Madelyn it is so great to be back from a minor absence. Probably only a temporary absence. I am happy to be back with you and excited to speak with david gergen, distinguished political analyst who i grew up watching on my television screen. Director of communications for both president s ford and reagan, and as the Senior Advisor to president clinton, he graduated with honors from yale and Harvard Law School and has been awarded 27 honorary degrees. He is a professor of Public Service and founding rector of public leadership at harvard. He is a senior political analyst for cnn. Welcome. Mr. Gergen it is good to be here with you. I am looking forward to the conversation. Madeleine we have something to talk about. Mr. Gergen it was so quiet. [laughter] madeleine this latest indictment, or maybe the fifth if you include the superseding come out of georgia. It is sweeping, we have donald trump, plus 18 others, covering racketeering and 40 other crimes. What is your assessment about the st
Unfiltered. Cspan. Your unfiltered view of government. Next, a former advisor to president s nixon, ford, reagan and clinton gives his assessment on the state of the nation during a virtual conversation hosted by jews united for democracy and justice. He was asked about Donald Trumps legal challenges, the state of the Republican Party, and President Bidens influence heading into the 2024 election. This is an hour. It is great to be back. A minor absence. Only a temporary absence. Im happy to be back with you and excited to speak with david gergen, political analyst who i grew up watching on my television screen. White house speechwriter for president nixon, director of comedic asians for both president s ford and reagan, and as a Senior Advisor to president clinton. He graduate with honors from yale in Harvard Law School and has been awarded 27 honorary degrees. Hes a professor of Public Service and the founding director of the center for public leadership at the Harvard Kennedy school
Madelyn it is so great to be back from a minor absence. Probably only a temporary absence. I am happy to be back with you and excited to speak with david gergen, distinguished political analyst who i grew up watching on my television screen. Director of communications for both president s ford and reagan, and as the Senior Advisor to president clinton, he graduated with honors from yale and Harvard Law School and has been awarded 27 honorary degrees. He is a professor of Public Service and founding rector of public leadership at harvard. He is a senior political analyst for cnn. Welcome. Mr. Gergen it is good to be here with you. I am looking forward to the conversation. Madeleine we have something to talk about. Mr. Gergen it was so quiet. [laughter] madeleine this latest indictment, or maybe the fifth if you include the superseding come out of georgia. It is sweeping, we have donald trump, plus 18 others, covering racketeering and 40 other crimes. What is your assessment about the st
Minutes ago, my msnbc colleague Jonathan Capehart sat down for an interview with President Biden and asked him about of the israel hamas war. Play the clip, please. What is your redline with Prime Minister netanyahu, do you have a redline . For instance, would invasion of rafah be a redline . Im never going to leave israel. The defense of israel is critical. Theres no redline im going to cut off all weapons so they dont have the iron dome to protect them. But, theres redlines that if you cross, you cannot have 30,000 more palestinians dead. As a consequence of going after hamas, there are other ways to deal with, to get to with, with the trauma caused by hamas. The first time i went over, i sat with them and i sat with the war cabinet and is it dont make the mistake americanmade. America made a mistake. Jonathan capehart will have more of the interview in the next hour and we will get a reaction to this in a moment from congressman roy connor. And, presented by nan and donald trump are
Dead. Well have the latest in just a minute. The biggest oneday strike to hit los angeles in a generation is under way right now. Everyone from mechanics to Traffic Officers are walking off the job. The latest in the series of union labor actions that disrupted the city in recent months. Well explain what it is all about and whats next coming up. We start, though, with former President Donald Trump and federal prosecutors locking horns over what will be one of the central themes of his upcoming federal trial. The right to free speech. Right now the legal teams from both sides are under orders to agree on a hearing date to hash out the scope of a protective order which would set ground rules for what Evidence Trump can and cant disclose. Last night, his Team Rejected the governments original proposal to restrict everything it hands over, arguing that would violate trumps First Amendment rights. Instead, trumps attorneys proposed more narrow limits for only genuinely sensitive materials.