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We are back live on capitol hill. you are looking at republican leadership speaking right now in the house of representatives. were waiting to see if theyre going to say anything about the presidents comments on impeachment, his remarks telling the gop to get tougher, and the presidents explosive comparison to lynching. one of their senate counterparts, senator lindsay graham, saying this just a moment ago. watch. >> it is necessary to empower the republican minority in the house to confront acc...

Substantial portion of the profits. joining our conversation, politics editor for "the root," jason johnson. at the table, elise jordan, a former aid in the george w. bush white house and state departm t department. jason johnson, to you first. is it ethical, though? let me just ask anyone who worked in the government, to take any money for a book deal where you profit off your experience either anonymously or in your name? i dont think so. >> no, especially when your name is anonymous. i would ...

Of support among republicans for president trump? >> i dont. i think the republicans are very honest in the sense when they agree with the president they say it, and disagree they will say that too. theyre absolutely opposed to impeachment. they dont think the process has been fair. >> rooney doesnt sound opposed to impeachment. >> i think congressman rooney is one of maybe a couple, right. but when they disagree with the policy on syria, everybody speaks out. so people feel free to say what the...

Saying its not fair. i assume you agree? >> its not fair, the process, next to declaring war, that they would take up. its the nullification of the decision of the american people. in order for that power to be exercised the vast majority of it must see it as a legitimate use of constitutional power. if i rememberness is the bedrock, if its unfair, its seen as illegitimate. and the precedent which is controlling in this matter has been completely ignored. the president is, in order to initiate a...

You can get paid out as a sexual-harassment victim in something other than a a settlement.xu you can get whats called enhanced severance. thats the situation where the receptionist is suddenly getting a seven-figure goodbye. she was an amazing typist. it is severance. its not a settlement. by the way, if you could be really quiet about nbc forever more, we would really appreciate it. thats what we need to know. they havent gotten specific, about what monies were paid out to whom. show us the mon...

I will say the question is open as to whether they put dollars ahead of decency. if they were more interested in protecting their star anchor than protecting the women of the company. there needs to be an outside investigation into this company. they investigated themselves. that doesnt work. fox news had an outside investigator. cbs news had an outside investigator. npr, the nfl. this is how its done. you get somebody on the outside who can be trusted. what happened here is youve got noah oppen...

I talked to ronan. i talkedle to his producer. i talked to rose mcgowan. i talked to many harvey weinstein victims and accusers and was getting to the bottom of what nbc knew while i was there. and then just independently. the question is what did they know about matt lauer prior to the time the woman came forward who was ultimately his downfall? she came forward. her name is brooke nevils. made an allegation against matt lauer and the companys wholeam defense to ronans book essentially has been...

>> no comment on that. i will say the question is open as to whether they put dollars ahead of decency. if they were more interested in protecting their start anchor them protecting the women of the company. there needs to be an outside investigation into this company. they investigated themselves. that doesnt work. fox news had an outside investigator. cbs news had an outside investigator. npr, the nfl. this is how its done. you get somebody on the outside who can be trusted. what happened here...

Thats illegal sleight-of-hand. you can get paid out as a sexual-harassment victim in something other than a settlement. you can get whats called enhanced severance. thats the situation where the receptionist is suddenly getting a seven-figure goodbye. she was an amazing typist. it is severance. its not a settlement. by the way, if you could be really quiet about nbc forever more, we would really appreciate it. thats what we need to know. they havent gotten specific about what monies were paid ou...

Person capable of being objective? >> theres no question that the reporting that was done on nbc on someone like julie swetnick, completely discredited alleged third accuser against kavanaugh. a woman whose story had tons of holes in it. there was a date rape and then everybody saw it and nobody saw it. she imploded on the air. they went to air with that story. with far less trepidation than they showed going to air on the harvey weinstein story for which they had tapes. they had tapes. they had...