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Their political views what is the law of the constitution say attorneys general are supposed to be on the lawyer for the country what is their involvement with the president well thats a great question right and i think the world really changed after the whole nixon watergate situation you know at the end of the day each cabinet member serves at the pleasure of the president under the constitution for the president and if you believe the president is the boss they serve to the president and so that means that the attorney generals no different than the secretary of agriculture or the secretary of commerce and is not and so therefore serves for the president i think since watergate we have come to see the attorney and let me give an example of Bobby Kennedy was. The president s brother at and and certainly served to protect him i think since nixon weve changed our view and the prevailing view is then that the has been that the attorney general should be more independent and i think with
Heard a president talk like that at least the president the United States of america and not some banana republic. Even his defense secretary. Tried to walk away from those comments and indicated that they werent considering putting troops in our cities against our people who were constitutional right to protest. And i thought as i said it was unbelievable it was it was actually quite scary what i mean make of the reaction weve had in america protests riots all over that and it doesnt seem to come down. Well it doesnt seem to come down and i think when yesterday for a good part of the day i saw our demonstrations and marches all across the country in fact it. It took me with a motion of me with a motion that so many people of every race and creed from city across the nation protesting the murder of. African american man at the hands of Law Enforcement in minneapolis. You know it it actually brought a lot of emotion to me. On the other hand some of what i saw in los angeles and other ci
Reaction to that now from our good friend antonio of the hour ago also the former mayor of los angeles lets start right there mayor what what was your reaction to his threat to call in the u. S. Troops. Unbelievable the language that he used ive never heard a president talk like that at least the president of United States of america and that some banana republic. Even his defense secretary. Tried to walk away from those comments and indicated that they werent considering putting troops in our cities against our people who were constitutional right to protest. And i thought as i said it was unbelievable it was it was actually quite scary. Morning i mean to make of the reaction weve had in america protests riots all of them it doesnt seem to calm down well it doesnt seem to calm down and i think when yesterday for a good part of the day i saw. Demonstrations and marches all across the country in fact it is filled me with emotion it did me with emotion that so many people of every race a
Putting troops in our cities against our people who were constitutional right to protest. And i thought as i said it was unbelievable it was it was actually quite scary. What do you mean make of the reaction weve had in america protests riots all over them it doesnt seem to calm down well it doesnt seem to calm down and i think when yesterday for a good part of the day i saw our demonstrations and marches all across the country in fact it filled me with emotion it did me with emotion that so many people of every race increase from city across the nation protesting the murder. Africanamerican man at the hands of Law Enforcement in minneapolis. You know it it actually brought a lot of emotion to me. On the other hand some of what i saw in los angeles and other cities the looting the rioting absolutely unacceptable you know people have said. That we have to understand that people are angry yes were angry and thats why we march thats why we need to vote that we need to be about ive been in