cohen, derek wicks trim, and the chiefs of the public to match an evening, lauren pomerantz and lauren silverman. i turn over the podium to fbi assistant director in charge. studio: so, that is damian williams, district attorney for new york south, talking about eric adams who has been charged with a number of offences. mr williams is saying that mr adams had a duty to inform, to publicly disclose, who was giving him what. we allege that he said he was being showered with gifts, including upgrades and freebies. let's now listen to the fbi assistant in charge in new york.— to the fbi assistant in charge in new york. public service is a profound — in new york. public service is a profound responsibility - in new york. public service is a profound responsibility and| a profound responsibility and should be a noble calling. when thatis should be a noble calling. when that is perverted, by greed and dishonesty, it robs us of our trust. it is a pact between leaders and their communities built on the pillars of trust, accountability, and transparency. when that pact is broken, the consequences report f

right now, but it is not more naive than the notion that antonin scalia and robert bork and lauren silverman had when they were scholars 50 years ago, that we could have originalist judges dominating the judiciary. strategic naivete is actually crucial to successful reform work. you have to be a little bit naive about what you love the most. you're not a cold eyed realist about your spouse or your friends, and you should be just a little naive about our country, too, and about its prospects. not so naive as to be optimistic. don't do that, but just naive enough to be hopeful. and so to fight for our constitution and not against it. there are a lot of people now, including some on the right, who are ready to give up on the constitution or to dismiss it as inadequate to a society that is as divided as ours. but i think they are exactly wrong. the constitution was intended exactly to address the problem we have now. the challenge of governing ourselves despite deep divisions. and in a way that might heal those divisions just a little, might bring us a little closer together and help us understa