Attorney General Merrick Garland testified on Wednesday before the House Oversight Committee and, in the words of constitutional attorney Jonathan Turley, essentially told Americans to “go pound.
just a few months ago, should remind us that we can t take our democracy for granted. around the world, we ve seen once-vibrant democracies go in the reverse. locking in power for a small group of puowerful autocrats an business interests and locking out the process, dissidents, protestors, opposition parties, and the voices of ordinary people. it is happening in other places around the world. and these impulses have crept into the united states. we are not immune from some of these efforts to weaken our democracy. speaking, today, along with former-attorney general erik holder to members of the national democratic redistricting committee, the former president voiced support of s.1, the for the people act. now, up for a vote in the senate tomorrow to begin debate. he said he s been trying to stay out of day-to-day politics since leaving office. but this, he said, is different.
president to kick off the fundraising he ll need to be a successful competitor in re-election. thank you very much for joining us. appreciate it. still ahead on this friday morning formering attorney erik holder gives advice on democrats,000 crease their power. two lawmakers take on a dakt that s dividing this country whether nickelback is a good band. another check on your weekend forecast when we come back. d forecast when we come back .
the 12th democrat to join a crowded 2020 field of democrats. he calls himself a progressive fighter ready to beat president trump in 2020 and with a new name in another big name is bowing out. erik holder says he will not make a run for the white house in a new washington post on ep michael steele, kelsey snell, and sahil kapour. michael, i want to start with you and what you make of this ro rollout we saw from john hickenlooper. he s called himself a progressive and extreme moderate. could he get some republican votes? i think there is a possibility if he were to get to the democratic primary that he would have some appeal to college-educated suburban women republican voters uncomfortable with president trump. at the same time i think this moderate lane in the democratic party is not going to be clear
niro if linked is the eighth in a series of targeted mailings. what you re seeing here is the containments vessel for the nypd. they are moving up north to the bronx to a facility where they can dispose of this bomb, detonate it, get rid of it effectively. that s what you re seeing and that s where the suspected explosive device mailed to robert de niro was delivered. a call came in to nypd at 4:00 this morning. a worker at the building watched the television coverage yesterday and seen the outside of those other envelopes addressed to president obama, to the clinton, to erik holder, to john been unanimous, to maxine waters and said wait a minute i saw a package that looked like that. he called the nypd. they found the packaging was identical to what we saw yesterday including with the bogus return address from debbie