Theres no good time to do it, by the way. He made a recommendation, but regardless of recommend, i was going to fire comey. Paul Michael Mukasey served as the 81st attorney general of the United States. Thanks for coming in. Good to be here. Paul first point, is there any doubt in your mind that as a legal matter the president had the right, the authority to fire james comey . None. Paul none. None. The fbi director is a part of e. E executive, the president is regardless of whether the fbi director is appointed for a term or not for a term, the president has the authority to fire him. Paul thats despite the tenyear term he was supposed to yeah. Paul all right. In the chain of command at the Justice Department, some people seem to believe that the fbi is independent. That is not true. It is not true. The fbi director is supposed to report to the Deputy Attorney general who then reports to the attorney general. Thats the way its supposed to work. Paul okay. And the fbi is not some indep
Youre watching live in depth on booktv. December 7, 194,a day of infamiliary. Even as japanese diplomats were con ferring on peace measures, japanese plains were swooping down on pearl harbor. They dropped their death on the air base, civil homes and schools. A hundred japanese planes and midget sub marines took part. The arizona was completely destroyed and four others severely damaged. Three other battleships and three cruisers suffered damage. Nearly 200 planes were destroyed and that sunday morning the Pacific Fleet appeared to be completely immobilized by this sneak attack. Nearly 3,000 casualties added to the catastrophe. Its been 75 years since over 2400 american sailors and soldiers were killed in the japanese attack on pearl harbor, december 7, 1941. Starting now on booktv, on cspan2, a threehour discussion of that day, what led up to it and its aftermath. We have three authors joining us, eri hotta, steve twomey, and craig nelson, each of you in your book about pearl harbor a
Translator i saw a large object from 2,500 meters, and so i attacked it. Since there were no carrier, we were reattacking the battleships that the first wave had already hit. Host eri hotta, you were shaking, nodding your head listening to him. Was it interpreted correctly . Guest i couldnt hear the japanese clearly host oh, you couldnt. Guest what he seemed to have said made sense, that he was doing the best, he was doing the best that he could do in the job that he was given, and there was no sort of its almost like being a good student and demonstrating your skills and diligence. And i think that was probably how they survived this war, because so many things didnt make sense, and so many things seemed meaningless to lose your life for. So i think you just needed to concentrate on the job in front of you. Host craig nelson, was there a lot of vengeance in later battles in this war . Guest well, you take this incredible moment that happened, and the navy just responded with a fury. A
Jimmy thank you. Welcome. Thanks, its embarrassing. Hi, everyone. Im jimmy. Im the host. Thank you, thank you. Thank you for watching. Thanks for coming. [ cheers and applause ] i dont know if you know this, i hosted the oscars last night. [ cheers and applause ] ill admit i was fishing. What a weird thing though. Have any of you ever hosted the oscars before . Well, let me tell you about it. Except for the end, it was a lot of fun. [ laughter ] went very well. We were chugging along. Then all of a sudden out of nowhere, it turned into one of those maury povich paternity test shows. [ laughter ] it was the weirdest tv finale since lost. As im sure youve heard, la la land was simultaneously somehow the biggest winner and loser last night. You know its a strange night when the word envelope is trending on twitter. In case you missed it, Warren Beatty and faye dunaway, the 50th anniversary of bonnie and clyde, the academy asked them to present best picture, biggest award of the night, the
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