knife, an ice pick and an ax, stabbing their parents, 10-year-old and her friend 143 times. the d.a. said there is dna proof that cooper was inside the home, even smoked cigarettes in their station wagon and before his blood was found on a t-shirt outside, but the son who survived the attack says cooper was not the it killer and now that t-shirt could set him free because, according to cooper s attorney, the blood on it, along with some other evidence, was planted. joining me now, new york times columnist nicholas christoff, who has been following the case for years. i ve been following your writing on this. you have done such a deep dive. for people who have not been following the case, tell us what you believe make the strongest case that prosecutors may have put the wrong guy in prison here? for starters it was kind of implausible that one guy, a
kamala harris as attorney general refused. although now she is very much in favor of testing. we ll find out the truth and i hope truth and justice will prevail, chris. wouldn t that be a good thing, especially in this season? it s shocking, right, to see the pictures of him at the time of his arrest and now and how much of his life has gone behind bars. the truth is important. let s just say that again. nick kristof, that s for what you do day after day. happy new year. thank you, chris. happy new year. a break ahead but next what will it take to end this government shutdown? a house democrat will join me. you probably heard the president s claim that government workers are telling him to stand firm but do they really prefer a wall over a paycheck? prefer a wall over a paycheck and. adjourned. business loans for eligible card members up to fifty thousand dollars, decided in as little as 60 seconds. the powerful backing of american express. don t do business without it.
united states. joining us live, activist aleeta garcia, and nicholas christoff. trump immigration policy veers to evil in your column, you cite a series of horror stories. for most parents the horror stories of being separated from their children involuntarily would be the start of this thing. this is really kind of gross, as a nation. i mean, absolutely. that s why the u.n. high commissioner weighed in. everybody knows immigration is hard. there are difficult tradeoffs. everybody else has managedadffs this administration is doing. and jeff sessions was disingenuous when he said people break the law, when they break the law, this is what happens. in some casese committed a misdeern, but even
look. a lot of people say north korea s never going to give up its nuclear weapons. we don t know that. the purpose of these negotiations would be to set up the process to see if it is possible, create the conditions that would make it possible for north korea to give up the weapons it labored so hard at such expense to make. joe, you ve been in washington for a while, following these issues for a long time. ambassador john bolton has been a part of these discussions for a long time as well. nicholas christoff says bolton is smart and well informed and he hit the trifecta. on iraq, iran and north korea alike. he has a perfect record on disastrous decisions. this is a person who the president is relying on for counsel. if you look at what he said about north korea and nuclear weapons in the past, that he now is the one advising the president on how to proceed with these negotiations. yeah.
all options. but steve bannon, the president s exiled chief strategist, has another idea. instead of firing mueller, just cripple the investigation. the washington post reports bannon is pitching a plan to west wing aides and congressional allies to cripple the federal probe into russian interference in the 2016 election. the first step these people say would be for trump to fire deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. rosenstein was at the white house for a meeting with the president. the white house also says it is regarding routine department business so right now he, too, still has a job. the washington post also reports bannon is recommending the white house cease its cooperation with mueller. nicholas christoff is a column this for the new york times, the nation will pay if it fires mueller. daniel goldman, former district attorney for the southern district of new york. the president is defending his