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If he did potentially violate the act. chris: where do you come down on this? >> its important previous administration officials have the freedom to talk to foreign leaders and share those insights with the current administration. its valuable. what we dont know is what did he say? was he listening? was he discussing? or was he advocating? in his body language in his television appearance lead me to believe that he was maybe advocating yes wait him out until the next administration. if so thats ...

If he did potentially violate the act. chris: where do you come down on this? >> its important previous administration officials have the freedom to talk to foreign leaders and share those insights with the current administration. its valuable. what we dont know is what did he say? was he listening? was he discussing? or was he advocating? in his body language in his television appearance lead me to believe that he was maybe advocating yes wait him out until the next administration. if so thats ...

Chris: less than a minute left. karl, where do you come down on this? >> its important that previous administration officials have to foreign leaders and share those insights with the current administration. its valuable. what we dont know is what did he say. was he listening? was he discussing or was he advocating? in his body language, and the its a television appearance that led me to believe he was maybe advocating, yes, wait him out until the next administration. if so, its problematic. now...

This path. they say they need more time an may not meet the deadline. if they dont meet the deadline, what can the judge do? can the judge do anything really? >> this is a great lesson on how the real world works. since 1803 since marbury versus madison, the courts have the last word. in theory. but as a practical matter, you know, what can a judge really do in a circumstance like this? in theory, the judge could hold certain officials in contempt of court but that wont get the kids out of -- >>...

Macron and thanking him. i want to thank him for standing with us in syria. you want to thank him, the french people for selling louisiana to united states in 1803. i love france but id rather it be part of us. >> they gave us that really nice statute that used to be emblematic of what were all about there in the new york harb sh. thats come into dispute. the reason i raise this is not to play petty politics. >> i know. >> but to deal with big pea politics. the president has consensus of common ...

To try to force that, that shows the president was scared. and it adds to our knowledge of corrupt intent. and thats what you need to make an obstruction case. so, yes, i think the president is in much more peril today than we knew just 24 hours ago. >> john dean, same question, do you think this is obstruction? >> there are multiple obstruction statutes. i think the most dangerous one for the president is the 18 usc 1803 which is endeavor statute. in other words they dont have to actually obstr...

Man and ill find you the crime, obviously you can find crimes by anybody whos engaged in complicated behavior. take the logan amendment, of course there are violations of the logan amendment. every day there are violations of the logan amendment. but it hasnt been prosecuted since 1803. you know, when president reagan spoke to the iranians and told them he would like to keep the american hostages for an extra month so he gets credit for their release, that was a violation of the logan amendment....

Except the wall of separation of church and state is not in the constitution, is it? it was in a letter drafted in 1803. the entire premise. >> no. i mean, absolutely not. that is a phrase that is used to sum up the relationship between religion and government. and it has been adopted by the supreme court as early as 1878. i mean, fair trial isnt a phrase that appears in the constitution, but everybody recognizes that there is a right to a fair trial. pete: doctor, difference between freedom fro...

Stapt allotment is determined by population, 435 is the maximum as set by law and six non-voting members one from each of the five territories. aamerican is a mow kaw, guam, the u.s. virgin islands and one from the district of columbia. my second question, b. in 1803 president thomas jefferson doubled the sides of the united states by purchasing the 530 million acres known at the louisiana territory. france sold it for a mere $15 million. today roughly $300 million or what some experts say is th...

Your voice is awesome. the x1 voice remote. xfinity. the future of awesome. you just heard my guest david rubenstein talk about the citizenship test that immigrants take to become naturalized american citizens. he wondered if most americans could was it. a taste of that test, two questions from the current rotation. how many voting members are there in the house of representatives? 376? 400? 435? or 538? the test asks about american government today and about u.s. history and that brings me to...