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Robert MacNeil, first anchor of PBS 'NewsHour' nightly newscast, dead at 93

Robert MacNeil, who created PBS newscast “The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour” in the 1970s and co-anchored the show with Jim Lehrer, has died.

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Opinion | There Is Much More at Stake in Trump's Manhattan Case Than Just Hush Money

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Alex Witt Reports

be an incredible thing, for, to put that forward as not being law? we seem to be, as much as watergate, shook this country up, don't you feel like we're almost in more turbulent times now? >> oh, no. i think we definitely are in many, many ways. i think that the threat to the republic is far greater with us than it ever was with watergate. and that's really saying something. this is not just about one act of corruption or a break-in or a cover-up of that. this is about the powers of the presidency overtaking that of everything else in the constitution. that's what it is at stake right now. >> yeah, talk about a calendar. let's look at trump's d.c. election subversion trial. that is scheduled to begin march 4th, okay? then, you have the hush money trial. that stas march 25th. trump had toak mar-a-lago classified documents trial, that is may 20th. georgia electionteering and conspiracy trial set for august 5th. are there any of these, tristan, you think could be put there in courts, wrapped up with a

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CNN NewsNight With Abby Phillip

so they can make those decisions without worrying about what's going to happen when the administration changes hands. but it's definitely not going to be a blanket immunity, that anything and everything you did while you're in office is untouchable. i don't think the courts are going to go for that. >> to be continued. tim, thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. >> and join me now for the big picture, legendary journalist carl bernstein. charles, you are in the thick of watergate and a witness to nixon's absolutist view of power. that if a president does it, it's not illegal. is what you heard today in court from trump's lawyers, essentially, as we've been discussing, more than nixon even imagined? >> it was preposterous. as your earlier guest just pointed out. and polite language. but i think we've got to take a look at what's really going on here. and nobody understand it better than donald trump.

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CNN NewsNight With Abby Phillip

make those decisions without worrying about what's gonna happen when the administration changes hands. but it's definitely not gonna be a blanket immunity that anything and everything you did while you were an office is untouchable. i don't think the courts are going to go for that. >> reporter: to be continued, tim, thank you very much for joining us. thank you. >> reporter: joining me now for the big picture here is legendary journalist carl bernstein, carl, you are in the thick of watergate and a witness to nixon's absolutist view on power. that if a president does it, it's not illegal. is what you heard today in court from trump's lawyers -- i mean essentially, as we've been discussing, more nixonian than even nixon imagined. it was preposterous. as your earlier guests just pointed out in polite language. but i think we should look at what's really going on here and nobody understands it better than donald trump. his potential nightmare, what could really stand between him and seeking and running, and succeeding at winning the

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Laura Coates Live

york prosecution that are scheduled to go to trial in march. >> coates: that's the hush money payment? >> the hush money payment involving stormy daniels. i think it would be a tough argument to make regarding the mar-a-lago documents case, because it seems like almost all the criminal conduct alleged there took place after he was president, in terms of hiding the documents. but, the stakes in this case, the one being argued tomorrow, are bigger than just the january 6th case, certainly the georgia case. >> coates: it is so true you think about just in our conversation, the number of times you have to clarify which case we are talking about when it relates to donald trump. it is mind-boggling to think, we have oftentimes talked about the comparisons with watergate and beyond. i almost feel like watergate was a kitten playing with the yarn ball sometimes, compared to what we see in the full scope of what's ahead here. this supreme court is looking at not just next, and not just

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Laura Coates Live

nixon said that i don't have to turn over the tapes to the watergate special prosecutor, the supreme court in august of 1974 unanimously rejected that view. the fact that the supreme court, which was not as politically polarized in those days, but still had a lot of different views on it, the fact that they rolled unanimously against the president made the case irrefutable. it made richard nixon comply, and he did turn over the tapes, and the tapes ultimately sunk his presidency. roberts will certainly try to get unanimity in a case like this, whether he does or not is another different story. >> coates: if wishes were horses, beggars would ride, that's a whole's old-school way of saying -- >> when you look at this court, and it is much more politically

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Laura Coates Live

that is always been the assumption. remember gerald ford pardoned richard nixon in 1974 for his crimes in watergate. if he could not be prosecuted, there would be no need for a pardon. >> coates: as a former president, conduct while in office. >> exactly, that was exactly what it was for. because everyone assumed, without the pardon, he could be prosecuted. once you are out of office you are an ordinary citizen, like everyone else. >> coates: interestingly enough, people think that this will be decided based on conservative viewpoints, or liberal viewpoints. this is kind of like a reading of a constitution, and thinking about the text, which is not their first of all. but just the legal comments sense of it. i don't see this being decided on whether one is reportedly a liberal justice, or liberal judge, or conservative wing of the judges. this is really the question. can a president enjoy absolute

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Laura Coates Live

and for those keeping score at home, it's two democratic appointees and one republican appointee who are hearing this case, which i think lends some optimism to the -- jack smith's team because of that makeup. it's also true, this argument for donald trump is a pretty extraordinary stretch. remember when we covered the mueller investigation. and there was much sdiscussion that there's is a justice department policy. not a law, but a policy, that says a sitting president should not be indicted. implicit in that policy, of course, he could be indicted later for something he did. that's always been the assumption. gerald ford pardoned richard nixon for his crimes in watergate. if he couldn't be prosecuted, there would be no need for a

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Laura Coates Live

make in the mar-a-lago documents case. it seems like all of the criminal conduct alleged there took place after he was president. the stakes in this case, the one being argued tomorrow, are bigger than the january 6th case. >> just in our conversation, we have to clarify which case we're talking about when it relates to donald trump. this is mind-boggling to think. we talked about the carompariso with watergate and beyond. i feel like watergate was a kitten playing with yarn in the full scope of here. this court will look at not just nixon or clinton, but a range of issues. speaking of clinton, i want to make this clear to the audience. there's a lot of questions surrounding this.

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