caution it s. ron klain having work to the judiciary committee with joe biden when he was chairman and the business of confirming those judges. ron klein told me about is last week of working for the white house that he s their underway fulfilling every vacancy in the federal courts. they might get to a point this year where they re sitting there with no vacancies. wow! that s just an astonishing accomplishment. at a time when it is abundantly clear how very important the judiciary is to be functioning democracy. exactly. we are joined tonight by harvard law officer professor laurence tribe to consider of among other things mike pence s novel to put it kindly, novel notion about why he should testify before a grand jury. novel is one way putting it or, it s account wait to see. it thanks. alex thank you. well the breaking news of the night is that special prosecutor jeff jack smith has invoked the crime fraud exception in a motion to force one of donald trump
among other things, mike pence s novel to put it kindly novel notion about why he should not have to testify before a grand jury. novel is one way of putting it, lawrence. i can t wait to see. it thanks, alex. thank you. well the breaking news of the night is that special prosecutor jeff jack smith has invoked the crime fraud exception in a motion to force one of donald trump s lawyers to testify before a grand jury without being able to refuse to answer questions because of the attorney client privilege. the crime fraud exception can overrule the attorney client privilege. the new york times is reporting tonight federal prosecutors overseeing the investigation into former president donald j trump s handling of classified documents are seeking to pierce assertions of client attorney privilege and compel lawyers to answer more questions before a grand jury according to two people familiar with the matter, adding an aggressive new dimension to the inquiry and und
it has become the single most predictable form of american television in this american way of death. there is nothing else that we can do, if we could think up a better way of doing, it we would. but we have no better idea of how to handle this. well, enjoy your show tonight, i ll be watching. thank you. fani willis speaks, and lindsey graham goes silent. that s a news day that we did not see coming. the normally silent full-time county district attorney fani willis gave an exclusive interview today, she discussed her grand jury investigation of republican interference into the republican election in georgia. she said that it was possible that donald trump could get hit with a subpoena to testify to that grand jury, just like lindsey graham. lindsey graham has been entrusts silent. since fani willis served him with a a subpoena to testify in georgia. he is the only current member of the united states senate to have been subpoenaed to testify to a grand jury. pretty sp
you covering. you don t with shootings. you never get better at. it it s just the repetition and the same stuff that you feel all the time. that is why people are fed up with. yes, we go through our ritual, our television ritual for this. it has become the single most predictable form of american television in this american way of death. there is nothing else that we can do, if we could think up a better way of doing, it we would. but we have no better idea of how to handle this. well, enjoy your show tonight, i ll be watching. thank you. fani willis speaks, and lindsey graham goes silent. that s a news day that we did not see coming. the normally silent full-time county district attorney fani willis gave an exclusive interview to nbc s, blake alexander. she discussed her grandeur investigation of republican interference in the republican election in georgia. she said that it was possible that donald trump could get hit with a subpoena to testify to that grand jury, jus
those ideas in his 18th book titled simply secrecy, published in 1988. it was not exactly a bestseller and nothing came of the idea of establishing a real declassification system. now a full generation later, the problem is unchanged except for being much, much worse. the government has simply given up on even trying to count the number of official secrets created each here. the government official who used to maintain that count, or at least pretend to, is quoted by professor connally saying quote, we can no longer keep our heads above the tsunami. joining us now is matthew connelly, international and global institute professor at columbia university. he is the author of the declassification and jim, what history reveals about america s top secrets. thank you very much for joining us tonight professor, and thank