cemetery and there is a statue of george washington that reads above it freedom is a light for which many men have died in darkness. that is the sacrifice that these people have made, whether it s at the cia or the officers of the bureau, they are not giving their lives in order to allow americans freedom to be snuffed out, no matter who is in office. tom, just before we go, you re a lawyer. help me with the rationale, make the case for us. robert mueller, rod rosenstein, james comey. these people are republicans. why exactly what would their motivation be to go out of their way, to risk their careers and their reputations to help hillary clinton win? if that s the argument that president trump is making, why would they do such a thing? it makes no sense to me to suggest that those people are somehow in the tank and want to take down the president and advance hillary clinton and her agenda. that s simply not true.
can trade their own information for somebody else s liberty. can you pass your get out of jail free card to somebody else? not typically. it s rare. i ve seen it once or twice where and the government might be able to trade it freedom. now it s unusual. the point about the flynn i think this is important, rachel. a lot of people have been talking about how the muller team was leveraging the son or using the son to get to the father. they were playing one off the other. i don t think the pros cecutors thing that way. it might be the case that the child, the son committed a crime. and the fact that you re looking at him puts pressure on the father but you don t do it for that reason. you have to make an independent
it s crazy. tom: jill, this is you are n entertainment reporter, this goes on all the time. is this a problem? they want to get ready for the oscars, on the one hand that s rated well, on the other hand did it right well because of this over people were already tuned in? a lot of viewers are tuning in because they love movies and actors, they don t necessarily want to hear the political speeches, so i think a lot of people were turned off by it. she made some great points, but i think everyone has to agree. invites disrespect, insights violence, people are going after hollywood, going after foreigners and going after the press, after a group that protects it freedom. just because of people who heard her speech and called in to donate. tom: who are these people, the hollywood foreign press, who are they?
agreement on iran s nuclear weapons program. but will more time help? let s talk live in the cnn newsroom. and good morning. i m carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. we start with a question. is it freedom or discrimination? on one side those who say religious freedom laws in 19 states ensured their beliefs are not violated. on the other, critics say those laws legalize discrimination against gays and lesbians. indiana governor mike pence whose decision to sign this into law unleashed this tide al wave of controversy wants a fix. we don t know what the fix is. but we have new information on the timing. i ve come to the conclusion that it would be helpful to move legislation this week that makes it clear that this law does not give businesses a right to deny
what should be done immigration wise in this country that would directly affect residents in this state who are undocumented workers? i think we have to have comprehensive immigration reform. i think the congress needs to act. i know the president wants to do it. when rick scott ran for governor the last time, he said he wanted an arizona-style law in florida. fortunately, that has not happened. but we need to move forward, and congress has to act. what would you suggest? i would suggest that we have immigration policy that allows people to come to america. i m the grandson of a greek immigrant. we are the melting pot of the world, america. and florida is really the melting pot of this country and latin america. and what would you do with undocumented workers right now? would you bring them out of the shadows? yes, i think we have to bring them out of the shadows. so there would be the conservatives would say that s amnesty. would you call it? i would call it freedom. a