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That from the outset of this discussion. has been in the defense of the filibuster, or the idea of it. the 50 threshold will force a minority party to do a horse trading thats posed to be interview to the -- but the opposite of that has been happening. and with the people who are holding out, and defending the filibuster, cant get that process to happen on their own. it means that the system is fatally flawed. when kyrsten sinema, when she wrote back in june, says that it was her reasoning in de...

New york strong and right now we know after the ags report he was never new york strong. he was new york wrong and he has to be new york gone. this has been a long, arduous, difficult new york nightmare for our constituents. i was one of the first ones to call for his resignation. i dont think we should allow this governor to resign. this governor has to be impeached. the ag report was comprehensive, it was professional. remember this is the governor who asked the ag to do this investigation and...

Sets a terrible precedent. >> harris: what about the secretary of the navy reaching around to the white house, kind of his own deal on this? we dont know all of the particulars, but apparently he was trying to reach a different conclusion, or a conclusion at all, rather than going to the defense secretary. you talk about protocol and chain of command, he didnt keep it. >> katie: the secretary of the navy has been on shaky ground for a long time. dr. rogan from "the washington post" wrote a very ...

Checks throughout the system try to keep this guy in line all the way through a ucmj court-mart l court-martial. this is literally like reaching in and freeing criminals. right? if there was -- if you were driving -- >> what the president has a power to do in the siecivilian context as well. >> there are rules of the road. youre not supposed to hit civilians with your cash, not supposed to drive off the road and crash into buildings, not supposed to speed. thats what happened here, hes take ben ...

Congressman welch mentioned this, that the president withheld u.s. military aid to ukraine in an attempt to extort the ukrainian president into manufacturing dirt on his political rivals. republicans are pretty much conceding that happened, more or less, but they are arguing that ultimately the aid got released in the end. the ukrainians never announced the investigation trump wanted and everything worked out so whats a little attempted bribery between friends. >> just for the sake of their argu...

Right after the public found out. you usually dont get absolved of a crime because you get caught in the act committing it. and an interesting character, well get into this. he essentially argueded if they had not reported the attempted bribery, law makers would have talked the crazy man off the ledge and that would have been so much better for everyone. >> this would have been far better off if we had taken care of this behind the scenes. most people want is for ukraine. we were trying to con...

He sold out the kurds, that theyre going to be slaughtered? >> right. >> the fact is he did it. the fact is that he is irresponsible. he is erratic. he is luike a 2-year-old with a machine gun, right? he doesnt understand the power of his words or his actions and the way that they will actually impact and could end other human beings lives. so whether he understands it or not, look, hes the president of the united states. i dont actually care whether he understands it or not because he has shown...

Absolved, because there are other mediums on which he could do it. the reality is its unfiltered direct to the american public what he speaks on twitter, and he has weaponized his words in a way that could result in harm to other people. and maybe im just kicking in as a former prosecutor, but i know that these real people, including members of congress who have been the target of his threats are in fear of their lives and their safety. and that should be taken seriously, and there should be acc...

Sold out the kurds that theyre going to be slaughtered? the fact is he did it. the fact is that he is irresponsible. he is erratic. he does not -- he is like a 2-year-old with a machine gun. right? he doesnt understand the power of his words or his actions in way that they will actually impact and could end other human beings lives. so whether he understands it or not, look, he is the president of the united states. i dont actually care where he understands it or not. because he is he has shown ...

About it? and that is a more complex question. which is do you look at censure, or do you look at impeachment? what does impeachment entail. this is where it is worth everybody reading david brooks column of last week because he argues articulately that what is done here is wrong but the question is what do you do about it and that is where it does become more complex? do i want to set this precedent? no. >> again and again politics be damned and being politically prudent be damned, jake, we hav...