and why she's contradictsing some treasured advise from michelle obama. >> oh, my god, oh, my god. >> he's pulling out. >> high-flying heist. a stolen airplane's flight to tragedy, leaves behind a trail of questions. richard lui in for alex witt on this saturday. msnbc headquarters in new york city. here's what's happening for you. we're going to start with breaking news. republican congressman chris collins today saying he is suspended his re-election campaign in a shift there in the wake of the charge of insider trade. geoff bennett has the details. geoff, what do we know? >> reporter: hey there, rick, as you mentioned congressman collins is stepping aside, suspending his campaign after earlier this week being arrested and indicted on charges of insider trading. collins maintains he did anything wrong. but republicans have offered little more than a defense. so it is a statement he issued today. he says this, democrats are laser focused on taking back the house, electing nancy pelosi speaker. and then launching impeachment proceeds against president trump. they would like nothing mo

did i get these michelle obama arms because i married my wife? [laughter] blame might marriage

turns out it was a gift from non other than barack and michelle obama. a coincidence? ♪ ♪ ( laughter ) >> announcer: it's "the late itstephen colbert." tonight, sex, spies, and pee tape. plus, stephen welcomes... janelle monaÉ. featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) c'mon! right there. hey, everybody! thank you, joseph. please, sit down! thanks, everybody! welcome to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. well-- ( cheers and applause ) happy friday. happy friday, one and all. ( cheers and applause ) you made it! we made it, we earned it. >> jon: yes we did. >> stephen: we earned it this week could not end soon enough because all week donald trump has been insulting our allies in nato and cozying up to russia. it's like that old saying: the enemy of my enemy is also my enemy, because friends are for the weak. ( laughter ) then-- yesterday? yesterday, he invited vladimir putin to the white house. we have a copy of the invitation: pl

. >> and michelle obama chose amy cheryl to paint her portrait, making it the first time in history that the president and first lady's portrait were painted by african-american artists. and that was no accident. she spoke of the power of this moment 2in history. >> this is consequential. this is who we as a society decide to celebrate. this is our humanity. this is our ability to say i matter. i was here. the ability to paint the first african-american president of the united states is absolutely overwhelming. [ applause ] >> and i could feel the pride and the emotions when i spoke to both artists from the smithsonian immediately following the unveiling. >> welcome both of you to the program. it has been an amazing day. what a great moment for you both. how did you feel when those portraits were unveiled? >> in words really. it was -- for me, suspenseful and just, you know, you're waiting for crowd's reaction. and it's just really exciting. i mean, he said it first. it was insane. >> absolutely insane. what you expect of a portrait like this, a sense of exhibition. but here you're deali

you worked closely with former first lady michelle obama.of this trip now for melania trump? a good idea or a bad one? >> i think it's a good idea and an important, both in terms of politics and policy. the fact that she chose to go to africa, a country, you know, a continent that president has equated to a toilet, i think it is perhaps her trying to make amends for the president's potty mouth and i think as a policy matter, africa is obviously a strategically important area, why china has been building schools and investing in infrastructure. when i traveled the world with the first lady, you could tell that it was a region that was looking to america for leadership and i think it's exciting. >> is this trip meant to mend fences or is she trolling her husband here? maybe a little of both? >> yeah. i think it's a bit of both and what you're starting to see is a house divided. she's not just kind of asserting independence. you're seeing a pattern of tit for tat. lebron james criticizes her. she praises hill. these african trip, you're startin

rob: michael bloomberg, michelle obama, some names democrats have tossed into the 20/20 ring but whot? the democratic panel on deck to debate that next. ♪ rob: laura trump ripping into kim jong un to -- omarosa, airing excerpts of the tape that showed the president's daughter-in-law offering her a job with the reelection campaign after she was fired from the white house. omarosa saw it as an attempt by her silence. laura said woman to woman i shared a connection with kim jong un for is a friend and campaign sister and i'm shocked and saddened by her betrayal in violation on a personal level. i hope it is all worth rob: boy, is he regretting that statement was the gop so taxpayers tipton $55, the cost too much for bus ticket to canada for the governor. the governor has not responded and is refusing to apologize for the comments. they are trying to explain it all away. jillian: michelle obama, dozens of democrats being thrown into the ring as the best bet to beat donald trump in 2020 but who really stands a chance? joining me to debate? political commentator wendy stucco, thank you for

including one who painted the official portrait of former first lady michelle obama. your local news is next. the 20 year old went missing for over a month. her accused killer: 24 year old christhian rivera made his first court appearance >>> i'm kenny choi. students at the university of iowa are are remembering mollie tibbetts. her accused killer 24-year-old christian bahena-rivera made his first court appearance yesterday. >>> the santa clara county fire department says that verizon throttled its data speeds during the mendocino complex fires. the state assembly panel advanced the bill to restore net neutrality rules. >>> and right now, a strike team from santa clara county is helping find the mendocino complex fire. the largest wildfire in california history, it's burned 565 square miles. it's 67% contained. ews updates throughout the day on your favorite platforms, including our website, kpix.com. >>> hello. our skies are gray out there. we definitely have clouds hanging around san francisco and beyond extending all the way to the central valley in fact. so widesp

one is carl paladino and one who came under fire for making racist comments about michelle obama. this may effect the ability of democrats to flip the house in november. >>> president trump once again attacking harley-davidson. the president encouraging a boycott if harley moves production overseas. many plan to boycott the company. great. most other companies are coming in our direction, including harley competitors. a bad move. trump first criticized harley in june after it planned to shift production overseas. harley needs to avoid steep tariffs from the eu. the tariffs could cost harley $100 million a year. they are in response to the trump tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum. raising costs for harley. two ways the trade policies are hurting this company. trump has threatened harley with higher taxes and warpned of a public backlash. his tweet came after hosting a bikers for trump rally over the weekend. you know, some of the production for harley was moving to asia even before the policies. that is the fast growing market. because the u.s. got out of tpp, the other trade de

why have much more appreciation for interviewers and i had the honor of interviewing first lady michelle obama at the american library association conference in new orleans. of course i was nervous because i admire what you do. she shared thoughts on her new book that's coming out so that was great. >> becoming is coming out in november. >> he coming is coming out in november so she was able to talk about the elements of the book. >> the national book festival founded by laura bush in 2001. the national co-chairs are the co-chairs. what about the trump's? >> not yet. i'm so glad you mentioned mrs. mrs. bush. librarians have a strong affinity. she's the first lady to be a librarian. she started book festival in texas when she was the first lady of texas and then when she became the first lady of the nation she started the national book festival with the hope that she'd be able to when we have an anniversary coming up that she will be able to be with us. >> this is the 18th year. looking at the 20th? >> we are definitely looking at the 20th. it meant so much for her to start that right here in w

barack obama an lady michelle also sharing their >>> former president barack obama and former first lady michelle obama are also sharing their condolences, in a statement saying few of us have been tested the way john was or required to show the kind of courage that he did, but all of us can aspire to put the greater good above their own. at john's best he showed us what that means. for that, we are all in his debt. michelle and i send out our heart felt condolences to as i understandy, and their family. -- to cindy and their family. >>> turning our attention to the islands. hawaii is not out of danger yet. even though the islands avoided a direct hit by now tropical storm lane nearly four feet of rain fell on the big island. flooding roads and homes. and starting a brushfire, cutting power to thousands and forcing evacuations. >> you could hear it coming. >> i could hear it coming. when i looked outside our porch, the whole yard was already covered with water. >>> thought i was going to wake up to a raging flood and really high winds and high rains. but instead i woke up to a calamity o

a gun to a knife fight and that's how he wins political battles all of this lip service that michelle obama gave us about we go high they go low it's actually the opposite because democrats are the chieftains of deflecting and they always want to make it look like republicans are the agitators here look no further larry than the twitter feed this morning of the politico reporter for this state of florida he was the one who who commented on trump's supporters he said yeah in the whole entire room last night at the rally you might have one entire mouth full of teeth suggesting that trump supporters have no teeth they're a bunch of hicks from the sticks i'm thankful for twitter here's the thing a lot of conservatives say gosh we don't like twitter we don't like some of the social media platforms i for one larry i'm very thankful for it because in those twitter feeds we can actually see how these liberal reporters think they're exposing themselves on a daily basis on the social media platforms and look i think every news editor and every news room across america needs to be combing through the

can you imagine if someone said that about michelle obama, what they be doing tonight? now leader mccarthy is calling on twitter to suspend roberts. the congressman joins is now exclusively with more on that and otherus issues. congressman mccarthy, this is so low, but it's one of the many things the left has said about conservative women over the last few years that have gone on with impunity. no repercussions, no boycotts they say it, they get away with it, and they are celebrated for it, congressman. >> exactly right. that is why he saying it. this is inappropriate on any platform to say about a first lady. this first lady, or any otherr first lady. and twitter is treating people much different way you look what theywi do to conservatives. a shadow banned them. when you shadow banned them everything you put up on twitteo is invisible except you ourselves. you know what they did to the rnc chair, ronna mcdaniel? they shadow banned her. congressman devin nunes, they shatter banned him him. they just said it was a -- an algorithm. there is not one of the 78 progressive

and we're rippinout all the vegetables in michelle obama's garden and planting mcnuggets.mc ggets.ove the mcnuggets. because we love america, don't we? that's why i had mike pence go to the colts game on sunday. and when the players knelt during the anthem, i told him to get the hell out of there. but don't worry, we're taking mike colt's season tickets and donating them to two lucky fanso in puerto they just had have to fly okemselves to indiana and their own hotel. because at some point they havet to start doings for themselves, okay?

we saw barack and michelle obama out of their minds. n talk about iconic figures, there aren't that many people when you reach the level of a carole king or barack obama, that give you kind of jelly in the knees, that kind of blow you away, who you just have to stand back and sort of do the little bow to. she definitely was one of those peoples at the highest levels of society. tell us a little more, ron, about what she meant to -- what has been a struggling community of detroit that that was always her home, that that's where she came back to and that's where she chose to spend her final weeks? >> well, as we know, detroit has been going through quite a tough time over the past few decades. but this city has embraced her as one of their own. she decided to make this her home. at one point she moved out to the west coast and born in memphis and moved to detroit when she was 4 years old but this is her home. this is what she related to, this city, the blue collar nature of this city and love that the people have for one another here. she

. >> reporter: avenatti even said democrats should give up michelle obama's 2016 advice. >> our motto is when they go low, we go high. >> when they go low, i say we hit harder. >> reporter: avenatti says he feels called to be involved politically but made no announcements. for that new york house seat, getting collins' name off the ballot isn't that easy. deadlines have already passed. the state party could take the local office and then choosing a different republican to run for kate. >> kelly o'donnell with the president in new jersey, thank you. a programming note here. omarosa manigault newman sits down for an exclusive interview with chuck todd. that's tomorrow on "meet the press." >>> president trump also took to twitter today to mark one year since those deadly protests in charlottesville, virginia. the president calling for the nation to come together and saying he condemns all types of racism and violence. in the city itself, residents honored heather heyer, who was killed when a driver rammed into a group of counterprotesters. hand-made memorials were left where heyer was hi

can see old pictures of somewhere else but with michelle obama hillary clinton and she was celebrated in the state department now that she's arrested we don't hear anything from the state department calling out the saudi government for this terrible act of arresting her for absolutely nothing so we have seen a crackdown in recent months on human rights activists women activists and this is another example of what they need that the crown prince is a reformer because he is sending the message to the saudi women you will not get any changes by your grassroots activism i am the only one that will decide every time the un does something to speak out against abuses in saudi arabia so the arabia then turns around and blackmails the united nations saying we will stop giving you money let's face it it's a very wealthy country from all of the oil that it sells and it uses its wealth to not only by friends and by silence from governments like the united states but to buy silence at the united nations and kevin our that's the way the top stories are probably have so far in moscow this saturday t

former first lady michelle obama attended her funeral. >> the man that killed john lennon has been deniedfor a tenth time. the new york state parole board said the release of 63-year-old mark david chapman would be incompatible with the welfare and safety of society. he shot and killed lennon in 1980 in new york city as he was returning home with his wife. chapman is eligible for parole again in two years. usa today reports on the ongoing war of words between miss america cara mund and former miss america and fox news anchor gretchen carlson. it's possible she will fire her after doing a tv interview yesterday. she released a letter criticizing the group's leadership. she also claims carlson and others bullied her. carlson denies the allegations. >>> still ahead, how two police officers brought a woman suffering from depression back from the edge. >>> here's a look at today's back from the edge. have no by-products. [conference phone] baloney! [conference phone] has joined the call. hey baloney here. i thought this was a no by-products call? land o' frost premium. a slice above. i thought

david: barack obama and michelle obama managed to go there.hard: he was good enough to invite me to the oval office for lunch about three months before he stepped down. we had a lovely lunch and we agreed with each other on most aspects of life. david: so i guess he was a nice houseguest? richard: both of them are absolutely delightful. and i think -- you know, we had a fun competition. anyway, he beat me. he learned to kite before i could foil board, and yeah. it was a great privilege to spend time with them. david: many times people who become financially successful and otherwise well-known, they seem to be unhappy for some reason. richard: i would be a very sad person if i wasn't a happy person. i have been blessed. every day i am learning. i see life as the one long university education i never had. i feel i am a perpetual student. ♪ david: you have met a lot of great leaders. you have brought them together in something called the elders, the which are people like nelson mandela and others that were great leaders in their time. you were ve

arabia is going to zone leverage on the un you can see old pictures of somewhere up the way with michelle obama with hillary clinton and she was celebrated in the state department now that she's arrested we don't hear anything from the state department calling out the saudi government for this terrible act of arresting her for absolutely nothing we have seen a crackdown on in recent months on human rights activists women activists and this is another example every time the u.n. does something to speak out against abuses in saudi arabia so the arabia then turns around and blackmails the united nations saying we will stop giving you money that some of the top stories this morning i was more. when lawmakers manufacture consent to step into public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. when the final merry go round lifts only the one percent. we can all middle of the room sick. i mean real news. you know world of big partisan movies a lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we ne

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have more appreciation for interviewers as i told you i got the honor of interviewing first lady michelle obama at the american library association conference in new orleans. and, of course, i was nervous because i admire what you do towards being interviewer but she shared thoughts on her new book that's coming out too and so that -- in november, she was able to talk about the elements of the book with over 9,000 librarians in new orleans. >> host: national book festival founded by laura bush in 2001, the obamas were cochairs or honorary cochairs in office, what about the trumps, have they become the honnary coaches? >> guest: not yet, i'm so glad that you mentioned mrs. bush, librarians have a strong affinity with her, she's the first lady to be a librarian and she started book festival, a book festival in texas when she was the first lady of texas and then when she became the first lady of the nation, she started the national book festival and we hoped that she'll be able to when we have an anniversary coming up that she'll be able to be with us. >> host: this is the 18th, are you looking at

president donald trump in the rain with the title changed to read the new book another showed michelle obama holding a sign reading an immigrant took my job. yeah also taking down more accounts accused of conducting cyber attacks and covertly spreading pro bashir al assad in pro russian content and according to the cyber security firm fire a i who tipped off base book to these horrific accounts some were there to promote iranian political interests including anti saudi anti israel and pro palestinian beams as well as to promote support supposed support for specific u.s. policies paper bowl to iran such as the us around nucular deal. is can you smell any air you can can you can you smell the atlantic council just parading with joy over this purge so let's take a slide down the slippery slope of facebook as political arbiter and try to keep free speech alive as we start watching the hawks. as it gets to the bottom so it's. like you know that i got. it.

you can see old pictures of somewhere on the way with michelle obama and hillary clinton and she was celebrated in the state department now that she's arrested we don't hear anything from the state department calling out the saudi government for this terrible act of arresting her for absolutely nothing so we have seen a crackdown in recent months on human rights activists women activists and this is another example of what a myth it is that the crown prince is a reformer because he is sending the message to the saudi women you will not get any changes by your grassroots activism i am the only one that will decide every time the un does something to speak out against abuses and saudi arabia so to arabia then turns around and blackmails the united nations saying we will stop giving you money let's face it it's a very wealthy country from all of the oil that it sells and it uses its wealth to not only by friends and by silence from governments like the united states but to buy silence at the united nations. that's our breakdown of the day's top headlines for this hour thanks for tuning

is this along the lines of what you are hearing from democrats after avenatti shot down michelle obama's yeah. not just about what representative swallow was saying about experience versus outsider. there's resistance among the establishment to copy trump. there's a feeling it won't work for democratic voters, seem inse sere. that should not be the way forward. there's a feeling that the thing avenatti was saying about being a fighter, that was a debate within the establishment candidates. elizabeth warren is trying to establish herself as the fighter candidate. i think that's a legitimate debate and why avenatti fired up the crowd in iowa because people want a candidate, democrats want a candidate that can, you know, punch back on president trump and, also, draw eyeballs to their message. in 2016, hillary clinton was drown out by president trump. >> it will be interesting for 2020. daniel, i want to segway to this report by our colleagues at nbc, some 50 democrats saying they will oppose nancy pelosi. daniel, how big of a deal is this and will nancy pelosi be ousted? >> there's a feelin

can see old pictures of somewhere else but with michelle obama hillary clinton and she was celebrated in the state department now that she's arrested we don't hear anything from the state department calling out the saudi government for this terrible act of arresting her for absolutely nothing so we have seen a crackdown in recent months on human rights activists women activists and this is another example of what. it is that the crown prince as a reformer because he is sending the message to the saudi women you will not get any changes by your grassroots activism i am the only one that will decide every time the u.n. does something to speak out against abuses in saudi arabia so to arabia then turns around and blackmails the united nations saying we will stuck giving you money let's face it it's a very wealthy country from all of the oil that it's sells and it uses its wealth to not only by friends and by silence from governments like the united states but to buy silence at the united nations. ten crews from seven countries are going all out in a tank by out on out an international arm

you can see old pictures of somewhere up the del way with michelle obama with hillary clinton and she was celebrated in the state department now that she's arrested we don't hear anything from the state department calling out the saudi government for this terrible act of arresting her for absolutely nothing we have seen in a crackdown on in recent months on human rights activists women activists and this is another example every time the u.n. does something to speak out against abuses in saudi arabia so the arabia then turns around and blackmails the united nations saying we will stop giving you money so i'm twenty one twenty nine and moscow good morning for me those are the stories of how they have so far this is something the fourth of august for most of them kevin i would know more for me than just about half an hour's time ago. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics. i'm show business. thank you. i'm just curious if the comedy show where americans in america covering american news are first some reason called foreign ag

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think about the michelle obama photograph. that can be age, it can be gender, it can be ethnicity, it can be knowing you came from the same neighborhood. with women on the bench, you've broadened the life experience which is brought to the bench, which is very important. the law should be reflective of the people who whom it applies and who should be part of the group. women are a part of our population, and that needs to be a part of the discussion. thank you. >>> thank you very, very much. now we turn the microphones over to you. time for q & a. i neglected to mention that c-span is covering this session, so if you want to remain anonymous do not ask a question. but, hopefully, everybody else will. and when you ask a question, please identify yourself first. wait for the microphone to come to you so that the recording can pick up your voice. people ready to start? because if you're not ready to start, the chair is going to start and, hey, who knows how long it will be before you can get your chance. hands? no. okay. i'm goin

you can see old pictures of somewhere out but with michelle obama and hillary clinton and she was celebrated in the state department now that she's arrested we don't hear anything from the state department calling out the saudi government for this terrible act of arresting her for absolutely nothing so we have seen a crackdown in recent months on human rights activists women activists and this is another example of what they need that the crown prince is a reformer because he is sending the message to the saudi women you will not get any changes by your grassroots activism i am the only one that will decide every time the u.n. does something to speak out against abuses in saudi arabia so to arabia then turns around and blackmails the united nations saying we will stop giving you money let's face it it's a very wealthy country from all of the oil that it sells and it uses its wealth to not only by friends and by silence from governments like the united states but to buy silence at the united nations. that is facing a backlash of a coma don't twitter sarah jones accused of posting racist messa

and former president obama and michelle obama saying we were all graced with a glimpse of the divine.p under fire after taking aim at america's intelligence community and his unprecedented decision to revoke former cia chief john brennan's security clearance. president trump lashing out at former national security officials, blaming them for launching the russia investigation. john brennan firing back today, calling president trump's claims of no collusion hogwash. and tonight, a new secret recording of a member of the trump family and an offer you can hear on the recording. here's abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl tonight. >> reporter: at a cabinet meeting today, president trump refused to answer questions about his decision to revoke the security clearance of former cia director john brennan. >> mr. president, is it appropriate for you to punish your critics? >> reporter: in his initial statement read by press secretary sarah sanders, the president said his decision was prompted by brennan's, quote, erratic conduct. >> mr. brennan's lying and recent conduct charact

president donald trump in the rain with the title changed to read the new book another showed michelle obama holding a sign reading an immigrant took my job. yeah also taking down more accounts accused of conducting cyber attacks and covertly spreading pro bashir al assad in pro russian content and according to the cyber security firm fire i who tipped off base book to these horrific accounts some were there to promote iranian political interests including anti saudi anti israel and pro palestinian beings as well as to promote support at the port for specific u.s. policies paper bowl to iran such as the us around nucular deal. is can you smell any air you can can you can you smell the atlantic council just parading with joy over this purge so let's take a slide down the slippery slope of facebook as political arbiter and try to keep free speech alive as we start watching the hawks. treat. it. as if it were the politics if you. like you know that i got. it. because of. the watching the hawks i am so robot in downtown that. if it's very interesting to see the effects of the. thanks hope us fac

secretary of state hillary clinton and first lady michelle obama but though he was jailed after suing the kingdom for the right to choose her own husband freedom other person gave. her brother rice but we was sentenced to ten years and one thousand lashes in two thousand and fourteen for insulting islam through a blogging website for public debate others arrested by saudi police have pressed for the rights of women and the rights of shia muslim minority another woman was taken into custody because she's married to an islamic law scholar is absolutely ridiculous that the saudi authorities can and no one had come through with some sun limited reforms like the left and the driving bad but on the other hand over rest of their e same women who helped to bring about this reform since may we've seen more than a dozen women's rights activists arrested in what is an unprecedented black crackdown the kingdom has just allowed women to drive for the first time and to attend sporting events and cinemas have opened after being banned saudi arabia is a major trading partner supplying ten percent of

just like barack obama or michelle obama will have to do anything from the millions they are getting from netflix. when james patterson wrote his latest book, he added bill clinton to it. it was a collaboration. james patterson did not need bill clinton to help sell books. this is basically, it is like if you fail, then you get picked up by hollywood if you are a liberal. i am not bitter about that. >> greg: you should be. i am you have not failed. but when i fail, i have no safety net. maybe this is a weird thing i dreamt. wasn't the suffrage movement created am part for prohibition ? a woman would vote question work. >> it was property rights am a miami you do not have that high of a population. they wanted women to vote to increase their vote total. >> greg: tyrus, what are your thoughts on hillary's next move? >> we should be afraid. i am not messing with her. leave her alone. [laughter] stop messing with her. there is that scary old lady on your block and one kid who always wants to go pick that and say don't do it. don't to it. she is going to use this vehicle because she is go

can see old pictures of somewhere else but always with michelle obama hillary clinton and she was celebratedin the state department now that she's arrested we don't hear anything from the state department calling out the saudi government for this terrible act of arresting her for absolutely nothing so we have seen a crackdown in recent months on human rights activists women activists and this is another example of what they need that the crown prince is a reformer because he is sending the message to the saudi women you will not get any changes by your grassroots activism i am the only one that will decide every time the un does something to speak out against abuses in saudi arabia so the arabia then turns around and blackmails the united nations saying we will stop giving you money let's face it it's a very wealthy country from all of the oil that it sells and it uses its wealth to not only by friends and by silence from governments like the united states but to buy silence at the united nations and. some other top stories a problem so far from moscow this. early afternoon is just twenty se

michelle obama she believes that we fought for decades to establish democracy in poland and now they want to destroy it if this continues poland will become a dictatorship this is the body of the guts in the system as my reports caused a sensation in polish media outlets that are close to the government. this particular clip was shown again and again on the main news programs as an example of anti polish propaganda of the demagoguery of the mother in scope of this is a scandal it's outrageous that a polish m.e.p. would make such a contribution to a foreign cropper ganda campaign. a member of the ruling party called toon a nazi collaborator later she was the death threats in the city of kut to the she was hanged in effigy. that's why i decided to return. i want to understand how poland could have gone from being a country that i once perceived as liberal and open to a place where critics of the government are now attacked as traitors. my first stop is war song to me torture too and again. how is she dealing with the pressure the european parliament considered the threats against her s