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That exists and does mitch mcconnell have a responsibility to address it? >> who knew that mitch mcconnell was such a snowflake to take umbrage at these kinds of criticisms. you know, kasie is right that some of these bills theyre asking for unanimous consent. the leader cant give it. i mean, you know, thats a pretty standard senate maneuver, but the problem is with the intelligence community for years now sending out these warnings and flashing red lights. the senate and mcconnell in particular...

I think this is a heartfelt message saying after two weeks of debate about president trumps go back to africa tweets that look, weve dealt with the racism component of this. but there is another component of this, which is that african large, immigrant communities are patriots and not just patriots, but have contributed to american progress every step along the way, fought in all of americas war, contributed to the economy, all the way up to the first black president, who got the country out of ...

And that is a constitutional oath that i have sworn to uphold the constitution. and so we cant run away from that. this president is acting contemptuously toward congress and the representatives of the people and in defiance of lawful congressional orders for information for documents and for testimony. use invented a whole now claim of executive privilege and he thinks everyone hes come in contact with doesnt have to testify before congress. it is just an so-- an outrageou affront to the powers...

Corruption. right? that is stealing and that is an affront to the people. so none of us are condoning that. we have to make sure that the people on the ground are not the ones that are suffering because of the irresponsible and immoral actions of those that were placed there to lead. and so that is part of the work, that accountability and transparency. and those legislators in the senate and assembly, they need to heed the warning. because now the line has been drawn in the sand that people are...

The scene on the house floor earlier this evening. quote, the imagery of the 240 to 187 vote was stark. a diverse democratic caucus cast the presidents words as an affront to millions of americans, while republican lawmakers, a majority of them white men, projected his racist comments that have legitimized p fear and hatred of new americans. and people of color. will hurd of texas, brian fitzpatrick of pennsylvania, susan brooks, indiana, justin amash, maryland. amash, a republican, also voted w...

The presidents words as an affront to millions of americans, while republican lawmakers, a majority of them white men, projected his racist comments that have legitimized hatred of new americans. will hurd of texas, brian fitzpatrick of pennsylvania, susan brooks, indiana, justin amash, maryland. amash, a republican, also voted with the democrats. steve scalise, a republican and john had some words to say. >> the american people expect us to be spending our time up here

Undocumented immigrants, and i was shocked by how feeble the front runner, joe biden,s affront to the attack by kamala harris was in the extreme ideas promoted by those to his left." things started getting underway here, mike pence. give me an answer to that, richard goodstein, if you will. do you agree with tom friedman? >> actually generally do. he did miss one person, michael bennet, who george will just wrote a very glowing column in support of, who took issue with most of those positions. h...

But first, to the news of this day. and tonight that includes a rebuke of the president of the united states, a vote of congress to condemn him for telling four members of congr s congress, all u.s. citizens, to go back to their home countries. the "washington post" described the scene on the house floor earlier this evening. quote, the imagery of the 240 to 187 vote was stark. a diverse democratic caucus cast the presidents words as an affront to millions of americans, while republican lawmaker...

Darroch as ambassador. that put him in an uncomfortable position. so hes decided to do what many would see as the honorable thing. >> please stand by for us. lets bring in abby phillips, elie honig. abby, first to you. i know this news just broke moments ago. any reaction from the white house yet? >> not yet at the moment. but i think youll find that this is going to be welcomed news. there was quite a bit of anger on the presidents part which in this white house filters down pretty directly to ...

Administration. there was a lot of knife fighting. there was a sense that a lot of people in those positions were not prepared to take the reins of government. so kim darroch was describing that in those cables. he also described president trump as insecure. he was portraying a president in a way that, frankly, no one really wants to be portrayed in publicly. but these werent public. they were private. once they became public, president trump took it as a personal affront. you could hear it from...