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Every civil libertarian is concerned about this process pretty >> sean: when we stay on the issue of civil libertarians for a minute. when the deputy fbi director got a call from general flynn, dave four of the trump presidency. do i need a lawyer and was told no, and then james comey bragging that he took advantage of the chaos, something he would never do in the obama or bush administrations, said his agents over and for a perjury trap, because they had already illegally unmasked and the week ...

>> greg: of the buildup of the media. >> kennedy: that the mayor of london was making, you think the entire country was dead set against this president and he is as bad as hitler. thinly veiled topic of sadiq khans op-ed. i want to point out in contrast, how you feel about the president and how he has jostled the world stage. u.s. politics is very dynamic, very, very fluid. we know we may have a new president in a year and a half but we may have the same president for another five and a half yea...

Within its rights is it not, to instruct the former staff to withhold documents, am i right about that? >> you have to make a distinction between executive privilege, which for the most part applies to a document request which could be litigated. and the absolute immunity, presidential immunity, that a president enjoys or thinks he enjoys to have his president appear before congress. be aware. i asked you a question. what do obama and clinton and bush and trump all have in common? they all claim...

Most administrations would have concerns about a white house lawyer or a white house west wing employee whose communications with the president might be subject to legitimate objections. but the point is, you cant refuse to show up. youve got to show up and assert those privileges, and then we can work that through. so were going to win these claims, too. but if there are legitimate claims, they need to come and sit in the chair and assert them the way every other democratic administration has d...

There had been a few that had been in favor of impeachment proceedings, but it changed their opinions immediately. and i think the thinking is if you get robert mueller up there and read out loud some of the passages in the mueller report, it would change public sentiment. >> you used to work in the executive branch. the current administration seems to think that complying with subpoenas is optional. whats your reaction to that? >> i worked under the executive branch in the two previous administ...

>> reporter: new york congresswoman alexandria ocasio cortez known as an outspoken party progressive took to twitter telling the white house hopefuls john the lady thank you but please sashay away. the front runner joe biden becoming inescapable subject for candidates. >> people have seen democratic and republican administrations running them down as long as i have been alive. >> over the weekend biden skipped the california event. >> as you all know there is a debate among presidential candidat...

>> well, the bush administration and the obama administration were both able to work with congress and spend literally hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars on technology, on infrastructure improvements, et cetera. and thats the right way to go about it. i mean, they ar there are cleary places along the border that one dont need a wall and clearly places along the border where im not sure that this administration is willing to take with imminent domain a lot of personal property of texas ...

Previously theres been a lot of conversation with some administrations accepting that will happen. i believe -- listen, im trying to become the candidate that will run against this president. its not like im bending over backwards wanting to say nice things about the president. in this one particular case, i believe there is an effort here. there is an effort at negotiation. whether we agree about being tough, hes still got the sanctions on. im just saying i dont feel at this moment i can say th...

Public stage are not new for the trump administration. and so its kind of giving you a lens into whats going on, which is that there are some people trying to pull trump over to the seriousness of these episodes and events and threats. having middle ground may not be as far over as john bolton is, but it seems some people are not in agreement with the president and the olive branches hes giving to the north korean leader in any way, shape, or form. likely its someplace in the middle. but this is...

Shes an author and its a great pleasure to have you back on "new day." perspective is the thing we have least of. tell us how you think president trump is doing under this pressure of investigations and blocking legislations compared to past administrations who felt a similar type of pressure from congress. >> surely his decision to say he will not work with the congress is the opposite of the stand that both president clinton and president nixon took when they were under investigations and impe...