is. >> report: ed martin is one of those people who has a nickname he self proclaims. imself ed "legal" martin. he was part of the stop the steel movement after that election and was a generate sixth defense attorney appointed to the job after the inauguration of president trump. he was the one who disposed of those cases after the pardons were handed down. >> john: what has been the reaction to these demotions? and what are they being demoted to, by the way? >> report: some are being demoted to the position of handling this misdemeanor crimes. they were tackling the highest profile prosecution in america a american history a few months ago. there is a broad concern that fbi agents to prosecutors inside the department of justice, everybody is looking over their shoulder, worried and email will pop up in a few minutes that they have been moved or have lost their jobs. it's hard to function as a professional when you are worried about that every few minutes. >> scott macfarlane on the justice beat in washington. thank you so much. mardi gras celebrations achieve their hig

attorney for dc, ed martin, who seems to be quite a character, about some of what he said, and he isses from officers united states. we'll see what happens. i don't have much trust in the current republican congress. you met, you were part of, i think, roger wicker. was he in the meeting with you today? >> he was. >> okay. so roger wicker, who's the chair of the armed services committee, mississippi senator, he posted this picture. it was that saying that the deal was a huge step forward in securing mutual prosperity and peace for americans and ukrainians. it was a picture of him shaking hands with zelensky. he then deleted that post afterwards. what was the bipartisan meeting like? >> the bipartisan meeting was extremely positive. we were on one side. he on the other ten of us bipartisan, and he was hailed as a hero. zelensky was ready, willing and able to sign that agreement. and what was most striking, chris, is the recognition that we have a mutual and common interest with ukraine defending democracy. putin will keep going against other democracies if he is not stopped in ukraine

earlier in the week, ed martin described himself as trump's lawyer.rtment is not the personal law firm of the president. joining us now, former federal prosecutor and former justice department lawyer brendan ballou. welcome, mr. >> mr. ballou. thank you for being here. i have talked to a number of people who have either been fired outright or who are currently placed on administrative leave. and one person i spoke with is a general counsel at an agency. they don't want to say which one because they'll be found out quite easily. who is career nonpolitical administrative leave with the promise of being fired? and i said, what do you want people to know? what should people know? and they said that we are living through a coup. that, to me is very chilling. is that the feeling inside the justice department? >> i mean. >> whether or not you describe. >> it as a coup, this is a. fundamental change in what the department of justice is supposed. >> to be. >> you know. >> after watergate, you. >> know, the department of justice really reformed itself. >> to be

attorney ed martin demoted at.tors, including the ones who succeeded in convicting the leaders of the oath keepers and proud boys extremist groups. >> of seditious conspiracy. >> the trump administration's firing spree of the federal workforce and backlash against january 6th. prosecutors have faced ongoing court challenges. with those cases still on the docket. a group. >> of 26. >> current and former usaid employees. urged a federal judge. at a hearing today to find that elon musk and. >> doj's very operations. >> are unconstitutional. >> their attorney said. >> during the hearing, quote. >> this is a made up super. >> agency with someone occupying a made up position. now, the democratic party entered the fray today. >> with its first. >> federal lawsuit of trump's. second term, arguing that trump's power grab over the bipartisan federal election commission violates federal election law. the executive order purports to provide president trump, the leader of the republican party. >> with the ability. >> to order t

your thoughts about what ed martin is currently doing? he's the interim u.s.in the district of columbia. he has now sacked and demoted several prosecutors that were investigating january 6th that were dealing with the proud boys. he's now made them to prosecute misdemeanors. i mean, paul, there's going to be some very heavy petty theft cases being prosecuted now in dc, but it's clearly punitive. they're being punished for not doing their jobs. >> they're being punished because he wants them to resign. he wants them to leave office. he wants them to be part of this purge where trump is getting rid of everybody who has any expertise on public corruption, so that that administration won't be held accountable. so, katie, he's taking the most senior prosecutors in his office, the people who have expertise in national security, on defense, on intelligence. and he's sending them to the lowest level to do low level misdemeanor cases. katie. katie, when i started at that office, i didn't have any trial experience. you know where they sent me? they sent me to misdemeano

that's ed martin. now, he defended january 6th defendants and later convicts.or on the eve of what became an insurrection. now he's the top d.c. prosecutor, which most legal experts, regardless of party, think is completely upside down. and he breaking all traditions and demands of public, nonpartisan rule of law. tradition says no, i'm just trump's lawyer still here. d.o.j. attorneys do not represent the president. the doj is also trying to take the pardons that trump issued, which are opposed by most americans, and broaden them to defend even more criminal conduct. you take this all together and you have something troubling on our hands, and you have the rewarding of these individuals, and you have an effort to take your government that your tax dollars support that is supposed to be neutral, independent and nonpartizan and turn it into something else. so i've told you before, these are a bundle of stories and developments that sometimes the white house does not want you to see. they are doing other counterprogramming, but we are staying on this. 83% of ameri

ed harris. >> and actors. >> natalie morales. and sonequa martinect as well. i'll go down. >> the line then. ed, i'll start with you. >> this is. >> based on. >> someone's real life experience. >> tell us who that. >> is and more about the narrative. >> the plot. >> well, our dear. >> director. >> kyle houseman. >> stokes. who wrote the three of us individual. letters and sent the script, and we all met with him. >> and his passion. >> and his need to make this film, and his desire to try to save. >> some lives. >> it's based on his. >> life. >> like he. >> said, like 93%. >> he lost a couple good buddies when he came back from iraq. and so he really wanted to. >> make this film. >> and really in hopes that it would help some people get some help. >> so we're all, you know, what said to be part of. >> what's so incredible about this film? natalie, is that 90% of the actors i understand that served are veterans. it was written and directed by a veteran. and so this isn't just this isn't just somebody who dreamed a concept up. this is somebody who su

ed sullivan show to the screaming crowds as the band traveled the world. abc seven news anchor dan ashley spoke to the curator of the exhibit, sally martin katz. >> these photographsut the exhibition were taken during the height of beatlemania, but there we're experiencing it as they're discovering their superstardom. so we, as visitors, get to come along for the ride. and that's really exciting. >> and you really are getting a firsthand view of the ride. mccartney traveled with a 35 millimeter camera and snapped the photos as he was experiencing life in real time. and katz says that's part of the magic of this collection. >> exactly. some of these pictures actually resemble, you know, holiday snapshots or show, you know, vacation photos. vacation photos. he's a tourist. i mean, this this was his first time coming to the us. and you have to think they're also 21 years old. these are for, you know, best friends who are 21. so the pictures are playful. they're whimsical. >> if you want to go, the deyoung advises booking tickets ahead of time to make sure you are able to get in. well, still ahead this morning, some nfl news involving the 40 niners where deebo samuel