west virginia and conservative moderate from arizona made you the majority along with two people in georgia who were made winners by donald trump. donny, i want the go back to this, you and i have been around the same circles and at times, i am not the same new york city guy. we have been to dinners and book events the past 15 years, i can tell you there were so many times when it was just unanimously and i would hear it and roll my eyes. democrats, good guys and republicans bad guys. democrats rational and republicans crazy. democrats on issues right where we are. all i have heard, all i have heard over the past year has been remarkable. i am going to grip my teeth and
statement that underscored the wall of separation from the white house, saying the department of justice will make its own independent decisions in all prosecutions based solely on the facts and the law, period, full stop. jonathan lamire, the president came out and was making, it seemed, was making recommendations or at least giving his opinion to what the justice department should do. we saw very quickly the difference in the justice departments now and under donald trump. they came out immediately and said fine, make your own opinions. i was among those reporters at the white house when the president said that. it was surprising but let s be clear. this is him uttering his opinion. this is different than what donald trump used to do when he was in office. he tried to use the department of justice as his personal lawyer firm and going after his
political opponent. the doj wanted to make that clear. there s a bright line between the west wing and main justice, and they re not going to interfere. that s been the tone from this administration and from the start. they felt like president biden has said that one of the more damaging legacies of the trump administration was the fact that americans lost faith in institutions with the department of justice near the top with the way that jeff sessions and bill bar ran the place. and that he wants to make sure that they re independent and have no interference. that has been their tone throughout the process. that said, january 6th is something this white house cares deeply about. that s why they would not let former president trump use executive privilege to help his allies called before the select committee in the house. and he, himself, may, trump, face the same fate. there s deliberations right now. they want the investigation to be thorough and fair to send
i ve been give an new lease on life. reporter: over the weekend clinton receiving calls from former president bush and v.p. gore. the current administration also assured by his progress. he seems to be god willing doing well. reporter: progress that s cleared clinton to head home. all right. and the house select committee investigating the january 6th insurrection will convene tomorrow evening to devote on adopting a contempt repor over a former trump president biden weighed in on friday on whether the justice department should prosecute those who defy such subpoenas. what s your message to people who defy subpoenas on the january 6th committee. i hope the committee goes after them and holds them accountable. reporter: should they be prosecuted by the justice department? yes. the doj responded with a
you have the work with the system and not the system you wish you had. it s no excuse for making a mess of what should be a moment of achievement and donny, i ask the same question of you, can t democrats figure out a way to turn $3 trillion in spending and hard infrastructure and human infrastructure. can they figure out a way to make that a victory for the american people? certainly hope so. first, stepping back a little bit, they sold this bill, you don t call a bill of $3.5 trillion. that does not mean anything. i would call it the children s first bill whether 80% of it climate or tax care and healthcare comes back to helping children. second of all, you have to make the deal. here is what s at stakes here. people got to understand what we are staring at and the potential donald trump s presidency coming