infrastructure bill worthy of the name through. as of now, i would say the chances are 50/50. you have to give him on the early basis a b-plus, probably an a-minus. duly noted, that grade from you, sir. let me remind our viewers, as i thank you, you are the creator of the steady newsletter on substack, the co-author what unites us: reflections on patriotism and one of my late father s favorite books. always a pleasure, dan rather. thank you, alex. it s always an honor to be with you. thank you. we thought we d never see this again. the return of the sun, sand, surf with no vaccines needed, if you got your vaccine. we ll show you another sign things are getting back to normal. that s next. i am fully vaccinated, so i feel like i m out here protecting myself. i m super excited to be around people. everybody is there s an energy now. everybody s so excited to be out. i m ordering some burritos! oh, nice. burritos?! get a freshly made footlong from subway® instead.
conviction on an impeachment now? why not just leave it to the you know, a year from now? and one of the answers could be if you have a president who is not in any way cha sent, who is actually saying i m going to continue doing this and especially when the crime itself according to the democratic theory is interfering with the election, that all seems to be the kind of case you want to build. this is why we re in the heart of the constitution, because crime and punishment is always about both the punitive and the deterrent, and the deterrent is not just against the president although it may deter it s also against the entire federal government, so the next phone call about another foreign meddling plot or the next military operation as you mentioned may make even more people, even senior people, even the chief of staff who clearly has been thinking about his legal liability think a little differently, andrew weissmann and dan rather, so interesting to learn from you both tonig
have i with me legendary newsman dan rather, the author of what utes us: reflections on patriotism. there is oh, it s never been this bad, it s knotts normal. i always like to check in with you and you have witnessed a long arc of american history. what do you make about the president of the united states publicly stating we don t need laws and we don t need judges and we don t need due process? well, thanks for having me here, chris. first of all, we need to see clearly and not have what i call outrage fatigue there have been so many outrages one on top of the other. the tendency is to get so fatigued. we need to see clearly that president trump, both his rhetoric and his policies, they re reckless, they re divisive, and they re doing serious damage to our core national values, what hold us together. now, there is this, that it s already been demonstrated that a
in courtrooms. suing over it and telling and talking to reporters about it. they were the point of contact while this policy was happening behind closed doors in a black box and children were being ripped from their parents. natalia cornelio, thank you for what you re doing. that s exactly right. have i with me legendary newsman dan rather, the author of what utes us: reflections on patriotism. there is oh, it s never been this bad, it s knotts normal. i always like to check in with you and you have witnessed a long arc of american history. what do you make about the president of the united states publicly stating we don t need laws and we don t need judges and we don t need due process? well, thanks for having me here, chris. first of all, we need to see clearly and not have what i call outrage fatigue there have been so many outrages one on top of the other. the tendency is to get so fatigued. we need to see clearly that president trump, both his rhetoric and his policies,
making up sources when they say people sent background anonymously. thank you both. with me now, veteran of white house reporting. former cbs evening news anchor dan rather and author of what united states us reflections on patriotism. there s a desire or rush to say things about trump are completely unprecedented. it s never been like this before and sometimes a bit historical. how would you characterize this president s relationship to the press as compared to other presidents you have covered? i m one of those who has said this is unique in the histories of the american presidency. closest we ve had, the presidency of richard initiationen and during watergate, conspiracy led by the president himself. president nixon disliked the press. fair to say he hated the press. was very hostile to the press