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states of america. together. together we have built a partnership that is a an incredible advantage to both our nations. that doesn't mean we never disagree. as any two countries will do from time to time. but when we disagree, we solve our differences in friendship and goodwill. because we both understand our interests are fundamentally aligned. as we stand at this inflection point in history. professor who once explained in question point as you're going down the highway at 60 miles an hour. and you
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rapidly turned in one direction . five degrees. you never get back on the same path again. but but you're on a different course where the decisions we make in the coming years will determine the course of our world for decades to come. it happens every five or six generations, but we're at that point. nothing gives me greater confidence in the future of the knowing connect canada and the united states stand together still. today i'd like to speak to a little bit about the future for me. a future that's ours to seize. you know, i get criticized at home, sometimes for saying that i used to always keep rock for president obama. he's always kidding me because i always say to him in our private meetings. countries never more optimistic than as president. or its leaders. well i have never been more optimistic in my life about the prospects. i really mean this the bottom of my
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heart. we are so welcome to the future, build around our shared responsibilities, prosperity, security shared values. first it's a future built on shared prosperity to the united states continue to anchor the most competitive, prosperous and resilient economic region in the world. that's a fact that's just a fact. who are supply change their security reliable from end to end because we're creating the value at every step right here in north america. we're mining or critical minerals. to manufacturing packaging the most advanced semiconductors in the world to producing electric vehicles and clean energy technology together the future where we understand that economic success is not in conflict with the rights and dignity of workers or meeting our responsibilities, addressing the climate crisis, but rather those things depend on us doing that. action. becoming president
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. i've been laser focused on rebuilding the u. s economy from the bottom up. in the middle out. not a whole lot trickled down from the top down and my dad's kitchen table. and by the way, when the box in the middle class does well, the wealthy do very well. no one gets hurt. last states made historic and to the chagrin some of our critics in the press bipartisan investments in infrastructure and infrastructure innovation that already bringing together delivering concrete benefits the american people and we, you know, as we implement these legislative achievements. there are normally opportunities for canada, the united states to work even closer together to create good paying jobs in both our countries. inflation
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reduction act, which i admit it wasn't bipartisan, but nonetheless, all of a sudden i'm finding we have more adherence represents a single largest commitment in tackling climate in our history. as a matter of fact, the single largest investment in all of human history and it's going to spur clean energy investments all over the world and explicitly explicitly includes tax credits related vehicles assembled in canada. recognize. a simple razor. recognizing how interconnected our auto industries are. and our workers are. i am the most pro union president america has ever had. speak to a hell of a lot of
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canadian union members. look this is the middle is a model for future cooperation with both our nations investing at home to increase the strength of our industrial basis, making sure the products manufacturing north america are not only manufactured, but they're the best in the world. you know, we're going to amplify our shared commitment, climate action. while growing our economies. i could just stop for just a second and say, you know , when i announced for president , i was always known as one of those kind of green republicans , democrats and republicans used to be the same place. well, guess what? i didn't announce my , my environmental plan and i was getting beat up while biden all of a sudden changing. him into the white house. not a joke, because they all said, we're gonna lose our jobs. and i pointed out guess what. every
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single solitary initiative required to deal with the environment creates union jobs creates thousands again. thousands. for example. the i b w pointed out. we're going to build 5500 electric charging stations. guess who builds them? union workers, coordinating a stand for new electric vehicles and charging station. americans and canadians can continue to easily cross the border without ever hitting a snag in their american or canadian build. autumn. a zero emission vehicles more we're gonna build batteries and technologies that go into those vehicles together. we've learned the hard way. during the pandemic when we rely on just in time supply change. the circle that circle the globe. there are
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significantly significant vulnerabilities to disruptions and delays. and it drives up cost here at home, both canada and the united states. but there's a better way our nations are blessed. with incredible natural resources. canada, in particular has a large quantities of critical minerals. that are essential for clean energy future for the world's clean energy future. and i believe we have an incredible opportunity to work together so canada and the united states can source and supply here in north america everything we need for reliable, resilient supply chains. filmmaker critical mineral supply change the envy of the world. the united states is making funding available in the defense production act to
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incentivize american and canadian companies to responsibly mined and processed critical minerals needed for electric vehicles and stationary storage batteries. we're also building in a greater supply change for semiconductors. critical computer chip that i might know. it was invented in america, and we lost control of it. not only control of we lost producing them. and the power of so much of our daily lives. the ibm, the ibm plant and beaumont, quebec. is the largest semiconductor packaging, packaging and testing facility in north america. chips made in vermont. chips made in vermont. in upstate new york are shipped to bro, mont. to be packaged in electronic components. but now, bro man is expanding with the support of the canadian government, and there's going to be a lot more work to do. thanks to the bipartisan ships and science act. i signed a law last year. companies are breaking ground for a new semiconductor
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plants across the united states representing billions of dollars in new investments in american high tech manufacturing. $12 billion from taiwan semiconductor manufacturing company in arizona. $20 billion in counting for intel on ohio. $100 billion in new york, the single largest investment of its kind ever in the world. and shift began to roll off these new production lines in america. a lot of them are going to be coming to canada to be packaged , and that's a lot of jobs, good paying jobs and today. i'm also making available through the defense production act $50 million to incentivize more. u s and canadian companies to invest in packaging, semiconductors and printed circuit boards. look that brings me to a second pillar of our future because of our shared prosperity is deeply connected to our shared security. in the past in the past years have proven the
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canada united states are not insulated from the challenge and impact the rest of the world. the world needs canada and the united states working together with our partners around the world to rally strong and effective global action. nowhere is that more obvious than our united response to russians brutal aggression against ukraine. we stood together. together. even sovereignty to defend democracy to defend freedom for ourselves and all who wish it as i told president of lynskey, whether visited within kiev last month, people all over the world. with the brave people ukraine and you have to ask you aren't you amazed of the personal bravery they're showing. it's incredible. i know there is a large ukrainian diaspora here in canada, not just the lovely lady. we are all introduced to a moment ago. feel the same way.
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canada and united states together with a coalition of 50 nations. we've jointly work to put together. making sure that ukraine can defend itself. we're supplying air defense systems, artillery systems, ammunition, armored vehicles, tanks and so much more tens of billions of dollars so far. together with our g seven partners were imposing significant cost on russia as well. denying russia critical inputs was war machine. we're independently holding russia accountable for the war crimes and crimes against humanity that russia has committed and continues to commit as i speak today, and canada and america like and what, when their arms to ukrainian refugees. our people know well, the high price of freedom. our peace tower. your peace tower stands testament to the sacrifices and more than 60,000 brave canadians who perished in world war one. for every making this nation a champion of liberty. in the words of the canadian poet lieutenant colonel john mccrae.
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still called to us from flanders field. echoing their charged through the ages. and i said, i quoted to you from falling from failure for me to you from failing hands. we throw the torch to use to hold it high. so today, let's once more affirm. that we're going to keep that torture liberty burning brightly. and support these things. putin was certain he would have been able to break nato by now. he was certain of that. guess what? his lust for land and power has failed us for.
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ukrainian people love their country is going to prevail. in the face of president putin's aggression against ukraine, canada, the united states are also making clear our commitment to our nato allies. we'll keep our alliance strong and united will defend every inch of nato territory. an attack against one is an attack against all. and as we look forward to the 75th anniversary of nato next year, canada and the united states share responsibility and commitment to make sure nato can deter any threat, defend against any aggression from anyone. that's the bedrock of the security of both our nations. canada the united states are not only partners in transatlantic security. we are pacific nations as well. earlier this month, we
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held our first us canadian pacific dialogue to deepen our cooperation in the vital region to promote an endo pacific is that it's free and open and prosperous and secure. we're also an arctic nation. we both recognize the critical importance of this region to our collective security and the interest of other nations, all of a sudden in the arctic. or working in close coordination to this to stewart and protect the northern, the northernmost reaches of our world. and we're we are american nations deeply invested in ensuring that the western hemisphere is peaceful, prosperous, democratic, insecure and that starts with our commitment to defending our people and our own sovereign territory. norad is the only binational military command in the world. nor does the only binational military command in the world. yet another way in
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which our partnership is exceptional. it is an incredible symbol of the faith we have in one another and the trust replacing each other's capabilities. soon norad will have a new next generation over the horizon radars to enhance our early warning capacity. upgraded undersea surveillance systems. modernized infrastructure is necessary to host the most advanced aircraft. and i'm looking forward to continuing to work in close partnership with canada as we deliver on these needs so that our people can continue to rest soundly knowing norad is in the watch. also coordinating closely to
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take on the human security challenge without the region. we're working in partnership with our people. the people of haiti try to find ways to provide security, humanitarian assistance and help strengthen haiti's stability. we're tackling the scourge of synthetic drugs that are devastating canada and american communities, particularly our young people. fentanyl is a killer. the more almost everyone knows someone who has been affected by this lost a child or lost a friend. canada and the united states are working closely with our partner in mexico to attack this problem at every stage from the precursor chemical shipped from overseas. to the powders to the pills to the traffickers moving into all of our countries. and we all know synthetic open epidemic has its roots around the globe. not just here. so today we're announcing a commitment to build a new global coalition of like minded countries led by canada, the united states to tackle this crisis. this is about public
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health. just about public health or economic futures. our national security we're also working together to address the record levels of migration in the hemisphere angeles declaration on migration of protection, which the united states and canada signed last june along with 19 other nation represents an integrated new approach to my migration challenge, which is real. one that unites humane policies, supposed secure borders and support people. united states. we're expanding legal pathways for migration to seek safety in humanitarian on a humanitarian basis, while discouraging unlawful migration that feeds exploitation and human trafficking. so today i
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applaud china for stepping up. excuse me. i applaud canada. you can tell what i'm thinking about china. i won't get into that yet. i applaud canada stepping up with similar programs, opening new legal pathways for 1500 migrants to come to canada from countries in the western hemisphere at the same time. united states and canada will work together to discourage unlawful border crossings and fully implement and the updated safe third country agreement. finally. as you advance our shared prosperity and security. we must never lose sight of our shared values. because our values literally the linchpin. holding everything else together. welcoming refugees and seeking asylum seekers. is a
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part of who canadians and americans are in fact, the united states recently launched a new private sponsorship program for refugees. we call it welcome core. draws canadian canadians decades of leadership and refugee resettlement. we're both countries build upon the nation to nation relationship with native americans and first nations. we've both been influenced and strengthened by the contributions of generation of immigrants. we believe to our core. that every single person deserves to live in dignity safety. and rise as high as their dreams can carry them. we strive to defend human rights to advance equality and gender, gender equality to pursue justice and uphold the rule of law. i want to note the outstanding work canada has done to build a coalition nearly 70 countries. endorsing the declaration against arbitrary detention and state to state relations. not only a statement
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of value our citizens are citizens, not bargaining chips. they're not diplomatic leverage their human beings with lives and families that must be respected. and i'm very glad to see that to michael's to michael michael star, bro. bring for safely back to their family. 1000 days. 1000 days in detention. my mother here, she said. god bless you both. thank you for joining us today and thank you for having an opportunity to meet you earlier. you know the incredible diversity that defines each of our nations is our strength. and the prime minister trudeau and i know this is a belief that you and i share we both build administrations that look like american looked like canada. i'm
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very proud. i'm very proud that . both of us have cabinets that are 50% women. don't agree, guys that stand up. we took the lesson of you. because the bottom line is this make it easier for historically underrepresented communities to dream to create to succeed. we build a better future for all our people. so let's continue. the work were there are no barriers, things look better. where there are barriers to equal opportunity. we got to tear them down. where an equity stifles potential where we unleash the full power of our people were injustice hold sway , but insist on justice being done. those are the shared
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values than in view all of our efforts. our very democracy. our vitality and our vibrancy. you know, that's what seems, drives us all some places in some proportions keeper are kind of forgetting what the essence of democracy is. we have to reach allows us to reach beyond the horizon. let me close with this. the year after president kennedy spoke in canada's parliament, he delivered a famous speech at rice university. issued a challenge for americans to go to the moon. in the decades time. remember what he said. you probably do because we had to learn that we were in school. we choose to go to the moon in this decade. and do other things, not because it's easy. because they are hard. because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept one that we're willing
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unwilling to postpone. and one which we will win. that speech tapped into something deep in america's character, something powerful. a belief that we can do big things. do you hold a second? just think about it. turn on the television the last two years whether it's in your country and mine. after two years of covid. people beginning wonder can we still do big things big things? we sure in hell can that confidence. believable fiber in my being that confidence can make the most audacious dreams, reality. unless in seven years after kennedy's speech, the entire world watched humanity left his first footprints. on those further shore's it inspired a generation. spurred much of the technology advancement were now
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enriches our daily lives today. our world once more stands at the customer breakthroughs and possibilities that have never before even been dreamt up. and canada and the united states are leading will continue to lead the way few days. it's a few days. is going to announce an international team of astronauts who will crew the artemis two missions, the first human voyage of the moon since apollo mission ended. more than 50 years ago. will consist of three americans and one canadian. we choose to return to the moon together. together, return to the moon. heard of
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mars to the limited possibilities that lie beyond and here on earth are children who watch that flight to learn the names of those new pioneers . they'll be the ones who carry us into the future. we hope to build the art of his generation, ladies and gentlemen. we're living in an age of possibilities. she zhang ping asked me in the tibetan plateau . could i define america and i could have said the same thing. if you asked about canada, i said yes. one word. and i mean it one word. possibilities nothing is beyond our capacity. we can't do anything we have to never forget. never doubt our capacity. the united states. together. together rise together. to record future together. i promise you god bless you all. and may god protect our troops. thank you. thank you. thank you. you've
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been watching president biden. biden addressed the canadian parliament in ottawa. the president fired up there at the end, stressing the close relationship between canada and the united states, saying there are two countries sharing one heart. among the biggest applause lines. the president talking about security specifically in the context of ukraine. and seeing these two nations are united in support of nato to defend against any threat. and next up for president biden and canadian prime minister justin trudeau. they will take questions from reporters. we're going to bring that to you live, but first, let's go to cnn's paula newton, who's live in ottawa. for us and paula, the president seemed like he was having a fairly good time speaking to parliament, we know that foreign policy is what he considers to be one of his greatest strength. it's what he loves the most. what did you take away from his remarks? yeah, look, he's certainly among friends there, jessica, no doubt
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. and so he feels so comfortable in that hall and just to remind everyone about his background not just as vice president but also as a senator. he knows these people. he knows this place and he feels quite comfortable, especially when he's trying to deliver what he hopes will be a historic speech . and that's why you also heard him mention president kennedy and what everything. he hopes canada and the united states will achieve going forward. now if you're you're observing this, he did point to in fact, some deals you actually preempted himself in the press conference , he flubbed it a little bit of saying that he applauded china. he meant to say he applauded canada. he corrected himself and saying that there was a deal at the border for at least 15,000 migrants to be taken directly from the southern hemisphere in the canada. that's just one of the things we're going to hear from the press conference, but in this speech as well, he was really underscoring the unprecedented nature of the relationship between these two countries. but the fact that more than ever, you could have never imagined that when joe
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biden took office that he'd be looking at canada and saying, look we know you can step up. you need to do more. you need to be more and easier to really solidify those thoughts. there are some irritants that he talked about. he brought up the inflation reduction act on the fact that canada got a carve out for e v vehicles made here in canada in that bill, and that's just one of the things that doesn't sit well in congress. this was as much a speech to political foes and washington who maybe believe canada is getting an easy ride on things to say, look, we need to bring this country along because right after he talked about those ebs. he talked about the critical minerals that he hopes canada will bring on side and actually mine on a more critical timetable going forward. you know, look, there were not so much a veiled shot at both russia and china here when he's talking about shared security and how crucial the arctic is to that shared security right now, again, looking to canada to step up, but you know, jessica, really historic speech here. the president is hoping to lay his
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marker down on what he hopes to do with canada going forward and also a message to other allies as he continues to try and line them up, saying, look we need to do hard things in his in his words, in order to counter the kind of aggressive influence from both russia and china and even countries like iran. and notable paula that he concluded his remarks talking about what he told to chinese president xi that the united states and he said that canada could say the same about canada what the united states and canada are about and its possibilities, notably, you mentioned one of the points of friction, and that is investment in norad something that came into question the capabilities of norad when that suspected chinese spy balloon flew over that part of the arctic in and over canada and over part of the united states. and i'm wondering there were these allegations that china recently tried to influence elections in canada. i don't think he mentioned that in the speech, but i'm sure that came
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up in their conversations. it is absolutely top of mind. now. having said that in terms of influence in elections, whether it's in canada and the united states c sis the equivalent of the cia, a there in the united states, he says here has called china the greatest strategic threat to canada. and if you're saying it in canada, it is definitely true in the united states as well. and as you so rightly point out forced the issue of that chinese spy balloon add to that surveillance buoys that canada found in the arctic and they are saying loud and clear that if we're going to have that continental defense, we need to step up our defenses and that includes more sophisticated satellite systems and technology, especially in the arctic, where they are going to need it most, but also point out that he made a point to say hello to the two michaels, who are the two michaels the to canadians, who were held in arbitrary detention. for more than 1000 days, and many believe that was in retaliation for the united states asking for the
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extradition of man guangzhou. she was the wall way cfo uh joe biden. pierre trudeau. pardon me. justin trudeau thanked joe biden for really aiding the release of them as man guangzhou in fact, came to a plea deal, and that really shows the closest of these two countries and what they hope to accomplish going forward and we await that press conference. boris and jessica. that's right. paula newton for us in ottawa for a big day for president joe biden , canada and we are looking ahead to that press conference where we'll hear from president biden and prime minister trudeau. paula. thanks so much for your reporting. and still ahead. there are big developments in two separate investigations involving former president donald trump, bring you the very latest when we come back. hey, man.n. could save hundreds for safe driving with liberty mutual because dememise your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. who we
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the free book and receive so much more call 1 808 31 37 100. now to the major signs that the legal walls are closing in on former president donald trump and one of the most serious investigations, he's facing the federal criminal probe of his involvement in the january 6th capital siege and efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss. we're learning that a federal judge rejected trump's claim of executive privilege. and he's now compelling. some former top aides of trump's administration to go before a federal grand jury. and that includes his past . white house chief of staff mark meadows, his ex director of national intelligence, john ratcliffe and his former national security adviser, robert o'brien, cnn senior crime and justice reporter caitlin poland's is in washington. now with the latest kaitlin give us some perspective on how big of a deal this ruling is. well, boris and jessica donald trump has
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developed quite a losing streak in the federal courthouse in the investigations of special counsel jack smith. looking into the january 6th what happened there with the federal grand jury and looking at the mar a lago classified documents issues in this situation. this is one of the final rulings coming from the chief judge who's had to look at all of the challenges donald trump has brought. to the grand jury proceeding every time he's tried to block someone from answering a question in the grand jury or turning over a document, and this appears to be a ruling that is going to affect at least half a dozen people. so in all, donald trump has tried to block answers of more than a dozen people on the january 6th side, as well as on the mar a lago side and these investigations and in this particular decision, this is the judge saying he can't claim executive privilege here. he can't claim privacy around the presidency whenever there is a criminal investigation, wanting to get answers, and so these
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people if they have not answered already, they are going to have to answer questions before the grand jury now trump spokesperson did accused prosecutors of continuously stepping far outside the standard norms. it's not usual to get executive privilege situations like this before a chief judge, but in this sort of circumstance typically, judges do allow criminal investigations to get answers in this sort of circumstance, trying to get answers around the presidency. and so it's not particularly unusual that this ruling came down. and we have to point out caitlin that just an hour ago or so you were standing outside of a courtroom in the sea, where trump's attorney in a completely separate case was ordered to testify by a judge who believes that it's possible to former president may have committed a crime in that classified documents case, so a lot going on for the former president caitlin poland's thank you so
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much. appreciate it. we have some breaking news just into cnn , a law enforcement source telling cnn. the manhattan district attorney's office, which is currently leading another separate investigation to former president donald trump , received a package containing a white powder substance and a threatening note addressed to the district attorney alvin bragg. let's go to cnn's kara scannell, who joins us now live and carol. we know there was added security in manhattan around that courthouse. what more are you learning about what they found? well, right, um boris jessica, as you say that law enforcement officials tell us that a suspicious package was delivered friday to manhattan district attorney alvin brags office with a threatening note to him. a spokeswoman for the office tells us that the nypd emergency services unit and the new york city department of environmental protection reviewed the material and determined that there was no dangerous substance. this does come as trump has called for protests, and it's really ratcheted up his rhetoric even
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recently overnight, saying that there would be death and destruction if he was indicted, so certainly raising the temperature around this investigation and certainly the attacks on alvin bragg. but again, his office says that there was no dangerous substance found in this white powdery substance that was included in the package for us, jessica. the story has just been right in the spotlight all week. paris canal for us on that breaking news thanks so much, and let's turn back now to those legal cases we want to bring in renato mariotti, a former federal prosecutor. it's great to see you. i want to start first with the case that caitlin was talking about this january 6th case in efforts to overturn the 2020 election, which really centers around executive privilege, and it's the thing that president trump and his legal team have tried to assert time and time again, and it just has not worked for them in front of any of the really any of these judges. what do you make of that? and is this kind of a broader commentary on executive privilege when it comes to potential criminal acts as a former president? well, you
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know, as we were just hearing a moment ago from our fantastic reporter, the it's not surprising that executive privilege ultimately was trumped here unintended by the need for the grand jury to investigate matters that are criminal in nature with the courts of held is that as long as the information can be obtained from another source than the grand jury, uh, need to investigate overrides executive private leage. it happened in the clinton case with a even a deputy white house counsel who was brought in to testify by the grand jury there. and then it happened before that, of course , in the case of richard nixon, so i think what's amazing here, of course, is the sure breath of the investigation. i think this really shows how aggressive special counsel jack smith has been. to push this investigation forward. and if we could, i'd love to put up that graphic of who this decision by the judge
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applies to because we're not. oh, there's some big names there. you've got a former white house chief of staff and mark meadows you've got john ratcliffe, the former dna. stephen miller, close ally and adviser to president trump, dan scavino. john mcentee, cuccinelli's on there. it's a lot of names if you were prosecuting this case. um whose testimony or are you going to be focused in on the most? and what are you asking them? well, mark meadows 100% mark meadows, in many ways, was the gatekeeper to former president trump you know , the chief of staff to any president in many ways, is the gatekeeper to them. but donald trump was somebody who did not use email was not tech, you know , texting himself at that time when people needed to reach donald trump. they went to mark meadows. and of course, we have the testimony of one of his key aides before the january 6th. city we know that she has been cooperating not only with those authorities, but i believe with
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law enforcement as well. and so , frankly, mark meadows. in many ways, it's going to be the linchpin of this. i wouldn't be surprised if he asserts to the fifth. it will be interesting to see how the investigators react whether or not for example, jack smith tries to compel us testimony or immunize him and tries to cut some sort of deal with mark meadows should be very interesting. and before we let you go. i want to ask you about another case that we had some developments, and this is also a federal case, but it's focused on those classified documents. and we know that trump's attorney, evren corcoran, was compelled to testify by a judge after the doj provided enough evidence that they think that he helped perhaps further a crime on behalf of former president trump. this one really centers around attorney client privilege , a different type of privilege . how rare is it and help underscore this for all of us? just how rare it is for this sort of thing to happen where an attorney has to testify and perhaps even provide testimony against their own client. well i
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have been practicing criminal law for over 20 years. you can probably tell by some of the gray and my beard and i have never seen prosecutor invoke attorney client privilege, much less get a successful ruling from a judge allowing that prosecutor tapirs attorney client privilege. um, excuse me to invoke the crime fraud exception. and really, to get a ruling from the judge. it says the crime product section applies to pure security client privilege. never seen anything like that. it's very unusual, very different than this executive privilege question. we were talking about a moment ago and really there what you are likely going to be hearing, you know, is very candid comments from trump to his attorneys, because in my experience clients are understandably very candid when they talk to their lawyers could be very problematic. and ultimately, at least reportedly , this is about trump allegedly lying to his lawyer in order to
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get the lawyer to make a false statement to law enforcement. that if true, would make the former president responsible for that obstruction of justice and false statements to law enforcement. right so much to come there. renato mariotti. thanks so much for your time. we appreciate it. thank you. of course, still ahead president biden authorizing an airstrike in syria after a suspected iranian affiliated drone kills a u. s contractor and wounds five american troops will have the latest from the pentagon next. now up to 40% off. you found the diamond store our most powerful spot and stain clean. the bissell little green pet pro combines superior section and
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star reviews who will join your team from her favorite coffee shop. don't forget to tip. expand your team with five or freelancer caitlin poland's in washington, and this is cnn. we want to focus on the situation in syria now where president biden ordered an air strike in retaliation for the death of an american, a deadly drone attack killed an american contractor and wounded five service members yesterday. last hour, the pentagon said officials are confident the drone was targeting u. s forces and that it was an iranian made weapons. cnn's natasha bertrand is following these developments for us in natasha. what more do we know about how all of this unfolded and how that drone was able to get through that airspace? jessica what we did get a bit more of the timeline from the pentagon press secretary last hour he laid out what happened here, which is that around 6:30 a.m. eastern time on thursday, and iranian, a suspected iranian drone, i should say did target a u. s and
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coalition military base in northeastern syria and then later on thursday, about thursday night the u. s retaliated and launched an airstrike that targeted to facilities in syria believed to be used by iranian proxy groups to store munitions and also gather intel. teligent now we are told by by the press secretary there that they're still assessing how many militants were actually killed in that u. s airstrike. it is still unclear, and he declined to elaborate actually on how this drone the suspected iranian drone actually got to its point its location in the first place and was able to kind of breach the us based there and crash into its intended target. he said that they had a full site really of the radar and that they were going to conduct now an assessment as to how this happened in order to mitigate the risks to us personnel in the future. but he also said that the us is prepared to protect american personnel in the future and did not rule out future u. s airstrikes to do that. however he did say that the us is not
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seeking a confrontation or conflict with iran directly. here's what he said. in terms of escalation. look again. our focus in syria is on the defeat isis mission and that will remain our focus. we do not seek conflict with iran. we don't seek escalation with iran, but the strikes that we took last night were intended to send a very clear message that we will take the protection of our personnel seriously and that when we respond quickly and decisively if they are threatened. now the commander of us central command has said that the us is shifting its defensive posture in the country in response to these attacks, but of course, we will have to wait and see whether the us conducts yet another retaliatory attack against yet another attack by iranian proxy groups. just this morning 10 rockets fired at a u . s based in syria, jessica morris, something that is happening and happening more and more right, natasha bertrand for us. thanks so much. cnn global affairs analyst kimberly dozier is joining us now she's a senior managing editor at the military
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times. it's great to see you. thanks for making time. we were just hearing that reporting from natasha, and she talked about how the pentagon is investigating and can't really elaborate yet as to how this actually happened, how this drone was able to cross into that airspace that they had a full view of the radar. what do you think about that? and do you have any thoughts on how that might have happened? technology is in perfect and depending on the size of the drone, because the pentagon hasn't released that it could have been something that was small enough to somehow evade radar. now look , the forces in syria are fairly constantly regularly under attack by iranian backed groups , according to us officials in the central command, chief general eric parrilla said just this past week in testimony to congress that us forces had been hit more than 70 times since 2001 by these iran backed groups , so it's something that they
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prepare for. they have air defenses to guard against it, but it's the kind of thing that is just a fact of life if you're going to be in a sort of war zone area where there isn't really anybody in charge, and this is one place where iran where tehran can strike back at u. s forces in a so called gray zone beneath the level of a full war, too. sort of. damage the united states reputation without actually risking full scale open warfare. kim we know that iran arms these proxy groups and helps to fund them, but i'm wondering what your take is on how closely they influenced decisions like the one yesterday to launch this attack. is this something that to run monitors very closely. well the defense department statement said that this was a group that was backed by the iranian, uh, guard force
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. so that seems to indicate a pretty high level of coordination with the iranian regime. but there is an existing sort of pipeline that goes from iran across iraq into syria with all sorts of different, sophisticated weaponry. i've had iraqi, um and israeli officials and some u. s. officials confirmed this. to me. so every time the u. s strikes back as it did at facilities as it said, near duras or in syria, it takes out some of the skilled operators that u. s officials believer, iranian trained and some of that sophisticated equipment that's made it into syria, where it can menace. the us its forces or us regional allies. and kim. you mentioned this gray zone and that's where you know they're able to kind of that. iranian backed proxy groups are able to kind of go after american forces in iran can be behind it, that sort of thing. but even in that gray
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zone, is there a risk for escalation? when now we have an american citizen debt. absolutely had this been even worse. i mean, my heart goes out to the family of the u. s contractor who must have gotten this horrible news yesterday. and of course, there's a notification process, which is why we didn't hear the news in the press until hours and hours later. um but you know, the fact of the matter is the troops there are under constant threat. there was also the threat of isis. there were something like 300 raids against isis in syria in just the past year. this is an area where america is at low grade war, and only occasionally , just the public realized that if the attacks are very, very deadly, though, then the white house has to respond. and this point it's been this way. the worst. the attack the worst. that response could be right. right you make a great point. alright kim dozier. thanks so much. we appreciate it great to see you. and we want to say
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