how shocked where you buy this? this is stunning, unprecedented. this is an assault on the court s judicial independence. i think the chief justice needs to punch back hard against this an issue justice alito s majority opinion tomorrow. shannon: what are the odds you think that happens? how quickly do you think the chief will say that she doesn t like outside pressure. he likes the court to operate free of these things but he s put in a situation where the world is watching. how quickly could we get the official opinion do you think? they could put a per curiam tomorrow saying this is how we are going to rule opinions to follow or they could put out a majority opinion and say the dissenting and concurring opinions will follow but they can get this result tomorrow if they wanted to. every day this case is pending it puts justices lives in danger. nursing people outside the
states. and these trends are being exacerbated by global challenges that are more complex than ever, and which require shared efforts to address these concerns. by outside pressure, from autocrats, they seek to advance their own power, export and expand their influence around the world and justify the repressive policies and practices as a more efficient way to address today s challenges. that s how it is sold. by voices that seek to fan the flames of social division and political polarization, and perhaps most importantly, and worrying of all, most worrying of all, by increasing the dissatisfaction of people all around the world with democratic governments that they feel are failing to deliver for their needs. in my view, this is the defining challenge of our time. democracy, government of the people, by the people, for the people, can at times be fragile but also is inherently
bret: do you think they are going to listen to you, mark? oh, no. not a chance. [laughter] bret: all right. they are not. bret: we did this story about john durham and the prone there. are you thinking that this is going to get some place as you look at this you have obviously covered this from the beginning as we update what coming out about this back and forth. one of the things important when you are trying to hold people accountable outside pressure. not just john durham alone with his crew pushing for accountability for this false and dangerous conspiracy theory. but, while we have seen some people in the media admit that they participated in this russia collusion lie, you have had a lot of people in the media just refuse to take accountability. so many people in the media are great at holding other people accountable but when they themselves are responsible for great wrongs, they don t do a good job of doing no one has returned the pulitzer prizes for
working this as they do other investigations that s methodically going through each piece of evidence as she tries to render her decision in the prosecution. she also says she s aware of outside pressure, people wanting her to hurry-up and render a decision. she said she s not being moved by that pressure. she ll do this in her words by the book. and what will be the ultimate driver to possibly bring charges, take a listen to what she said. and so as of this point would you say there s any particular time line on making that decision about charges? it s no there s not a time line at this point. i would say weeks to months. i was sort of taught you treat a firearm like a live snake. and so it s it s a terrible tragedy. we don t know how those live rounds got there. and i think that that will probably end up being kind of the linchpin for whether a decision is made about charges. the linchpin in their her
district attorney today, this is a big investigation, hundreds of pieces of evidence to go through, lots more people to interview, did she give you any sort of time line? you know, she said that this is something unlike anything they have ever seen here in new mexico, but she said that they will be working this as they do other investigations, as methodically, going through each piece of evidence as she tries to render her decision in the prosecution. she s aware of outside pressure, people wanting her to hurry up and render a decision. she s not being moved by the pressure, she s doing this by the books. we re getting indication about what it is that will be the driver in her decision to possibly bring charges. take a listen to what she said. and so as of this point, would you say that there s any particular time line on making that decision about charges? it s no, there s not a time line at this point. i would say weeks to months. i was sort of taught you treat a firearm like