so if i just do a quick search for garland, sorry. james h garland dr. barron mentioned him in her talk here is his testimony his pension testimony not all pension testimonies. are this this rich not all pension testimonies are this long, but it's amazing the amount of detail it goes into some of those service records. the military service records can be very bare-bones. it's basically, you know, did anything interesting happen to this person in a two month period and usually there's not a lot of detail, but he goes into great detail about what he did during the civil war how we contracted his disease why he needs his pension all all the doctors you saw after the war. it's really amazing some of the the details that you can get in the voices of of these people themselves. not just not just in historian distilling it for you. this is their voice this is them speaking to us and telling us their story. i think it's and i think there's we are currently transcribing even more sources to put up as well because there are just so many i could only choose the hig

garland: good morning. i'm pleased to be joined by lisa monaco, assistant attorney general gupta and kristen clarke. i want to express my condolences for community in surfside, florida. i know how difficult it is for the families who were lost and those who are waiting to hear and i express great gratitude for the first responders and for the others who are assisting in the ongoing rescue operations. i know that the federal government is providing assistance to the state and local governments and we stand ready as things develop to provide more assistance if it is required. the rights of all eligible citizens to vote are the central pillars of our democracy. they are the rights from which all other rights ultimately flow. two weeks ago i spoke about our country's history of expanding the right to vote. i noted that our progress on protecting voting rights, especially for black americans and people of color, has never been steady. moments of voting rights expansion have often been met with counterefforts to

garland mentioned something similar. before you leave the house, as it were, wherever you are, what is the situation on the ground? that is something we are exploring. >> so people can decide when the best time might be for them to visit and which part of the park to enter, which part of the park to visit. in 2020, zion national park, in my state of utah, was the third most visited park in the nation with around 3.6 million visitors. at times, zion has had to deal with some of these overcrowding issues because that is a lot of people visiting one park. in many cases, a reservation has been suggested as the only solution in spite of strong opposition from most park visitors in local communities and that is something i strongly impose. the east zion initiative can also serve as an excellent test case for what can be done to address these issues without capping visitors or degrading resources. can you tell me a little bit about the efforts being undertaken to disperse visitors to underused assets as part of the east zion in

garland wrote that up in a memo. to be clear biden 100% agrees with that.ump felt very differently. firing his first attorney general for not protecting him in the russia investigation. excusing jeff sessions in a tweet of not being loyal. this is not the attorney general's job. trump's next attorney general bill barr, very much protected the president. misrepresenting the results of the mueller report before the public could read it. barr directing the doj to drop a case against michael flynn shortly after trump said he should do so. at the capitol, a very unusual move by nancy pelosi, rejecting serve on the house select committee to investigate the attack on capitol police and the capitol. pelosi in a written statement said representative of jim jordan and jim banks of indiana were not suitable to help run the investigation because they themselves supported the big lie that trump had won the election. the man who picked jordan and banks house minority leader kevin mccarthy was incredulous. >> speaker pelosi has taken the unprecedented step of denying the

but have been completely ignored by attorney general garland and the department of justice. it is clear attorney general garland may not be in a rush to respond to us, what his answer to defense counsel who said of the treatment of generally six defendants this is not normal. it is not normal to isolate people and make them eat off the floor. he would know this because he would know what normal treatment is because in detention because he was imprisoned from 20 years before being exonerated for a wrongful murder charge straight should we ignore him? should we also ignore senators worn, senator durbin, both expressed concerns about the accusations regarding generate six defendants they were in solitary confinement. i am pleased some federal judges have intervene on behalf of some these claims of mistreatment. but there is no substitute for complete transparency in our justice system and the protection of the public trust. let us remember back in march the department of justice had to be reprimanded for discussing matters concerning this investigation and speculating on potent

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attorney general merrick garland just hours later in chicago launching a new federal strike force to tackle america's rise in gun violence. pierre thomas tonight teaming up with our abc stations across the country. what's driving this rise in violence? >>> and the images coming in at this hour -- the video wall collapsing at hard rock stadium outside miami, rattling south florida again just ahead of a music festival. >>> and "america strong" tonight. the u.s. navy and the honor long overdue, and the american workers making it happen. >>> good evening. it's great to have you with us here on a very busy thursday night, and we begin tonight with the coronavirus and this new summer surge fueled, of course, by the highly contagious delta variant. tonight those words from the cdc director, dr. rochelle walensky, calling this a pivotal moment in the pandemic. cases soaring among the unvaccinated, and now the breakthrough cases among the vaccinated in this country. authorities have said that's to be expected and that the vast majority of these breakthrough cases have been mild. they say it s

there's a sense of urgency from the president and his administration, both the attorney general garland about a sense of urgency. what can we do now adding resources now to have an impact on violence in our cities. >> because garland is from the area, did he say anything to you that is he chose the very area -- >> yes, attorney general garland and i had a commitment before the meeting to help out with chicago. he offered whatever we needed from doj, we would get those resources including task force officers, additional prosecutions, additional fast tracking investigations of conspiracy cases. these are the people that drive violence in our city. so there was a significant commitment. it wasn't just a bland great thing that you didn't get. it was very substantive. >> so did you redeploy people that were -- >> it's deploying more resources as well as a hyper focus on people who drive violence in our city. >> so is this a one and one that you had with garland? >> yes. prior to the meeting. he and i talked and we discussed it during the meeting and will have significant followup. >> mr. ada

mayor garland don't want to do this. this is not where their heart is. mayor garland is not a political person in any way. joe biden does not like things are divisive. he wants the country to turn the page on trump and move on. the problem is trump is a criminal and he continues to do criminal things. we have to hold him accountable. this is a man who does not like -- this is a man who's actively planning to once again run to be president of the united states. >> i think you make a great point in closing. we went a quarter of the hour without saying attorney general garland. if the thing works independently, he should not have his hands all over the case. this is been development and investigated. i think chai is right to remind us of the policy level call. garland had been running from anything that would look like an assertive approach to this which maybe his constitutional vibes. but, there is a lot of apparels for that. we have a lot to work on. i want to thank chai, david and michelle. we'll fit in a break and when we come back. someone clash on fox

attorney general merrick garland cites "arbitrariness in its application, disparate impact on peopleof color, troubling number of exonerations and capital and other serious cases." he ordered a review of the lethal injection drugs used to kill condemned prisoners. can you comment on this? >> look, it is good news. it gets us in line with every other western democracy and most countries on planet earth. the other thing is we really have to really be concerned about poor people of all colors. when you visit death row -- and i have been many death rows. disproportionally people of color,lmost exclusively people who were too poor to afford their own lawyer. when you go down the list of people who are likely innocent when they were executed in this country, virtually all of them were too poor to afford their own lawyer. this is good news for everybody who believes whether you are rich or poor, black or white, male or female, or simply -- no matter what zip code you were born in because there is great discrimination there, too, deserve equal justice in this country and we should lead the w

what would you attorney general merrick garland?> to make sure we have a better leader in charge of what is happening at the border, number 1. kamala harris needs to be replaced. number 2, the transmission rate amongst those illegally entering are at a higher rate than americas. if we're going to ask the taxpayer to stay at home under a mask mandate and a vaccine mandate, we can't we ask the same thing of illegal immigrants that are not tax paying members of this country. it's just that simple. it's not complicated. now they're playing politics and it has to stop when you're dealing with the health of this country. >> trace: you're right. we know the covid positivity rate is extremely high. >> thank you. god bless you. >> trace: a 14-year-old boy sitting in a car is shot in the head multiple times in chicago. we'll talk to an ex-gang member's crisis. the two and a quarter refi. two and a quarter percent. just 2.48 apr. save thousands every year. is struggling to manage your type 2 diabetes knocking you out of your zone? lowering you

garland is an institutionalist. he's defending the department, not barr or sessions. the fact is that because of -- because of garland's institutionalism, he's shielding people from accountability. so he's probably going to fight releasing this alternative report. i hope the "new york times" wins its foia request because history deserves answers. >> i do too. i want to know what's in there. gentlemen, thank you for leading us off tonight. i felt bad for myself, i started work at 7:00 a.m. today. jonathan has been on tv since 6:00. a quick note, monday night, "i alone can fix it" authors will join brian. >>> more fallout from the stunning revelation that generals feared a coup in the trump white house. >>> and why kevin mccarthy paid a visit to the former president, in where else, new jersey. doesn't everybody want to go to jersey in july? the 11th hour is just getting under way on a thursday night. don't go anywhere. der way on a . don't go anywhere. just two pills for all day pain relief. aleve it, and see what's possible. ♪ (vo) the subaru crosstrek. dog tested. dog

will not serve as a law clerk for the just as well attorney general garland remains in office.le merrick garland serving as the attorney general, jessica's courtship would raise recusal issues for cases involving the doj. >> shannon: a lot of talent and brainpower and one. leads to a very d.c. kind of situation. i'm sure she will clerk down in the future and we will watch that. thank you so much. >> thanks for having me. >> shannon: growing debate tonight over whether to bring back max command date because of the resurgence of positive coronavirus tests. the delta variance breaking infection rates and hospitalization while vaccination numbers stagnate. if correspondent kevin corke is tracking the latest developments for us tonight. good evening, kevin. >> good evening, shannon, the cdc said vaccinated people could forgo masts they did it earlier this year you can imagine the white house quickly embrace the change. the fact the ceremony and the rose garden, biden himself listen, if your vaccinated bully, you should know longer need to wear a mask. that was then and this is now.

after graduating from harvard professor driver clerked for judge merrick garland, justice stephen breyer and justice o'connor, sandra o'connor. and i don't know where this ranks in the list of professor driver's accomplishments, but professor driver or as i used to know him justin was also a student of mine. and i can tell you from those long ago years that he is super smart and super thoughtful with a very keen eye for fascinating legal and historical subjects. so you are in as i'm in for a real treat. justin driver. [ applause ] >> okay. so i've been introduced by a lot of people over the years but i have to confess it is an odd sensation to be introduced by a supreme court justice. perhaps one of the few things more odd still is being in the audience when a mighty supreme court justice introduces a lowly law professor. it must feel a little like you are at a really fancy restaurant where the main course arrives before the appetizer. the sort of proper standard of affairs has been woefully inverted. that it's justice elena kagan who did the introducing tonight makes this occasion all t

we saw this with garland, and post watergate with the levy attorney general. what is your -- defined your leadership in the department, understand with the admission is. it is going to be thought to be significant how the attorney general answered the question i will stick and in a another moment, the ball because it -- bobby kennedy, the former presidential campaign manager. it was a very significant moment, and people's understanding of the dimensions of this particular norm, in that case in an appearance matter to say the least, with pretty directly challenge. i am musher it's fair to say there was enormous place at the time, but that should help launches into the modern understanding of it. i think you are quite right, i think the attorney general were to say either john mitchell, or bobby kennedy were to say with the microphone, i'm here to say that this president is reelected to a second term by doing everything possible to satisfy the constituency that put him here in the first place, that would be inappropriate and put the white house on the president

>> another great question, yasmin, because so far garland's justice department has generally followed tradition of protecting presidential power, even former presidents. it is kind of an institutional commitment, but this week we saw a different approach. the justice department will not try to prevent its former officials from testifying about the events of january 6th, and the fact that we saw these notes about trump's, again, unprecedented efforts to subvert the democracy by pressuring the justice department. the fact that we know about this is because merrick garland's justice department allowed this evidence to become public. they didn't try to fight it, claiming executive privilege. so it is a good sign that the garland justice department understands that it can't use the prerogatives or traditions of the justice department to not let this evidence come to light. the american people must know about the corruption of the trump administration in trying to subvert our democracy. >> paul butler, thank you as always. good to see you. >>> coming up, everybody, in our 4:00 p.m. hour we

garland announcing he is sending in more federal resources to combat gun violence. with more on that, here is gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: tonight in new york city, police are looking for the gunman who shot a 16 year old in broad daylight, just another example of surging gun violence in major cities across the country. >> this strikes not only at the communities we serve but at our own community of law enforcement. >> reporter: today the justice department launched what it calls anti-gun trafficking strike forces in five cities, new york, washington, d.c., los angeles, san francisco and chicago, where just yesterday three people including a teenager were killed by gunfire and 32 others were wounded. in d.c., outrage after 6-year-old naya courtney was gunned down >> our family is broken, and we will never be the same again. >> reporter: the biden administration is focusing on a crackdown of illegal gun sales, but similar tactics have been tried before do you believe that the main reason for this uptick in violent crime is bail reform >> without a date. >> reporter:

. >> plus, gun violence is up and attorney general garland is out with a new plan for the problem. gun traffickers. those details are coming up, too. details are coming up, too. ♪ when technology is easier to use... ♪ barriers don't stand a chance. ♪ that's why we'll stop at nothing to deliver our technology as-a-service. ♪ . >>> this morning a big new indication. top house republicans and doctors in their caucus held a news conference for skeptical supporters to get the shot. here is what steve scalise had to say. i encourage people to get the vaccine. i have high confidence in it, i got it myself. >> new covid cases have tripled in the u.s. in the last two weeks mf more than 95% of people right now are unvaccinated. we have dasha burns outside of a middle school in north carolina where there are growing concerns about the number of new cases among children. good to see all of you. so this news conference from republicans seems, i think, to be the biggest most organized shift we have seen in tone and messaging. how much of the party is where they are and is anyone going to listen?

but garland has also said that he would support additional protections for journalists. >> the white house is blaming china for microsoft exchange email. hack. it compromised 10's of thousands of computers around the world. this was in january. the biden administration has now disclosed a range of other cyber threats from beijing, including ransomware attacks from government hackers as senior us official says that china's ministry of state security has been using criminal hackers and are putting them under contract. we asked seen at at it are at large in. sure. what might happen if the u.s. doesn't 3 spot. >> i mean, this sounds like the cold war again. right. proportional response and the whole thing. i don't know whether or not by the way, we're hacking other people. i think there are a lot of people who would bet that we are. so, you know, this this kind of thing may already be going on. i think the question is how do we set rules around what you're allowed to attack and what you're not just like we have geneva conventions for actual war. you know, this is something that's going t

dan: he is meeting with the attorney general merrick garland who has worked on this issue and as a judge he used to deal with some of these issues and he is meeting with local leaders including law enforcement and elected officials and a community violence intervention expert. there is a recognition on the white house as part that this could spiral out of control and hurt them in the midterm elections where it is much further for the majority party to stay in control because they are getting blamed for anything that goes wrong. we have seen this increase in crime and gun violence in the last year or two. the administration -- trying to address this search. >> from one of your colleagues at politico, eric adams, the democratic nominee for new york mayor expected to be in that meeting as well. any other mayors in big cities setting up names we know about? >> they have not released as far as i can tell every person who is going to be in that meeting. i think the fact that adams is in that meeting is a sign that that is where biden wants to shift the democratic party in terms of welcoming so

. >> attorney general merrick garland has halted all federal executions pending a justice department trump administration executed 13 people in this last month, including several during the transition period breaking a sentry-old precedent. president biden is vocally against the death penalty. what do you expect to happen next, holly? >> look, the moratorium is fine. but reverend given the universe of badly needed criminal justice reforms, it's not nearly enough. in fact, there is 4,000 individuals right now who are currently on home confine men, who were safely moved to home confinement from federal prison during the covid pandemic. those 4,000 individuals may have to go back to federal prison if president biden doesn't act soon. one of those individuals is a 74-year-old grandmother by the name of gwen levi, this a case that has had awareness raised about. she went to computer class and she haase now been deemed an escapee buy the bureau of prisons. not only do they want to send her back to prison, they want to lengthen they are sentence. it is crazy. i think this is the greatest cr

and likewise, if attorney general garland said, no thank you, mr. president, i'm going to continue to pursue this, once president biden had said this publicly, obviously, it becomes more politically costly for them to do this but it happened privately and the attorney general said i don't think that is right, the president would have a decision to make. again, i think -- there is a unit executive from a certain point of view but at the practical matter because the president needs to rely upon principal and interior officers to carry out his will, the powers of the presidency as dick newstat said, the power to persuade to some degree as well. the president is usually able to get his way. i'm sorry, go ahead. >> as a historical matter my understanding is that the accommodation made with respect to the surveillance program, the bush administration was really a very minor one. it was a minor tweak and a great deal of drama has been expended on that. but the substantive adjustment was very small. >> and judge, i was using it as a case example rather than

here's what the latest memo from merrick garland said.s have been raised about the continued use of the death penalty across the country including arbitrariness, disparate impact and people of color and capital and other serious cases. those weighty concerns deserve careful study and evaluation by lawmakers. >>> poppy, as you point out there were a flurry of disc executions under attorney general bill barr. there were 13 federal executions. poppy? >> we'll see how long this lasts, where it goes. it's significant for sure. thanks very much. >>> so, track star shakari richardson was set to represent the u.s. in the 100 meter dash. andy scholes joins us now. what's richardson saying about this, andy? >> reporter: she lost her biological mother right before competing at the u.s. trials last month. she told the "today" show this morning she was very upset at that time and she used marijuana, adding she does take full responsibility for breaking the rules. richardson won the 100 meter dash in impressive fashion. that's where she tested positive

garland says the safeguards are to protect against inappropriate influence. his order re-establishes norms often broken by former president trump who called for investigations into his rivals >>> extreme heat and drought from climate change are fueling wildfires across the west. and they're getting larger and more dangerous each year miguel almaguer has more on the concerning increase in natural disasters. >> reporter: burning hotter, faster and more explosive than ever before, wildfires in the west are threatening homes and lives. firefighters say what's unfolding here is more than one disaster feeding off another historic drought is the perfect fuel for these epic conditions but it is climate change creating infernos larger than over, with smoke powerful enough to spawn their own weather systems. the unimaginable is becoming routine -- >> we're seeing hot days and heat waves like we have never seen before, and then the wind is just a formula for disaster. >> reporter: fire chief brian fenesy and his crew say what has already been lost is devastating. but th

merrick garland is threatening legal action against the order and for abbott to rescind it garland says order is dangerous and unlawful. the border would jeopardize the health and safety of noncitizens in federal custody and families and communities. the order directly interferes with implementation of federal immigration law. top house republicans lay down a proposal for the border wall to stop the migrant crisis. >> to resume and complete what donald trump initiated for border wall construction and second is to enhance border technology. we have tremendous technology not being properly utilized and the third is to have more boots on the ground. >> reporter: vp harris released her 5 point plan to combat the crisis, the root cause identifies and coordinates action to improve security governance, human rights and economic conditions in the region. harris followed that up by saying it won't be easy and progress will not be instant but they are committed to getting it right. jillian: we will talk about kamala harris in a second but let's start the conversation in texas, the governor, elect

garland calling the order dangerous and unlawful.nor abbott firing back saying he will do everything he can protect to health and the safety of texas. well, an olympic win for america. gymist lee becoming the fifth straight american women to take home the gold and the individual all-around gymnastic competition at olympics. last american to do it simone biles was cheering lee on the stands after dropping out over mental health concerns, dagen. send it back to you on earnings once again. i want to let you know how chevron crossing, double beat on, dagen, oil price story but we came at a buck 71 and 36 billion on revenue. double beat for chevron, a lot more coming out today. i will stay on it for you. dagen: thank you, cheryl. futures under pressure this morning as we wait on personal income and spending numbers for june. also inflation number in those were poor that fed so closely watches and investors keeping eye on exxon and caterpillar all reporting this morning. pacific advisers financial adviser jason rodman and joining the conve

garland held a meeting with local law enforcement leaders today at the u.s. attorney's office in chicago. the justice department launch strike forces to confront the rise in gun violence in the bay area. los angeles, chicago, new york and washington, dc. >> so i hope we have a productive set of meetings about how we can work together with each other and what we can do to help violent crime. chicago terrible tragedy. the federal government have to do everything we can in cooperation with state, local partners. i can bring that violence that's what we're all that we're going to be working on today. >> garland's visit to chicago comes after the city saw 3 mass shootings wednesday in just a 6 hour span. >> friendly skies quickly turn on one bay area family after a confrontation of board. a southwest flight. >> yeah. the parents say they had to get off the plane because their 3 year-old son would not wear a mask and it can be tough. you know, 3 year-old to do it. you want them to cover saying herman has the story from sfa. >> was advocate of their airline. i them

and i think this is why president biden was so clear before he nominated merrick garland when he was a a candida. he said i want a justice department that is not influencedis in its enforcement decisions by me. that is -- i think all of us would agree that is the purpose. but because it's simply a process, it doesn't -- the contacts policy doesn't say that. oray hasn't for many years. >> and just in fairness, i think actually president biden may j have goneav even beyond that an suggestha that the department o justice in fact would be independent of him. not justt with respect to limitd enforcement matters, you know, when attorney general garland has taken some positions, the department of justice has taken positions in recent weeks, the white house, not just in enforcementti matters, but in t institutional positions thes department is filing in the courts, the white house has been clear to sortou of try to distae itself, saying this is just doj taking the action thatel doj ha taken. on the other hand, there have been other examples in which when the white house deemed it consistent

but i also want to say there's no mirror, garland says, the attorney general says, oh, don't worry, we're going to officially stop this. but he's just issuing a directive to stop it. it need to be codified and try and in law if you want to actually stop it. and it really does bring up the conversation of what happens to all of that data that we're just freely giving to social media networks to our phones, to all of this technology that we use every day. and another big part of this discussion is over confidentiality for journalists. now karen kaiser, the general counsel to the a p, spoke at this hearing and said that journalist should be given notice, and a chance to challenge prosecutors efforts to seize their data. how do you see it there? yes. so look as a journalist, i understand the need for sources. it's incredibly important to what we do. the ability to have confidential sources. the idea that you don't have to be subpoenaed that no one has to come in and try to, to access your work files is jerry never said it said they just go to the cloud and they can access it there. they don't

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to restrict the movement of illegal suppose a risk of carrying the virus attorney general merrick garlandeatening a lawsuit to stop him i'm jackie deangelis and for elizabeth macdonald "the evening edit" starts right now. good evening and welcome 1.2 trillion infrastructure bill 2700 plus pages is being debated by the senate democrats say they have the votes needed to pass the three and half trillion dollar budget resolution they will push that there without any republican support to a massive spending package chock-full of priorities i migration reform and climate change joining me too discuss former white house deputy chief of staff karl rove good evening always great to see you. let's start with the op-ed in the title was the american jobs plan is a call to arms for the gop lay out what your argument is.lf >> is the administration social welfare bill items packed with every left-wing agenda item from pre-community college to free childcare and eldercare and so forth the price tag is said to be $3.5 trillion but if you look at the template they had a number of programs which mysteriousl

. >> what's also interesting about this is that merrick garland, the attorney general now, issued aneek saying that the justice department was not going to assert executive privilege and blocking rosen from testifying. and we were talking about that moment. garland is such an institutionalist, in my view, this is an opinion, not based on anything i know for a fact. but i find it hard to believe that garland wouldn't have said that if he did not think that rosen wanted to testify. and this maybe sheds some light on that because he's all about protecting people if they don't want to have to do it. >> i share that opinion about the attorney general. i think his decision in the case to continue maintaining the former trump administration's defense there indicates just how strong an institutionalist he is. however, you're absolutely right. in this case i think he made the absolute right decision to pull back the shield and to allow these gentlemen to step forward and testify fully and truthfully. i would expect he probably had some sort of a conversation with them or understood where thei

but now attorney general merrick forwardland threatening a lawsuit to stop him -- garland. jackie deangelis in for elizabeth macdonald, "the evening edit" starts right now. ♪ ♪ jackie: good evening and welcome, everybody. the $1 is.3 trillion -- 1.2 trillion infrastructure bill is being debated by the senate. democrats say they have the votes needed to pass that 3.5 trillion budget resolution. they're going to try to push that a through without any republican support leading the way to a massive spending package chock full of progressive top priorities like immigration reform and climate change as well. joining me now to discuss it, former white house deputy chief of staff karl rove. karl, always great to see you. >> thanks for having me. jackie: let's start with an op-ed you penned in the "wall street journal," and lay out what your argument is here. >> well, the american jobs plan is the administration's social welfare bill that has holes, the it's packed with every left-wing agenda item they could stuff into it, everything from free community college to free childcare co

attorney general merrick garland is starting a special task force there and in four other cities.orrespondent david spunt is in chicago tonight. >> we are in a battle for the heart and soul of sun rock communities. >> a grim assessment this week from the windy's city top cop, speaking to citizens, witnessing an unrelenting stretch of violent crime. [siren] >> wednesday night alone, three people were killed, including a 14-year-old boy. 17 others were shot over the weekend 11 people were killed. 45 others wounded. we sat down with cook county's top prosecutor. >> it's easy catching people addicted to drugs. much harder to catch people who pull triggers. >> 750 prosecutors in a county with more than 5 million people. it's the nation's second largest county. >> we have strong, strong advocacy and very little for victims. >> foxx has been called everything from soft on crime to being a lax prosecutor. >> are you a lax prosecutor? >> absolutely not. >> she says both marry lori lightfoot and police superintendent david brown are unfairly pointing fingers at her office. >> i wish that we

. >> how is garland doing?rrick garland distancing himself from joe biden. and today, or over the course of this week, we've seen garland distancing himself from president trump by making a number of decisions both with respect to executive privilege and whether these individuals can come testify before congress, with respect to the president's taxes, which just came out today as well. these are big decisions that were made quite recently. so look, i'm not in the business of pop psychology and deciding what is in someone's heart. but if you notice, independence seems to be the common theme here, chris. and both from trump and biden. >> you know, unfortunately every time you see something like this, it just makes the game that much more obvious. you have people chasing biden, "you said the vaccine would mean the masks were gone forever." like they don't understand that situation. but they're quiet about what trump did. that's why we're in the place that we're in today. elliott williams, appreciate the legal anal

for example, attorney general merrick garland announced that the united states department of justice is going to be using its authorities to challenge the onslaughts of state laws undermining voting rights in old and new ways. focus will be on dismantling grace and discriminatory laws like the recent challenge to george's vicious anti-voting law. the department of justice will do so with the voting rights division that is doubling in size and enforcement. civil rights groups and other organizations announced their plans to stay vigilant and challenge the odious laws in the courts. republican led state legislator wants to allow partisan poll watchers to intimidate voters and impartial poll workers. they want voters to dive further and be able to be at a position where they wonder who's watching them and intimidating. to way longer to vote. to drive a hell of a lot -- excuse me, a long way to get the bow. they want to make it so inconvenient that they hope people don't vote it all. that's what this is about. this year alone, 17 states have enacted, not just proposed, but enacted 28 new

so we're pretty optimistic that garland will do the right thing.ut we felt that it was important to make this point in this article. >> yeah. and just -- just to clarify my imposition, before, which i apologize for. you know, there's -- there's a variety of ways accountability can be had here. there is a civil suit right now against mo brooks. you are arguing against the government certifying essentially incitement as part of the normal course of business or underneath his official duties to give him a kind of protection. have the government defend him. that -- that would be the -- the department of justice sort of going out of its way to shield him. there is other questions about whether the -- the -- the department of justice should be more aggressive in actually wielding whether prosecutorial powers or others, liz, on something like the wilbur ross case. which again, like, i get how thorny that is. i get that prosecutions, for, you know, misleading or perjury of congress are not that common. roger stone, obviously, was convicted of that. so, i u

i know merrick garland takes it seriously. i don't have a window into all or most of the internal work that's being done to try to reckon with what happened along the lines that you're talking about. i do think it is going on to some degree. i think there is a large question and i understand harry's argument and the point about needing to preserve and the department is trying to keep this focused on january 6th because it is unprecedented, because it does allow certain kinds of breaks from tradition that are warranted. i do think there is this larger question, the one you're getting at and it would be -- it's one of those things that for the good of not just the long term of the country but for the immediate term we are going to have another presidential election in 2024. it is not a thing that inspires to you say that you're happy. donald trump may run for president again in 2024. i think it's important for the country to have as much transparency as possible to understand what happened in the perversions of the department of

merrick garland, where is your integrity? why are you serving your state of delaware, and by the way, the chain of custody controls, partisan observers observing and cleaning up the voter rolls, it's got to have nefarious intentions. i would think this is a nonpolitical issue so as for self why are democrats worried about ballot harvesting and integrity in our votes however you have confidence tonight joe asked gently answer thatde question out loud because according to biden it's not just about access to voting but also, who gets to count the votes? very interesting take >> president biden: is no longer about who gets to vote or making it easier for eligible voters to vote. it's about who gets to count the vote. who gets to count whether or not your vote counted at all. >> that's why i want partisan observers on all sides to watch the count start to finish. democrats get their way is far left democrats in d.c., and literally they are certain constitutional power of legislatures and that's what hr and sr one have always been