we know that the port authority at the airport is involved, as well. so many, many agencies and many, many layers here looking at this just trying to figure out exactly how this happened and really what went wrong. as john points out, the good news is the system really worked. the layers of security that were put in place after 9/11 really were up to snuff here, and they were able to find these explosives in this checked bag and were able to get them out. had is so key, and it really shows that the system worked here by the transportation security administration. all right, pete, evan, john, thanks to all of you. turning to our world lead, violent scenes in israel today as thousands of demonstrators took to the streets to protest prime minister netanyahu s moves to weaken the country s independent judicial system, according to critics. israeli police lobbed stun grenades and fired water cannons at protesters who were attempting to block traffic in central tel aviv to oppose netanya
the financial documents cases that we had back in 2020, the election requests that he made at the end of 2020, and then just earlier this year when he was trying to block documents from the archives, he has lost all those. this one is set up to be a loser, but i just want to caution, we don t know, and we haven t seen what will probably be seven days of arguments unfolding on paper. david, do you think this legal strategy about the former president is a delay tactic? anderson, the president is famous for three days, deny, delay, and distract. this is delay, it is the next step, the 11th circuit ruled, and so there s only one more place to go. as john points out, this is a legal technical question. his lawyers can make a straight face argument in front of the court, without getting
sanctioned, and have a leg to stand on. at the end of the day, as john points out, the supreme court will probably not roll in his favor. it s either going to put up or shut up. the district court judge, even if trump wins, if she gets access to these documents she may not rule in s favor and may not roll as he pleases even if it goes that way, the court hearing might not even go his way ultimately. how do you think the justice department is going to respond? the justice department has dug in. it has laid out arguments, over several chapters of this including to essentially support what the 11th circuit has done. and so i suspect what it will do is lift key passages from the 11th circuit s ruling, saying that look, this court thought it out, we are at a stage in the litigation that this is not time for the supreme court to intervene. and essentially, just replay
is doing, but it is pushing back in a way that in many ways people on the left at the top have not ben. it has been, like the white house tweets. it has been getting response. in, fact it was part of biden s speech that did not sit well with me. but there was never a reason for political violence. the world is actually filled with reasons for political violence, many of which have obtained independence in companies which were not democracies, and things like that. lots of examples of it in history and today. as john points out. lots of examples of it in america, from the 1850s through to the 1960s. it is not entirely true that violence on the other side should not be met with strong resistance on one side. but how do you stop this from devolving into literally pitched battle between people with their political views? well, i think you have to defend democracy. especially if democracy is in peril, as it is now.
votes. plus you would make donald trump mad. how much do you any an endorsement from the former president is worth at this point in politics? it depends on which district, but it s worth a lot still. as john points out, no matter what is going on in the congress right now, no matter what the january 6th committee is uncovering, he is still very popular among republicans. the number of republicans who say that, you know, i really still like the guy, but maybe he shouldn t run for president, that number is growing. but would you rather have donald trump endorsing you than not endorsing you? the answer is unequivocally yes, you would. gloria borger, john axelrod just one point. even the candidates who aren t endorsed by one point are endorsing him, are endorsing trumpism. that tells you he still has great power within the republican party. good point. president biden taking heat from his fellow democrats ahead of a visit to saudi arabia and meeting with the crown prince. u.s