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It is a kind of aggressive pursuit, reporters who the administrators see as their critics, i mean we've seen these disputes before and leak investigations. this is more serious, more of our weaponization of the powers of the legal authorities than we have ever seen before in our history. >> daniel goldman this is where i get you to comment on the sitting attorney general, we have seen enough of merrick garland to know that he is a rule follower and law venerated to almost a paralyzing degree, people want to see a proof of motion on this front, what do you want to see in the coming days from do...

>> not only who's gonna tell him about joe manchin but who is gonna tell about an entire republican party that is committed to dismantling our democracy. and so, what i appreciate about garland saying today as they're taking this action, they're not gonna wait for congress to act but there is very real barrier still in congress about manchin opposing the for the people act and expressing support for the john lewis voting rights act, but still that opposition for the peoples act is a direct barrier to legislation stuck remedial lot of voter suppression language that is included in these laws an...

Department of justice. it is beyond nixon, yes. it is nixon on stilts and steroids. >> so susan as you well know, nixon would've killed to have a doj that he could operate with a lever that would've performed on a win for him. are you as convinced, as everybody else, that it doesn't end here, that this may be the tip of the iceberg? >> i think it is hard to argue that this is clearly more serious than the abuses of the watergate that president nixon was trying to protect a particular incident and abusing his power. this is a broader assault, i think, on our democracy. this is seeking, subpoena...

View of this thus far? >> right now, i mean, we've talked about this before the justice department has been very busy and in the news over the last few weeks. they are staying out of it. this is something that they have talked about and the reason is exactly because of what we're seeing right now. they want to make sure that they are not seen as being a political, as using the doj in any kind of political way. when you talk to people behind the scenes, you talk to them on the record, you talk to them on background, off the record they will tell you the exact same thing which is that president ...

Of this stuff and be more transparent than perhaps his gut, his instincts, or even his understanding of the norms of the department of justice. it is not a normal time. he's trying to re-normalize things, but we can't just ignore what happened over the last four years. i think we need to understand what occurred before we can move forward. >> eugene, the president will come back to this country after the wednesday's summit with putin, compared to what he faces on his domestic agenda, he may choose to spend more time with putin. remind our audience the work that remains once he is wields down a...