this is the announcement today from democratic party superpower lawyer bob bauer and republican party superlawyer ben ginsberg. quote, election officials are coming under unprecedented attack for their doing their jobs. some states are trying to criminalize their trained professional judgments. some officials have been the target of threats to themselves and their families. the two of us have been partisan opponents in the past, representing opposing parties to the best of our abilities. but at this moment in time, we share a grave concern about a tax on these public servants. we are launching the election official legal defense network, which will connect licensed, qualified pro bono attorneys with election administers who need advice or assistance. state and local election workers anywhere in the country can go to eoldn.org or call this toll-free number at any time to request to speak to a lawyer who can help them at no cost. this new resource comes as we ghetto day's new reporting from reuters details from state and local election workers are not just under attacks, they are also s

bob bauer and jack goldsmith here to talk about their book after trump, reconstructing presidency. bob worked in a democratic one and together they sort of written a guide to the damage the presidency did to the governing institution and suggest how to go about repairing and better protecting the system. a couple of brief housekeeping notes first. to post a question at any point click on the q-and-a icon at the bottom off the screen. the chat function also will be active for comments, not questions. put your questions in the q-and-a column. in the column you will find a link for purchasing copies of after trump. jack served under president george w. bush as a special counsel to the department of defense from 2002 to 2003 and then as the head of the office of legal counsel, the justice department from 2003 to 2004. he is now a professor at harvard law school and a cofounder of law andaf has written previous books one first-hand account of the battling of the bush administration over counterterrorism policy and actions and the other about the disappearance of jimmy hoffa and jack's re

bob bauer and jack goldsmith here to talk about their book reconstructing the presidency. bob worked in the democratic together they have

bob bauer and jack goldsmith here to talk about their book reconstructing the presidency. bob worked in the democratic together they have guided -- and suggested how to go about repairing and better protecting our system. a few housekeeping notes. to post a question at any point just click on the q&a icon at the bottom of the screen. the chat function will be active for comments and not questions. put your questions in the q&a column and in the chat column you'll find a link for purchasing "after trump." under george w. bush under the department of defense from 2002 to 2003 in the office of legal counsel the justice department from 2003 to 2004. a professor at harvard law school also a co-founder of l'affaire and previous books do with the legal battling over the push of or counterterrorism and the others about the disappearance of jimmy hoffa and jax relationship with his own stepfather who was a prime suspect in the disappearance. bob served as white house counsel to president obama from 2010 to 2011 in a senior adviser to joe biden's campaign. his professor at nyu's law

program this evening featuring two accomplished attorneys with high level government experience bob bauer and jack goldsmith. they're here to talk about their book "after trump", reconstructing the presidency. jack was a veteran of the republican administration. bob worked in the democratic one. and together they've written a sort of guide to the damage that donald trump's presidency did to our governing institutions and they suggested how to go about repairing and better protecting our system. a couple of brief housekeeping notes, first though, to post the question at any point, just click on the q & a icon at the bottom of the screen. the tab function also will be active. though for comments, not questions, which questions q & a column. and in the tag column you'll find a link for purchasing copies of "after trump". jack served under president george w. bush special counsel to the department of defense 2002-2003 and then as head of the office of legal counsel at the justice department from 2003-2004. he's now a professor at harvard law school. he's also a co-founder of law fair and has

bob bauer and jack goldsmith. they're here to talk about their book, "after trump: reconstructing the presidency." jack is a veteran republican administration. bob worked in a in a democ. together they written a sort of guide to the damage that donald trump presidency did to our governing institution and they suggest how to go about repairing and better protecting ourr system. a couple of brief housekeeping notes. first, to pose a question that any point just click on the q&a icon at the bottom of the screen. screen. the chat function also will be active, though for comments, not questions, questions in the q&a column. and in the chat, you'll find a link for purchasing copies of "after trump." jack served under president george w. bush as special counsel from 2002-2003 and then as a legal counsel at the justie department 2003-2004. he is 2004. he is now professor at harvard law school. he's also a cofounder of l'affaire and written previous books, one firsthand account of the legal battling in the bush administrati

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investigation to, you know, to push bart and bay area transit to world class, i'm going to implement those, bob bauer says. currently bart's policy is that passengers can only bring official service dogs onto the system. all of their dogs need to be in a crate. power says he does not believe the dog in this case. was a service dog. that dog by the way, was not injured in the incident. a deadly shooting by an fbi agent in oakland is raising questions about how local and federal officials actually worked together. the shooting happened near fruitvale avenue and blossom street shortly before 3 30 monday afternoon, federal officials say. michael cortez was shot and killed by an fbi agent who was part of a u. s marshals task force serving an arrest warrant in oakland organization is now asking how the city will hold the agent and the fbi accountable. collaboration between local and federal agencies is a dangerous and deadly game, um, that our city is playing in the name of safety, but it's not safety for us, the fbi issued a statement saying quote the fbi takes all shooting incidents involving our agents

. >> when bob bauer and ben ginsburg first wrote in the new york times for a need for this kind of effortjune, they mentioned the threats against election officials but it feels to me that it was more about new laws being passed in republican controlled states. essentially trying to intimidate people working in the election system in a partisan way. making it a criminal offense or making it some sort of punishable events for election workers to do their job. sort of hanging a sort of damocles over all of. them now it seems that it is a two lane idea. election officials may be defended from new forms of legal liability that are written as intimidation to these new laws. but also to try to get them physical defense, try to get them some sort of recourse against people who continue to make these threats. i guess, having been through this yourself most acutely in december, did you think these threats would have eased off by now? when have to be so much of a concern any further? >> i think in the weeks after january 6th and the tragedy that happened in our capital that day, every week would be

bob bauer and jack goldsmith. talk about their book, "after trump: reconstructing the presidency." jack is a veteran republican administration. bob worked in a in a democ. together they written a sort of guide to the damage that donald trump presidency did to our governing institution and the