Candidates hit on a wide range of topics tonight from the economy to Climate Change and, of course, impeachment. But at one point candidates were asked about comments that president obama made this week at a leadership summit in singapore. He said significant improvement would be made if countries were led by women. He also said if you look at problems around the world, it was usually old people, usually old men, not getting out of the way. Heres what we heard from the candidates. Senator sanders, you are the oldest candidate on stage this evening. And im white as well. Yes. How do you respond to what the former president had to say. I got a lot of respect for barack obama. I think i disagree with him on this one. Maybe a little selfserving, but i do disagree. Im going to guess that president obama did not clear that remark through your campaign ahead of time. Im going to guess he wasnt talking about me either. [ laughter ] thank you for asking a woman this question. [ cheers ] i think
of justice and its officials move from congress to the doj itself, meaning will attorney general merrick garland take action? it seems trump thinks that there is a chance because he has been swooning over biden s ag lately. he s a respected man. he s somebody that has always been highly respected. my guess is trump has no idea who garland was until he became relevant in the supreme court talk. but that s not what matters. what matters is a nice trump is a worried trump. does he have good reason? a better mind, cnn legal analyst ben ginsberg, a leading republican election lawyer. good to see you, counselor. how are you, chris? better than expected.
who garland was until he became relevant in the supreme court talk. but that s not what matters. what matters is a nice trump is a worried trump. does he have good reason? a better mind, cnn legal analyst ben gensburg, a leading republican election lawyer. good to see you, counselor. how are you, chris? better than expected. first, do you accept the aforementioned analysis of whether executive privilege can be exercised by trump? the privilege clearly rests with the sitting president. sitting presidents often have reason to honor these requests. i think the other factor that comes in here is very much the actual actions that took place on january 6th. they were not official actions in any way. they may have been political. they may have had to do with the past election or the certification of the current election. but they were not official