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Just a tragic incident all the way around but an incredible story. howie: i don t want to lose sight of the fact that it is such a heart breaking tragedy and the 42-year-old cinematographer whos was killed who he said was his friend, halyna hutchins, and let me go to marie with the time we have left, does all the media finger pointing there should be journalistic investigations of this and there are, takes the spotlight off of the woman who tragically lost her life. i think some outlets have been trying to really keep that spotlight on her, while being sensitive to a family that is in mourning. i think it s gotten especially the alec baldwin piece of this so much media attention this week when a number of important stories that maybe aren t as sensational or politicized haven t been. i think when we on tv, those of us in the media look at what stories we put on television as news, there has been criticism that this has gotten so much attention, particularly the alec baldwin piece o ....
I think that she could have had both of these folks on the committee and they might have had a couple of sound bites. they might have had a couple wins along the way. but ultimately she would have been able to claim this was a truly bipartisan commission. unfortunately, i think that she was in a situation where she was counting on the media to come and defend her no matter what she did and so she throws them off the committee which creates a weird circumstance where jim jordan can be the ranking member on the judiciary commit tt he can t participate in this commission, he s too extreme to go and participate in any way. to me, this is something that actually goes to kevin mccarthy s benefit, he has a legitimate excuse to pull from it and we end up with a partisan commission that nancy pelosi intended to have all along. howie: i m also struck by how conservative pundits immediately supported kevin mccarthy who torpedoed a bipartisan independent commission and wants to keep the spotlight ....
Group. he s made suspect statements about african-americans. and he made suspect statements about hispanic americans. there s a litany of statements you can pull up from donald trump. as long as he and his backers can say, look over there, it seems the spotlight off of him for a few days. scott lucas, always good to get your analysis on these subjects. many thanks. international drug lord, prison escape artist and the notorious head of the sinaloa cartel has another title, u.s. convict. a jury in new york has found ell chapo guilty of all of the charges he faced. including running a drug trafficking enterprise and conspiracy to launder money. he faces a life sentence with no chance of parole. guzman showed no reaction as the verdict was read. ....
that s a very interesting point. yeah. let me get your thoughts really quickly. does all of this with judge kavanaugh help the mueller investigation in that it takes the spotlight off of him for a little bit? maybe even draws the president s attention away from it whether it is on twitter or public comments? you know, i got to say that i think the kavanaugh hearing and the trump russia investigation, i think it s hurting the institutions. all the names we hear, the names that we don t hear, the line agents that are working this, the people that are doing the background investigation, these are the junior line agents. the junior special agents. i think that they re probably concerned that anything that they do potentially could be viewed in the prism of politics and could potentially affect their career. so that damage has been done. i think that, you know, it s just a dangerous path to go down. that s a very valid point as well. guys, thank you so much for joining us this sunday. ....
President trump s accusation that the former president, barack obama tapped his phones during the campaign, taking the spotlight off of russia. robert ray and john flannery. robert, to you, now. the attorney general had to recuse himself many his confirmation hearing starts tomorrow. why not put the investigation in the hands of an independent prosecutor? because it sends a terrible message, particularly early on in an administration. my concern is with the institution, the department of justice. the signal that you re sending, if you lift the investigation out of the department, it s essentially saying the department of justice can t do justice, and that s not a healthy think let s put this issue aside, institution ali, it s a bad idea, it s why the ....