As leadership is partnership, and we do appreciate it and i think we can grow from that. I think we can, too. The United States has said before the u. S. Is back. Meanwhile, another bombshell to tell you about regarding that news about Trumps Justice Department targeting democratic lawmakers. Within the last couple hours, the New York Times revealed that in february of 2018, trumps doj subpoenaed apple about an account that belonged to foreign white House Counsel don mcgahn. Apple was barred from telling mcgahn about it. Apple has not responded to The Times and the doj declined to comment. Heres Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer today. This was nothing less than a gross abuse of power, an assault on the separation of powers. I dont think weve ever had a record of this happening in the past. And the issues should not be partisan. This is about separation of powers. Joining me now, Sohel Kippur and jill winebanks, author of the watergate girl. It is also being spied on. What do we know . Reporter this will be a major test for congress. Its quite extraordinary what appears to have happened under the former Justice Department. We heard Chuck Schumer calling on them to join him in investigating this. We havent heard much from the republicans but its a 5050 chamber and their support will be needed to issue subpoenas. One person to keep an Eye On here is Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the judiciary committee. He is one known to have taken his role seriously under the president of both parties. We have Speaker Pelosi telling our friends at cnn earlier today that the house will subpoena William Barr and jeff sessions, the two former Attorneys General, and have them in the house to testify under oath about this. Well see how this develops. We havent heard a whole lot from republicans yet, but it remains to be seen as to whether this is Something Congress takes more seriously or if it just gets wrapped up in the latest slew of partisan politics. Sahil, help me understand something. It is possible iran was being targeted as an individual. Its also possible he got swept up in a broader probe, is that right . It may be that what they were investigating, considering there was justification for the search warrants. It could be he got called by somebody who was already investigating. It doesnt mean this is normal. This is not normal, and i think the investigation is absolutely critical. Holding Someone Accountable is important to stop this from ever happening again. We cant have Members Of Congress, the press and the white House Counsel subjected to this, and the reason don mcgahn, of course, is of concern is because he was cooperating with mueller which made him an enemy of Donald Trump. Donald trump was calling out schiff, he was calling out swalwell, people who were subject to this search warrant, and he certainly must have felt uncomfortable with his own white House Counsel who was cooperating and telling the truth to mueller. So thats why its of concern. Jill, you have both barr and sessions distancing themselves from this story. Sources say sessions says he was never briefed on the series of record. Barr says the same that, he never discussed the cases with trump. Is it in the realm of possibility that none of these guys knew what was happening . In my opinion, no, and let me tell you why. First of all, we had Ben Venuto who was brought in, u. S. Attorney from new jersey, who was put in by barr to replace the new York Attorney who he was pushing out. He recommended venuto who came in, and Ben Venuto has said in a recording, that he briefed barr at least every other week. So it is not credible. And if barr didnt know about this, then barr is the worst manager, the worst Attorney General ever, because that is his job. The department of Justice Policy requires that there be Notice And Approval from a higher source. So its not something that you can just subpoena a member of congress records or a reporters records without something much more. So it doesnt pass what i call the red face test. Its like, could i stand up before a jury and say this in front of them without blushing or giggling . The answer is, no, i couldnt. I want you to take a listen to something that Majority Leader Chuck schumer said earlier. In addition to sessions and barr, any other members who were involved must testify under oath as well. There are many republicans who always look at overreaching executive branch authority, and were hopeful that they will join us in requesting this subpoena and demanding this subpoena, actually. To loop back to where sahil got us kicked off here, is it possible they change their contours of thinking around this . Its hard to say. I think thats pretty optimistic. This will go above the partisan politics that weve seen. I think that like sahil was saying you have people like Chuck Grassley who take the Oversight Responsibility of congress very seriously. Senator schumer was saying right there that this goes beyond politics, that this is about the separation of powers in congress and the White House, and Thats Something that no matter who is president , somebody is going to be upset about the overreach, and Thats Something that republicans have been talking about a lot. You talked about democrats like this is something that they have already been feeling in their guts, right, theyve been telling them for four years that Donald Trump was using the doj or the doj was being used as a bludgeon of his political opponents over and over. So the people caught up in this are those people, including, eventually, don mcgahn, his white House Counsel. This isnt the first time the doj has gone after administrations under democrats and republicans, but the biggest difference is this is about Members Of Congress while theyre in their official capacity doing their official work. Democrats have been telling us they think there is a lot more here. Theyll tell you Behind Closed Doors on the record that there is varying amounts of optimism on whats going to end up happening, and they want to know what happened during those four years because the only reason that we know anything is because of last month when the Gag Order was kind of expired there. Theyre hoping to find a lot more information in some of these investigations. And this isnt just about litigating what happened in the past, its also about making sure that it never happens again, that these institutions are strong enough to with strand this type of action. I do want to ask you, there is sound from House Speaker Nancy pelosi earlier today. Take a listen. How could it be that there could be an investigation of members in the other branch of government, and the press and the rest, too, and the Attorneys General did not know . Who are these people and are they still in the Justice Department . Jill, suffice it to say, you know watergate well. What do you see as the similarities and differences between this and watergate . Again, this is an abuse of the institutions of government by the people in control of them. Watergate was exactly that. The Smoking Gun Tape was a conversation between the president and the Chief Of Staff in which they said, lets use the cia to stop the fbi from finding out that the money on the burglars came from campaign donations. Thats clearly a political use of the authority of the department of justice, the cia, the fbi, and thats whats happening here, too. It seems to be and we dont know enough. I dont know all the facts, no one does right now, but it does seem clear that the reason for this investigation was completely political. So far it looks like, except for don mcgahn, its not republicans who have been subpoenaed, it was democrats. Why only democrats . Well, we dont know. Why was a minor and the family of people investigated . Was there any real evidence that Someones Family Member was making these calls or that the member of congress was using a family Members Phone to avoid detection . These are all possible. The Gag Order is not unusual in a case like this, but it should have been lifted as soon as the investigation was dropped, which it was, Number One, when sessions said, well, there really is nothing here, and then it was revived under barr but clearly there was no reason to continue it because they never got anything that linked any of the people they were going after their records. So there is a lot of similarity to abuse of governmental powers, and thats a very dangerous thing. All right. Eugene daniels jill, i knew you were going to bring this back, and you can find that story on jills twitter feed. Thank you, all. Next, biden had quite an eventful weekend after meeting with members of the leaders at the g7. Hes been spending time with the queen, but now things shift to the meeting with Vladimir Putin this week. Just how tough will president biden get . This as Benjamin Netanyahus Leadership comes to an end. And back here closer to home, nbcs Julia Ainsley has new reporting on the border as parents have to figure out the best path to get their kids to the u. S. Well be right back here on american voices. Voices. Nts Ad 28 million dollars to support local Animal Shelters. Were proud to have helped over 230,000 pets so far. Changing the lives of dogs like jack, and the families who adopt them. Subaru. More than a car company. 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The lack of participation in the past and full engagement was noticed significantly, not only by the leaders of those countries but by the people in the g7 countries. America is back and the business of leading the world alongside nations who share our most deeply held values. His G7 Meetings resulting in agreement with other World Leaders regarding his build back better world plan, a unified front to help developing nations rival chinas developing infrastructure. The g7 also blasted china for Human Rights Abuses this weekend and demanded an investigation. After nato, it is off to geneva where the president will meet wednesday with russias president Vladimir Putin. He is anticipating their discussion. There is no opportunity to change a persons favor in this country. They have enormous power and they dont have to answer to the public. The fact is it may very well be if i respond in kind, which i will, that it doesnt dissuade him, he wants to keep going. But i think were going to be moving in a direction where russia has its own dilemmas, lets say. A new abc Ipsos Poll says 52 trusts biden to work with World Leaders. The same poll showed half of americans are confident with bidens overall performance on the world stage. Joining us, head of political global translation newsletter. I want to play some of Frances President from the g7. Lets take a listen. We have to deal with this pandemic and the covid19. We have to face a lot of crises, climate change, and through all these issues what we need is cooperation. I think its great to have the u. S. President part of the club and willing to cooperate. And i think that what you demonstrate is that leadership is partnership. Ryan, would you call the G7 A Success for biden . Yes, i would. Hes had a big overall success because other leaders were falling over themselves to engage. He wasnt able to get everything that he wanted. For example, there are a couple European Countries led by germany who want to be softer on china than biden would prefer, but at the end of the day, theyre moving in the same direction now on climate change. They are upping their game when it comes to vaccine diplomacy, and they are speaking with a tougher line on china than theyve ever spoken before. Thats a win, and theyre just frankly relieved that biden is there rather than Donald Trump. Philip, on that point about the implicit and explicit comparisons we heard to the former president , biden is in Brussels Tonight ahead of the Nato Summit, and you write for the washington post, quote, among european leaders, of course, there is an added cause for relief. No longer will the biggest dog in the room be barking at them instead of their shared opponents. Talk to me about what thats going to look like. It sort of remains to be determined what that looks like, but there was an assumption prior to 2017 that the members of nato were collectively pointed in the same direction, and even while they might disagree to some extent, they were still moving toward the same goal. That was disrupt in 2017. In 2017 we were used to when a new president came in to shift the state, which metaphorically turns very slowly, would move one way or the other. Donald trump came in and jerked the wheel. He drastically shifted how the United States was behaving, and one result of that was that former leaders got very wary of what was happening. I think they remain wary to some extent recognizing that Donald Trump and his republican party still have a lot of support and a contrasting vision than what Joe Biden offers, but to the Point Ryan just made, they are relieved that at least they have a common shared understanding now that they are all partners, they have a longterm relationship with one another, and for the moment, at least, they can, at least in good faith, work together toward some more goals. Let me ask you, then, philip, those are what you call allies. What is this going to look like when it comes to adversaries like China And Russia . You heard a relatively small point of contention on china, but it certainly is the case that when we have someone like putin, you heard biden is a in that clip a while ago, that they do have that power, and that power by putin has been counterweighed by The American People and the power of the United States, right . Obviously thats not how Donald Trump chose to leverage his power as president in relation to Vladimir Putin. There is not a whole lot to me as a layperson, there doesnt seem to be a whole lot they can do to pressure president putin. Perhaps biden has some tricks up his sleeve. Perhaps he recognizes that he himself is limited, but it certainly is the case that the relationship between United States and russia certainly is on a very different Playing Field now than it was when Donald Trump was president , and i think the members of nato can certainly also feel relieved that they do not have an american president who is pretty clearing doing his best to have a strong personal relationship with Vladimir Putin and not necessarily a confrontational, international one. Ryan, as we look to bidens upcoming meet with putin, i want to play a statement by andrea mitchell. Its been said that the u. S. Is in its worst condition its ever been in. Would you agree with that . I actually would agree with that, and the Actions Putin has taken consistently are responsible. We would prefer to have a more stable relationship. I think that would be of benefit to people in the United States, in russia, indeed around the world. Ryan, how hard can we expect biden to go against putin, and is a stable relationship possible when you have issues like cyberwarfare . Well, i think dialogue is a precondition for having any form of improved relationship. Thats clearly the driving factor of why biden is having the meeting in the first place. And its choreographed in a fairly clever way by building up the alliances, first g7, then the Nato Summit, then the eu summit. Because if you dont go in with a United Front with someone like Vladimir Putin, hes only going to respond to that United Front and whatever tough language Joe Biden chooses to lay out. There are also things we have to cooperate on with russia, ranging from climate change, ranging from key infrastructure, lets say hospitals, keeping them out every day. But we shouldnt be expecting that biden is going to get some big result that he can wave around at his Press Conference on wednesday. Its not going to work out like that. This is a starting point, not an end point. President Biden Planning to take a page out of a former president s playbook when it comes to russia. Spoiler, we are not talking about trump. Plus, texas takes on history. Call it a makeover of americas painful past with dangerous consequences with our countrys future. Uences Witouh R Country future back to that same old place that you laughed about well, the names have all changed since you hung around but those dreams have remained and theyve turned around whod have thought theyd lead you whod have thought theyd lead you back here where we need you back here where we need you yeah, we tease him a lot. 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It is expected that biden will take a tough stance with putin, at least tougher than we saw Donald Trump do as president , especially in helsinke. A return, if you will, to the Obamaera Approach of how to handle russia, which is described like this in my next guests new book which dives into that infamous Obama Staredown into russian interference in 2016. Quote, at six foot one, he towered over the russian leader, looking down on him and pointing at him as he spoke. Dont touch the voting machines. Dont touch the data. Stay out of the systems. The cia could see they were trying to get in. The book is called battle for the soul. Inside the book who wrote is, tell us more about what we didnt hear about that last meeting . Thanks for having me, alicia. What was going on, that was a G7 Meeting in china, and it wasnt a formal summit. Obama took him to task and they were standing there with a bunch of aides, including Susan Rice at the time and interpreters. Putin was doing what he tends to do when hes confronted, a lot of aboutism. Oh, you say were getting involved in the american elections, what about the armed revolution and what you were doing with ukraine . It doesnt go over well, and thats when that scene you just read happens, and he really tears into him and threatens him with some consequences that theyre still top secret exactly what the consequences were, but it seems to be that the obama officials felt like that may have scared putin from doing something even worse, even further than just the disinformation that they were going after. Now we really want to know what those consequences were. A quote from your book stands out particularly when you write, facing no consequences, the russians went on interfering and getting away with it. Talk to us more about how trumps stand on russia now connects to biden needing to make it crystal clear what it Is America Wont Stand for. Well, look, one of the big questions that trumps presidency leaves for the world, and i think for putin, is, is Joe Bidens election a temporary pause or is it a real shift back to the Way America acts on the real stage and the Way America acts with russia . Putin would like to believe that america will continue in what he sees as the decline and changing its way of approaching power and changing its way of approaching russia. Biden is trying to say, as your guest pointed out on the last segment, that coming from the g7 and the Nato Summit, and then coming into this meeting with putin is to say, no, it was the Trump Administration that was the aberration and this is the one youll see. What was his message to them and how does that play into how we see president biden now being embraced and recognized by World Leaders . One of the things he said in the final international meetings he had after trumps election was he quoted the Mario Cuomo Line that you campaign in poetry and govern in prose. Among the people who responded that was the president of chile at the time. Obama was trying to figure out some way to reassure World Leaders. Theres reporting in the book about Election Night when aides say to him when hes putting out this Statement Congratulating President elect trump. They said, do you want to say anything to reassure our allies around the world . And obama said, i dont know what to say to them. I dont know what that is right now. But he tried to say this will pass, this is not who we are. This is a real Question America is facing for all of us and that america is facing in the world. Is america the world that was embodied by the presidencies we had before trump and more like the biden presidency now, or is it what was embodied by the Trump Presidency . And thats playing out in so many different facets of our national discourse, including the reporting on how trump used the doj to seek out information on opponents. I wonder from your perspective, does this Revelation Offer democrats the urgency that seems to be lacking from some around protecting Voting Rights . It would be hard to think what could add more urgency at this point to the questions that are in front of the democratic party. Its not like they needed the latest reporting to know that they didnt want Trump And Trumpstyle republicans to be back in power. So are the revelations of this week searing . Absolutely. But i wonder whether they are the straw that broke the camels back or just another straw on the back. All right, edward isaacdovere, the book is called battle for the soul. Thanks so much. We have new reporting from the Rio Grande Valley as migrant parents face an unthinkable decision. Do they cross the border with their kids or send their kids alone . 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The administration is still working to reunite families separated by the Trump Administration. We have new reporting to share with you revealing the unthinkable decisions facing migrant families with children, decisions that are frankly heartbreaking. Joining us now we have nbc News Correspondent Julia Ainsley. Julia, tell us more about what is happening to these families as they approach the border, the decisions that theyre faced with. So, alisa, ive been covering these numbers a long time. You and i talked about these policies that were put in place to try to mitigate the spread of covid, but i actually had the opportunity to travel to the Rio Grande Valley and spend a week with the Border Protection and with these families as they tried to figure out if they should come in with their children or send them alone. Thats because children are guaranteed to come in, but with covid restrictions, not all of them are allowed in. Its a very difficult decision, as youll see. Take a listen. Reporter so far this season, more children crossed the border than all of 2018. A stunning 78,000. Thats not counting children who crossed the border with their families. Like kelly. Her mother brought her from ecuador so this sixyearold could have ear surgery. I know its a blessing to be able to cross over because not everyone has the same luck. Reporter here in the Rio Grande Valley, many families like theirs with children under seven are allowed to wait in the u. S. For asylum hearings. Even though unaccompanied children are allowed to stay. But whether sending children alone or with their family, they have a harrowing decision. Subjecting their children to the elements for a chance of life in the United States. Officer cobb sees that firsthand, rescuing migrants who fall to the sweltering heat. Do you see kids out here . From infants all the way to 17 to 18 years old. Reporter but still, for many families attempting to cross the border, it can be a game of chance. Reporter these mothers who are coming with infants, what happens to them . Is there any guarantee . There is no guarantee that an individual with a kid of a certain age is going to be able to remain in the United States. Reporter despite the risk, more than 172,000 migrants attempted to cross the border illegally last month. The Border Patrol Chief here says he sees some expel families, send their children back across the border alone. A prospect he worries about. Weve even seen smugglers stoop to the level of kicking kids and people who cant swim out of a raft thats crossing the rio grande river, knowing our agents will go rescue those kids and the swimmer can go safely back to mexico. But there is no legal path right now. They cant appear at the court of entry and expect to get asylum. Do we have programs set up in their countries now . After what ive seen, i cannot encourage them to cross the border illegally. Reporter for many the risk is worth the reward, like this family. Reunited after two years apart. She and her daughter left honduras for the United States two years ago. But she didnt have enough money to pay for her sons to cross the border as well. Until now. I couldnt sleep or eat. Who knows what theyll find along the way . So much violence, kidnapping. Did you miss your mom . Si. Si mucho. Reporter for now, so many families are willing to take their chances for a moment like this. Julia, thank you for that reporting. You can see you can see from that exchange there that theyre with the head of Border Patrol in the Rio Grande Valley that they really dont have another option. There is no legal route for these families to come in and claim asylum at this point. Julia, thank you for that beautiful reporting. They say everything is bigger in texas and that apparently applies to president s covering up american history. What they are doing and how it could have implications well beyond texas. 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That was texas Governor Greg Abbott praising a new law promoting what he calls patriotic education. The socalled 1836 project in part helps educate new texans about Texas Independence from mexico. But the 1836 project is not one to brag about. That one did not mirror the piece of history. A piece of journalism reframing americas origins of when the slaves were banned. The New Yorker puts it this way. Like in texas, conserve sieves in nearly a dozen other State Legislatures have introduced bills with very similar language, with the apparent idea of keeping structured racism as far from schools as possible. How will we become more equal if we glaze over our past . Clint smith joins me with his bestseller, how the word is passed. How does the Word Matter . Thank you for having me. It matters a lot because there is an intentional effort of young people in this country to recognize our proximity in this country. We talk about slavery as if it happened in the jurassic era, with the flintstones and then slavery. But it was not that long ago. I talk all the time about how the woman who opened the national museum of africanamerican History And Culture alongside the Obama Family in 2016 was the daughter of an enslaved person. My Grandfathers Grandfather was enslaved. This institution existed for 250 years and its only not existed for 150. So the idea it would have nothing to do with the landscape of inequality is not true because there are People Today who were in community with people who were born into generational bondage. And that system that was not that long ago has shaped our political infrastructure in profound and unsettling ways. As part of writing the book, you visited eight cities crucial to slavery in this country. What did you learn . Part of it originated in 2017 when i saw the statues of confederate leaders come down in our hometown of new orleans. I watched beauregard, jefferson davis. What did it mean to get to school i went down clint, i want to pull up this tweet of you facetiming with two of your grandparents and sharing the news with them, that you had landed on the New York Times best Sellers List and you talk with your Grandfathers Grandfather, this is an intellectual pursuit but also really personal. What did that moment mean to you . What did it mean to them . It was everything. The epilogue is based on the Conversations Ben interviews with my grarnd parents. I was writing the book over the course of four years and spending so much time with the history of White Supremacy and sometimes i think we forget the best primary sources are the people next to us and my grandfather said something when i was facetiming him, i was born in 1930, Jim Crow mississippi, never thought my grandson would be Number One on the New York Times Best Seller list. Its a reminder that its so much bigger than us, than me and i hope the book and the stories in this book can tell the story and lift up the stories of so many public historians, teachers, scholars, students, activeists across the country doing the hard, everyday work of preserving the memory of slifry and making sure that we fully account for what it has done to this country and how it continues to shape our country. I am a grateful to share that moment with my grandparents, it was special. Clint, im grateful for you and your time tonight. Reminder, clints new book the Best Seller how the word is passed reckoning with the history of slavery across america Is Out now. Still ahead a 23yearold in running for City Council, to say hes motivated is an Understatement And Hed create history if elected. Im a young black Queer Brooklynite running to represent the City Council. Thats pride in and of itself. 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