never ever been more stark than it is today. that s because of thousands of miles away from our shores, president biden today marking the 80th anniversary of the d-day invasion that pivotal turning point in the fight against the nazis in world war ii. he did so with more than two dozen heads of state and government leaders. president biden making the case that we must honor the legacy of those who laid down their lives in the fight against fascism by today supporting ukraine in its war against an aud democrat. he argued for everyone to resist the tide of authoritarianism. watch. we re living in a time when democracy is more at risk across the world than any point since the end of warld were ii since the beaches were stormed in 1944. now we have to ask ourselves. will we stand against tyranny, against evil, against crushing brutality of the iron fist? will we stand for freedom? will we defend democracy? will we stand together? my answer is yes. the specter looming over pre
the january 6th select committee, pet personally sought pardon, so in his own mind has concerns about exposure. ronnie jackson was demoted because of his own substance abuse. they seems like classic marks for adversaries. they do. in fact, the criteria for given security clearances focuses on the same risks you have identified. i don t think think either man would be able to get a security clearance. one of the major adjudicated factors is your allegiance for the united states, in criteria that would be including sympathy for persons who have attempted to overthrow the government operations, or make it impossible to for the government to function. these are things exactly that the january 6th rioters engaged
as we said, a lot happening on capitol hill. much of it to do with the russia investigation. michael flynn, to some extent now, jared kushner. today leading democrats sought to highlight what they see as concerns about his ongoing access to classified intelligence. fair or not, they re trying to make him a bigger part of this story. cnn s manu raju joins us with more. manu, the democratic members, what are they saying about former national security adviser michael flynn, first? reporter: they re saying both therein and kushner should not have been given security clearances, at least suspended as allegations over whether or not they were fit to get classified intelligence were investigated. they re pointing specifically to regulations that they say show that someone needs to be fit and in order to get these classified intelligence, particularly with these credible concerns are raised. as we know with michael flynn,
communications as people said this weekend have always been quite important. you know, whether it was john kennedy using his brother, robert, as a back channel to the russians. but that was during their administration, not done secretly and not done behind the backs of u.s. intelligence. i think the question here is did you have a back channel before you were president of the united states, before the administration was in office, and certainly before somebody like jared kushner had been given security clearances and had an official office? so there are a couple of things that are different. one, this was done totally secretly, behind the backs of u.s. intelligence agencies and law enforcement. and, secondly, it was done by a campaign and then a transition that wasn t yet in the presidency or in the white house. walter, how unprecedented is all this that we get to witness every night, and can this
whether it was john kennedy using his brother robert as a back channel to the russians but that was during their administration, not done secretly. and not done behind the backs of u.s. intelligence. i think the question here is did you have a back channel before you were president of the united states? before the administration was in office? and certainly before somebody like jared kushner had been given security clearances and had an official office? so there are a couple things that are different. one, that this was done totally secretly hyped the backs of u.s. intelligence agencies and law enforcement. and secondly, it was done by a campaign, and then a transition that wasn t yet in the presidency or in the white house. walter, how unprecedented is all this that we get to witness every night? and can this presidency hold up under this pace and with right now a zero legislative output?