is critical. it really is. look, you know, to the survivors and families, jill and i, my wife jill is not here today with me. she is in delaware right now. she had to go back up. jill and i have gotten to know many of you over the years. some of us have become friends for a long time. we ve kept in touch. mark, it s good to see you again and your family, and the losses may be different, circumstances, but we ve shared before us something that s helped our family. when my wife and daughter were killed in a tractor-trailer struck them, just after i got elected, my two boys weren t expected to live, and then later when my son beau, who was the attorney general and volunteered to spend a year in iraq died, stage 4, glioblastoma. my daughter ashley taped a message to the mirror, the way everything gets to me through my wife and daughter now is they know i have to shave in the morning, so they ll tape on the mirror, for real. so i see it when i m shaving. one day she left me a quot
they will not be silent. in this moment, in this moment, we have to remember, i got to know him, nelson mandela when i tried to get to south africa to meet him. and he came back and he met me when he was finally freed, he met me at the white house. and he looked at me, and i swear to god, it wasn t unique to me, i m sure, he said, it always seems impossible until it gets done. there s nothing beyond our capacity. that s the power of memory of your loved one. that s the power of this moment. that s the power of america. our lives and the lives of our nation find purpose, something to do, someone to love. something to hope for. we have to just keep going and keep the faith. every time i walked to my grandpa s house, joey, keep the faith, my grandfather would yell, no, joey, spread it. remember who we are, we re the
generation. and they will not be ignored. they will not be shunned. they will not be silent in this moment, in this moment, we have to remember what i got to know him, nelson mandela, when i tried to get to africa, to south africa to meet him. and he came back and he met me when he was finally freed, met me at the white house. and he looked at me and i swear to god, wasn t unique to me, i m sure, he said, always seems impossible until it gets done. there s nothing beyond our capacity. that s the power of memory of your loved one. that s the power of this that s the power of america. our lives and the lives of our nation find purpose. something to do, someone to love, something to hope for. we have to just keep going and keep the faith. every time i walk out might have grandfather s house, joey, keep the faith. my grandmother would yell, no, joey, spread it. remember who we are.
with donald trump s team in not making that request. the judge decided to do it anyways. what does it tell you that jack smith wasn t looking to limit donald trump s ability to talk to the people on his staff? first, you re quite right. these no contact orders in criminal trials are quite common. the government didn t request one here. my sense, katy, is that they re picking their battles. what s the goal? their goal as prosecutors is to convince the jury by proof beyond a reasonable doubt that mr. trump and mr. nauta did what they are alleged to have done. does arguing about every single motion and ruling and issue in the case further that goal? answer is no. some of them are ancillary. some of them are less important than others. i think what they re doing, katy, is keeping their eye on the ball, improperly so. does that apply to the lack of requests for bond requirements, no cash bail, no limiting travel, no asking
it s more necessary than ever to uncover state secrets but it s more dangerous than ever. and he knew what he was doing, he knew the risks he was taking, right, michael? he did. he told me, and what his family said was his last interview in may that he really believed he was going to spend the rest of his life in prison facing 12 felony counts, and he could have done so had it not been for the sort of, you know, oddity of watergate. and he felt throughout his wife, doug, that the government wasn t being truthful with the american public, not just through the pentagon papers, not just what happened at the vietnam war, that democrats and republicans alike were in favor of whatever would help them domestically, and that sometimes did include worse? absolutely. he was just really denounced america s interventions around the globe. he became a dissident, a critic