president. right. for a president to take out his enemies using the apparatus of the wheels of justice. thank you very much, daniel goldman. thank you. next, why this exchange between then senator kamala harris and bill barr is taking on new importance. has the president or anyone at the white house ever asked or suggested that you open an investigation of anyone? um, i wouldn t i wouldn t yes or no? breaking news. just days before the meeting with president biden, russian president vladimir putin speaking out and making a surprising comparison between biden and trump. outfront s inside look at the biggest mayoral race in the country, one that s raising questions about one of the top candidates, whether he actually lives in new york city. so does he? eric adams, democratic candidate for mayor, is outfront. no, these are pants, dog. no way. my pants are pants, dog. pizza on a bagel we can all agree with that.
investigation of anyone? um, i wouldn t i wouldn t yes or no? could you repeat that question. i will repeat it. has the president or anyone at the white house ever asked or suggested that you open an investigation of anyone? yes or no, please, sir. the president or anybody else. seems you d remember something like that and be able to tell us. yeah, but i m trying to grapple with the word suggest. i mean there have been discussions of matters out there that they have not asked me to open an investigation perhaps they have suggested. i don t know. i wouldn t say suggest. hinted? i don t know. inferred? you don t know? that exchange is taking on new significance now that we know the trump justice department sought to and/or
summit with president biden. in this interview, just crossing now, he compares biden with former president trump. translator: i believe that former u.s. president, mr. trump, is an extraordinary individual, talented individual. otherwise he would not have become u.s. president. he s a colorful individual. president biden, of course, is radically different from trump because president biden is a career man. he spent virtually his entire adulthood in politics. think of the number of years he spent in the senate. a different kind of person. it s my hope that, yes, there are some advantages and disadvantages but there will not be any impulse-based movements on behalf of the sitting u.s. president. when asked what his message is for putin, biden telling reporters, quote, i ll tell you after i deliver it. phil mattingly is outfront with biden in england. they re both sending messages ahead of this high-stakes meeting.
to have john durham speed up his probe into the russia investigation. trump wanted that out before the election, kept pumping it, and barr slowed it down. so, you know, i m just raising the question here of is it more nuance than it appears to be in terms of who was the one doing trump s either explicit or implicit bidding? well, it s obvious early on barr was very willing to do his bidding. the memo he wrote to get the job says i m ready to execute your presidency like a unitary executive presidency should be, which means no bars hold, go anywhere you want to go, you re the king. and he did that. it s quite clear he didn t have to be told on many things. we now know there are countless examples of norms he was willing to break. at the endi, however, he realizd that this may be too far. he probably saw the handwriting on the wall before the rest of
it appears, this is very hard to see this in any other way, trump was using the power of the government to investigate his so-called enemies. that is completely unamerican, a president, the executive branch, is not allowed to use the government to go after personal enemies. it s not how this country works it is not how the system is set up, no president should do it. evan perez is live outfront in washington. apple now speaking out on this. apple, the company who s big advertising campaign is based on privacy. what are they saying tonight? well, the portrayal that we have from this very extraordinary statement from apple is not normal that you see these statements from companies that are subject to these orders, erin. what it gives you this impression is that the government was going on a fishing expedition. it s an extraordinarily broad demand. as you mentioned, 53 73 phone numbers, 36 emai were the targets of this request. and what s more, they were asking for data going back t