pushbacks on claims that she is a racist. this as tvland, hulu, and others have announced they, too, will pull roseanne s show, the re-runs, to be specific. and sanofi, the maker of ambien, isn t letting roseanne s claim that the drug influenced her behavior slide. earlier today, they issued a statement saying in part, while all pharmaceutical treatments have side effects, racism is not a known side effect of any sanofi medication. joining me now is elise jordan, a former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments, a time magazine contributor and msnbc political analyst and also a woman, zerlina maxwell is former director of progressive women for the clinton campaign, and an msnbc political analyst and also an awesome woman, and nancy giles is a giles. sorry, i was so close. almost got this through that script. an emmy award-winning contributor to cbs news sunday
morning, it s actually just cbs sunday morning, it s the best show on television other than this one here. also hosts the podcast the giles files and also an awesome woman. ladies, thank you so much for being here. let s talk about roseanne. ambien. did you see the ambien tweet, the shade tweet. yeah, i love it. again, here s what s interesting. she makes these racist, bigoted comments, and like many racists, bigots do, she won t take responsibility. and it s something else, it s some other entity that made her do it. and look, in a way, if she would just own it, i think i would respect her more. but first it s a joke, then it s the drugs, then it s the drugs that made her do the joke and none of it plays out. and i do pharmaceutical ads sometimes, so those side effects, side effects may include not being racist, i just want to say. so, she s full ofit. it s crap. i ve heard of sleep eating on ambien, but never heard of going out and being racist. right, there s been side effec
kind of knew because they couldn t tell me anything. but the problem was we couldn t figure out what hospital she was in because nobody had any records of her. but her friends had been looking for her, and her friends were told that we need the next of kin. and when i got there, they escorted me to the room. i don t think i ve ever cried so hard or so loud in my life. so my heart is broken. but i m very proud of my child. joining us now, nancy giles, a contributor to cbs news sunday morning and the host of the giles files podcast. also joining us, jamil smith. nancy, this is the latest name in what is thousands and thousands of names in our history who have fallen to white supremacy. it s heartbreaking to her her mom and to know that we re living in a country that it s
a contributor to cbs news sunday morning and the host of the giles files podcast. also joining us, jamil smith. nancy, this is the latest name in what is thousands and thousands of names in our history who have fallen to white supremacy. it s heartbreaking to her her mom and to know that we re living in a country that it s 2017, and we ve got a president that was basically bred on bigotry and was made wealthy by a legacy of bigotry, and he s basically offered a clarion call to bigots and racists and white supremacists and domestic terrorists that you can pretty much do what you want. and as quickly as he demonized president obama as a
others saying a select committee or an independent 9/11 style commission. also tonight, new demands for the white house to turn over any tapes that president trump may have recorded coming from democrats. and chuck schumer announcing that he has convinced mitch mcconnell to do at least one bipartisan thing and have a joint brief big the man of the hour, mr. rod rosenstein for the full senate that is coming. and my panel is here to discuss all of this. nancy giles, contributor to cbs news sunday morning. christina greer, associate professor of political science at fordham. and rick wilson, contributor to the daily beast. christina, when you teach political science, you talk about the branches. you talk about the oversight. the democrats are pushing everyone else in congress to do oversight. and talk about the separation of powers and checks and balances. but they only work when everyone does their job. thing is what senator durbin was