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Discussions and debates with top newsmakers about the most controversial and interesting issues impacting California, hosted by @foxla’s @Elex_Michaelson

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I ask Bill Maher about campus protests?

'Someone has to do a page one re-write on elite education in this country because it completely went off course!'

'If you have students who are siding with terrorists...after they committed a massacre?!'

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'There was a compassion about him... he connected with people in a way that I have not seen since...'

Harvey Levin discusses his 'hero' and 'role model,' Robert F. Kennedy.

Levin talks with Elex Michaelson about being at the Ambassador Hotel the night Kennedy was killed.

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'My biggest fear is when he talks about 'I am your retribution'...'

Harvey Levin discusses his fear of a 2nd Trump presidency.

However, Levin tells Elex Michaelson that Joe Biden + traditional media do not acknowledge/understand why over 40% of the electorate support Trump.

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'That line between infamy and celebrity is not just blurred, it's indistinguishable now...'

Harvey Levin talks with Elex Michaelson about the death and legacy of O.J. Simpson.

'I thought O.J. Simpson had a Scarlet Letter on him because of what he had done... he didn't...'

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'I think they're all leaning to some sort of middle ground.. I would be surprised if the Court says there's no protection...'

Jessica Levinson talks SCOTUS + Presidential Immunity.

She tells Elex Michaelson there's little chance we see a Trump Jan. 6 trial before the election.

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'It's key for the prosecution to show the payments were made to affect the election - that's the only way you get the allegations related to campaign finance fraud.'

Jessica Levinson breaks down the latest in the Trump 'hush money' trial.

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'They need to be treated the same way regardless of what they're saying...'

Amid nationwide campus protests, Jessica Levinson talks the legal rights of protesters.

She tells Elex Michaelson universities can act if the protests begin to hinder classes, student safety, etc.

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'It's a full out sprint over the next seven months...'

Steve Garvey previews the next few months of his Senate campaign against Adam Schiff.

'The people are listening, they're standing up, they're saying they believe in me...'

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'It's unconscionable.'

Amid nationwide campus protests, Steve Garvey talks w/ Elex Michaelson about the responsibility of Uni. Presidents.

'The federal aid you're given is for the protection of the students, maybe if we take that away you'll realize what true leadership is.'

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'This is terrorism that is hiding behind free speech.'

Steve Garvey reacts to Pro-Palestinian protests at USC, UCLA, and other campuses.

He tells Elex Michaelson he challenges Gascon, Adam Schiff, and others to 'step up.'

'If you support terrorism, you become a terrorist.'

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'I went to HS in Rialto, CA... it was a place where you had a bunch of people w/ talent but you didn't have as much opportunity as you hoped...'

Dep. Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo talks his upbringing + what drove him to public service.

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'She went to China in a position of strength... bc the U.S. economy is doing far better than the Chinese economy... bc of the policy choices the President has made...'

Dep. Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo talks Secretary Janet Yellen's trip to China.

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'It's a govt. program that allows you to file your taxes for free + it takes you less time than some of the traditional tax-preparing software.'

Ahead of the tax filing deadline, Dep. Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo talks IRS Direct File.

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'The U.S. economy is strong and getting stronger... we've got work to do, but the President has a plan to do that work...'

Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo talks the state of the U.S. economy as well as efforts to bring down costs.

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'Change is hard to win... we've had many successes over the years, we still have a long way to go...'

At 82-years-old, Gloria Allred reflects on her work, her life, and a changing society.

Allred tells Elex Michaelson she is still motivated by the fight against 'injustice.'

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'We're all going to work, and do our part, to help the American people understand what's at stake'

~200 days until the election, Gloria Allred talks her support for Joe Biden.

She tells Elex Michaelson Trump's upcoming hush-money trial is really 'an election interference case'

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'I know what it's like to have to suffer under a law like that... this is all a result of extremism.'

Gloria Allred, who had a back-alley abortion in the 60's, reacts to the AZ Supreme Court abortion ruling.

She tells Elex Michaelson women are 'mad as hell' + will 'mobilize.'

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'There was a mountain of evidence against him... but it became something about race rather than about violence against women.'

Gloria Allred, who represented the family of Nicole Brown Simpson, talks w/ Elex Michaelson about the 'shocking' verdict in the 'trial of the century.'

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'I don't mourn his loss... I do mourn the loss of Nicole Brown Simpson...'

Gloria Allred reflects on the death of OJ Simpson.

'Mr. Simpson just decided he was above the law, could get away with anything... he's paid the consequences...'

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