president initiated a call to me saying he wanted mr. bharara to remain. by asking for the resignation before their replacements have been confirmed or nominated the president is interrupting ongoing cases and investigations and hindering the administration of justice. any president can clean house like this. a president can switch the u.s. attorneys out. but why tonight? why so abruptly? and why ask preet bharara to stay and then change your mind. joining us now is charlie savage, he s been reporting on the latest move by the trump administration, he s the author of power wars, inside obama s post 9/11. mr. savage, thank you very much for being here tonight, thank you. so he can appoint as many u.s.
but why tonight? why so abruptly? and why ask preet bharara to stay and then change your mind. joining us now is charlie savage, he s been reporting on the latest move by the trump administration, he s the author of power wars, inside obama s post 9/11. mr. savage, thank you very much for being here tonight, thank you. so he can appoint as many u.s. attorneys as he likes, is this a standard operating procedure for his administration? is there anything unusual about the fact that there was no announcement or the fact that there was no announcement to replace these attorneys? the first point is absolutely a president can remove u.s. attorneys at will, they serve at the pleasure of the president and it is not unusual for a new president, especially when
[ speaking a foreign language ] look at this dramatic video of a scene in syria as the civil war there shows no signs of letting up. secretary of state john kerry will meet with his british counterpart tomorrow to discuss the crisis. this of course on the heels of president obama nounsing u.s. boots on the ground in syria to combat isis, a small piece of an ever-changing puzzle that president obama is confronted with in a post-9/11 presidency. charlie savage is a pulitzer prize winner correspondent for the washington times and author of the power wars, inside obama s post-9/11 presidency. great to have you here. there is so much to cover in a book like this, especially after 9/11. let s talk about specifically the raid to kill osama bin laden and the four lawyers that were part of that. explain what happened. so in the fall of 2010, the
thing that the kochs and obama agree on. you don t help the country by wasting money and making communities less safe. as law enforcement matter it is actually important to roll this back. law enforcement people know you don t make a community safer by distracting cops when you should be looking at where the real threats lie, where real help can be brought. we have seen tragedies happening with out of control violence. i wonder how distracted the cops were policing some poor nonviolent 14-year-old kid for a marijuana charge that racks up points for the cop at the end of the month but doesn t rack up moral points and when he goes to heaven and making society better. you actually have a campaign called just say no to the war on drugs. i want to play a clip of the psa that you guys have put together. america s public enemy number
exchange. i think there is a lot of questions there. it does get back to the question of obama is keeping american soldiers in afghanistan until the end of his presidency. those soldiers who are left will be far fewer in number. are they going to be facing a greater risk because pretty hardened guys with a lot of experience are replenishing the taliban s ranks. a conversation we could probably have for the full hour. i hope you guys will come back. coming up i will talk to a friend of the bergdahl family who is also the police chief of his hometown in idaho. the obama administration rolls out new pollution regulations that has republicans fuming. with up to 12 hours of protection for all the freedom to just play. pampers.