he said he feels the case against the trump organization as, quote, one chapter in the book as far as this probe is concerned. joining us now is the man himself, alvin bragg. mr. district attorney, thank you for setting through the wrestling videos and the sword dances, but it was all of a piece, serving the point that you are one of the very few people in this country that have managed to hold mr. trump or at least his organizations accountable. thanks for having me. the wrestling video in particular was quite entertaining. well, we didn t shy away from playing it, shall we say that. what has stunned me in the case for which you got a jury to convict on all counts is the access of evidence that you have. can you tell me a little bit about some of these pieces that the viewing audience was treated to whoever when you specify. nevertheless, there is a memo signed an okayed by donald
wrestling videos, and sore dances, but it was all of a peace serving the point that you are one of the very few people in this country who has managed to hold mr. trump, or at least his organizations accountable. thanks for having me. the wrestling video in particular was quite entertaining. well, we didn t shy away from playing it, shall we say that. what has stunned me in the case for which you got a jury to convict on all counts is the access of evidence that you have. can you tell me a little bit about some of these pieces that the viewing audience was treated to whoever when you specify. nevertheless, there is a memo signed an okayed by donald trump reducing staffers salary by $72,000. one assumes, because he s gonna be getting other perks from the arctic denies asian. those checks for thousands of dollars signed with paying for the tuition of employees. are you surprised at the paper trail was this explicit? well, one of the great things about the jury trial, which is,
talking about in terms of the future of american troops in poland and about 5000 american troops. president trump said 5000, it is somewhere in there. what did you think of the questions from the american media? a lot of people will be talking about that today? it is dumbed down. we are more obsessed with wrestling videos and stuff like that then we are with real policy. if you see how complicated, the situation between north korea, syria and russia, we are sitting on a powder keg in a lot of ways.
so he s given different signals. he s said via twitter it s time for china to step up but we understand from a conversation from president xi of china, he signaled the u.s. might be willing to do something. first of all it is a reminder there is a real world, real threats and challenges that go beyond wrestling videos. this is a job that literally at times can have the fate of the world seemingly in the balance and i think president trump is not the first president from either party, first of all, to have been frustrated by the lack of good options on north korea, and second, in his frustration, i think, with xi jinping, not the first president who kind of thought a personal rapport with a fortunately leader would overrule and override contrasting interests of the nations themselves. we saw it with george w. bush and vladimir putin when he looked in his eyes and saw his soul. i mean this is a fundamental
pete: welcome back. the failing new york times giving their version of a civics lesson publishing annotated copy of the constitution which i m holding in my hands here along with a few added digs, of course, at the president. the paper claiming its readers, quote, will learn what the country s operating manual can tell us about the age of donald trump. joining us now with his reaction, constitutional law professor at george washington university, jonathan turley, professor, thank you very much for joining us. i presume you saw this inside their editorial section yesterday. what do you make of the new york times attempt to sort of rewrite the meaning of the constitution? well, look, i m always in favor of prohibiting excerpts of the constitution. i prefer it to wrestling videos. but, the question really is what is it suggesting about our current situation? there is a narrative that we are in a constitutional crisis. i ve been very critical of this president with regard to his twe