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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to this late political gab fest for February 11th, 2021, 21, 21, the impeachment trial edition,
0:15.2	the impeachment trial again edition, I guess. I'm David Flots of CityCast. I'm in Washington, D.C. I am joined, as ever,
0:23.4	by Emily Bazelon of the New York Times Magazine in Yale University Law School from her home in New Haven,
0:28.5	Connecticut. Hello, Emily. Hey, David. Hey, John. And by John Dickerson of CBS at 60 Minutes
0:35.5	from, not from his home, because he's doing the shoe leather reporting that John Dickerson of CBS at 60 Minutes from, not from his home,
0:37.9	because he's doing the shoe leather reporting that John Dickerson is so famous for.
0:42.0	Where are you, John?
0:43.9	I am in Georgia working on a piece for 60 minutes,
0:47.7	which everybody will hopefully be able to see in the middle of March.
0:51.5	That would be great.
0:53.4	Today, you'll still get delicious content from John Dickerson.
0:56.4	And that delicious content, we are going to talk about the impeachment trial that preoccupies
1:00.8	the Senate.
1:02.3	We're going to talk about whether the right-wing media ecosystem can be saved and what
1:06.7	affect these lawsuits that are being brought by some of the companies attacked by Fox and
1:12.7	other right wing media, what effect those lawsuits might have on the right wing media.
1:17.1	Then we'll talk about whether Tennessee executed an innocent man.
1:20.2	We have a Bazelon investigation and the implications of that for the future of the death penalty.
1:24.8	Plus, we'll have cocktail chatter.
1:26.3	Plus, who will
1:27.5	Joe Biden nominate to succeed, Stephen Breyer, who has not yet resigned? Plots watch, day 22.
1:34.7	Anyway, John Roberts cannot be bothered to preside over the second impeachment trial, a former
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