and i think in this letter. >> hagen scott. >> is really calling. that out. you are just doing. >> the president's bidding. >> he sold his soul for power, and you are really seeing how different two different two prosecutors, two sets of prosecutors from this. >> office have behaved. >> and like. >> i said. >> daniel sassoon and. >> hagen scott. >> have. >> made all of us. >> as cny. >> lambs proud. >> so, tom. >> what's next? >> that's the big question. i mean, somebody does at some point need to file a motion here. who that person is. i'm not clear who that's going to be. i think one thing to keep in mind is that donald trump signed an executive order that directly speaks to the justice department, saying you will advance the interests of this administration. you will effectively, zealously pursue our position on issues. and so happening in just a couple of hours, this same u.s. attorney's office is going to be defending the administration as it pertains to some of the efforts of doge. that is out there and what they're doing. so it's putting them in a posi

his name is hagen scott, and he was one of the line assistants working on this case. and he submitted a letter of resignation to the justice department today, in which he points out that he agrees with the decision not to bring the case, and also says that what they were suggesting that they wanted the prosecutors to do was to essentially dangle a carrot over new york mayor eric adams to get him to get him to do what the administration wanted. and then in exchange, potentially, if he didn't have the stick of potentially indicting him down the road. so in this letter, which you say, which is scathing, hagen writes, any assistant u.s. attorney would know that our laws and traditions do not allow using the prosecutorial power to influence other citizens, much less elected officials, in this way, if no lawyer within earshot of the president is willing to give him that advice, then i expect he will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool or enough of a coward to file your motion, but it was never going to be me. now, boris, it's important to point out some of the a

now, hagen scott is worth mentioning, is not a liberal like me. he was a law clerk to the chief justice of the united states. he was, in addition. someone who served in iraq and got two bronze stars. and incidentally, he was first in his class at harvard law school. but he said, quite rightly, that only a fool or a coward would sign this motion to dismiss a valid investigation that emil bove, who is now in charge of the justice department temporarily, that emil bove admitted was not based on law or fact, but simply the desire to put pressure on eric adams to do the president's bidding when it comes to accelerating the deportation of people that the president thinks don't belong in the country. all of that is a long story. but to make a long story short, it is not just the unitary executive that is at stake here. it is the unitary government in the hands of unelected people. it's not as though donald trump is doing all of this. that would be bad enough. that would usurp the power of the purse. when he threatens not to spend money that congress has

i think we have danielle sussman's letter and hagen's letter.we can put it up. >> hagen's letter is the best. >> danielle sassoon. this is her letter to pam bondi, where she writes, adam's attorneys repeatedly urged what amounted to a quid pro quo, indicating that adams would be in a position to assist with the department's enforcement priorities only if the indictment were dismissed. mr. beauvais admonished a member of my team who took notes during. >> that. >> meeting and. directed the collection of those notes at the. >> meeting's conclusion. >> what does the letter say? what's the hagen's letter? he ended the letter with, but it was never going to be me. >> right. no. he basically. >> said, you know, he kind of was protective of trump and protective of the trump administration. >> he essentially said he agreed. >> he was he told us he was a republican. >> yeah. >> he is. i mean, he was a you know, he was a he was a kavanaugh clarke and a roberts clarke. he's a fed soc. >> type like i. >> have been. and what he basically said was i don't put

the plan calls for turning this area shaded in orange, near the silverado trail and hagen road, into massive resort. the grange campground would include up to 100 high end camping trailers, tents, a pool, and five permanent buildings. neighbors are raising concerns about traffic and safety. they plan to speak at a city council meeting tonight. they say the area floods when it rains, and are worried about fire pits in an area with a high wildfire risk. >> it's going to end up in litigation unless they can somehow prove that this is not dangerous. >> the city of napa says the proposal complies with city code and state law. local residents started a petition and raised more than $16,000 to fight the project. this month, we're celebrating black history month, and this weekend, the annual black joy parade returns to the streets of oakland. it starts at frank ogawa plaza. abc seven is your home for the parade. the presenting sponsor is the black infant health program, which is bringing 100 staffers from across california to the parade. you can watch the black joy parade live on sunday star

that leads us to our first alert weather and paul hagen on things this weekend and this week, next week >> looking good so far. not quite that far ahead. but finally drying out. >> good. >> after a pretty long stretch of wet weather. so whatever we do get some rain, we like to check where we stand in the rain season so far for the water year. let's take a look at those numbers where we have been since october 1st. 170% of rainfall normal. just over 34-inches of rain since october 1st. almost exactly normal rainfall in san francisco. 110% of what's normal this time of year. just over 15-inches of rain. very little rain in the south. and that divide is evident across the bay area. livermore with a couple of inches of rain only 65% of what is normal. 70% of normal rainfall just over 5-inches of rain in both livermore and in san jose. we do have another round of rain down the line. we'll take a look at that with our forecast rain models side by side. we head into the second weekend in february. looking good. clear skies over head. no fog tonight. temperatures are going to be chilly as the s

. >> resigned, hagen. >> scott, who also makes the point. if you're a business person, maybe this seems like a good deal. you get some leverage on somebody and that's fine. unless unless you remember what our system of government is all about. and checks and balances and basic ethics, and anyone who has any sense of those things would never go down this road. and it's just, i think, remarkable to appreciate how little the president of the united states cares about how our system of government is supposed to work. >> yeah, okay, brendan, you guys stay with me, because we are going to talk a little later about the proposed cuts to medicaid and some potential concerns about medicare and social security. so that's coming up. don't go far. meantime, what ukrainian president zelenskyy told donald trump that is raising eyebrows. that story in 90s. >> safelite repair safelite replace. >> nobody likes a cracked windshield. >> are. >> but at least you can go to safelite. com and schedule a fix in minutes. >> can't confirm. >> very easy. >> safelite ca

case was distracting adams from devoting his full attention to the president's priorities on attorney hagen scott in writing, no system of ordered liberty can allow the government to use the care of dismissing charges or the stick bring them again to induce an elected official to support its policy objectives. adding, if no lawyer within earshot of the president is willing to give him that advice, then i expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool or enough of a coward to file your motion. but it was never going to be me. as adams now faces growing calls to step down, the pressure he faces when it comes to supporting mr. trump's immigration objectives on full display as the mayor and trump's border czar tom homan appeared together this morning on fox. >> if he doesn't come through, i'll be back in new york city and we won't be sitting on a couch. i'll be in his office saying where the hell is the agreement we came to? >> reporter: adams pushing back on the idea of any quid pro quo, saying tonight, i want to be crystal clear with new yorkers, i never offered nor did anyon

the proposal would turn the area shaded in orange there, near the silverado trail and hagen road, into a huge resort for dozens of high end camping trailers and tents. supporters say the timing is right. it is well thought out and would provide an economic boost. however, opponents believe there are a number of safety concerns, including traffic. >> this project is designed to fit the land, not the other way around. that we've waited a long time for the right kind of proposal to come forth. and i believe it's before you tonight. >> it's not safe because you're going to have drivers and indecision that are going to probably get rear ended as they're slowing down, and other drivers are not ready for that. >> after roughly three hours of public comment, the city council started discussing the proposal about 45 minutes ago. we're keeping tabs on it a lot more to bring you here. new details from passengers caught hanging upside down from their seatbelts as their plane flipped over on the runway, getting carted to buy skincare. that's the proposal from a bay area lawmaker trying to protect k

the plan calls to turn this area shaded in orange, near the silverado trail and hagen road, into a massive resort. now, the vision for the grange campground includes up to 100 high end camping trailers, tents, a pool, and five permanent buildings. neighbors are raising concerns about traffic and safety. they say the area tends to flood when it rains, and they're worried about adding fire pits in an area with a lot of wildfire risk. >> it's going to end up in litigation unless they can somehow prove that this is not dangerous. >> the city of napa says the proposals comply with city code and state law. locals started a petition and a fundraising effort to fight the project, raising more than $16,000. all right. our last adventure here at 11, state senator scott wiener and mayor daniel lurie are expected to announce a plan tomorrow to boost nightlife in downtown san francisco. it's key to lurie's recovery strategy for downtown. wiener's office says he will introduce new legislation to make it easier for nightlife businesses to open up at a lower cost in a designated area downtown. last year,

the plan calls to turn this area shaded in orange, near the silverado trail and hagen road, into a massive resort. now, the vision for the grange campground includes up to 100 high end camping trailers, tents, a pool, and five permanent buildings. neighbors are raising concerns about traffic and safety. they say the area tends to flood when it rains, and they're worried about adding fire pits in an area with a lot of wildfire risk. >> it's going to end up in litigation unless they can somehow prove that this is not dangerous. >> the city of napa says the proposals comply with city code and state law. locals started a petition and a fundraising effort to fight the project, raising more than $16,000. all right. our last adventure here at 11, state senator scott wiener and mayor daniel lurie are expected to announce a plan tomorrow to boost nightlife in downtown san francisco. it's key to lurie's recovery strategy for downtown. wiener's office says he will introduce new legislation to make it easier for nightlife businesses to open up at a lower cost in a designated area downtown. last year,

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of the people who resigned rather than capitulate was lead prosecutor and jerry lewis catchphrase hagenhe explained the decision to resign this way: "no system of ordered liberty can allow the government to use the carrot of dismissing charges, or the stick of threatening to bring them again, to induce an elected official to support its policy objectives. if no lawyer within earshot of the president is willing to give him that advice, then i expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. but it was never going to be me." damn. that is powerful. unfortunately, he lost the president at the word "carrot." actually, bove couldn't find anyone to do it in the manhattan office, so he was ultimately compelled to sign the motion himself, along with two other washington prosecutors, and i swear these are their real names: edward sullivan and antoinette t. bacon. i believe we have a picture of the two of them. she actually opened for the beatles. i want to hold your ham. thank you. that joke sent him to us by little richie, age eight. t

the proposal would turn the area shaded in orange there, near the silverado trail and hagen road, into a huge resort for dozens of high end camping trailers and tents. supporters say the timing is right. it is well thought out and would provide an economic boost. however, opponents believe there are a number of safety concerns, including traffic. >> this project is designed to fit the land, not the other way around. that we've waited a long time for the right kind of proposal to come forth. and i believe it's before you tonight. >> it's not safe because you're going to have drivers and indecision that are going to probably get rear ended as they're slowing down, and other drivers are not ready for that. >> after roughly three hours of public comment, the city council started discussing the proposal about 45 minutes ago. we're keeping tabs on it a lot more to bring you here. new details from passengers caught hanging upside down from their seatbelts as their plane flipped over on the runway, getting carted to buy skincare. that's the proposal from a bay area lawmaker trying to protect k

the plan calls to turn this area shaded in orange, near the silverado trail and hagen road, into a massive resort. the grange campground would include up to 100 high end camping trailers, tents, a pool, and five permanent buildings. neighbors are raising concerns about traffic and safety. they say the area floods when it rains and are worried about fire pits in an area with a high wildfire risk. >> it's going to end up in litigation unless they can somehow prove that this is not dangerous. >> but the city of napa says the proposal complies with city code and state law. local residents started a petition and raised more than $16,000 to fight the project. >> 610 this morning in the accuweather forecast, we'll look at live doppler seven along with satellite. and what you notice is that we have some clouds off to our north. they're kind of rotating around an area of high pressure that's anchored off our coast line that high, keeping us nice and quiet. today also brings us a bit of a warm up this afternoon. eventually, that high will get pushed down to the south tomorrow, and that will allow fo

we've seen it in hagen's letter. we that the basis for dismissal is literally a political deal.nd i don't think it's that he didn't want to pardon adam, but i think it's that he did want leverage over adam. it reminds me, i think i said this yesterday of the mafia cases i did. you know, it's much better to have someone who you can kind of pull the puppet strings on than to have someone who just owes you a favor. and that is what what he bought here. and i think for trump and frankly, for beauvais who has done it's not this is not an isolation, right. everything he has done has been about exerting control over the department of justice through the white house and the political arm and saying there is no separation anymore. and what these prosecutors have said is, yes, there is. when you go below the ranks there. so the people who are corrupted are the people at the top. >> but go ahead. >> it's one of the rev about think about it for a second. you know, donald trump for a long time, you've obviously been in new york a long time. what do you think it means to donald trump to final

now, the latest to go is is a prosecutor, hagen scott. and here in the southern district of new york and on his way out, he really scorched the bosses, including emil bove, who is the acting deputy attorney general. he's sort of been the one who has been orchestrating all of this, trying to push people to file this dismissal. i'll read you just a part of what he says. as he walked out the door, he said, but any assistant u.s. attorney would know that our laws and traditions do not allow the allow. using the prosecutorial power to influence other citizens, much less elected officials. in this way. if no lawyer within earshot of the president is willing to give him that advice, then i expect he will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool or enough of a coward to file your motion, but it was never going to be me. now, what he's referring to here is this idea that they would drop this case against eric adams. the justice department is planning to drop this case against eric adams in exchange that he would, with the idea that he would

attorney in new york and hagen scott and the assistant u.s.orney really standing up for justice and the rule of law. that's what you should have at an fbi director. he also needs to take steps to get the administration to back off of demanding lists of fbi agents who worked january 6th investigations. that's how you get the trust and confidence of the american of, excuse me, of the fbi back with you. and that could happen pretty quickly. but the american people also need the trust and confidence to have trust and confidence in the fbi. and the way he needs to go about doing that is to stop this false narrative that the fbi is composed of people from the deep state, and that there's a pervasive problem and it's been weaponized, and it's politics is influenced investigations and operations, and that's frankly, patently false. >> so you've worked with the fbi on some pretty critical international hostage situations. in order to do that successfully, you need cooperation from governments around the world where those situations are happening. and i

but it was ausa hagen scott and scorcher of a resignation letter that left many in awe.wrote in part, quote, any assistant u.s. attorney would know that our laws and traditions do not allow using the prosecutorial power to influence other citizens, much less elected officials, in this way. if no lawyer within earshot of the president is willing to give him that advice, then i expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool or enough of a coward to file your motion. but it was never going to be me. joining me now is andrew weissmann, former fbi general counsel, msnbc legal analyst, the co-host of the podcast main justice, and the coauthor of the trump indictments. the historic charging documents with commentary. andrew, it's good to see you. i think you share my kind of disbelief at how things have kind of unraveled this week at s.d.n.y. but i wanted to ask you straight out of the gate. i think judge ho orders a hearing in this case. i think he orders a full blown hearing in this case before it gets dismissed. what would that hearing look like? >> so agree

we've seen it in hagen's letter. we that the basis for dismissal is literally a political deal. and i don't think it's that he didn't want a pardon. adams i mean, i don't know, but i think it's that he did want leverage over adams. it reminds me, i think i said this yesterday of the mafia case. i did. you know, it's much better to have someone who you can kind of pull the puppet strings on than to have someone who just owes you a favor. >> no one goes anywhere. and to the rest point, mayor adams saying publicly today that there was no quid pro quo. and yet this morning he sat right there over on fox news, cozy, cozy with trump border czar tom homan on the president's favorite morning news show. homan, describing where he will be in terms of adams's anatomy if he doesn't stay in line answering some of these questions for us some of these questions for us so we don't have to wonder. you know what's brilliant? boring. think about it. boring makes vacations happen, early retirements possible, and startups start up. that's why pnc bank strives to be boring with your money. the pragma

so, you know, using the language of the letter of hagen scott.nd he found the fool and he found the coward. it was he made himself, you. >> know, katie benner. at this instance, right? to your point, there's this internal kind of struggle that's happening at the doj. but then there's also the external messaging that you talk about, which is trump taking and capturing this idea and saying that the rule of law is now his as he. >> defines it. >> so is the message that he's sending out to the people. >> it's not. >> so much his opponents or the people that are resisting him, but maybe. >> to the. >> supporters that are on the fence about whether or not i should get my hands dirty, isn't he now sending. >> out the message. >> it's okay, get your hands dirty because i got. >> your back. >> i have your back or i'll punish you if you don't. >> and i think that one of the. >> things. >> we've seen. >> and when we think about the way the public. >> has reacted to donald trump. >> we. >> think about the way that politicians. >> whether it's congress. >> or

scott hagen scott clerked for justice roberts.are ideologically on your side. this is as, as barbara said, specifically about loyalty. in other words, this isn't do what we collectively think is the right thing to do. it's do what i say and tell me about that. in the in the history of democracy's failing. >> yeah. >> so excuse me. >> we are in. >> the. >> middle of. >> a attempt. >> to. >> shift the governance culture. >> to accommodate. corruption and to accommodate. >> a. >> vertical structure. >> of governance where. >> only loyalty. >> matters to force people either. it's my way. >> you do what. >> i say, or you're going to lose your job. and so you're right. this is not about a specific ideology. this is about. personal ethics. professional ethics. >> and what we're in. >> the middle. >> of. >> is an attempt. >> to declare ideas that are like conflict. >> of interest. >> professional ethics, objectivity of the civil servant as quaint democratic notions that must be discarded. and so the reason we're seeing people of different

and the one hagen scott, and that resigned today. he was a former clerk for justice roberts and judge kavanaugh when he was a judge. um, so these are conservative republicans that are resigning out of this sense of ethics. jeff zeleny what is the trump white house saying about this all? >> and, jake, given that background, there is very important for what we're about to hear and what we heard from president trump in the oval office, he said he had nothing to do with the decision to remove the charges here. of course, the allegations are that the white house wanted a sympathetic figure in eric adams to help enforce immigration law. that was the underlying cause of all this. but the president falsely said that these doj officials were all political appointees who preceded him from the biden administration. take a listen. >> if they had a problem. and these are mostly people from the previous administration, you understand. so they weren't going to be there anyway. they were going to all be gone or dismissed. if not, uh, they know on tu

but hagen scott is very similarly situated.urt in d.c. for then judge brett kavanaugh before he was elevated to the supreme court. he then clerked for chief justice john roberts. i heard today that if danielle sassoon had not been selected to be the acting u.s. attorney for the southern district, the natural other choice would have been hagan scotten, who was her co-chief of appeals before she herself was elevated. the fact that hagan scotten has gone from being sort of a darling of the conservative movement, and someone that the trump administration thought that they could trust, so much so that he was their backup choice to be the acting u.s. attorney. now, to going on administrative leave is a stunning turnabout. i also want to tell you, my phone is blowing up with texts from former federal prosecutors that i know, including many in the southern district and all of them to a fault, are unprintable because people are telling me that what has happened today is a complete and utter blank show, that emil bove is blanking crazy,

we've seen the other resignations, hagen scott, and he clerked for kavanaugh. has multiple bronze stars, describes himself as a conservative republican. danielle sassoon, who you just mentioned, who also has had to resign. she clerked for scalia. so, like, we have serious, you know, conservative legal scholars with with long careers, serious prosecutors of criminals, and they are being pushed around by pro-insurrection hacks, you know, who are more notable for their tweets and like and that is what's happening and the good and the people with the credibility and the background are now are getting pushed out. and we're going to be left with the ed martin's of the world. and that's a pretty ominous situation for us to be in. >> what happens next? >> well, first i just want to decode where i read that, which is the fbi says, you know what? we'll we'll agree to do this if you, you, the u.s. attorney's. office say that there's probable cause. and denise is like, i can't say there's probable cause. i can say there may be something there. everyone knows that's not pro