the hat side the pats my access wrecked a wrong quoting the bob himself and finally john cooper said that's going to be a good read the fed into the new brooklyn jimmy reed by brian mcguigan coming out in time for the 50th anniversary of the u.c. s. work and he can't wait says says john and i we turn to a topic of the day is sure the topic has dominated conversation across the planet over the last year the the pandemic that coronavirus professor look at deal of trinity college dublin is a man who knows more about vaccine.

the hat side of the paps that my access wrecked a wrong quoting the bob himself and finally john cooper said that is going to be a good read easter offending to the new brooklyn jimmy reed by brian mcguigan coming out in time for the 50th anniversary of the u.c. s. work and he can't wait says says john and i we turn to a topic of the day is sure the topic has dominated conversation across the planet over the last year the the pandemic the corona virus professor look at deal of trinity college dublin is a man who knows more about vaccines and more sed professor neal in your assessment where are we with the struggle that's developing between the vaccines in the one hand and the virus on the other. well that's a big question alex in a way i mean we're making great progress let's make not no doubt about that i mean the rate a vaccination in the u.k. for example is spectacular with the c.n.n. israel every country lapping up with an aging company and it is awful with the virus for japanese the most important thing now is speed actually to get the vaccine out especially as we kept it the more

literally where you all sit and where i stand in 1964 this body with the help of senators like john sherman cooper and so many others this body secured passage of the civil rights act we made the decision to enter world war 2 from this chamber we've certainly had our struggles but we've always risen to the occasion when it mattered the most. not by ignoring injustice or cow cowering to bullies and threats but by doing the right thing by trying to do the right thing and that's why so many nations around the world aspire to be like america they stand up to dictators and autocrats and tyrants because america is a guiding light for them a north star they do so they look to us because we have been a guiding light a north star in these moments because the people who sat in your chairs when confronted with choices that define us rose to the occasion i want to offer one more example of a decision made in this room by this body that resonated with me the 1st day i stood up in this trial i did mention that i was the son of immigrants like many of you and many senators graciously approached me after my prese

capitol rioters the social media johns disclosed quote cooperated with law enforcement the handover messages from those who allegedly broke into the seat of government on general the sigs. we were monitoring this out in real time and made a proper referrals to law enforcement this includes helping them identify people who posted photos of themselves from the scene even after the attack was over we're continuing to share more information with law enforcement in response to valid legal requests as they continue their investigation number one snitch in america big brother is facebook surreal farce the storming of the capitol buildings already seen a reported 221 people charged and facing up to 20 years in jail democratic party officials and media are calling the offenders domestic terrorists the f.b.i. is identifying suspects with the help of more than 200000 photos and videos mostly from online social networks and that's not gone without consequences for facebook them the tech giants lost more than $30000000000.00 in market value with the investors spooked by the platforms coziness with the f.

there's an excerpt about mcconnell's mentor, john sherman cooper.h stand and square it with the fact that a considerable number of people who elected you have the opposite view. he didn't hesitate a moment. i not only represent kentucky, i represent the nation and there are times you follow and times when you lead. claire mccaskill, you and i were on the air together a couple times yesterday, and you were back-and-forths. where are you on the genuineness of his remarks? >> well, let's be clear one thing that he did do yesterday. he made sure that there is a real war within the republican party, because he gave a lock-him-up speech, chuck. he said lock him up. he gave an invitation for criminal prosecution to the nation's prosecutors. and he's the highest ranking republican in the country. >> yep. >> so yesterday was a bad day for donald trump, but it was a worse day for the republican party. why did he do that? he can't stand donald trump. he thinks donald trump cost him the majority. but, also, he has to worry about donors who write if he voted to

that good question from steven smith say something about blinken's very cool assessment of john brown in the cooper union speech. see what yes limits if i can count somehow combine my answers or two. i would say yes, pretty much everybody in this era, others to distinguish between passion and reason. and for each person the definition is basically what i do is reason, but my opponents to his passion. because they are emotional i'm careful and cautious about this. but what i do think is that it is a useful distinction between say abraham lincoln and john brown. now i don't want to say that shawna brown was moved by passion, john brown versus calculating as can be. but john brown believed, i had to figure out an adjective or a noun to describe john brown. i came up with the zealots. i'm not sure that's the best when it's the one i've got. he believed so firmly in his view of slavery that it overrode everything else. it allowed john brown to take the law and his own hands, to set aside the constitution, to act as judge and executioner of people who differed with him. now, one could call that passion.

in 1964 this body, with the help of senators like john sherman cooper and so many others, this body secured of the civil rights act. we made the decision to enter world war ii from this chamber. we've certainly had our struggles, but we've always risen to the occasion when it mattered the most. not by ignoring injustice or cowering to bullies and threats, but by doing the right thing, by trying to do the right thing. and that's why so many nations around the world aspire to be like america. they stand up to dick dictatorsd autocrats and tyrants because america is a guiding light for them. a north star. they do so, they look to us because we have been a guiding light, a north star in these moments. because the people who sat in your chairs, when confronted with choices that define us, rose to the occasion. i want to offer one more example of a decision made in this room by this body that resonated with me. the first day id stood up in this trial, i mentioned that i was the son of immigrants like many of you, and many senators graciously approached me after my presentation and asked me where

constitutional scholars left, right and center, even chuck cooper, he was my main adversary when i was co-counsel in the previous impeachment representing john bolton. wouldn't produce him. even chuck cooper baloney. they're doing this because they don't want to face the reality, donald trump inciting an inreco inrecol ininsu ininsuin insurrection. they don't quapt want to talk about anything es. >> michael, your kcase. >> i find the case for incitement compelling. i don't think the jurisdictional battle is frivolous. norm didn't use that word and neither did you. everybody keeps talking about chuck cooper. you know what i found significant about this op-ped? he said that scholarship on the question has matured substantially since the rand paul vote. the rand paul vote was january 27th. you mean all these constitutional minds have matured in the last ten days or so? i hate to say it, chris, but i think that many people are looking at this and suiting up in their usual jerseys determined by who the litigants are. and as evidence for that, i point at to you that in december of 2019, matt gaetz proposed the idea of impeaching a former president

in 1964, this body with the help of senators like john sherman cooper and so many others, this body securedof the civil rights act. we made the decision to enter world war ii from this chamber. we have certainly had our struggles but we have always risen to the occasion when it mattered the most. not by ignoring injustice or cowering to bullies and threats that by doing the right thing, by trying to do the right thing and that's why so many nations around the world aspire to be like america. they stand up to dictators and autocrats and tyrants because america is a guiding light for them, a northstar. they do so, they look to us because we have been a guiding light, a northstar in these moments. it does the people who sat in your chairs when confronted with choices that defines us rose to the occasion. i want to offer one more example of a decision made in this room by this body that resonated with me. the first day i stood up in this trial i mentioned i was the son of immigrants as many of you in many senators graciously approach me after my presentation and asked me where my parents were f

in 1964, this body, with the help of senators like john sherman cooper and so many others, this bodyecured passage of the civil rights act. we made the decision to enter world war ii from this chamber. we have certainly had our struggles but we have always risen to the occasion when it mattered most. not by ignoring injustice or cowering to pulleys and threats, but by doing the right thing. that is why so many nations around the world aspired to be like america. they stand up to dictators and autocrats and tyrants because america is a guiding light for them, a northstar. they do so, they look to us because we have been a guiding light, a north star in these moments. because the people who sat in your chairs, when confronted with choices that define us, rose to the occasion. i want to offer one more example of a decision made in this room by this body that resonated with me. the first day i stood up in this trial i mentioned i was the son of immigrants like many of you and many senators approached me after my presentation and asked where my parents were from. i told those who asked my

john iowa wins south carolina. just outside of charleston. the1/ç$z jenkins created a soci, society. which operated, a cooperativestore, a small motel, i guess station. they also bought, a volkswagen van, in the late 19 fifties. and, began ferrying individuals, from john's island, into their jobs, in charleston. but, it wasn't simply a transportation service. during the ride from the island, into town, and back at night, jamie we teach the individuals, literacy skills. teach them how to read and write. particularly, she would use the constitution, of the state of south carolina, to teach them about voting rights. so that they would have the opportunity, to take the test, and apply for voter registration. so, they combined a service, along with an opportunity, for african americans to gain their rights. in the midst of a segregated gated society, transportation was one of the great challenges, for both african americans, and whites. how to create separation for whites, but allow transportation for the black community. this railway car, built in 1923, was only in 1940 renovated. to create, separate sections, that i

will be entered into the record, are congresswoman liz cheney and chuck cooper, this conservative attorney who we all know is john bolton's lawyer in the most recent fights over the impeachment trial and john bolton's book and so on and so forth. but chuck cooper is actually a longtime conservative lawyer, representing and advising everyone from ted cruz to the nra. chuck cooper coming out in an editorial, making a lengthy case for why the impeachment trial is appropriate and constitutional and debunking the argument that it's not. i think between liz cheney and chuck cooper, democrats are going to seek to get these two prominent republican thoughts on to the record, whether they're witnesses as we think of them, or whether it's just sort of witness testimony entered into the record. >> ben, if you were prosecuting this case, would you call witnesses? >> i think i would call witnesses only in two instances. the first would be someone who could testify that donald trump actually told them to go break into the capitol or was part of that planning. and a new farm war about the actual plans to break in that have come

in 1964, this body with the help of senators like john sherman cooper and so any others, this body securede of the civil rights act. we made the decision to enter world war ii from this chamber. we have certainly had our struggles. but we have always risen to the occasion when it mattered the most. not by ignoring justice or cowering to the bullies but by doing the right thing and trying to do the right thing. and that is why so any nations around the world aspire to be like america. we stand up to dictators and autocrats because america is a guiding light for them. they do so, they look to us because we have been a guiding light, a north star in these moments. because people who sat in your chairs, when confronted with choices that define us, they rose to the occasion. i want to offer one more example of a decision made in this room by this body that resonated with me. the first day that i stood up, i mentioned that i was the son of immigrants like any of you. in any sinners graciously approached me after my presentation and asked me where my parents were from. i told those who asked my f

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john kerry talked about the need to cooperate with china over climate change and paris accord.ance. the president is looking at the competing interests and say this is where i'm coming down and this is the administration line. i expect you all to stand with me on this or get out of my administration. the problem that a lot of people have with joe biden, myself included. he has always been soft on china. he never stood up to china when it would have been easy 20 years ago. now he is president and not keeping his own people in line. >> harris: i want to quickly ask you about that before i have to let you go. we got to see what he is vice president under barack obama, what he likely would do with china. what do we know perhaps about a biden doctrine on this enemy? >> that's the big question. is joe biden going to stand up to china? he never has. even during the campaign didn't. if he doesn't this is the biggest strategic threat to the united states state and the biggest challenge the biden administration will face and they better get it right because security and economy of the un

in 1964, this body, with the help of senators like john sherman cooper and so many others,ny this bodyured passage of the civil rights act. we made the decision to enter world war ii from this chamber.i we've certainly had our struggles, but we've always risen to the occasion when it mattered the most. not by ignoring injustice or cowering to bullies and threats but by doing the right thing, by trying to do the right thing, and that's why so many nations around the world aspire to be like america.o they stand up to dictators and autocrats andto tyrants because america is a guiding light for them. a north star. they do so, they look to us because we have been a guiding light, a north star in these moments. because the people who sat in your chairs when confronted with choices that define us, rose to the occasion. i want to offer one more example of a decision made in this room by this body that resonated with me. the first day i stood up in this trial, i mentioned that i was the son of immigrants like many of you and many senators graciously approached me after my presentation and asked

john. >> john: that escape act in 2015 was remarkable. i will tell you, sandra. if she cooperatesm. >> sandra: is a big case, we will be watching it. >> john: sure will. ordering u.s. jets to strike iranian forces in syria last night, the president is getting a lot of pushback including from members of his own party about this, let's bring in our fox news senior strategic analyst and retired four-star general jack keane, also residency of the study of war. this was in response to iranian proxies in iraq attacking u.s. interests, i heard you on the air on fox earlier today, you thought that the strike was pretty well thought out? >> oh, yeah, very much so. like anyone, the pentagon draws up a number of options and the national security team, you know, ponders those options, the president makes a decision on which one he selects, likely a secretary of defense alston made a recommendation on which of those options he favored, but i really thought that this was quite appropriate. the retaliation is measured, the retaliation is for a series of attacks against u.s. presence in the u.s.

johns island, south carolina, just outside of charleston. the jenkins created a society, a group called the progressive society which operated a cooperative storesmall motel, a gas station. they also bought a volkswagen van in the late 1950s and began ferrying individuals from johns island into their job in charleston, but it wasn't simply a transportation service. during the ride from the island into town and back at night, janie would teach the individuals literacy skills, teach them how to read and write and particularly she would use the constitution of the state of south carolina to teach them about voting rights so that they would have the opportunity to take the test and apply for voter registration so they combined a service along with an opportunity for african-americans to gain their rights. in the midst of a segregated society. transportation was one of the great challenges for both african-americans and whites, how to create separation for whites but allowed transportation for the black community. this railway car built in 1923 was only in 1940 renovated to create separate sections. that is the system became more restrictive as time

we just heard chuck cooper, who was our main adversary, representing john bolton in the last impeachment, wolf, has now come over and said there's no constitutional basis not to prosecute a president here. the founders of our country and the framers of the constitution are rolling over in their graves, thinking that this could not be an impeachable offense. so i thought the brief that they filed today, you know, was brief, powerful made those points. it tore down the other nonsense, first amendment defenses, which are totally inapplicable here. the only question that remains is will a sufficient number of republican senators, as governor kasich said, do the bipartisan thing, right thing, across the aisle and vote to convict and disqualify? >> we'll have live coverage of the impeachment trial tomorrow. >> wolf? >> we've got to take a quick break. everybody stand by. also coming up, my one on one interview with the new secretary of state, anthony blinken. he's standing by over at the state department. you can see him live. we have lots to discuss. the most important national security issue

cooperate his word introduced into this discussion by john who was the first of canterbury appointed by william and mary of the glorious revolution in 1688. and extending that to the secular realm, people's human choices, actions, agency could also improve their own and others' economic condition. and then finally, in terms of human purpose if you believed it there is no religious value attached to human happiness, that is a good question why the world would be structured so as to foster human well-being. and by contrast, if you thought that human happiness was part of the divinely intended purpose for humans on earth, then of course it follows that we have the ability to lead a moral life and achieve our salvation. that would just be a part of the divine benevolence towards humans. if it is also why the world including our own nature and also social institutions like market would be decided and involved in order to enable humans to achieve secular aspects of their salvation. it and so my argument is that these religious ideas form very much a part of the feinstein, envisions the peo

booth over the weekend, not just a republican, a conservative attorney chuck cooper who he last saw in a public, keeping john bolton from testifying in the last impeachment trial. he writes the ideal this is unconstitutional is bunk. he says a vote by the senate to disqualify can be only after the officer is removed and is by definition a former officer. given it can impose permanent disqualification only on former hougs house office older, it suggests they are prohibitive from trying and convicting former office holders. i wonder what you think of the merits of his argument then also the impact of it coming from someone like cooper? >> well, i do agree with the merits of the argument and coming from chuck cooper, who has represented many of the conservative senator who's are the potential swing injury pools going to be very meaningful. but it's important to remember this is a question about whether a former president can be impeached. that has never been litigated, never been tried and in fact in other settings, the courts, the supreme court said we're not really going to mess with the impeachment proceedin

john kerry the former secretary of state becomes. we will get back into the paris agreement and there is one way to cooperate. we have to cooperate with china regardless of their bad behavior on the pandemic. we have to collaborate on the pandemic. and then comes the harder stuff in the commercial area, but i think that from what i can tell the team is very talented and can thread a needle here and find a strategy that will be more effective. the economy is a move to the city so he's got a domestic problem and it seems there are people out there one of whom is only 97. his name is on the institute at the wilson center we need to be tougher and smarter. to quote martin luther king in the age of systemic racism let's hope the ark of the relationship bends toward cooperation and only as we must. >> that is a terrific answer. sometimes it has seemed to be strategy less. if it is let's be tougher but also look for opportunity, i think that is a good way to move forward. the united states faces many challenges right now at the domestic level they are quite complex and persistent and i think that the coming administ

death, one of the most distinguished conservative commentators, chuck cooper, who was our adversary in the first impeachment, defending johnoke with the republicans to say enough is enough. this is not -- so the next president can't be tried, a big piece in the wall street journal olal. so those arguments are poppycock. >> on the opinion argument, how can his lawyers divorce the expression, call it an opinion from all the actions that he took prior and post-january 6th, right, to actually overturn the election? he was pressuring state election officials, et cetera, right? how do you disconnect the opinion from those actions? >> you can and what the donald trump showed during the whole course of the election was making false charges about fraudulent elections. it goes up to this now it's an opinion. that is a nonsenseiccal argument. i agree with norm about that. but it is why his lawyers need to stick solely to the constitutional argument because if they make the republican senators defend donald trump on the fraudulent elections, where his opinions as to the crowd were much, if anything, beyond the constitutional ones, the

in 1964, this body, with the help of senators like john sherman cooper and so many others, this bodyghts act. we made the decision to enter world war ii from this chamber. we've certainly had our struggles. but we've always risen to the occasion when it mattered the most. not by ignoring injustice or cowering to bullies and threats, but by doing the right thing, by trying to do the right thing. and that's why so many nations around the world aspire to be like america. they stand up to dictators and autocrats and tyrants because america is a guiding light for them, a north star. they do so, they look to us, because we have been a guiding light, a north star, in these moments. because the people who sat in your chairs, when confronted with choices that define us, rose to the occasion. i want to offer one more example of a decision made in this room by this body that resonated with me. the first day i stood up in this trial, i mentioned that i was the son of immigrants like many of you and many senators graciously approached me after my presentation and asked me where my parents were fr

. >> charles cooper is no relation to me but did he represent our next guest, john bolton, one of thent's former national security advisers, also ambassador to the united nations, and author of the room where it happened. a white house memoir. you've written that those arguing it is unconstitutional have the better argument. so if you believe what is to prevent a president from abusing his power in the final days, what is the mechanism of accountability? >> well, i think you have to give the framers of the constitution some credit here. they understood when they set the mechanism up that presidents had defined terms. but accountability can come in a lot of ways. it can come through impeachment, through judicial prosecution, as i think donald trump is very vulnerable to, it can come politically from the voters rejecting any effort by a president in that situation. and there are other questions that he didn't talk about. for example, how long after a president leaves can people go back in once you acknowledge what the advocates of impeachment are saying here, that the trial can go on af

a blow over the weekend from a conservative lawyer, chuck cooper, who has worked with a number of these republican senators. he represented john bolton when bolton was trying not to testify, and didn't, ultimately, in the last impeachment trial. and this conservative lawyer wrote an op-ed in the "wall street journal." he basically says, it's ridiculous the idea that you can't hold a trial for a former impeached president. he says, a vote by the senate to disqualify can be taken only after the officer has been removed and is by definition a former officer. given that the constitution permits the senate to impose the penalty of permanent disqualification only for former office holders, it defies logic to suggest that the senate is prohibited from trying and convicting former office holders. now, david, i genuinely, even though this is probably a sound legal argument, i don't suspect it will sway some republican senator who is want to hide behind the veil of constitutionality, but it does have an impact maybe after the trial. it maybe does sort to color the arguments about the risks some of these senators might talk. >> no, i thi

john harwood, thank you as always. we appreciate it. >>> and a programming note. joe biden will join anderson cooper live from milwaukee, wis, in an exclusive presidential town hall starting tomorrow at 9:00 eastern. >>> well former president trump's secondary impeachment trial is done. but legal issues continue to haunt him. let's go to cnn white house correspondent boris sanchez in florida. talk about the challenges that lie ahead for the former president right now. >> reporter: no shortage of legal hurdles for former president trump to jump before he could focus on his political future. as he foreshadowed this weekend in a statement talking about 2022 and potentially his eyes even on 2024. he has expressed privately to advisers and allies that he's concerned about facing criminal charges and there is a slew of potential legal issues facing the former president. including his involvement in the insurrection on january 6th. federal investigates have made it clear that they are looking at everyone involved in the violence that we saw on capitol hill. including donald trump. on top of that, the attor

john mccain, but that was an undeserved comment. it sets the stage for what would be zero republican cooperation. i'm wondering if we're replanting the same seed. >> oh, yes. sounds like it. this was the obama-biden administration. that is a second time he pulled that stunt. remember, in a year earlier in february of 2009, the house republicans came down to make recommendations to the president about the scope of the stimulus bill. he cut off eric cantor, one of the republican leaders by saying "i won." in other words, shot up. what was interesting to me in that picture, you saw a guy next to mccain of wyoming that was one of the leaders of the republicans on the senate finance committee and sat down and with chuck grassley and others worked through the healthcare bill with the democrat colleagues. and then when it looked like they were coming to some agreements that might require some changes in the legislation, might be supported by democrats and republicans, harry reid made a public announcement that he would not be bound by any agreements arrived at by the republican and democratic members of

stimpson's assistant john mccoy reported that after a conversation with burns -- and this is a memo that mccloy writes through stifrpson, that burns was quite radically opposed about cooperating on the international control of atomic energy, he wished mccloy wrote to have the implied threat of the bomb in his pocket during conferences after the war, the actual quote is during the conference he was to attend in london beginning on september 4th. and so that's after the war, but during the war burns' press secretary, walter brown writes in his diary that burns thought the atomic bomb, quote, might well put us in a position to dictate our own terms at the end of the war. so back to the original thought, the views may be determining -- the bomb may be determining. now, so we have two very opposing positions within the highest level of government. what's happening in the manhattan project? there are also opposing views there about the atomic -- the atomic bomb. there is a group at the university of chicago led by james franc, f-r-a-n-c-k who write a memorandum known as the franck report that argues that the atomic bomb should not be used own japan because if we ever expect to coop

yeah, i think of lincoln in the cooper union address where he's addressing southerners and he says you try to make us out to be john brown's. that's not who we are as a party. right and it's but also there's a great irony here. and that is the john brown tries to start a war to free this slaves and fails. he doesn't start to worry didn't free any slaves lincoln tries to avoid the war and when he does go to words not to free this slaves to say the union but lincoln's war is the much bigger war and it does end by freeing the slaves. so if there's a lesson here, it's the history is full of irenees and what you start is not necessarily where you end up. yeah, that's right and you know connected to that one thing. i just thought of when lincoln meets with frederick douglass in 1864. can you talk about that for a second or no for my literary purposes if frederick douglass had not existed. i would have had to invent it. yeah, because i tell the parallel and intertwining stories of john brown and abraham lincoln, but the two never met. and so i needed somebody not only who had met both who would tie those parts of the stor

at the town hall with anderson cooper is a pivotal moment for joe biden to try to get the american public behind the $1.9 trillion covid relief package. borrow from john kennedy. talk about we can do it or the "yes, we can" of barack obama because our country is hurting right now. the vaccines are on the way, but we need a kind of -- some optimism coming out of joe biden that we can lick this pandemic. >> yeah. the margins in congress for democrats are so slim, douglas. the country is incredibly partisan and divided now and biden campaigned on healing. can he go it alone on big legislative items like covid relief, or does he need republicans behind him considering his message on running and then the beginning, you know, the first weeks of his presidency? >> you know, by inclination, joe biden likes to make deals with the opposition. he was known at that in the u.s. senate. he had many republican friends. he has a pretty decent relationship with mitch mcconnell. but the republicans can't come to the table and get this $1.9 billion package done now, what can they do together? that's what worries me in the next couple of weeks, and people are going to be

john f. kennedy, it continues to be a success. working together, making sure that this model of cooperation between the federal government and local governments in this time of necessary cooperation with governmental interaction is more important than ever as well. i thank the gentleman for yielding. i thank them for including this in our bill. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from colorado reserves. the gentleman from arkansas is recognized. mr. wester: -- mr. westerman: i would like to take a moment to spend time on wilderness areas. i have enjoyed my time in wilderness areas. forestry and wilderness areas are very important to me. mr. speaker, i've got a degree in forestry and been lost in the practice of forestry, taking exams to do that. i can tell you republicans, democrats, independents alike we all can appreciate a healthy forest because we know that it provides clean air, clean water, it provides wildlife habitat. and it also provides great places for us to do recreation. there are certain places where we need wilderness areas, but there are certain places where we do

john very well. i only spoke to him a couple times on the phone early on in the lincoln project. howie: even on thursday night, cnn's anderson coopere allegations. in short, msnbc loved the idea of using disinfected republicans to hold donald trump accountable but isn't interested in holding the lincoln project accountable. jennifer horn of said after talking to some of his alleged victims, when i spoke to one of the founders to raise objections and concerns, i was yelled at and lied to. lincoln project posted screen shots of her private twitter messages in an effort to embarrass her. that's not only a violation of privacy but conway said it may violate federal law. steve schmidt has resigned, saying he wants to make room for a female board member. he said he didn't know about the allegations and he detests john weaver because he remembers the shame and depression he felt at age 13 when a camp medic touched him inappropriately. the lincoln project has now called for an outside investigation which is badly needed. but how much interest will that generate among some media outlets which were mainly invested in the group's efforts to o

charles cooper, who was a lawyer for john bolton, who is a very well-respected lawyer in republican circles, wrote this op-ed over the weekend saying absolutely not, this is wrong. it is wrong to say it is not constitutional, it actually is constitutional to try a former president. so, you know, we'll see at the end of today, which is the day both sides are going to make arguments about the constitutionality, whether anyone is swayed, but i think that this particular argument, you nailed it with your question, it is political. >> then the rest of the debate will be about after the constitutionality issue is over, in future days we'll see a lot more about what president trump did, what he did not do, and one of the things that's so interesting reading the brief offered by trump's attorneys is, they make declarations that are just contrary to the facts that we all saw play out, such as trump's intention was not to stop the counting of electoral votes. of course it was. he said it, he tweeted it, that was the whole point. >> and if you read the briefs, it highlights the art of omission, that i

cooper, who is not exactly a left wing radical. i mean he is a former advisor to ted cruz when ted cruz ran for the presidency. he was john bolton and jeff sessions' lawyer. this is not a left winger. this is a conservative republican who argued the case against california's same sex marriage. someone that republicans are well acquainted with. he said to them have courage and debate this on the issue at hand, which is whether donald trump insighted a insurrection and not on the constitutional issue which he points out is ridiculous. >> when you get to the mer pittings of this, one of them is that he did everything that he could as quickly as he could to stop it. they say there was a flurry of activity inside the white house to organize assets. no proof that president trump was delighted by events at the capitol. the proof of everyone around him who all said the same thing, that he did enjoy it and he was delighted by it for hours into this. pence had to be involved in mobilizing the national guard. does it all add up to proof? >> it adds up to competting proof. i also want to add a word about chuck cooper. he is a person

john hickenlooper virtually with us today the newest member of the committee. and we just welcome him to the small business committee. our committee has a great tetradition of bipartisan cooperatione're continuing today in the manner in which this hearing is taking place. we very much welcome the participation of all members. i want to start again by thanking ms. guzman for willingness to serve our nation during this extreming challenging time. serving and public life is not easy. and certainly is not easy particularly in this environment that we thank you and your family for your willingness to serve our nation assed administrator of the small business administration. the sba played oversized role in code covid-19 it was tasked with important aspects of the code of relief package sba was called upon to provide enormous amount of help and setting new programs the staff worked extraordinarily hard nights and weekends in order to get these programs up and running. 820 billion dollars was run through the sba and covid relief establishing a new program of the paycheck protection program. and an idol advance program both new, and, of course, the eligibility of covid pandemic for the i

cooper's op-ed is emblematic of where everybody is. he was an assistant attorney general in the reagan administration. he was shepherded, he was jeff session's adviser in the sessions confirmation hearing, john bolton's lawyer, a member of the federalist society for decades. he clearly gets it. that this was the most lawless thing any president has done. and the fact of the matter is that the former president doesn't have a good legal argument. there's professor calabrese who signed at least two op-eds that i've seen that says president trump should be convicted, not just impeached, but convicted. i have seen statements joined by charles fried, the reagan solicitor r general, and others that issued a statement and you hear virtually nothing on the other side and i think that speaks volumes. n the fundamental thing is that the conservative lawyers do believe in the rule of law and though many probably stayed too quiet the last four years, there's no question that they've seen more than enough. and the conservative judges who are among the 60 courts that ruled against donald trump, wera against -- tried to protect the rule of law as well. >> george conway, thank you so much for making time ton

competition has a cooperative dimension in southeast asia and no reason the us and china shouldn't be working with other countries of the region. embedded within. >> next question is from john and avoiding potential future conflict the us may need to focus on long-term strategic sold interest and not challenge china, do you agree with what this will imply for the us role? >> i am not of the view the united states -- not sure i follow the question to challenge china unnecessarily. i am of the view the united states should push back against china in many domains including southeast asia and i argue in the book the us has a strong foundation from which to push back pursue our own interests. it is not all about competition, pursuing american interests in the region. i am not -- an accommodation to return to engagement in the past. there are those who paint that and others who don't. i gravitated in my own thinking, a bit more simpleminded so i am a little more on the paradigm. >> i have one last question in the queue, from katherine who asks the us reputation as repairable or do you think the last four years will leave a lasting skepticism of american politics? >> there is a gr

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cooperate. the department has suspended the officers involved and while an investigation take place. >> john: pressry jen psaki going to hold a press -- meeting minutes from now. this will bring his total to 43 executive order actions. if the immigration orders expected to undo much of what president trump went into place. a plan to reunite families among other things. joining me now is a former acting commissioner of u.s. customs border protection mike morgan. let's look at the top here and what the president is planning to do among other things, increased refugee, legal immigration, both trying restrictions on the u.s. asylum, task force in reuniting families. and wants to end the so-called remain in mexico policy. and as william la jeunesse was reporting today, there are some 60,000 people who are gathered together camping out. they are almost lined up waiting for this law to change. >> first of all, john, as a 20-year-old veteran in the fbi, sending my heartfelt condolences to the family of the two officers that died in the line of duty. but to talk about what you just discussed, and i think th