special counsel s office is doing to hold trump accountable for trying to overturn the 2020 election. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. so, barack obama ran on hope and change. ronald reagan professed it is mourning in america, but donald trump, the head of the 2024 presidential election, essentially his campaign around, let s just say, a different kind of theme. one that is much darker. it is retribution. in an interview with univision this week if he is elected in 2024, he will use the federal government to punish his critics, weaponize the fbi and doj and the same way he falsely claims federal law enforcement agencies have been weaponized against him. quote, what they ve done is they ve released the genie out of the box, the former don t know what that means, it s usually out of a bottle, but whatever. mixing metaphors, but making his intentions clear. if i happen to be president, and i see somebody who s doing well and beating me very badly, i say, go down and
so, barack obama ran on hope and change. ronald reagan professed it is mourning in america, but donald trump, the head of the 2024 presidential election, essentially his campaign around, let s just say, a different kind of theme. one that is much darker. it is retributn. in an interview with univision this week if he is elected in 2024, he will use the federal goveme to punish his critics, weaponize the fbi and doj and the same way he falsely claims federal law enforcement agencies have been weaponized against him. quote, what they ve done is they ve released the genie out of the box, the former don t know what that means, it s usually out of a bottle, but whatever. mixing metaphors, but making his intentions clear. if i happen to be president, and i see somebody who s doing well and beating me very badly, i say, go down and indict them. mostly, with that would be you know, they would be out of business. they d be at. they d be out of the election. donald trump s ca
background checks saying for too long members of the congress a number of senators voted against basic background checks and those senators are discovering that the political landscape did change. do you agree with the vice president on that? do you think the senators could change their stance on background checks in light of recent blowback that certain senators have gotten because of the no vote? the political landscape has changed as a result of newtown but also the growing realization that the nra is at the fringes of american public opinion. it fails to represent its own members or the mainstream american public. and second, obviously, my colleagues are hearing from both sides. and i m hearing from both sides. but what is clearly and dramatically different now is that the supporters of responsible gun violence prevention measures are making
anyone that loves movies today. what was your reaction to the great roger ebert? well, it s very sad to hear of his passing, although he and others, myself included, knew that it was going to happen at some point. he had been battling various forms of cancer for a number of years, but he didn t give up. he kept working right to the end, and you know, he was such an incredible supporter of the underdog, the underdog film maker, the independent film maker, documentaries, foreign films. he and gene siskel brought the knowledge to the mainstream american public of films that otherwise people would have never heard of, and that was certainly the case for me. i really owe in some sense my career to him, because he was the very first person to write
knowledge to the mainstream american public of films that otherwise people would have never heard of, and that was certainly the case for me. i really owe in some sense my career to him, because he was the very first person to write about my very first movie. that s right. he said roger and me is the right movie in the right place at the right time with the right sense of humor. that was of course your brilliant expose of g.m. and its ceo, roger smith. great tributes today, one from steven spielberg who said roger loved movies, they were his life. his reviews went deeper than thumbs up or thumbs down. he wrote with passion through a real knowledge of film and film history and in doing so, he helped many movies find their audiences. robert redford said one of the great champions of freedom, of artistic expression and the power of independent films was still unknown and few would support it. president barack obama said