. >> george: gio benitez is live on the scene and donna brazile and reince priebus break down trump'sacks. >>> confirmation clashes. >> i'm offended by the question. >> show me a single statement i've made about science that is errone errone erroneous. >> george: trump on capitol h hill. will his most controversial picks make it through? >>> good morning, and welcome to "this week." the trump team promised shock and autostart his second term. two weeks in, the shocks keep coming. dozens of actions to purge the federal work force, moves to freeze foreign aid and domestic spending. this weekend alone, a late friday firing of prosecutors involved in the january 6th investigations. saturday, the website for the agency for international development went dark as health initiatives and medical research projects around the world shut down, and late yesterday, sweeping tariffs imposed on america's three largest trading partners, canada, mexico, and china sparking the prospect of a trade war that could hurt american consumers and shake the global economy. senior white house correspondent selina

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chairman, my name is donna brazile.proud member, long-standing member, at member of the democratic national committee. mr. chair, i rise because earlier when we came into this room you called upon us, mr. chair, to vote our conscience. you called upon us to have an open, free, fair election. mr. chair, you called upon us, as democrats, to come together to hear from our candidates. mr. chair, as we prepare to vote i would like you to reiterate what you have called upon us to do today as democrats, as americans, to be able to cast our ballot, free and fair without retaliation. that means that no matter who you support or not support, no matter who you vote for and stand up for, we are going to stand as democrats, and americans, and believe in free elections. we are not republicans. we don't suppress. we don't disparage you because you did not vote. we are democrats. we love america. we support the right to vote. mr. chair, i ask, in my humble opinion, as a former national chairwoman, as a former national vice chair, but p

former dnc chair donna brazile, former rnc chair and trump chief of staff, reince priebus, former trumppatch senior editor, sarah isgur, and democratic strategist and 2020 bernie sanders campaign manager, faiz shakir. let me start with you, sarah, as a justice department veteran. there is an extraordinary series of events we've seen this week. seven resignations over this effort by the justice department to pull the plug -- not effort. they did it. on the prosecution of mayor adams. what's going on? >> and remember when the nixon saturday night massacre happened, everyone agreed -- >> jonathan: that was just two resignations. this is seven. >> and they agreed that the president had the power to do that. they were simply signaling they didn't think it was a good idea. here there's something a little different going on. a lawyer actually has to sign this dismissal, and what those lawyers were saying is i will not put my name on this. i believe that this opens the door for a president to say, if you don't fully support my agenda sufficiently enough that i will bring criminal charges agains