Good evening. And he represents rhode island in the United States senate. Thank you. You see any number . The Senate Judiciary committee, most importantly, is it sort of its customary. Let me welcome senator sheldon whitehouse. Thank you all. I think the routine here if i talk for about 10 minutes, then we have question and answers. So let me start by thanking you for coming out. And thank you for the interest in this book. I worked pretty hard on it. As if you get around to reading it, youll see, its pretty dense stuff. I would describe it as more or less equal parts textbook if that doesnt scare you off detective story and warning flare. And as we talk about it there are two concepts i want to put in your mind. First because theyll help illuminate rest of the conversation. The first is something called agency capture or regular battery capture, which is a phenomenon that goes way back into our history. And you might think of some of the early episodes of agency capture or regulatory
In the United States senate. Thank you. You see any number . The Senate Judiciary committee, most importantly, is it sort of its customary. Let me welcome senator sheldon whitehouse. Thank you all. I think the routine here if i talk for about 10 minutes, then we have question and answers. So let me start by thanking you for coming out. And thank you for the interest in this book. I worked pretty hard on it. As if you get around to reading it, youll see, its pretty dense stuff. I would describe it as more or less equal parts textbook if that doesnt scare you off detective story and warning flare. And as we talk about it there are two concepts i want to put in your mind. First because theyll help illuminate rest of the conversation. The first is something called agency capture or regular battery capture, which is a phenomenon that goes way back into our history. And you might think of some of the early episodes of agency capture or regulatory capture as, say, Railroad Barons running the
And nothing happened. Are laws stupid . Because ive been following them my whole life now. Donald trump continues to test the limits of the gag order in his hushmoney case, meanwhile his legal team is trying to once again to get the judge removed, less than two weeks before the trial is supposed to start the former president is also suing the cofounders of truth social wait a second, is this thought the trumpiest story of all time. So, this guy im going to sue you. This company goes public, everything trump does he loses billions of dollars, he loses his cofounders. Everything he does. Its so sleazy. But its how you and i and mika and Everybody Else who have been around him for decades, they all say this is how he works. Everybody that goes into business with this guy regrets it, because hes a terrible businessman and he sues you. Its a reflux. If you hang a chandelier in one of his terrible Atlantic City casinos somehow youre going be blamed. In this case, this is a tough story to fol
you all. i am katie phang. welcome to the katie phang show. we are going to start today s show with a capitol hill countdown as lawmakers have just four more days of work before they head home for the holidays. i m joining you live from msnbc world headquarters in new york city. we have lots of news to cover and lots of questions to answer. let s get started. failure to lead the president of a prominent ivy league university steps down amid public outrage after a disastrous congressional hearing on the rise of antisemitism on college campuses. we re going to go inside the fallout ahead and a live report from capitol hill. state of emergency catastrophic storms strike tennessee, leaving a trail of death and destruction. six people, including at least one child, are dead, and dozens more are injured. we are live on the ground in the storm zone. no, i am not a threat. i will save democracy. the threat is crooked it joe biden. plus, day one dictator says he will save demo
forces are carrying out a targeted operation against hamas inside gaza s largest hospital, where hundreds of civilians are trapped, including dozens of babies younger than the war itself. senior adviser to israeli prime minister netanyahu joins us to talk about that and more. here in the u.s., high stakes summit for one of the world s most consequential relationships as president biden and chinese leader xi jinping are set to meet face to face this afternoon for the first time in a year. meanwhile, on capitol hill, new house speaker mike johnson appears to have cleared the first major hurdle of his tenure with the house passing a temporary plan to avert a government shutdown. and today in georgia, the judge will hear arguments in the 2020 election interference case after the fulton county d.a. slams the release of interview tapes with former trump allies as witness intimidation. why she is seeking an emergency protective order. and we begin this hour with new developm