views as the biden administration working to hit him with criminal charges, or even put him and his people in prison. according to the justice department s office of legal counsel, a sitting president cannot be charged with a federal crime. now, the same is not true for a prosecution at a state level. however, that would possibly go to the supreme court. let s bring in the host of way too early and white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. former staff for hillary clinton. good to have you both on board this morning. not a surprise. a lot of people have been talking for some time that donald trump may seek re-election to avoid prosecution. it seems of course, you have a new book coming out that goes through everything donald trump has done, certainly everything he did around january 6th, that now seems to be landing him in hot water. not just politically, as we heard from mike allen on your show, but it is impacting him politically and legally at the jus
dana: a lot of people would share that. it is only february. as you know, time goes by fast. let me ask you about secretary pete buttigieg. this is a headline from politico that caught our attention. buttigieg world is frustrated at republican attacks over the train rack. a democrat said buttigieg took a lot of bullets for the president on this. that caught my attention because if you have somebody like that saying something pretty pointed towards the white house why are you throwing me under the bus? does he deserve to be under the bus and two, does this have long-term implications for pete butte buttigieg s political ambitions. i think they re frustrated that his presidential ambitions have been self-derailed. his response was so long in elitism and so short on empathy. you have to establish connective
bench is very full of talent and quite ready for prime time. nobody looked at pete buttigieg in east palestine, ohio and said that s a future commander-in-chief. i want him in charge of our national security. dana: i hope we can have you back again and again. have a good weekend. bill: we re minutes away from going back inside the courtroom in south carolina. the murdaugh double murder trial set to resume at any moment now. prosecutors will continue their cross examination of the accused double killer on the stand. plus the ntsb released a preliminary report on the train derailment in east palestine calling it 100% preventable. if we know that now, what is next? ohio s governor mike dewine is our guest coming up. this was 100% preventable. we call things accidents, there is no accident. every single event that we
plastic and it caught on fire. secretary pete buttigieg arrived to inspect the scene seemingly regretful of the administration s slow response. i want to balance two things. my desire to be involved and engaged and on the ground, which is how i am generally wired to act. and my desire to follow the norm of transportation secretaries allowing ntsb to really lead the initial stages of the public work. whether i got that balance right. an informal sample of people here in east palestine are very dissatisfied with the administration s response. they say they are picking up the message that administration doesn t care. i think he should have been here when the evacuation was lifted. i guess that s what i think.
thank you. has it gotten worse in the last two years? it s a stupid question but i ll ask it anyhow. no question is stupid. it has exceeded anything we could have ever imagined. house republicans on the border in yuma, arizona hearing testimony from officials on the front line of a crisis going on for 2 1/2 years. what they revealed about toll it s taking on them. dana: aides for pete buttigieg accusing the white house of throwing him under the bus on the ohio trail derailment. could it do lasting damage to his political ambitions. bill: the race for the republican nomination. the first debate is on the calendar. what we can expect from the rs growing field of candidates. ? and still have cash left over to put in the bank? with a newday 100 va cash out loan, you could do it all.