Hi, it's Anthony. I'm here at the Capitol. Sarah is busy filing for the 10 o'clock news,

so I wanted to bring you an update on what's happening here. Since we recorded this episode,

the January 6th Committee has voted to subpoena former president Donald Trump to testify and provide

documents about his actions up to and on the day the Capitol is attacked. Now Congressman Jamie

Raskin, who was just speaking outside the reporters, told us Trump should be honored and privileged

to accept the Committee's subpoena and that if he had been accused of trying to overthrow

a presidential election, he'd want to offer his defense. While the president may refuse to comply,

it provided a dramatic end to what could be the last hearing of this committee. We'll of course

be following all of this closely on America's. But for now, let's get on with this episode.

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. Last week, our America's

master poll asked where Vice President Kamala Harris was and since then, she has popped up.

Nobody should have to go to jail for smoking weed, right?

That was her appearing on a late-night talk show, following the president's decision to pardon

anybody who has a federal conviction for cannabis possession.

Interesting you say that and you use that word pardon because I don't know if it sound like a

founding father here, Marianna, don't last. But there is just something that will annoy a lot of

Americans. What does annoy a lot of Americans about presidents doing things when it comes to

things that feel like legislation? The job of the president is to enforce the laws that congress

passes. So it's interesting. This is not a law that is passing. It's using some other part of

his presidential powers, but it really does feel like the kind of accretion of power to the presidency

that I don't know, it just feels wrongs them. The vast majority of marijuana convictions are

done at a state or a local level. So what they're doing now is trying to encourage governors to do

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