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If youre the president to have that kind of accountability. but its also critically important in a democracy that somebody be examining every single statement that the president makes and when he says false that it be -- that accountability be provided. >> we are not turkey or the philippines, two countries that the president often talks fondly about or at least their leaders but both of those are examples of countries that wouldnt have called themselves something else a few years ago but are cr...

>> the consumer financial protection bureau, or cfpb for short is the brainchild of elizabeth warren. now a senator from massachusetts, she was still a harvard professor and a consumer advocate when the financial crisis hit. >> we write a new set of rules that ultimately are written to benefit families across the country to buy some positives pirt, some opportunity. >> she called for a federal watchdog to protect consumers from the worst abuses of the financial industry. and to that end she foun...

North korea, and they are relying on support from thailand to further isolate north korea to achieve the objectives of trying to work toward a denuclearized korean peninsula. the global security questions that secretary tillerson is facing while hes here are not limited to the north korean nuclear problem. he is also being asked about the fight against isis in the philippines. he had a meeting with the controversial plenty president, rodrigo duterte, whos made colorful comments about u.s. policy...

Advocate when the financial crisis hit. >> you write a new set of rules that ultimately are written to benefit families across the country, to buy some prosperity, some opportunity. >> in response, she called for the creation of a federal watchdog to protect consumers from the worst abuses of the financial industry, and to that end she found an ally in president obama. >> these reforms have already made our financial system safer and more resilient. >> reporter: in 2010, congress passed the dodd...

White house, kellyanne conway saying were cooperating. >> were cooperating. >> and then the president turns out and shoots a rifle at that. >> so thats the president. >> yes. >> the president is undermining the special counsel. >> he has done that from the beginning. hes called any investigation a hoax. hes refused to accept the idea that the cia and all the intelligence agencies have said that the russians interfered in the investigation. if he at least accepted that, then we would have a commo...

Oversight hearing because the abuses are reprehensible. >>. >> yeah. the other thing that stood out for me, which is again, if you look at kind of political strategy and feeding that base -- and i remind people that i do not represent npr. they distribute my show, but this is me, is the discussion around people of color and them being the primary victims of this notion that immigrants are coming in with green cards, and this whole notion that steve miller has which is where are you coming from. ...

Flake, who just came out and is bashing his party really needs to step up to the plate. he is not only a libertarian, but he is pro immigration. where are the hearings and the oversight on i.c.e. why isnt jeff flake, lindsey graham, those folks holding oversight hearings because the abuses are reprehensible. >> yeah. the other thing that stood out for me, which is again, if you look at kind of political strategy and feeding that base -- and i remind people that i do not represent npr. they distr...

Terrorists, where using it to overturn an election or to prevent an electoral victory, they feared there was some possibility of happening. thats what seems to have happening. they were trolling for information. if i was a betting person, i would bet that one of these characters maybe it was rhodes, maybe it was rice thought maybe lets see what theyre doing. lets see what these characters are up to. lets see what theyre up to. they went on some type of fishing expedition, someone should be going...

Then where not using it for terrorists, where using it to overturn an election or to prevent an electoral victory, they feared there was some possibility of happening. thats what seems to have happening. they were trolling foror information. if i was a betting person, i would bet that one of these characters maybe it was rhodes, maybe it was rice thought maybe lets see what theyre doing.de lets see what these characters are up to. lets see what theyre up to. they went on some type of fishing exp...

Want from our public officials and someone that is overseeing civil rights abuses. >> you worked with general kelly in the past. have you been surprised by his tenure as the secretary of homeland security for president trump? >> i have been. i always thought of general kelly as someone with tremendous integrity and respect for congress, who had always worked very well and had a good sense of what it meant to serve the constitution. i was surprised at some of the things that were coming out of dh...