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The u.s. attorneys that work on that case thinking the roger stone trial, for example, and obviously its not like they just turn off the lights and roger stones free to go. there is no big kind of elephant in the closet so to speak that is about to come walking out. >> all right. that is an important thing. there is a lot of speculation in the air on that. an important moment there. tom, thank you. and control room. i was trying to send you signals. the president today, nicole, today went after ...

The department of justice, the attorney general this particular case, where the deputy attorney general because of the recusal the session, appointed him. they cant come in and say "we wanted to pick and choose who gets protected." >> harris: heres my point, and i want to ask you, lisa. is it stronger to have your majority leader burned some of his powder now and block this, or do you think this should go through and let republicans -- it looks like you have the votes anyway. they can caucus in ...

Undone some civil rights initiatives in the department. but i never have doubted that jeff sessions loves the department. loves the lawyers who work there. and was very honored to be in that position. and humbled by being in that position. so, you know, after several weeks of -- and months, in fact, of being humiliated by the president who appointed him, being taunted by the president who appointed him, i think its fitting he got a graceful exit such as it was. >> yeah. it was graceful. evan, yo...

Come. harry, im going to rely on you a little heavy. you know him. i want to talk to you about the 2009 minnesota law review and also having served in both the george w. bush and h.w. bush but a much larger role in the george w. bush administration. >> thats right. the george w. bush administration, hes staff secretary. all piece s of paper go through him. he was technically in the george h.w. bush administration, but he was really a one-year fellowship in the solicitor generals office. of cours...

A much larger role in the george w. bush administration. >> thats right. the george w. bush administration, hes staff secretary. all pieces of paper go through him. hes married in the white house. hes in the middle of things. he was technically in the george h.w. bush administration, but he was really a one-year fellowship in the solicitor generals office. of course, the solicitor general who appointed him, ken starr. who later became independent counsel. >> as im reading this 2009 minnesota law...

Sitting president, he would be in conflict with judge kavanaugh. >> he would, but this article which largely says that congress should find a way to exempt the president from even being questioned clearly was eye candy for donald trump and said he would be simpatico with his position. i agree. if he flips all the way over and says trump in fact legally is protected, that would be a change in position. but i think thats why question number one should be, what were you asked about this article? wh...

Thats the principal way. >> i want to go to something right away. that is judge kavanaughs view of the consumer financial protection bureau. what do you think it would mean to the future? >> he already said he thinks it is unconstitutional because it has a single director rather than multiple directors, which its not the only agency that has a single director. in fact, the environmental protection agency is another one that has a single director and we have the officer of the controller of the c...

Made clear that hes not a supporter of the health care bill and the rights of americans to retain their health care protection. so i think those are two issues that are going to be powerfully important to senator collins, to senator merkowski, but i think they should be important to every senator. i think every single senator has a responsibility as they prepare to vote on this nomination to look at the question of what it will mean for a womans constitutional right to choose. what it will mean ...

His years in the white house. when brett was nominated for the appellate court and approved, they did not look at the literally hundreds of memos he wrote as a senior aid to president bush. i think it is very important for the committee, for this life appointment to make these important decisions for them to see the full record here. what kind of memos did you write to president bush? what positions did you take on legal issues? what do the folks who made this pick know that we dont know. the fe...

Says trump in fact legally is protected, that would be a change in position. but i think thats why question number one should be, what were you asked about this article? what did you say? what assurances did you offer? what kinds of things did the white house want to know? he is the only potential nominee on trumps list who explicitly wrote the president should have protection from investigations. that definitely had to raise questions in the process. >> but that means hes also the only one who ...