and the justice department will not be intimidated. we will continue to do our jobs free from political influence, and we will not back down from defending democracy. attorney general merrick garland facing a republican party hell bent on doing everything it can to push conspiracy theories and attack the rule of law in the wake of donald trump s felony conviction in new york. plus, president biden making bold and controversial moves today on immigration and on his rhetoric towards israel. but we begin tonight with the rule of law. in our democrat, system it is the principle under which all persons, institutions, and entities are supposed to be accountable to laws that are publicly promulgated, equally enforced and independently adjudicated. in a perfect world, the idea is to protect the rights of all people in our society. it hasn t always worked out perfectly, to say the least, in this country s long and difficult history, but that is the idea. donald trump and his maga
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Leave. [laughter] [inaudible] exactly. We had an oped from december 2012 that said, look, the firms should build dabbal, and theyre not able capital, and theyre not able to do it now. All the other questions about the third amendment aside, the firms should be building capital. Jim and i said the profit sweep doesnt make sense. Look at how does the system evolve, right . So more, so hopefully more capital both internally and through the credit link notes, you know, going from 30 to 90 is triple, but 90 is very close to zero on a 5 trillion Balance Sheet. So that seemed like a modest step when the risk transfers are so successful so far. But more private capital. The two firms will continue to be regulated, and the retaped portfolios retained portfolios, the internal hedge funds will wind down. Thats not as far aform as. John softencrapo, but its much better than the system before the financial crisis, thats for sure. So do we need congress to do legislation, or could fhfa, how much cou
On the president s announcement and how it is playing on the editorial pages of major newspapers around the country. Our phone lines are open. Democrats can call in at 2025853881. Independents host you can also catch up with us on your favorite social media pages. A very good wednesday morning to you. That announcement by the president yesterday in the rose garden, playing on the front pages of most every major newspaper around the country today here. The president s hometown newspaper, the washington to remain after the war, the goal is largely what the military requested, is what the Washington Post writes. In usa today, obama u. S. Allout by end of 2016. The picture of u. S. Troops there in cavesistan, living with weapons caches, that is the picture there. Want to show you now a little bit more from the president s speech in which he explains how he is going from 9800 troops at the beginning of next year to essentially zero troops at the end of 2016. Here is what he had to say. At t
Quite difficult to assess in the heat of the moment. The humanitarian organizations were preparing for, quite rightly, a worst Case Scenario where without they were very large numbers of people trapped on the mountain. I think a combination of possibly overestimation of the number of people there originally. The fact people are insensitive resourceful, and night after night numbers of people were getting themselves off the mountain, and the involvement of the peshmerga forces, in rescuing groups of people, particularly some Syrian Kurdish forces, interesting people from the mountain. It became clear later on in the process that there was a far smaller number than we thought, and that the best way to getting them off with to reinforce the land route that had already become established. We are confident now that there is nobody stranded on mount sinjar. Who is trapped there. That isnt to say that its perfectly peaceful situation there. There are still isil forces around the mountain, but