Political analyst Gregg Jarrett offers his thoughts on the Mueller Report and the investigation of russian interference in the 2016 election. He is interviewed by matt schlapp, chair of the american conservative union. After words is the program that interviews top nonfiction authors about their latest work. My great honor to be here with Gregg Jarrett, my friend and someone who has made me smarter. Your most recent bestseller, witch hunt the story of the greatest mass delusion in american political history, a fascinating read that tells us all the tale that we have been going through since 2016, this is a followon to your bestseller the russia hoax which was the New York Times number one bestseller and im sure this will be as well. I am already at number 3, great to be with you. When i heard the president use the term witchhunt like he used the term fake news, the fact that the election could be rigged. All of these things, i spent my adult life in washington dc you recoil because the
Its great to be with you. Thank you for having me. When i first heard the president use the term witchhunt and that tweet, much like he used fake news, the fact that the election could be rigged, all of these things, for people like me who has spent most of my professional life in washington, d. C. , kind of recoil. They are bold praises. Now you have borrowed this phrase for your book. Why . Because he is very telling. People tend to forget that there are no real which is. This overwhelming irrational desire is what propels a witch hunt. That is what happened here. An astonishing array of smart people. Convincing themselves and millions of others. The president had committed one of the most obnoxious crimes there is in the criminal codes treason. Conspiracy with Vladimir Putin hatched in the bowels of the kremlin. Stealing the 2016 election. It was based on, not a shred of of credible evidence. The book explains how now we know true testimony of those involved, they never had any plau
You have borrowed this phrase for your buck, why connect. Because its telling what people tend to forget about with witchhunts there are no real witches but this overwhelming irrational desire to believe that witches exist is what propels the witchhunt and that is what happened here in an astonishing array of theoretically smart people convince themselves and millions of others that the president had committed the most noxious crime there is in the criminal code treason. Treason is conspiracy with flat amir putin hatched in the bowels of the kremlin to steal the 2016 election and it was based on not a shred of credible evidence and the book explains how now we know through testimony of those involved they never had any possible evidence to launch the original fbi investigation in 2016 and nine months later when the special counsel was appointed they still had no evidence and implement itself violated the regulations authorizing the opponent and i explained how, in the book, one of the
International you know neal our top story this hour now is iran enters the sixth consecutive day of unrest twenty one people are now thought to have died in clashes in the country on monday night nine people were killed during an attack on a Police Station this is footage from the incident iranian media reported that the protesters were trying to steal weapons from the site in the last three days alone there have repeatedly reportedly been more than four hundred and fifty arrests across the country on choose the around Supreme Leader spoke up for the First Time Since the unrest on he accused foreign powers of for mentoring the trouble. The enemy is waiting for an opportunity for a crack it can infiltrate if you look at the recent days incidents. Who are at odds with these public have utilized various means including money weapons political and. Intelligence apparatus to great problems for these learning system the Islamic Republic and these limits revolution thats because shortly after
A guilty verdict for a man who shot and killed a Vallejo Police officer. Jim capoot was killed in 2011 chasing suspected bank robber henry smith in north vallejo. Smith bailed from his car and capoot ran after him and smith opened fire shooting the officer three times. Smith was found guilty of first degree murder. He is being held in Solano County jail. Developing news, Northern California firefighters are battling two major brush fires right now. The wragg fire is burning for a third day in napa and yolo counties. The kyburz fire started yesterday in the El Dorado National forest. Crews are finally getting a handle on the wragg fire burning on the Southeast Side of lake berm. Firefighters have kept the flames at 6900 acres on the Southeast Side of lake berryessa. That fire is now 20 contained, no growth since yesterday. 1500 people are fighting the flames and highway 128 reopened allowing some evacuees to return home. Da lin is live with why they were forced to shut down the highway