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in cambridge, massachusetts, thomas gift director of the center on us politics that university college london based research focuses on comparative politics and the political economy. and also in washington dc, jennifer victor, an associate professor of political science at the sha school of policy and government at george mason university. i'm more than welcome to one if i could stop with jennifer jennifer, looking at the latest speeches by both donald trump and campbell of how it says it looked like this campaign is now going to be even more personal, even more vicious. well, i think the expectation, even before the change in canada see, was that this would be a pretty vicious campaign to use your words that the electorate is closely divided . by all accounts. it seems like this will very likely be a close election. and, and just by, i judge that just based on the polling. and so whenever you have a political situation where you have a tight races where each side believes that there is sort of some very dramatic negative consequence from losing, it really tends to amp up the rhetoric

you are a hell of thomas gift is the director of center on us politics at university college london. he joins us from harrisburg, pennsylvania, the, the main takeaway and, and thank you for your time this evening. a mini is that the biden's determined to remain in the race, but that doesn't mean his critics degree. does it? well, thanks so much for having made somebody that's. that's right. i'm not sure if anything that we saw tonight is going to find it manually change the dynamics of the media democratic allies on capitol hill. other political strive is just calling for binding to step down. there's just been a tremendous amount of pressure over the last several days and weeks of fine perform recently. well, despite some floods tonight, but i don't think the change has the calculus to busch. so ultimately it may not be enough to quiet the scrutiny to quiet those critics and, and for them to gain some level of confidence from people who are quite concerned. and i think that that's right. i mean, binding has certainly been resolved that he's staying in this race. so he's been communi

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well, thomas gift is the director of the center on us politics at the university college london. i earlier asked him to tell us more about what we should really know about j defense. but it's great to be with you. claire. thank so much for having me. you know, i really do think that j vance is the kind of pick you make when you're already confident in your likelihood of winning. she doesn't balance out the ticket, demographically, like maybe a woman or a minority would. but i think fans might help secure the swing state of ohio, but trump already one there in 20162020. so i really think that this is largely trump doubling down on his mega populace nationalism. in contrast to mike pence, who is trump's running mate in 2026 i. j, the dance is much more ideologically aligned. he's less sort of in the pack of the establishment, so to speak. he's the young, edited obviously, and he does have a terrific background coming from very humble roots, moving all the way up to law school and it's at the be elected to congress. so it's an interesting choice. it is indeed are there areas where h

americans eva mckend, cnn, washington, and we go live now to cambridge, massachusetts to speak with thomas gift, director of the center on us politics at university college. here in london usually thomas, welcome to the show i got to ask you. do you think it's feasible at this point for president biden to actually stay in the race. the trajectory at which is just going right now thanks so much for having me fred, it's great to be with you. >> i think biden is in a really bad place and it is going to be tough for him to stay in the race every time a congress member or a donor her calls for biden to step down. for biden in the polls. biden digs in his heels, democrats get exasperated a call on biden to step down again. biden says no and the vicious cycle continues. so i think part of the problem is that top lawmakers on capitol hill are used to strong arming subordinates into compliance. you can't really do that the president this is his last foray into professional politics. biden thinks that he's earn the nomination. you think he'd be mindful of his legacy and how it will be tarnished if he goe

so yes, sort of a lot depends on what he thinks about that prospect thomas gift. >> great to have you on. thank you so much for your insights. harry kane and storm surge watches have been extended eastward along the texas coast as tropical storm beryl heads over the southern gulf of mexico, it is expected to strengthen back into a hurricane on sunday with landfall expected some time late sunday or monday, probably along the south texas coast i'll meteorologist chad myers has the latest for us have you, things that we know. >> the storm is back in the water, gaining some strength likely because the water is warm and headed toward texas. now, remember earlier in the week, we're talking about mexico, that's doesn't look likely at all. all the models are well east now or north two of the texas mexico border. and then the model taking it right through some shear for awhile. so for now, may not gain strength rapidly, but we will lose that shear closer to the coast. and that's when the storm could rapidly rotate gain power gain strength in very warm water temperatures in the middle 80s, but

thomas gift staff from university college on the a. thank you. the now these right, the ministry is attacking densely populated areas across garza, at least 50 full palestinians, have been killed in the past 24 hours and attack on the central town of as to why they killed at least 8 palestinians and injured others. women and children are among the victims is very false, is also attacked very on the site on and the age refugee camps. product of iso has mo, from data that often central guns are on the latest, overnight from boston. and since the hours of this morning, i even know that noise attacks is wait a minute, 3 has been focusing on destroying and attacking central areas of this trip. at least 7 palestinians have been killed in an attack on a zone. why is that sound low to others being killed in a very tough to, to residential homes? what completely attacks without getting any one? what's the situation is getting really grim as we have been a sub in the police search of military strikes on the seems for areas, especially in the area where a c

yet thomas did report smaller gifts during this time. demonstrating a clear understanding of his legal obligation to report. would a reasonable american question that receiving lavish gifts from mr. crow might lead justice thomas to have a bias toward his, quote, friend, with business before the court? without a doubt, yes. but did justice thomas recuse? no. now take justice samuel alito, who has no shortage of billionaire associates of his own. after billionaire paul singer gave justice alito a luxury fishing trip on a private jet, a contribution that was also hidden from the public and the court, justice alito not only refused to recuse but changed his mind regarding his gracious host's case. just a short time after accepting the lavish undisclosed trip from singer, alito joined the court in reversing its previous position and took up singer's case. he did not recuse. justice alito also refused to recuse in the case itself. ultimately leading to a ruling that netted singer $2.4 billion. and that ruling did not just enrich singer. it al

yet thomas did report smaller gifts during this time. demonstrating a clear understanding of his legal obligation to report. would a reasonable american question that receiving lavish gifts from mr. crow might lead justice thomas to have a bias toward his, quote, friend, with business before the court? without a doubt, yes. but did justice thomas recuse? no. now take justice samuel alito, who has no shortage of billionaire associates of his own. after billionaire paul singer gave justice alito a luxury fishing trip on a private jet, a contribution that was also hidden from the public and the court, justice alito not only refused to recuse but changed his mind regarding his gracious host's case. just a short time after accepting the lavish undisclosed trip from singer, alito joined the court in reversing its previous position and took up singer's case. he did not recuse. justice alito also refused to recuse in the case itself. ultimately leading to a ruling that netted singer $2.4 billion. and that ruling did not just enrich singer. it al

well, thank you so much for joining us with your insights today i just political scientist, thomas gift. we appreciate your time. thanks. and we can take a look now at some other world news headlines to pockets sounds military size. it has killed 10 is when the militants following an attack at a military base in the north west of the country. 8 soldiers died when a suicide bomber rammed a vehicle loaded with explosives into the facility. on monday, a splinter group of the pocket studies how yvonne has claimed responsibility students have taken to the streets in bangladesh for the 5th day in a row, demanding an end to a quote, a system for government jobs. it preserves about a 3rd of state positions for the families of veterans who fall in the 19714 of independence critic, safety appointments should be merit based at least 11 people are dead after it is rarely err striking. a camp in central garza, on monday, it had a house in the, in the se, right, refugee camp where displaced palestinians, or sheltering israel has launched several deadly strikes and recent days threatening ceased firef

here is the opinion of thomas gift, an expert on us politics at university college london. i think that after biden supported kamelo garis, she should be considered as the most likely candidate. party leaders say a transparent process to find a successor to biden will be streamlined. in fact, they simply want to create a process in which kamalagaris emerges as the unopposed and stronger candidate than he is now. names of other politicians are mentioned, and they say that they may offer themselves as a possible candidate. so is joe manchin, a moderate independent senator from west virginia. he used to be a democrat, but now says he might rejoin the party. i think the fact that biden waited so long to get out of the race works in the democrats' favor simply because ... there's going to be this long and drawn-out process that comes with infighting. of course, this is even less likely now that biden himself has endorsed kamelo garis. delegates who have supported biden up to this point will now be able to support anyone, and of course if camela harris remains the only candidate,

washington thomas gift is the director of center on us politics at the university colors wonder that he says bite and his fund to get more difficult to deflect criticisms, and coles to step down. i'm not sure if anything that we saw tonight is going to the funded mentally change the dynamics of the media democratic allies on capitol hill. other political strive is just calling for inviting to step down. there's just been a tremendous amount of pressure to over the last several days and weeks before recently. well, despite some slugs tonight, but i don't think the change has the calculus to budge. i mean, binding has certainly been resolved, but he's saying in this race, so he's been communicating that to his allies as well as his adversaries. and ultimately, it is going to be his decision. no one can force him to step down. but as these calls become louder and louder, it's going to be increasingly difficult for binding to deflect some of that for just as a really every single time he appears in public. he's being tested, it's a do or die moment, and he certainly survive this. so you

for more on this let's speak to dr thomas gift, director of the centre on us politics at university collegeassachusetts. i will begin by asking you, this late in the election year, does the democratic party have any option but to get behind kamala harris, or will a contest where she emerges the eventual candidate be better for her ultimately as well as the party? thank you so much for having me, it is great to be with you. i think by endorsing kamala harris, she has to be seen as the presumptive nominee. i think the reality is that they want to design a process where kamala harris emerges essentially uncontested and stronger than she is right now. what happens, some names of individuals who say that they might be considering throwing their hat in the ring, including joe manchin, the former democrat senator from west virginia, who might reregister, but the fact thatjoe biden waited so long to make his exit, it plays to the advantage of democrats simply because there will not be those long, drawn—out process where you see all of this infighting and it will be less likely that biden endorses h

dr thomas gift is the director of the centre on us politics at university college london.l has a chance — despite being behind. joe biden is losing, simply put. he is losing in polls across the country by a five, six, seven points, he is losing in key swing states like 0hio, michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin. he is down. it's no surprise given the catastrophic debate performance he has had and a couple of other public appearances, but he is not out of the race, here's a donald trump is a very public figure, he has a ceiling on a support, and it's possible that biden could regain momentum. and he is trying to tell a positive story about his time in office. do you think those stories are getting through, or do you think all this noise, all the stories about his mental state and fitness, do you think that getting on the way? i think it's the latter. we just heard a cacophony of noise, mostly coming from democrats saying biden needs to get out of the race, and the problem for biden is that americans cannot unsee what they saw at the debate a couple of weeks ago. polling came o

doctor thomas gift returns to us now.ris did run a brief campaign for the presidency. of course. she dropped out before a single vote was cast, she hasn't really had that opportunity to introduce herself. and it's likely now there won't be a campaign this time around ehhen >> well, i think you're absolutely right. >> she does have an opportunity to reintroduce herself at debate. >> if there is a debate or the convention. but there, you know, some have speculated about running kind of a mini primary between now and the convention. i just don't think that's going to happen. i think with biden endorsing her, harris is the presumptive nominee. party elites say that there will be an orderly , transparent process to orderly, transparent process to find a successor. but really, what they're talking about is just a process whereby kamala harris emerges even stronger than she is now. >> so i think maybe this could work to her advantage, because candidates like in this case might get sort of a honeymoon penod might get sort of a ho

asked the attorney general to appoint a special counsel to look into the facts surrounding justice thomas gifts were related to all of that because that is another place you can go to get the facts found and we have not heard back from the attorney general on whether or not he plans to take that up in any fashion. >> you would think that a chief justice could, given what is going on the last couple of years, could see this coming to the point of deciding, we really must work on some kind of real regulatory process about supreme court behavior, just a similar process to what you have to live with as a senator. >> and what all other federal judges have to live with. he should be aware that our best information is that justice thomas never paid a penny of principal on a loan for more than a quarter of $1 million to purchase a fancy motorcoach, it was then forgiven by the wealthy the visual who made the private loan and time is refused to explain how that ended. he said it was never income because the loan was never forgiven, it was satisfied but what does that mean? when we ask questions about wha

attorney general garland to appoint a special counsel to look into the facts surrounding justice thomas's gifts forgiveness and tax payments or not related to all of that. because that is another place where you can go to get the facts and we have not yet heard back from the attorney general about whether he plans to take that up in any fashion. >> and you would think that a chief justice could, given what has been going on for the last couple of years, see this coming. see this coming to the point of deciding we really must work on some kind of real regulatory process about supreme court behavior that just a similar process to what you have to live with as the united states senator. >> and what all other federal judges have to live with. he should be aware that our best information is that justice thomas never paid a penny of principal on a loan of more than a quarter of $1 million to buy a fancy motorcoach that was then forgiven by the wealthy individual who made the private loan and that thomas refused to explain how that ended. he said that it was never income, because the loan was never fo

thomas gift is the flood?entre on us politics and joins us now . thomas, things are us now. thomas, things are getting worse for the president. >> things are getting worse. and i think that they could get even worse after today. he's got a big press conference that he's delivering, in front of nato. i think any gaffe, any incoherent phrase, any example of garbled language, it could really be the end of biden. i mean, it seems like all the momentum is pushing against him right now . against him right now. >> and thomas, it does appear as though the more people see of him, the more concerned they get. >> well, that's the challenge for joe biden, because if there forjoe biden, because if there was one way that he could dispel concerns about his mental acuity and physical vigour, it would be to come out, talk to journalists, go on adversarial media and take questions. but he refuses to do that. there's some sense that his inner circle is protecting him and shielding him from any kind of critiques or criticism, but

thomas gift is a professor at university couege gift is a professor at university college london and joe college london and he says he believesjoe biden might still have a chance, despite falling behind. joe biden is losing, simply put. he is losing in polls across the country by 5—7 points, and he is losing in key swing states like ohio, michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin. so he is down. we are not surprised by that, given the very catastrophic debate performance he had and then a couple of other public interviews. but he is not out of this race, at the same time. donald trump is a very polarising figure, he has a ceiling on his support and so it is possible that biden could regain his momentum. and biden, of course, trying to tell a positive story about his time in office. do you think those stories are getting through? or do you think all this noise, all these stories about his mental state and fitness, do you think that is getting in the way? i think it is the latter. we just heard a cacophony of noise, mostly coming from democrats and not republicans, saying that biden needs to g

the founding director of the ucl centre on us politics, doctor thomas gift there.py independence day to you. now coming up, an amazing story about kids parties and how ridiculously spoilt some children are. there are parents who are actually setting up gift list gift lists like a wedding list. but for kids who are as young as 6 or 7, sometimes with items there costing up £250. yeah you're right, see you in well, what did you get as a birthday present when you were a child? i don't know, maybe a jigsaw rubik's cube, maybe a new football. well, times have changed. there's a new trend of parents setting up gift lists for kids parties. you have to scan a qr code on the invitation, which takes you to a website where you can click to buy something extravagant. why would they do this ? well, would they do this? well, joining me in the studio is journalist and commentator judnh journalist and commentator judith da silva. good evening to you, giuditta, this just blows my mind, this trend and it's gathering pace. why are parents doing this, do you think? >> i think it's kind

>> thomas gift, great to have you on. thank you so much for your insights will donald trump has shade little public reaction to democratic calls for biden to step down. in fact, he appears to be letting the biden story take the spotlights. one person close to the the former president said quotes, cows is our friend. meanwhile, trump is denying any knowledge of the controversial conservative plan called project 2025. and a social media post, trump roads that he knows nothing about project 20251, part of the plan calls for replacing korea government officials with trump loyalists, it was by the heritage foundation and is run by several former members of the trump administration hurricane and storm surge watches have been extended eastward along the texas coast as tropical storm beryl heads over the southern gulf of mexico. and is expected to strengthen back into a hurricane on sunday with landfall expected sometime monday along the south texas coast. state officials are urging counties two that are along beryl's path to pre

the us campaign will come to harris will inherits 5 minutes remaining campaign funds introducing thomas gift, who is the director of the center on us politics at university college london, who joins us from cambridge in the state of massachusetts. if i will welcome to you, let's talk about money because that seems to be driving the campaign on both sides of the divide here. the suggestion being at least from some on list that some of both the runners would have to raise something like $2000000000.00 to be successful in this selection. i mean, these are, i was going sums of money. it's just unbelievable. i mean, it's hard to even get a sense of the scale. it's so much, i mean, in other countries, elections, pale in comparison to how much is spent in the united states. i think one question to keep in mind though is whether money is actually driving, who wins, or whether the candidate who is already more points to when in terms of more money . if there's a real question for 1st causality there, but certainly you've got to have a lot of money on hand if you're going to run for the presidency. th

they are demanding a special counsel investigation with repeated thomas' gifts and laughitious trips ron wyden write this to merrick garland. the evidence assemble thus far plainly suggested that justice thomas has committed willively violations, and raises significant questions about whether he and his wealthy benefactors have complied with the federal tax obligations. presented with opportunities to resolve questions, justice thomas has maintained a suspicious silence. gabe roth and former deputy choor chief, christy greenberg. gabe, this is the kind of action you've been calling for for a long time. your thoughts. >> i have been calling for a special counsel investigation since i think since april 13th of last year when some of the first propublica stories came out. it's clear the judiciary doesn't have the capacity to conduct its own fact finding. just this last week we learned of a judge in alaska that had been sexually harassing his cleerks for weeks, and it too 21 months to push him out, which is pathetic. the idea we'll have something similar in the supreme court, would the id

and let's speak now with the founding director at the ucl centre on us politics, doctor thomas gift. show. would you mind just clarifying for people who aren't of a legal mindset , precisely of a legal mindset, precisely what that means in terms of official stuff versus unofficial comments made? >> so thanks so much for having me. it's great to be with you. the first thing that i'll say is that this is somewhat of a complex case, and it's somewhat of a nuanced answer that the supreme court has given . supreme court has given. basically, there are three different categories of presidential actions. one is purely personal conduct, one is core constitutional conduct. and then the third is kind of this grey area in between, where it's not necessarily clear when it comes to core constitutional duties. this is the, article two of the constitution . so things of the constitution. so things like overseeing immigration or overseeing the military, anything that is kind of constitutionally provided, that's absolutely immune. and then anything that a candidate is doing just purely in a personal c

about because in recent months we've had stories of both justices samuel lee to and clubs, thomas accepting gifts and travel from people who ended up with cases in front of the supreme court. and at no point did either of those justices repairs themselves, and in fact, articles of impeachment have been filed against both of them. so this is about joe by realizing he's not going to get these through. but this could energize the democratic base, getting them out to vote. not just but campbell a how does this president if he's confirmed, doesn't know many which we expect, but also those done ballot tickets for the house and the senate to give them the power. so that if there is a democratic president in 2025, then they have the numbers to be able to push this through both the house and the senate. and the foreign ministers of the us, japan, india industry. it has less than to cure the talks dominated by threats to regional secures the china is military presence in the south china sea top sage, under of what's known as kwan summits missile launches by north korea. cyber security and maritime patrols

thomas. ocasio-cortez is accusing the conservative justices of uncheced corruption. she raised arguments about undisclosed giftsceived from wealthy conservatives in recent controversies involving alito's home including a flag insinuating joe biden did not win the 2020 election. the articles of impeachment are unlikely to gain traction, though, in the u.s. house which is controlled by republicans. >>> espn says jontay porter has pleaded guilty in a case tied to a massive nba betting scandal. in april the nba banned porter for life after finding he intentionally withdrew from games early and gave betters confidential information about his health while playing for the raptors. the insider information allowed the betters to win tens of thousands of dollars. federal authorities later charged porter and four other men in the scheme. porter will be sentenced in december and faces up to four years in prison. >>> and the "associated press" reports cavers exploring in western virginia rescued a miracle dog found 40 to 50 feet down in a cave. the unusual discovery was made on sunday. the group wrapped the shivering dog in

let's speak to dr thomas gift, director of the centre on us politics at university college london.ht now? �*, ., :,, right now? it's great to be with ou, right now? it's great to be with you. thanks — right now? it's great to be with you. thanks so _ right now? it's great to be with you, thanks so much _ right now? it's great to be with you, thanks so much for - right now? it's great to be with j you, thanks so much for having right now? it's great to be with - you, thanks so much for having me. joe biden is losing, simply put. he is losing in polls across the country by a five, six, seven points, it is losing in key swing set to states like ohio, pennsylvania, wisconsin. it's no surprise given the catastrophic debate performance he has hardened a couple of other public appearances, but is not out of the race, here's a very public figure, he has a ceiling on a support, and it's possible that biden could regain momentum. and on a support, and it's possible that biden could regain momentum. and he ist in: to biden could regain momentum. and he is trying to tell — biden could regain m

thomas whose corruption is almost comical. he took trips to retreats come international vacations on super yachts and private jets to new haven for an afternoon. here in congress we are forbidden from receiving gifts that exceed $50 justice thomas has received more than $4 million largely undisclosed since joining the court. and worse it appears to be working. he is trying to overturn his own 2025 doctrine when he sided with charles koch's network and as oil and gas in the change -- the same -- or to assist leader whose quote unquote friendship with billionaire paul singer along with more undisclosed trips and private jet trips is filed by a shift in the court's decision to take up singer's own case. coincidentally after just as a and fishing trip to alaska was singer the supreme court reversed that decision and took up his case ultimately leading singer to a victory netting $2.4 billion. this is not a bad return on the $80 million in political donations a fishing trip in a couple bottles of 1000-dollar wine. of course and 2022 the billionaires and their hand-picked justices when they are keystone victory against the american people and their progress as a society. the overturn roe vs. wade. so wh

about because in recent months we've had stories of both justices samuel elite to and clubs, thomas except to gifts and travel from people who ended up with cases in front of the supreme court. and at no point did either of those justices with tears themselves, and in fact, articles of impeachment have been filed against both of them. so this is about joe by realizing he's not going to get these through. but this could energize the democratic bass, getting them out to vote. not just but campbell a. how does this president if he's confirmed, doesn't know many which we expect. but also those done valid tickets for the house and the senate to give them the power. so that if there is a democratic president in 2025, then they have the numbers to be able to push this through both the house and the senate. well that's it for me and associates. a people impala is next. i'll see you often to stay with us, the a heavy rains of clothes that if a gosh to burst its box small villages into that, with a fast to stop that these women have decided to take pity. they need to go to town and look for help for the fami

and yesterday we started the work of changing the country gifts. thomas historic victory is seated with contradictions is all, it was supercharged not by labor love, but by wide spread tactical voting to get the unpopular conservatives out. the labors vote shed was less than 2 percent up on its catastrophic 2019 election defeats conservative ex ministers. and now wondering what next you're going to be the next 3 talk. no announcements. we're just gonna take our time, figure out what this insurance event will be quite difficult just in a really bad result, this minute or 2 ways about it. here's thomas pass, pull that, you know, face was about showing he's hit the ground running and the change is here. but he's long for his criticism for being big on the vibes. but if they say for an actual policy, and we're still waiting to see what the change is promising, actually looks like in detail for each atoms. how does 0 london as us officials a warning that storm barrel could we gain strength and hit texas is a category one. hurricane barrel was downgraded to a t

stories this uh and the opposition labor policy has been declared to win review k general election gifts. thomas thought he is projected to secure apartments from majority. if practically in 14, he is a conservative roof storm. it says that people have spoken, but it is now time for his party to, to british prime minister issues do not cause being re elected in his local electro . it's in the u. k. general election, but his conceited and the the dens full cost to come said was $61.00 seats, pull it by not eligible for just for the full view, capehart, to the projected, 13 c. the on to another election. now another important election polls are by putting that around voting underway in the presidential rental fee to life pictures. vases choosing between reform is candidates must be dependent, scan, and conservative. so usually around supreme leader, i mean how many across his ballot you pasta. and he goes to radians to do the same . a villa who's a includes east. it's a good day. this is the day of participating in the election. i heard about the people's enthusiasm. if that is true, that it is a

it shows just how much supreme court justice clarence thomas has benefited from outside gifts. can i see? there he is. the bar on the left, that is it. that is clarence thomas. the other justices all those little knobs. lance thomas has received an estimated $4 million in gifts much of which is to see between those two colors disclosed and undisclosed. maybe 40% was never disclosed. that's all we know so far. there may be more undisclosed. two senators who have them probing his gifts are asking merrick garland to appoint a special counsel to investigate writing we do not make this slightly. evidence assembled plainly suggest that justice thomas has committed willful violations of federal ethics and false statement laws and raises the vacant questions about whether he and his wealthy benefactors have complied with their federal tax obligations. presented with opportunities to resolve questions about his kaunda, justice thomas has maintained a suspicious silence. one of the senators is sheldon whitehouse of rhode island, he joins me now. sent a, what got you to this point? you hav

it shows how much supreme court justice clarence thomas has benefited from outside gifts. i see thomas? go there it is, right. the bar all the way on the left, that's it. that's clarence thomas. all of the other supreme court justices are just to those little knobs. clarence thomas has received an estimated $4 million in gifts, much of which you see, almost half of which, was never disclosed. that is all we know so far. by the way, there may be more undisclosed. now two democratic senators are asking attorney general merrick garland to appoint a special counsel to investigate him. writing, we do not make this request lightly. evidence thus far plainly suggest that justice thomas has committed numerous violations and raises significant questions about whether he and his wealthy benefactors have complied with their federal tax obligations. presented with opportunities to resolve questions about his conduct, justice thomas has maintained a suspicious silence. one of those senators is sheldon whitehouse. he joins me now. senator, what got you to this point? you have been obviou

and luxury travel and other perks gifted to thomas by wealthy friends, including billionaireconservative megadonor harlan crow. the senator said in a statement, "no government official should be above the law." another democratic congress member has called on president biden bow out of the presidential race following his disastrous performance in a debate against donald trump last month when biden appeared disjointed, confused, and frequently lost his train of thought. on tuesday, new jersey congressmember mikie sherrill said in a statement -- "because i know president biden cares deeply about the future of our country, i am asking that he declare that he won't run for reelection and will help lead us through a process toward a new nominee." it was at least the 10th such call by house democrats. members of the uncommitted movement to democratic voters have asked the democratic national committee to adopt a statement critical of israel's assault on gaza. the movement will be sending 29 uncommitted delegates to the democratic national convention in chicago next month and is pre

in introducing articles of impeachment against supreme court justices clarence thomas and samuel alito for failing to gifts they received, over decades, from right-wing billionaires. >> justices thomas and alito's years of pattern of misconduct and failure to recuse in cases bearing their clear personal and financial involvement represents an abuse of power and threat to our democracy, fundamentally incompatible with continued service on our nation's highest court. amy: the impeachment effort is not expected to move forward in the republican-controlled house. this comes as more details emerged this week about gifts received by justice thomas from the conservative megadonor billionaire harlan crow and others, including a yacht trip to russia in 2003. in a letter sent to attorney general merrick garland on tuesday, senators sheldon whitehouse and ron wyden called on garland to appoint a special counsel to investigate thomas and said the justice may have committed tax fraud by not reporting the gifts. a bipartisan group of senators announced the ethics act wednesday, which would ban members of congress, their

we can get more analysis from the founding director of the ucl centre on us politics, doctor thomas gift, thomas , thank you very much for thomas, thank you very much for joining us again, you just saw that sequence of quite recent gaffes. i think it's got to be said, the most recent was a clanger and a half . clanger and a half. >> well, it's great to be with you, emily. >> thanks so much for having me. you know, i actually think that last night was kind of the worst of all worlds for democrats because biden had enough flubs that it certainly won't reassure critics. but it was good enough when he was talking about foreign policy, for example, and how the united states is going to deal with china and russia that he could plausibly make a case for staying in the race. and so we still seem to be in this purgatory where everyone's asking, will he stay? will he go? everyone as tom mentioned, does make mistakes in talking sometimes, but because it does fit into this narrative of cognitive decline, everything's magnified. >> and yet we're starting to see perhaps the biggest, problem for biden

clarence thomas did not report it to the irs and when a loan is forgiven that is a gift under federalthat judges must disclose. he did not disclose it. i really doubt that merrick garland will have the spine to launch a probe here and if he fails to do so it will just be another justification for aoc taking this alternative route. because otherwise we sit here with learned helplessness, watching in despair as two of the most corrupt people ever to sit on the supreme court continue to treat their jobs like a free gift bag of endless luxury goods and trips and services. any other federal employee would have been prosecuted for this. it is not too much for a congresswoman to unveil symbolic articles of impeachment to say at least we are trying to do something. >> i also think it lays a marker for a house majority. if there were a democratic majority. i think the case because of the pattern of abuse by thomas, i think that is stronger than the one for alito. you could make a case for both of them, but the thomas thing is just so far past what anyone in public life anywhere basically is al

thomas broke federal tax and ethics laws. senate democrats have been investigating ethics practices at the supreme court in the wake of bombshell reporting from propublica detailing luxury travel and gifts thomas accepted from republican mega donor harlan crow that thomas failed to disclose in his financial reports. the supreme court adopted new ethics ruled last fall, but notably did not include any real enforcement mechanisms. and a quick programming note, you can catch me on the katie phang show, saturdays at 12:00 p.m. here right here. that does it for me tonight. "the reidout" with joy reid is up next. >>> tonight on "the reidout" -- >> our project 2025 is developed a comprehensive policy agenda but even more importantly, recruiting people, 20,000 people, to go into the next administration hopefully to help take back this country. we want no credit. we want the american people, that president trump is elected again, president trump and his administration to take credit for that. >> the wildly unpopular project 2025 is trump's road map for a second presidency. tonight, the chainsaw that republicans would take to your children's education if trump gets back into the white house. >>>

about because in recent months we've had stories of both justices samuel lee to incleanse thomas accepting gifts and travel from people who ended up with cases in front of the supreme court . and at no point did either of those justices reduce themselves, and in fact, articles of impeachment have been filed against both of them. so this is about joe by realizing he's not going to get these through. but this could energize the democratic base, getting them out to who not just a campbell of how does this president, if he's confirm and there's a know many which we expect. but also those done ballot tickets for the house and the senate to give them the power. so the, if there is a democratic president in 2025, then they have the numbers to be able to push this through. what the, how to send the senate. right, so all about so energizing as you say, the democratic based on an official, a lot of the white house. many thanks for that. tens of thousands of people are flips to down to neighboring chad, to escape violence in the dial 4 region. but he showed signs of torture and sexual violence, health work

about because in recent months we've had stories of both justices samuel lee to and clubs, thomas accepting gifts and travel from people who ended up with cases in front of the supreme court. and at no point did either of those justices repairs themselves, and in fact, articles of impeachment have been filed against both of them. so this is about joe by realizing he's not going to get these through. but this could energize the democratic base, getting them out to who not just what campbell, a, how does this president, if he's confirmed, is the norm and e, which we inspect, but also those done ballot tickets for the house and the senate to give them the power so that if there is a democratic president in 2025, then they have the numbers to be able to push this through with a house in the center of the united nations body overseeing deep sea mining is amazing in jamaica to finalize regulations for the controversial practice the 5 day conference is discussing whether to ban, approve or further delay supplementing. the international c bed also already is facing mounting pressure from companies that w

a resolution against thomas says he engaged in high crimes and misdemeanors by failing to report multiple gifts of luxury vacations and travel. impeachment articles against alito focus on refusal to recuse from cases related to january 6th despite his indicating sympathy with efforts to overturn the 2020 election by allowing simple support for those efforts outside his residence. attorney and senior writer for slate magazine where he covers the supreme court. he joins me now. first, we should note here, of course, that the house is controlled by rubber cup a republican majority. not going to move articles of impeachment against clarence thomas and samuel alito. still i thought this was a pretty big deal today because i've never seen congressional democrats go at the court and the conservative members of the court in quite this way. >> i fully agree. i think that in a sense, this is long overdue because what democrats have served up for a year now is an action on the corruption scandals that have rocked the supreme court. some angry letters, some public appearances. but this is a leap forward in

thomas as well. we are tired of getting this information if fits and starts, in trickles. we need to get to the bottom of just how many gifts his so-called friend, who he made after becoming supreme court justice, and whether his failure to disclose that information was a crime. >> we know that clarence thomas participated in the koch network donor events, and the koch network is also a party of two things that came before the supreme court. they have quite happy, for instance, that the chevron doctrine was overturned. we've seen the supreme court legalize bribery of the exact time that alito and thomas have been shown to have received. could the justice department subpoena clarence thomas? would the supreme court just overrule that subpoena, do you think? >> it certainly is possible. again, the department of justice has broad investigative power. i think the reason why they need to subpoena justice thomas is because, if justice thomas -- or if this subpoena goes through the court, if an investigation like this goes through the court, and then justice thomas or other justices sit and hear that case, and provide the same kin

thomas broke federal tax and ethics laws. senate democrats have been investigating ethics practices at the supreme court in the wake of bombshell reporting from propublica detailing luxury travel and giftsfrom republican mega donor harlan crow that thomas failed to disclose in his financial reports. the supreme court adopted new ethics ruled last fall, but notably did not include any real enforcement mechanisms. and a quick programming note, you can catch me on the katie phang show, saturdays at 12:00 p.m. here right here. that does it for me tonight. "the reidout" with joy reid is up next. >>> tonight on "the reidout" -- >> our project 2025 is