really the concerns that we ought to have about women in this prison system where they really it seems like have no real way to appeal or fight back against the situation. that s right. i spoke to the women of the central california women s facility. that is the highest security women s prison in california, colloquially known as chowchilla prison and these women are terrified. they are housed eight to a cell. they do not even have their guards do not even have guns. they walk around with batons and pepper spray because women are less violent and men are already transferring in. there is no requirement, all that a violent male fella need do is self identify as a woman that he is entitled in a state of california to petition to transfer in. ben: it is astounding to me how you can have this kind of delusion about the differences between people, then actually form a policy that can put women at serious risk. what can be done to push back
eluded earlier, grand juries are sitting all the time. they have previously compelled evidence in their name. what s different from this, which is colloquially called a special kbrand jury, we used to call it an extra grand jury in the da s office is that now this grand jury, assuming the reporting is right, will spend an extended period hearing one or more cases. not just any old case. the usual grand juries sit for four weeks, and they hear any case that comes through the door. but this is now a more targeted thing. and that typically means that the da has a complicated case he wants to present for a potential indictment at some point during the term of the additional grand jury. and, dan, washington post reports their view, their interpretation based on their reporting and sourcing is that this means cy vance thinks at least a crime occurred at trump
this year where all of our previous support and all stated u.s. policy to ukraine was suddenly up ended or weirdly put on the bubble. catherine croft is asked about the upset, anxiety in ukraine, that it would become known that the u.s. was maybe not supporting them anymore, particularly against russia. question i think you said that word of that, word of this hold on military assistance got to the ukrainians and two ukrainian officials reached out to you quietly to ask you about this hold. croft answers yes, that s right. question now, you said the two ukrainian embassy officials, understood they had no interest in this becoming public. is that right? answer that s correct. that s correct. question why would they not want this to become public? answer if this were public in ukraine, it would be seen as a reversal of our policy and would, just to say candidly and colloquially, this would be a really big deal. it would be a really big deal in
he talks colloquially, but so do members of congress and they know what a quid pro quo is. they know what pressure is and they know that donald trump wasn t talking about the american national interest. the only thing he was asking for was dirt on a political opponent. that s the problem here. you know, trump supporters can talk about hearsay. this is the problem that they have not come to terms with, that you have the president of the united states with a foreign leader and asking for dirt on a political opponent. that is something that first of all, not all presidents do, and second of all, if that s how, you know, a real estate developer talks when he s president of the united states, maybe he gets impeached for it. i mean, you know, there are consequences to the way you talk. legally speaking may not be the right framing here because it isn t a legal matter. it s an impeachment matter which
committee congressman jerry nadler of new york who joins us here now live on set. it s nice to see you. good tattoo see you. you said earlier this evening this should be seen as what we colloquial colloquially describe as impeachment proceedings. why has this been fuzzy as whether or not they re under way? i don t think we should get hung up on semantics. we ve made it clear the committee is holding an investigation. we re looking into the various charges of malfeasance, obstruction of justice, abuse of power by the president. and we are considering what to do about it including possible voting of articles of impeachment. when you said that you expect there will be a vote before the end of the year on whether or not to approve articles of impeachment. well, if we decide to do articles of impeachment we ll have a vote.