>> roy cohn calling on behalf of my client, donald j.rump. >> i mean, it's brutal, but he was very successful. >> he was effective. and he was, i would argue, a great lawyer. >> what are the three lessons that one was? attack, attack, attack. >> the three lessons, which are sort of distilled in the film, are always attack, deny everything and never admit defeat. and when you really internalize that and take that in as as, you know, as i did and and i think when you see the film, you can't help but understand it. it becomes like a dog whistle that you hear sort of underneath everything that's happening now. i really think it i think you can't overstate the influence of of cohn. >> how did you i don't know, get over this fact that after the, you know, the debut in cannes, then there was the cease and desist from trump. it was postponed on air in the united states. it didn't get a wide distribution. financing was difficult. >> yeah. i mean, it's been a sort of. sisyphean battle the whole time. i mean, there was a sort of there were sort of

he did so at the home of roy cohn. you are allowed to meet with an attorney. attorney client privilege. but eric, if you're not really talking about legal cases, it's not privilege. trump can't help it if he ran into someone in the hallway who's another roy cohn client. well, it's been decades. no one's proven anything. and this is a very important theme. and i'll conclude with the with the bootlegging point about why all of this is important. we come to biden, not a major mob type character, but he his father had a lot of interesting connections in the old days. and in the 1972 election, he was projected to lose. he was running against incumbent and the philly mob tapped a man known as the irishman, frank sheeran of the teamsters. and frank sheeran made sure that there was an ad that was supposed to be devastating to biden, that his opponent was going to run in in the in the delaware newspapers. the teamsters made sure that that those newspapers were never picked up and delivered. do i can i prove buy new? no. but this this is how things happen. therefore, wh

they don't remember roy cohn and how influential he was.ok at the research you can really see and predict everything else trump is doing now. >> seth: when i was watching, i was thinking jeremy has maybe done some of the best limousine acting of any of our modern -- just with "succession" and this, no one has done more like real limo acting. >> i think you're right. but he's -- honestly, i loved working with him, and it's important to have a trust and partnership like that. i think we elevated each other. it was a lot of things we improvised in the film. >> seth: as i'm sure you're a huge fan of his work, i'm also -- let's just be honest, don't you wish you had jeremy's confidence to wear his outfit to the globes? [ laughter ] i saw him -- i was so deeply jealous. >> i thought he got the idea from me at the met ball, all in pink a couple of years ago. >> seth: you two, you have something in common. >> but he looked great. velvet always wins. >> seth: i was in a dumb black tuxedo like, why can't i be more like jeremy strong? >> and then i th

he used to be married to roy cohn. it's george conway. and joining michael, he's an actor, comedian and fellow celebrity jeopardy! winner. you might recognize him from when he absolutely dish rag wolf blitzer. it's andy richter. >> all right. >> how you doing, amber? good to see you again. season two. michael. good to see you. >> roy, it is so good to. >> see you. >> amber, it is so. no no no no no. i was told this is how we say hello. no no no. >> now for the biggest stories of the week. amber and george, i'm going to show you a clip referencing a major news story from the past week. and you tell me, what's the story? here we go. >> okay. >> okay. we got a dog. the white house. >> of course. no. no. capital. >> okay. >> playoff. no. somebody getting fired. that's one of ellen's kids, right? >> and then there's ellen. so you were right. >> doge. >> doge. >> are very. >> ellen. doge firing people, hiring children. final answer. >> partial points. that's good enough. i give you a little bit of. that. >> wow. >> the story is doge the departm

but when you have someone who is essentially the president's roy cohn, his hatchet man, now controlling the premier law enforcement agency, when you've got pam bondi, an election denier, as the attorney general, when you got emil bove insisting on the firing of prosecutors in new york because they don't want to dismiss an a corruption case against the mayor for the reason that the mayor is helping the president with his immigration policy. that's the argument of the justice department. and we saw just how dangerously absurd that argument is today, when emil bove was making the point that, yes, this can go beyond this. mayor in new york, basically, they can decide to pursue and not pursue any criminal case depending on whether an elected official is helping their agenda. he also extended ground, indeed, and he extended it in court yesterday beyond elected officials to people like the new york city police commissioner. like you can't prosecute the new york city police commissioner anymore. senator adam schiff, i know you want to get back on the senate floor while that vote clock is tickin

as we know, trump's plan, per roy cohn who taught him is attack, attack, attack. sure. number one. number two, never admit you made a mistake. and number three, even when you lose, call it a victory. so it's one, two, three. so they keep replaying this whole political scenario over and over again. >> but the. >> courts are there to ensure that the constitution is primary in the lawmaking in our country. that affects every single citizen. and i expect them to continue to be frustrated with many of these decisions right through and up to the united states supreme court, because the precedents that are going to be set are also going to apply when there's a democratic president, when there's a democratic house and senate. let me ask you this. that's a dangerous ground to be on. we've been covering this, and we haven't seen most republicans in the senate object on most things so far. senator graham disagreed on on freeing and pardoning violent convicts who attacked police pretty low bar mcconnell disagreed on tariffs, citing business reasons. but for the most part, we know in public the

that's something he learned from roy cohn. they lose a lawsuit, declare victory. when you lose an election declare victory. >> that's going. >> to continue. when he makes these deals that really. are inconsequential. >> but but really. >> if you. >> just take a step. >> back and think about the fact that you. >> now. >> have the richest man in the world dismantling usaid, which feeds. the poorest children in the world, who are the group of people who are saying this is going to work well in the history books. >> that's what i. >> i just don't i the math doesn't work out for me. >> i'm not sure. >> they're thinking that far ahead. and i'm not sure anybody's contemplating. history at this point. i think the dizzying speed with with which all of this is taking place has and again, flat footed i think is far too kind of word for anyone who's, you know, opposing these moves. look, you know, musk. >> they're still. >> at. >> the same. >> time they're talking about. >> cutting taxes again. and over this weekend, speaker mike johnson. said they may have a budget put toget

where's my roy cohn? i mean, that was his mantra the first term.g already is the other side of that coin using it to pursue perceived political enemies. and there's an update on that we're going to talk about on the other side of a quick break. don't go anywhere. >> all of this can be overwhelming, but it is important to remember there are still checks and balances. there's a lot being thrown at the american people right now, and it is really important to pay attention to it, but it is just as important to recognize how many of those things are getting announced. but they're not happening at all, or at least not yet. just try to remember we are not looking at the final score. we are still in the final score. we are still in the first quarter. keep —hi! —hi! ♪♪ chocolate fundraiser. ♪♪ with the chase mobile app, things move a little more smoothly. ♪♪ deposit checks easily and send money quickly. [coins clinking] ♪♪ that's convenience from chase. make more of what's yours. —sounds like you need to vaporize that cold. dayquil vapocool? it's dayquil pl