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breaking developments tonight on the civil fraud trial of donald trump, announcing that he is not testifying tomorrow in an 11th hour u-turn. the supposed party of law in order exposed, a maga mike johnson is desperately trying to rewrite history and protects rioters who stormed the capitol. and we're gonna unpack the growing backlash following remarks by university presidents about antisemitism on campus. i'm ayman mohyeldin, let's get started. he, or won't he? it looks like we finally have our answer. breaking tonight, an hour reversal, former president announced that he will not take the witness stand tomorrow in the 250 million dollar civil fraud trial against him and his company. the disgraced ex presidents decision comes after a new york appellate court notified his

lawyers that they missed a deadline thalenge the gag order issued against trump in the case. trump's lawyers argueth their client would've been irrevocably harmed by the order lasting through the end of his testimony. following that loss, trump attorney chris fat got desperate and made a, quote, lengthily request to judge arthur engoron to postpone trump's testimony until the appeals court can review the gag order. judge engoron quickly shot that request down, telling him, quote, absolutely not, no way, no how, it is a nonstarter. after engoron's denial, the disgraced ex president, in typical trump fashion, had a full meltdown, claiming the gag order was in place because, quote, they're afraid to have me speak. we should note here that the gag order only prevents trump from targeting court staff. not the judge or the attorney general's team. nor from defending himself against the states claims in public. but considering trump's decision today, it appears he

is the one who is now afraid to speak. and perhaps he should be considering what a disaster his testimony was the last time around. just last month, the ex president spent his time on the stand hurdling attacks against the judge, the lawyers in the case, dodging questions, and repeatedly going off on nonsensical tensions. the former president also got into a heated exchange with engoron after the judge excoriated him for giving unresponsive answers. after the sweep, the trial is set to go on break until january 11th. at that time, closing arguments will be given, and the case will rest in the hands of the judge, with no definite timeline for when a ruling may be handed down. it's important to remember here that trump has already been found to have inflated the value of his new york assets, which means the case isn't it's penalty phase. come judgment, trump risks losing his business certificates, meaning relevant assets like trump tower, trump

national golf course, hudson valley, all of that could be put under the control of a court appointed receiver. that receiver would not only manage the properties, but cod also be permitted by the court to sell some of them to pay off illel nalties. even if trump -- business certificates, there are options on the table that cod aken his real estate empire. like a possible five-year -- here in new york. one of the five-year ban on applngrom loans from any financial institutions charted by are registered in new york. there's also a possible permanent disbarment of trump and his three oldest children from serving as officers or directors in a business headquarter registered and or licensed in new york. as accesses dan premier lays out, the disgraced ex president stands to lose his namesake real estate empire, the bedrock of his supposed political credit ability. quote, the legal procdis could forever alter trump's business legacy, the same legacy he parlayed into his political career. here to discuss this and more,

danya perry, former deputy attorney general for the state of new york and chief of investigations for the -- investigate public corruption. and suzanne craig, new york times investigative reporter, also an msnbc contributor. great to have both of you with us. danielle, i'll start with you. trump's decision not to testify. are you shocked? he seems to have finally taken the advice of his lawyers and not taking the stand. >> i am shocked he finally took the advice of his lawyers. i'm not shocked in this case that he is not testifying. it would've been a legally terrible idea for him to decide, and there's also a long history of pattern and practice, if you will, of him failing to appear when he is said up and down that he will. this just happened in the case where i represent michael cohen, and affirmative 500 million dollar case that the -- trump brought against my client where he delayed producing discovery, the late deposition, and on the eve of the deposition i had been quarter

and it, he simply voluntarily dismiss the case. so i didn't think he was gonna subject himself to cross-examination, which he really didn't the first time around and his trial testimony. and also, tempt fate by, you know, by somehow running afoul of the gag order that is still in place against him. so i was not shocked at all. i think it was the right call for him. >> suzanne, your thoughts on this. does this decision surprise you? you are actually inside the courtroom the last time the ex president took the stand. so you had that first, i guess, first time account of seeing how he performs on the witness stand. and i guess you know better than most whether or not he would've been able to pull this off tomorrow without any major hiccups. >> yeah. i don't think there was much to be gained by this. this judge, you know, to be kept an obvious here, does not

like him. he's already found against him on summary judgment and found him liable of this. they're just haggling over damages. that day in court was very contentious, and the judge was fed up with him. and you've got now, looking right towards the end of the trial, he sort of start to feel this maybe wasn't going to happen. that he wasn't going to show up tomorrow, when eric trump decided not to testify with counsel from his lawyers. they don't really need to put -- they didn't need to put eric on, and they didn't need, i don't think, tomorrow, to put donald trump on. one of the reasons we felt that they may come and they put don jr. on was to get certain evidence in, and that just isn't the case this time. i think he could only of dunham sophomore damaged by showing up tomorrow. given his performance the first time, we know from that and a history of him testifying and

giving depositions that are usually very testy -- i just don't see any point for him in continuing to upset this judge. >> diane, i wanted to ask you about the other ruling in this case. on thursday, you had a panel of state and appellate division judges -- dissolving some of trump's businesses as a result of his finding that he and his company had in fact engaged in persistent fraud. trump has celebrated this decision as a win, but can you walk us through what this actually means for the ex president and his businesses in practice? is it a win? >> well, for mr. trump, delay is usually a win. that is his m. o.. he has done successfully for many, many years. so here, the fate of his business will, you know, live to perhaps die another day. it is simply a stay, as you say. it just means that the execution of the punishment will not be immediate. and that is not surprising. this corporate death penalty that the judge had ordered is quite unusual. and so, i think the appellate division, wanting to give it some time, see how the trial pans out, see what the evidence

shows, and decide in a more measured fashion. so not a surprise. again, highly unusual for these business certifications to be pulled. and i think it really is just a wait and see kind of approach. >> suzanne, let me ask you about another defense witness who testified in court last week. he lived by a trough, and accounting professort w york university, it's teresting, because we later learned that the former esident's -- action committee paid for portion of his fees, and while it's not unusual for a defendant in this -- what does the use of campaign funds possible signal about trump's finances here? >> i'm so glad you mentioned that, because i just found that

fascinating. you're seeing not only in this form, but you've seen his pack in other instances pay legal fees, and it really does go to the idea that, you know, at least in part, donald trump seems to be running in order to raise money to pay for all of these legal proceedings. the numbers that were involved with an expert who is still got potentially some time left on the stand, there was an upward of 1 million dollars, some of that was being paid for by his pack. i think it's good that we found that out, and it's important to amplify it. this is not the trump organization solely picking up these bills. it's very much, you know, you see it's a political proceeding, but political rhetoric that's going on, and in fact, it's being paid for by political money that's coming in. >> danya, the defenses only other remaining witnesses bartos, whose cross-examination will resume tuesday, and, then as i mentioned, the trial is scheduled to go on break until january 11th for the holidays. talk us through what we could expect to see once the court goes back in possession. how close are we to actually getting a ruling from judge

engoron here? >> it sounds like the cross examination will happen on tuesday. the accounting expert. and as we understand it, that's the last defense witness. the prosecution has the opportunity to put on a rebuttal case. we'll see if they do. and then, they'll be closing statements, and the judge has said, and that could happen as early as this week or next, and the judge has said that he expects that he will rule by the end of january. so it's not as immediate as a jury verdict, of course, but it's pretty soon. it certainly will in advance of any of the other trials that are coming up in the spring and on. >> susan, you've been following trump for decades, you probably know his finances better than anyone. a few moments ago, we laid out some of what he risks losing

come judgment. how do you think that's weighing on the ex president? is he scared? and how important is it? we've all gotten to learn trump before his presidency, as trump, the real estate magnate of new york. these were his crown jewels, if you will. and to see these crown jewels potentially stripped away from him, what, if anything, will they do to the psychology of this man? >> i think we've seen it play out. i think so many people have been surprised just how rattled he is by this. i have to say, having studied his finances now for years, i'm not -- i, mean this is really his essence. when you talk about is money, it's the language that he speaks. and this -- may be at stake. it's the inheritance of his children and his grandchildren. it's just a big deal. and he stands to lose, you know, hundreds of millions of dollars. that's why people are talking, it comes in around 200 and $50 million -- that is big money. you think about the fact he's probably gonna have to sell assets to meet that tab. i think about it just in terms of one asset. he sold, in washington d. c., a hotel, the old post office hotel that's family had rehabbed.

it was sort of the last project that they did going into the white house, that they sold that. just from that, he got about 100 and $30 million. that's not a profit. they put a lot of money into that. but that was the distribution that he got from that. just to give you an idea, probably their best asset was sold, that's what he got from it, you know, they're gonna have to come up with a lot of money. we don't know what he's bought from the live golf tournament and some of the other things he's done post presidency. but that's a lot of money for someone, anyone, to come up with, and that penalty when it comes will not be taxed -- tax deductible. it's a significant deal for him. also, just his inability to do business in new york city, he's a boy from queens, and he made his name in new york. he owns not sick -- not in significant assets here, and he's gonna be run out of town. >> a very important point about that post office building converted to a hotel.

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campaigning for a speakership made a promise to some of the more extreme members of his caucus. it was a play like this. he would agree to release tens of thousands of hours of revenue from january 6th, that is what he wanted to do to basically placate them. it was a move that the far right house republicans have long pushed for an order to rewrite the history of that data because they wanted to find out who was there, get to the bottom of it. johnson said that he and his colleagues are blurring the footage in order to protect the rioters from being charged with crimes. here is what johnson, a man who was deeply involved in efforts to overturn our 2020 elections, had to say about that move. >> we want the american people to draw their own conclusions. i don't think that partisan elected officials in washington

should present a narrative and expect that it should be seen as the ultimate truth. >> interesting strategy there. wanting the public to see the quote, ultimate truth, by blurring raw footage. what exactly is johnson trying to accomplish here? joining me to discuss, this congresswoman -- from california. she's a member of the january six committee tasked with investigating this attack on the capital. thanks for saying, we welcome back on the. show let's there with the general reaction to that go mind johnson. who do you think is behind the blurring of people's faces in this january 6th footage? and what do you think their strategy is here? >> i just listen to what he said. i served with mike and the judiciary committee for years. he is not a casual guy. he has been slowly and

deliberately -- what he said is that he is trying to keep their identity away from the prosecutors. to keep them from being prosecuted for the crimes they were committing. it is pretty shocking but that is what he said. it is obstructing justice in a way. what he against him know is that the video with the rioters had already been given to the fbi and that they were not released a video that did not have right terms in it for the escape routes in that we try to keep that for security purposes back. i guess they're going to let that go to. it endangers the institution, and the people in it. >> that is an interesting point. you are saying that he made released footage that the committee and congress did not

want to at the time for the reason i'm not jeopardizing the security and members of congress and the functioning of congress. he may release that footage and by doing so ultimately risk members of congress down the road in the future. knowing what these escape routes are. >> he said he is going to release it all. take him at his word. and all of it shows some escape routes that the capitol police were very adamant should not be made public for security purposes. so that would not be too wise. but really, they are trying to spin a brutal riot, where more than 160 power police officers and metropolitan police officers were -- eyes gouged out, fingers lost. injuries so severe some of them could not get back to work. and somehow, this was a picnic. this was a long mark, that was absurd. they released a lot of video. you can watch with your own eyes what happened. --

so was mike. we were evacuated. and now to try to make it into something else is really -- you must think people are stupid right now. they can convince them not to believe there -- >> it is such an important point about not believing they're lying eyes. they did something the republican party does, they ghastly american public. -- in trying to rewrite american history? it is not that long. it has been three years since january six. and yet republicans are trying to make it as protesters defending our democracy. a rigged election. and it seems to be working with their base. the overwhelming majority of republicans believe the 2020 election was stolen. and january six was nothing more than the protest against the election. >> apparently people did not

get the actual video. fox news did not cover this. there was an effort which luster you revealed in the book, to actually have them put on tv. they decided not to. they put out a false narrative to try to convince people. i think it is pretty sad that this riot, this effort by the then president to overturn the election through violence it is not understood by people who support it. it's a dangerous thing that people were hurt. but the constitution was endangered. and there was a lot of talk now about what trump would do if he got a second term in terms of democracy. we can take a look at what he did leading up to january 6th and on the six to get the answer to that question. this is not a guy who believes in the constitution or democracy or the rule of law.

>> let me ask you about some of the republican colleagues in the house i'm going to do next. jim jordan has announced that they're going to do an investigation between the cooperation of the january six committee and -- fani willis. give me a general response. here is that unusual? second of all, what do you make of their attempt to kind of conflate the to and use that as some kind of conspiracy that there is something nefarious going on? >> it is absurd. as it turns out, the dea did send a letter. and asked for us to send a transcript. we had a discussion and we decided we were not going to send it. the transcripts will be released to the public. and anybody else who wants them when it is done. there was nothing improper

about her seeing information and talking to her lawyers and trying to find out who the witnesses were. that was public because the press would stay out, telling her and anyone else who the witnesses were. does nothing against the republicans. they do not have anything. the ex president is being prosecuted for a variety of things. and they're trying to cast doubt. there is no role for the legislative body to play in criminal prosecutions. but jordan's heedless as to that, along with his colleagues on the other side of the aisle. they're trying to interfere with the administration of justice. it is highly improper. >> speaking of what the president d the republicans are trying to do there, you have them unveiling a resolution about an inquiry.

they're confident they have the votes to approve it. give me your thoughts on that. how do you think they can counter program this baseless probe? we have -- basically saying that the indictment of hunter biden was part of a cover-up. >> these guys look like clowns, really. they keep saying we have got the witnesses and we have got the goods. and, then there is nothing here. they have not got anything. they have gone through tens of thousands of pages of records and emails. there is nothing. they cannot find anything. because i do not think there is anything to find. i have been involved in all of the impeachments, as a staffer

for the nixon impeachment in as a member of congress for the clinton impeachment. and the two trump impeachments, along with some judicial impeachments. this is ridiculous what they are doing. and i think it is really a political feeling that i'm sure mr. trump is -- enough to do. he was impeached for trying to overthrow the government, and now he wants to say, well they to get to. it is absurd. and i think the public will understands this. my colleagues may think this is a freebie because there's just a search for information, then i think they have got another thing coming. this will not be well received by the american people. >> according to james comer, the indictment is linked to dimensional checks which most people still have not figured out how exactly this will all lead to a cover-up. congresswoman, it's always a pleasure, thank you so much for your time and insights this evening. >> anytime. >> just, ahead the fallout over university presidents and antisemitism on campus. ♪ trumpet music plays ♪ 579 breaths to show 'em your stuff.

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it had been looking increasingly inevitable as the week went on. she was on from a post yesterday after facing fierce criticism from the white house, lawmakers, and high profile alumni over answers she gave it during a congressional hearing on campus antisemitism. >> just calling for the genocide of the jewish people violate pens rules or code of conduct. yes or no? >> if the speech turned into conduct, it can be harassment, yes. >> i am asking, specifically calling for the genocide of jews, does that constitute bullying or harassment? >> if it is directed and preserve or pervasive it is harassment. >> so the answers? yes >> it is a context dependent decision, congresswoman. >> joshua pirro told supporters yesterday that the responses are acceptable and stevens, a panel alumnus and the ceo of the financial firms stone ridge

holding sent a letter to the university yesterday threatening to pull it 100 million dollar donation unless mcgill was removed as president. now, as of, now no word has been given on the future status of the guild counterparts harvard, university and m.i.t., or criticize for their criticism -- at the hearing. mcgill's resignation was a welcome move for many, but others have expressed concern over what precedent it sets and what this episode means for free speech on campus. to talk about all of this and more i'm joined by peter beinart, editor at large for jewish currents, author of the binary notebook on substack, and professor at the new mark school of journalism at cuny. and eddie glaude junior, an msnbc political analyst and james as mcdonald distinguished professor at princeton university. it's good to have both of you with us. professor, let me start, professor let me start with you. did you agree with president mcgill's decision to step down and, broadly speaking, they

take ways of how this week is played out? >> i understand, for personal and professional reasons why she decided to step down. she is committed to the university of pennsylvania, to do so in this instance i guess was to protect the institution. and i supposed to protect her self and her own reputation. but i disagree with the fundamental context in which all of this is happening. the first thing we have to say is anybody who lends credibility to -- somehow being the defender of free speech, of attacking those who are anti-'s about the, i think you can just look at her record. the notion of that question being asked in that context, a yes or no question, in my mind is just dull. it seems to me it would have been easy for all three presents to simply say, any declaring the genocide of jews is morally wrong. period. and move on. but to then move into a much more limiting conversation was necessary.

instead we found ourselves caught up in political figures that ended up playing into the hands of conservatives who have some insidious and, shall we say on seemly motivations. >> you bring up a very important port about lee stefanik. i want you to take a listen to this sound. this was alia stuff on the can her questioning that today. i want you to listen specifically to how she talked about genocide, and then moved on to other parts. listen. >> let me ask you this. you are president of harvard, so i assume you are familiar with the term antibodies, correct? >> i have heard that term, yes. >> you understand that the use of the term antifada in the context of this conflict is a call for violence against the state of israel including violence against civilians and a genocide of jews? are you aware of that?

>> that type of hateful speech is personally a born to me. >> least phonics not speak arabic. she does not know what the word antifada means. i can tell you that for free. she does not know where it, began how it began, what it means to palestinians. but more importantly, just to the idea that she wouldn't conflate antifada with a call for genocide, your thoughts, peter, on that? >> antifada basically means uprising. it has been used to describe uprisings against arab governments by arab populations. so it means uprising. sometimes an uprising takes nonviolent forms. sometimes it takes a violent forms. the second antifada had suicide bombings which were terrible, right. but if somebody says we have an uprising of ukrainians against russia, we would not consider that to be a call for genocide against russians. even if we believe that some of the things being done is part of that uprising were morally wrong. because you recognize there is a context of oppression here. listening to least of all nikki would just think that

palestinians will give one day and thought you know it is a really great idea, let's kill all the jews. you could've listened to that entire hearing and never known that israel had killed a single person in gaza. you would never have known that israel's own -- leading human rights organizations called on an apartheid state. all of that was completely missing. all you needed to know is that palestinians are just born to want to kill all jews. >> -- you brought this up in your first answer, there. many are saying that in addition to the congressional testimony, there is hypocrisy to the college -- that for years now campuses have been very eager to police certain types of speech. upholding tradition of free speech. do you think there has been an inconsistency with how certain free speech on campus has been protected or policed? >> i think there has been a very volatile session. i think the inconsistency here is the way in which people are responding to the demands to police speech around palestinian resistance in this

instance. when we think of what has been called for, an explosion of students, a sanction of particular kinds of speak in this instance, where no harassment has attended that speech, it goes completely against what we have seen. of course there is no speech around racial protesting or george floyd or the like. but we have not seen this sort of response. so, i think this call for a kind of analogy between the antisemitism of or supposed antisemitism of the student protests and the protests against george floyd's murder, i think it is predicated on something that is not quite analogous. because it's completely or races -- some people are taking the position of the state of israel has acted unjustly in relation to palestinians. and that debate has been erased in the context of saying that any speech on behalf of

palestinian rights constitutes antisemitic claims. that makes no sense to me. and then invoke the speech code as a way of policing that, seems to me not only wrong but dangerous. >> peter jonathan -- writes in new york magazine the university should protect students from being ma but should we protect them from an uprising in the student newspaper calling to globalize the antifada. -- from the river to the sea? that would entail wholesale violations of free speech, is how we characterized it. it goes back to you. the point you made. which is, how do you, in this particular case when it comes to israel and palestine, take these phrases that have now been weaponized into used to broad brush palestinian oppositions to israeli occupations, and calling it simply antisemitism in complaining with calls for

genocide? >> the university is supposed to be places where people learn things, right? if people are using a phrase like from the river to the sea, palestinians will be free, or antifada, that is a chance to bring people in together and teach about the different meanings of these terms. and then people can have their own opinions. what i find so ironic is as conservatives have been telling us all these years that people need to stop being snowflakes. but it is good to be uncomfortable in college. to be challenged, to have ideas that make you feel uncomfortable. right? and that is true. of course. if somebody is being physically threatened, if their physical safety, if they're being personally harassed, that's not acceptable. but ideas that make you uncomfortable, this is what conservatives have been saying we need more of an university campuses. and now the response is, because some of these terms are actually coming's criticisms of israel, the -- that we need to ban the pro palestinian organizations. we need to prevent people from holding pro palestinian intellectual gatherings on

campus. the hypocrisy is so blatant. >> the dangerous thing is the way this went down. the threats from wealthy donors to universities, i think raises a lot of questions about what door we are opening into how universities and how donors who give money to university can -- is their influence on the kind of debate, personnel, departments, topics and curriculum that we have in our society? what's to say that a wealthy donor doesn't say i need to withdraw the funding if you keep teaching black lives matter's. i find courses and professors who promote lgbt rights or certain theories with lgbt rights are dangerous and i want that to be stopped. >> that is what has been happening. it has been impacting american higher education for at least two decades. what is really fascinating about this moment, what is disturbing about this moment, is for example in the case of claudia -- how her presidency, her failure

at the congressional hearing has been tied to an assault on diversity and equity inclusion. for some people, like christopher -- and others, diversity and equity of inclusion does not include lgbtq, women, the disabled community, first generation. it is all about race. and compromise the standards and values. now we are seeing this convergence of those who are fighting against so-called antisemitism on campus, and let's be clear, in some instances there is antisemitism. but they are conflating the fight against antisemitism with this battle to rig universities and colleges of dei. and underneath that is this deeply disturbing white supremacist motivation. and the completion of these two things is very dangerous, in my view. and threatens the very heart and the foundation of american

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preserving an ongoing legal strategy. he went on to say that he would not be supporting trump in 2024, and has been cooperating with the doj since may of last yea i guess that the threat of two point $4 million idamages will really clear someone's head up, but there is still one outstanding problem here. on othe fake electors, milwaukee county activist robert spindle still serves on the wisconsin election commission and will help administer a vote who's -- he deliberately tried to sabotage. wisconsin democratic chair ben wikler is back with us on the show. good to see you, again ben, thank you for coming back on the show. i want to talk about spindle here for a second. but, before we get to him, your reaction to this week's settlement. all of the sudden, these fake electors have seen the light and they believe they were misled by and tricked into participating in this trump scheme. >> david, it is great to be with you. it is such a clear record in plain black ink that there was

a plot to overturn the presidential election in wisconsin and other battleground states. that almost worked. and the people who participated in its are now very clear that this was in bad faith. they did not actually think that trump had won the election. they know that joe biden is the legitimate president. they know that trump is still trying to topple and undermine our democracy. that is now in arguable. the question now is accountability, and how do we make sure that the people who tried to destroy american democracy last time don't have the power to do it again? that's what we are in this moment. >> you and your fellow wisconsin democrats are wrapping up calls for robert spindell to be removed from the electors committee. with good, reason he should not be trusted anywhere near our elections. why is spindell still in a position to oversee voting in elections next year even though he has been exposed as a fake elector? >> wisconsin republicans under scott walker, which was a disaster, wrote our system of

election administration. and in that system, the senate president appoints a member of our elections commissions. -- dennis lena, who he is a republican. he appointed bob spindell. he could to -- replace him with somebody who believes in democracy. but he's refusing to do. so the republicans leading the state senate let it completely partisan vote to try to remove our top nonpartisan's elections administrator. it is part of a wholesale attack on the system of elected administration has won national recognition for being free and fair. but have not produced the results that republicans want, which is this repression of certain groups. robert spindell celebrated successful voter oppression. he argues the defeat into john don johnson's reelection. he celebrated at that message members of the republican party in his area after the 2022 election. and yet, one of the top election decision-makers in our state is -- and it needs to end. >> let me ask you what has happened there. in addition to the loss in wisconsin this week we saw a

pro trump fake electors in nevada charged with schemes to overturn the election results in that state. are you optimistic that we see more accountability after what we sawhis week in both wisconsin and nevada? >> i am optimistic. it is an indication that there are some people who believe in the rule of law. who are in a position to uphold the oval office from wisconsin to nevada to across the country. and it is a warning shot to people who are applauding to have a wave of their attempt to steal power in the american system and democracy. trump is running on a platform where he says he will be a dictator on day one. that is what donald trump is promising america. the goons who were coming out to do the dirty work and try to topple the 2020 election, they are being held accountable. the goal is that we have a free and fair election and we defeat donald trump in 2024. and that people don't throw themselves on the trucks to try

to topple and overturn the election next time. whoever wins should, win and whoever loses should lose. that is what american democracy is founding on. that is what those folks need to learn and are learning in realtime on the national news right now. >> it is a dangerous situation when you have a democracy being squeezed from both ends. the leaders from the trump world in the state level officials who are wanting to -- overturn the democracy. ben wikler, always a pleasure, thanks for coming back on the show. >> thanks revving we. on >> united states deangelo at the security council. and ask your healthcare provider about the number one prescribed h-i-v treatment, biktarvy. biktarvy is a complete, one-pill, once-a-day treatment used for h-i-v in many people whether you're 18 or 80. with one small pill, biktarvy fights h-i-v to help you get to undetectable—and stay there whether you're just starting or replacing your current treatment. research shows that taking h-i-v treatment

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