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Edhing. then he calledt a matter, acquiesced to the loretta lynch demand that it be called an issue. being a leader doesnt mean you sail in calm waters, you fight the headanve never put on his fbi hat, always wear his department of justice hat and made decisions he had no business making. tationappened.roblem with his >> tucker: i want to go something you just said. you said you were there for 31 years and saw atigations take p. and you never seen a situation like this were a grand jury wasnt ca...

But nixon invokes executive privilege, refusing to give up the tape. knicks nixon is ordered to comp >> i think its my duty to bring to the courts attention what seems to be noncompliance with the courts order. >> thinking he has the country on his side, nixon takes a gamble and orders his attorney general eliot richardson to fire cox. >> good evening, there are reports tonight president nixon has ordered eliot richardson to fire archibald cox. >> but richardson refuses to fire cox. >> i am the ...

Order. >> reporter: nixon takes a gamble and orders his attorney general to fire cox. >> reports that attorney -- to fire the special watergate prosecutor arch bald cox. >> reporter: refuses and resigns in protest. >> for me to have acquiesced in his being firing. >> reporter: he too refuses and resigns. before the night is done though, the u.s. solicitor general filling in as attorney general agrees to fire archibald cox. still nixon is hardly immune to it all. nine months later, nixon on the v...

Who could apply. you could see the numbers move, could see it go up by the time the senate puts the bill together. people are calling that amnesty. you would think that would be appealing for democrats. democrats are saying underneath that application for dreamers its a conservative immigration proposal. and the people on the right are calling this amnesty an and thee not happy about it. trump is facing criticism from chuck schumer and dick durbin as well as the house freedom caucus saying this ...

Ambassador. my colleague jake tapper asked the former head of the urs national intelligence if there was any truth to that notion. >> that is absolutely absurd. there was great concern at the time. not just with this particular contact. but with the violation of the principle that had been been followed of one president and one administration at a time. and that was what gave rise, because of all of these contacts, that mike was having and others in the transition, with the russians and other fo...

Obama administrations blessing. earlier, i spoke to james clapper. this was his response. >> that is absurd. there was great concern at the time, not with just this particular contact, but with the violation of the principle thats normally been followed of one president, one administration at a time. and that was what gave rise, because of all these contacts, that mike was having and others in the transition with the russians and other foreign enemies, as what was this all about? so to say that ...

Violation of the principle that has normally been followed of one president, one administration as a time. and that was what gave rise to because of all of these contacts that mike was having and others in the transition with the russians and other foreign entities, you know, what the -- what was this all about? so to say that we blessed it or acquiesced in it is a stretch. >> the other thing that was interesting was the white house attorney referring to flynn as a former obama administration of...

There will be a conversation about the extent of his contact and what happened when and where. also, just to mention, the russians saying theyre looking to go after somebody, its just that. the russians showing their intention. that does not reveal whether or not -- >> the person acquiesced. >> acquiesced or whether they were successful. so in that case we have to give people the benefit of the doubt but this is why its important to have someone like bob mueller doing a thorough and meticulous i...

This crisis is not playing out over 13 days. but as a secretary kelly indicated, within the next several years, north korea could achieve a nuclear breakout. they could have an arsenal approaching 100 nuclear warheads peer that is an arsenal about half the size of great britain great britains. if you juxtapose that to its economy, a paltry $16 billion, that is the size of asheville, north carolina. so north korea is a failed state with a very large, potentially large nuclear program. >> jenna: s...

And the incoming that they were getting from republicans around the country was so intense, not the least of which paul ryan, the house speaker, disinviting donald trump from an event in his home state of wisconsin. donald trump acquiesced and gave a statement on camera in his own words on his own terms. here is what he said. >> ive never said im a perfect person nor pretended to be someone im not. ive said and done things i regret, and the words on this video are some of them, anyone who kno...