>> matthew whitaker: yup! doctor limb and his team recorded his brain's activity levels with the m.r.i. scanner. >> limb: what you're seeing on this computer screen is some brain data that we obtained from matthew. >> alfonsi: then doctor limb put matthew through a different series of auditory tests. he showed us the results. >> limb: so we started out not by looking at music, but by looking at somebody like this who-- would give a lecture that most people would consider to be a little bit boring. >> in an effort to alleviate the effect of the-- anyone? anyone? >> limb: this is what happened when he was listening to that. and then, interestingly, because he is blind we looked at his visual cortex. and we didn't see any significant activity there at all-- >> alfonsi: so nothing's happening. ch the soundtrack for him. and we put on a band that he knows quite well, snarky puppy. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ this is what changes in his brain. >> alfonsi: jeez. lights up. look closely. this is his visual cortex listening to the boring l

. >> joining us now on booktv is matthew whitaker. he served as acting attorney general from november 2018 through february 2019 and he is the author of this new book "above the law: the inside story of how the justice department tried to subvert president trump" ." >> mr. whitaker, before we begin with the book, explain how you became the acting attorney general to us. >> that's a great first question. i i was chief of staff to attory general jeff sessions starting in october 2017, and so i did that for 13 months before general sessions resigned abruptly on the day after the election of 2018 and the president appointed me that day to be acting attorney general and ultimately bridge the gap between jeff sessions and bill barr. >> how did you become jeff sessions chief of staff? were your friend of his? >> one of the things i talk about in this book is how i only met jeff sessions once before i was selected to be as chief of staff. i interviewed with them and talk to him many times but it was a mutual friend both in the white house and

matthew whitaker, was robert mueller well utilized? >> guest: i really think that what happened and one subject i talk about in the book with bob mueller is that we all saw with our own eyes him testify and i think there was a -- a lot of hopes and dreams put into his testimony, that would be -- would turn this sort of 400 plus page report into television event, bring to life and make a movie out of the become, and obviously we saw that he did not seem to have command of a lot of his investigation. i've never -- i know that when i set s.a.t. to front the judiciary committee if i answered request question if i take your can he and then waited to another question responsible saying that statement, i think most people would have been baffled like we were. he is a leader, a marine, a decorated vietnam veteran, who has obviously served more than ten years in the fbi as its director, u.s. attorney, has been -- he has done everything use do we attempt of justice with distinction. said a lot of positive thing weapons he was appointed as specia

>> joining us now on the tv is matthew whitakers serving as acting attorney general november 2018 through februar february 2019 author of this new the above the law. mr. whitaker, before we begin with the book, explain how you became the acting attorney general. >> that is a great first question. i was chief of staff to jeff sessions october 2017. her 13 months before he resigned abruptly on the day after the election of 2018 and the president appointed me that day as acting attorney general to bridge the gap between jeff sessions. >> how did you become jeff sessions chief of staff where you a friend? >> i said i only met him once before i was selected to be his chief of staff. i interviewed with him and talk to him many times. we have mutual friends those in the white house and the federalist society that had recommended me to him and his people. we bonded quickly over college football and our love for good barbecue. a match made in heaven. >>host: one of the things you said about mr. sessions recusal is that it was personal and fact driven. >> i wasn't there when he did the analysis tak

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welcome back to the show former acting attorney general matthew whitaker. what do you think?o you agree with senator grassley? >> hi, liz, i agree with my senior home state north in this record. to some extent this investigation by durham and barr has taken long enough. the american people want accountability. they're demanding accountability in this regard. i fully expect according to bill barr we may know some of the contours and results of investigation, by summer. we're in the middle of summer. by end of summer american people will get frustrated like senator grassley is expecting that this investigation is not moving fast enough. there are reasons, covid is one of the main reasons. ultimately we need to understand what happened in the russian collusion fable and how to make sure it never happens again and folks are held accountable for it. elizabeth: yeah. there was clear abuses of power, abuses of the intelligence community and the apparatus under the intelligence community. certainly the fisa court under the obama administration. attorney general william barr said last

jackie: matthew whitaker, thank you so much. good to see you tonight.e'll talk to you soon. >> jackie, thank you. jackie: coming up house intelligence committee ranking member devin nunes on the new development in the fight over dismissing the criminal case against former trump national security advisor michael flynn. stay with us. ♪ when you think of a bank, you think of people in a place. but when you have the chase mobile app, your bank can be virtually any place. so, when you get a check... you can deposit it from here. and you can see your transactions and check your balance from here. you can save for an emergency from here. or pay bills from here. so when someone asks you, "where's your bank?" you can tell them: here's my bank. or here's my bank. or, here's my bank. because if you download and use the chase mobile app, your bank is virtually any place. visit chase.com/mobile. and the clock could be ticking towards bad breath, receding gums and possibly tooth loss. help turn back the clock on gingivitis with parodontax. leave bleeding gums behind.

. ♪ >> joining us now on the tv is matthew whitakers serving as acting attorney general november 2018hrough februar february 2019 author of this new the above the law. mr. whitaker, before we begin with the

we are going the welcome former acting attorneyto general matthw whitaker. matthewyou were listening. i want to get your reaction to that start ising with this notion is, is it possible for the president to at least float this idea? congress would have to make the ultimate decision if we were going to delay the election, but he's sort of putting it out there as raw meat. >> yeah. and it's good to be with you tonight, jackie. what i know about this issue is that the president continues to be concerned and should be concernedd about what is happening in some states where they are sending out voter ballots without people requesting those ballots. and we saw this in the primary in nevada where the state of nevada sent a ballot to every registered voter. many people had moved, and these ballotsts piled up in mailboxesn apartment buildings especially. think these are the concerns, if we just wholesale send out voting ballots, it could be rife with fraud, and we could not maybe be able to trust the results. jackie: and that would be a difficult position to be in because yo

let's welcome former acting attorney general matthew whitaker.reaction when you heard all that? >> well, it's a little -- i mean, it appears that susan rice is auditioning to be joe biden's vice president candidate, and, you know, she has a problem with ve erasty. she, obviously, is the one that went on national television and said that benghazi was caused by a youtube video, and i think, you know, this is just -- this isn't true. you can look -- the underlying facts, liz, are very clear. not only was carter page spied on, but these unmasks were unmasking people that were part of recordings or intercepts of u.s. persons. and so, you know, bill barr said very clearly in front of congress the trump campaign was spied on. so i believe bill barr more than i'm ever going to believe susan rice and what she's saying there. elizabeth: yeah. sir, let's listen to former director of national intelligence richard grenell talk with us last night about how the obama administration also ignored warnings from career veterans, top officials in the intelligence co

administration in his surveillance of the content campaign and the book going back to the show, matthew whitaker pretty great to have you on sir. what you think. i a fan of senator grassley. it's the eight i do agree with my senior home state senator in this regard. i think to some extent, this investigation by durham and bart has taken long enough. i think the american people want accountability in there and demanding accountability in this regard. i fully expect that according to bill barr, some of the revolt of the investigation are by summer. will lower and middle of summer now and by the end of the summer people will be very frustrated like senator grassley is expressing, that this tinvestigation is not moving ft enough. now there has been reason 20 reason, but ultimately, we need to understand what is happened in the russian pollution. and make sure it never happens again and folks are held accountable for it. speech of them are clear abuses of power in the intelligence community under the intelligence community is certainly the fisa court under the obama administration. and the attorney w

attorney matthew whitaker on chuck grassley, now saying that the power of the deep state is so massive the obama administration and its surveillance of the trump campaign, russia probe and michael flynn probe. we're taking a harder look at president obama. we'll show you how, quote, by the book obama, was clearly uncomfortable and gave it away in his final press conference in 2016 where

. >> joining us now on booktv is matthew whitaker. he served as acting attorney general from november 2018 through february 2019 and he is the author of this new book "above the law: the inside story of how the justice department tried to subvert president trump" ." >> mr. whitaker, before we begin with the book, explain how you became the acting attorney general to us. >> that's a great first question. i i was chief of staff to attory general jeff sessions starting in

harrington-lueker looks at the rise of some reading in the 19th century, and former acting attorney general matthew whitakerrgues insiders at the justice department tried to subvert president trump. that all starts at now. check program guide for more information here. >> my name is gavin kleespies, and director of exhibition and committee partnership for the massachusetts historical society. our program is seasonal. it is a look at the tradition of summer reading. we're joined by professor donna harrington-lueker who bespeak a new publication "books for idle hours: nineteenth-century publishing and the rise of summer reading." she is a professor in the department of english communications at salve regina university in newport, rhode island. shared undergraduate degree from merrimack college and a masters and phd from university of illinois at urbana-champaign. as a former magazine writer

harrington-lueker looks at the rise of some reading in the 19th century, and former acting attorney general matthew whitaker argues insiders at the justice department tried to subvert president trump. that all starts at now. check program guide for more information here. >> my name is gavin kleespies, and director of exhibition and committee partnership for the massachusetts historical society. our program is seasonal. it is a look at the tradition of summer reading. we're joined by professor donna harrington-lueker who bespeak a new publication "books for idle hours: nineteenth-century publishing and the rise of summer reading." she is a professor in the department of english communications at salve regina university in newport, rhode island. shared undergraduate degree from merrimack college and a masters and phd from university of illinois at urbana-champaign. as a former magazine writer and editor whose research interests include 19th century print culture, women's magazines and the radical alternative press. before we began i would like to extend a special welcome to anyone who will be joining virtual

here to react former acting attorney general and author of above the law matthew whitaker.an you talk a little bit about the importance of these arrests which in particular were for illegal firearm possession and what the follow of operation legend should be? is what the department of justice does best to work collaborate tiffly with local and state law enforcement chicago, cleveland, albuquerque where this operation legend is happening to reduce gun crimes and violent crimes in our major cities. this is something that we have partnered for a long time during this administration to end violent crime and obviously we can't have the types of senseless killings like the operation it is named after legend who died, a 4-year-old in kansas city from a gunshot wound while asleep in his own bed. these are important important to get additional law enforcement to work on these violent crimes. >> what do you say to these people who are concerned about a potential heavy hand of the federal government being involved and them potentially stepping on the feet of local law enforcement and

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