now here is robert tsai. >> hi good evening everybody. i am bradley graham i am the co-owner of politics and prose along with my wife in behalf of the entire staff you're welcome. thank you very much for coming. with the seceding is robert tsai a law professor at the american university and authority are constitutional democratic theory in u.s. political culture and a few other things. he has written a very thoughtful book on how to deal with so many of today's most difficult legal issues by essentially pursuing a second best solution. the title of his book is practical equality which in itself is an intriguing words. the idealistic equality of the more pragmatic were grounded practical equality. the tempering of the idea with the real reflex the argument which is basically this, the other time when serious systemic and inequality persist in american society and continue to face legal challenges, whether involving voting restrictions, gender discrimination, racial profiling and other wrongs. we should recognize going forward absolute equa

with the seceding is robert tsai a law professor at

robert tsai, thank you so much. jeh johnson, joyce vance, and susan del percio, thank you as well. it's been quite a week, skrjoe. >> quite a week. >> that does it for us this morning. stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >> thanks so much, mika. thanks, joe. hi, there, i'm stephanie ruhle. this morning, declassified! "the new york times" reports that president trump demanded a top security clearance for his son-in-law, despite objections from his own intelligence officials. a direct contradiction to what the president said, what the white house said, and what his daughter, ivanka trump said about that very security clearance. >> the president had no involvement pertaining to my clearance or my husband's clearance. >> hmm. >> and just the beginning. after three days of testimony, michael cohen will return to capitol hill next week, but it won't end with him, not at all. >> plainly, he laid out a road map to criminality by our president that needs to be followed. >> that map leading straight to the doors of trump organization's chief financial officer and a keep business

robert tsai, thank you so much. jeh johnson, joyce vance, and susan del percio, thank you as well.e right now. >> thanks so much, mika. thanks, joe. hi, there, i'm stephanie ruhle. this morning, declassified! "the new york times" reports that president trump demanded a top security clearance for his son-in-law, despite objections from his own intelligence officials. a direct contradiction to what the president said, what the white house said, and what his daughter, ivanka trump said about that very security clearance. >> the president had no involvement pertaining to my clearance or my husband's clearance. >> hmm. >> and just the