just this rise of opinion, and opinion blurring into news. i guess i would say i don't think that consumers are broadly thrilled with the way the news industry is, and with that development. some are, absolutely, and in a subscription business, maybe enough are — for a lot of the businesses, it's actually very successful for them — but my own experience of the times, in my own journalism, has been that people respond most strongly to the stories that don't disguise the journalist, aren't free of sensibility, aren't "just the facts, ma'am", but at the same time leave space for — you know, are fundamentally reliant on the reporting and the information
enough that the audience can feel like they know who they are getting their news from and feel connected to the people they're getting their news from, without stepping away from having a real news organisation and a guarantee, a central guarantee, of trust and a style and a voice. so, is this is substack with a newsroom attached? no, but i think that newsrooms that don't learn what's happening — you know, substack�*s a small example, but really all of the talent industries, the whole media industry, certainly the entertainment industry, have shifted in a way that individuals, journalists like you and me, have direct connections with audiences on social media, and a lot of institutions — the bbc, the new york times, the washington post — are built to sort of have, you know, in which the brand, really, you are talking to the brand. thejournalist�*s name is in tiny font, and i think these days, the reality is that our audiences are connected to us, and the big challenge for any of these organisations to figuring out how to balance those two equities, and i think it's one
about how they see the world? it's hard to answer that in the abstract, but i think, basically...| don't want to hire people who a fair—minded reader is going to think that they cannot totally trust on the subject. for any reason — including because they have such a public stake in a side of an argument that you as a normal person are going to feel like it's going to be hard to trust them. i'm interested to ask that question, because obviously rupert murdoch is investing heavily in opinion, and substack is really built around people whose opinions are really seen as valuable in and of themselves outside of a larger organisation. presumably, opinion has to be part of the equation here. i don't think we anticipate launching with much opinion journalism. i think there are ways, particularly getting scoops and breaking news, and a sort of open—minded analysis that can connect with an audience without that kind of strident opinion that is often just
i think, if you talk to people certainly in the us and the uk, and many other places, if you either look at public opinion research or you ask them, you know, "are you delighted, are you satisfied with the way the news being delivered to you, with the news you're getting?" they will mostly say no, unfortunately. and i think there's a lot of things that we hope we can do well. one is hiring really great journalists and, you know, having their names, theirfaces prominent enough that the audience can feel like they know who they are getting their news from and feel connected to the people they're getting their news from, without stepping away from having a real news organisation and a guarantee, a central guarantee, of trust and a style and a voice. so, is this substack with a newsroom attached? no, but i think that newsrooms that don't learn what's happening — you know, substack�*s a small example, but really all of the talent industries,
i actually think manyjournalists are eagerfor a new thing. i think there's been a pendulum swing, as it always does in this industry, you know, ten years ago towards lots of interesting new stuff, and then sort of a rush of people like me back to the new york times, back to the safety of these big established institutions, and i think there's a lot of appetite among journalists, actually, to try something new. could they be people who have strong opinions who are known for being public and strident about how they see the world? it's hard to answer that in the abstract, but i think, basically...| don't want to hire people who a fair—minded reader is going to think that they cannot totally trust on the subject. for any reason — including because they have such a public stake in a side of an argument that you as a normal person are going to feel like it's going to be hard to trust them. i'm interested to ask that question, because obviously rupert murdoch is investing heavily in opinion,