statement that trump had the irs and other federal agencies investigate two federal officials involved into the case of his campaign ties to russia. quote, president trump questioned whether investigations by the internal revenue service or other federal agencies should be undertaken into mr. strzok or ms. page. i do not know of mr. trump ordering such an investigation. it appeared, however, that he wanted to see mr. strzok and ms. page investigated. kelly s statement was filed thursday in connection with lawsuits, lawsuits we have covered on this program, brought by mr. strzok who was the lead russia investigation and lisa page against the justice department for violating their privacy rights. that s when the trump administration made public text messages between them. like so much of what we now know about the trump presidency, this revelation was found, where do you think? in notes taken by one of his own staffers, likely sitting in front of the resolute desk, listening to
of a self-described trump voter insurrectionist. this same paper is weeping for ray epps because people have been mean to him online? it s almost like they re trying to cover something up. and that s what conspiracy theorists sound like. so, after enduing public attacks and death threats that stem from that, from tucker carlson, from that guy and fox s coverage, the times reports this, quote, lawyers representing mr. epps and his wife are proceeding with plans to sue fox news for defamation. joining our conversation, political and investigaive reporter who led and reported out an extensive three-part series last year on tucker carlson s rise at fox news. claire and andrew are with us as well. nick, take us through what your colleagues are reporting about the epps case. well, look, he is now of the people in the wake of dominion, this is ray epps, they have are
by men, while ms. stone is at her best while playing strong, capable women. do you remember what that article was headlined? i don t. the ultimate question, can sharon stone act? why was there this enduing public and critical questioning of your talent? i think misogyny is strong, and it s still incredibly strong. when you portray strength, it s easier to say there s something wrong with you. and if you re strong and smart and if you have boundaries, there must be something wrong with you. it couldn t possibly that you re just a self-possessed female who has both feet on the ground. how do you think that plays out in the way we deal with people in power in government and in reality? we see this very strongly,
it s fact a woman will endure almost any abuse if it means making sure her children are fed and there s a roof over their head. woumpb the best ways to ensure that women have power is to make sure they have economic independence so they can make the choices about where they are and they don t have to accept a false choice of feeding their children or enduing abuse. when we look around the world we know that is true and these issues are connected and let s see the interconnection. part of the focus for us in this region is about violence. we talk about safety and security. when we do that let s remember the violence against women and children and usually disproportionately so. there are many avenues through
they have political differences with is outrageous! i just can t believe that the networks won t pay attention to the story, but it s got to be that they don t like the conservative direction of the family research council and the fact that they condemn gay marriage. i mean, is that the obvious answer or am i wrong? i think that is absolutely obvious answer. the whole discussion we re supposed to be having is about tolerating people you have a disagreement with. the problem with the family research council from the media s point of view is they agree that they re a hate group. they see an enduing or on thursday morning, less than 4 hours after the shooting, was saying as fact that family research council is a hate group. no, they re a christian group that doesn t agree with the gay rights agen. we re supposed to be able to let them have their views, let the people on the other side have their views, and have a civil discussion. if you can t condemn it when people bring out violence i