Matthew whitaker, acting attorney general from november of 2018 through february of 2019, the author of this new book, above the law the inside story of how the Justice Department tried to subvert President Trump. Before we begin with the book, explain how you became the acting attorney general to us. Great first question. I was chief of staff to attorney general Jeff Sessions starting in october of 2017, i did that for 13 months before general sessions resigned abruptly the day after the elections in 2018 and the president appointed me that day, the acting attorney general utterly bridged the gap between Jeff Sessions and william barr. How did you become Jeff Sessionss chief of staff. Were you a friend of his . One of the things i talk about is how i only met Jeff Sessions once before i was selected to be his chief of staff. I interviewed with him and talked to him many times, mutual friend in the white house and at the Federalist Society recommended me to him and his people. We bonde
Council or Foreign Relations since 2003. Today were here convenes to listen to Richard Haass the prolific author and academic who just came out with yet another book entitled not very ambushesly as he said, slightly ambushesly the world, a brief history in 300 pages. He calls it a little bit of a departure from his previous books. I want to start because it was only after you turned in the manuscript that the world was confront by the covid19 pandemic, and in the roughly two months since that happened, this crisis has highlighted so many of the themes and concepts you tackle in the book. So i wanted to just ask you outright, what does the pandemic tell us about the world right now . Well, thank you, juju, thank you for doing this. Thanks always to everybody on the call. Hope everybody is well and safe as we all get through this one day at a time or as ive said, one groundhog day at a time. What i think the pandemic tells us first and for most is that the world matters. Thats perhaps an
For god and country, the christian case for trump. Mr. Reed, what is that case and. Guest well, the case in a nutshell is that as christians, were called to not only be citizens of the kingdom of god, which is both here now and yet to come, and were also called to be citizens on earth of whatever policy or society or nation we happen to be part of. And were if you look at the old and the new testament, theres a consistent and clear teaching that we are to exercise that citizenship in a robust and muscular fashion. First of all to defend our rights, within that government, which of course in the United States means rights under the constitution and at the bill of rights, to a freedom of speech to assembly to tree dom of religion. Freedom of religion that are our birthright and then secondly as a witness of our faith. So in the context of the decision by the overwhelming majority of evangelical christians and pro life and pro family and faithful roman catholics to back trump, both in 201
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Ch around this evening, just like these clouds hanging over downtown denver,. Theres good news for the weekend warriors out there hoping to get outside in the sun perhaps tomorrow. We want to bring in meteorologist danielle grant. I see some sunshine on your face. Its so bright and beautiful for a change of pace out here. We were stuck with cloudy conditions for the past couple days. Still had cool temps on tap this afternoon in the 70s. Soak it in while you can. Well be watching those numbers outside now, a mix of sun and clouds. Some areas to the south through castle rock, a few showers, but over all, its been a spectacular afternoon. To the western slope, were watching heavier pockets of rain pushing through with the monsoon winds carrying that sub tropical moisture and whipping it back into our state where the Flash Flood Watch will continue for most of the western site until midnight tonight. Scattered showers pushing in across the far Eastern Plains gaining intensity out there. N