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The mueller report. it is pretty clear to me that special counsel was hindered in indicting the president for obstruction. simply because the department of justice doesnt allow such things in its regulations. i also think that if we dont hold this president accountable for all this, look. we have to look at what took place the day after the special counsel testified. that was the day the president called president zelensky. when hes not held accountable, i think he goes on to higher crimes and m...

>> right. howard: i want to turn now in our remaining moments to don lemon on cnn interviewing joe biden and asking him about the way he sometimes hesitates and misspeaks and even about overcoming a childhood stutter. >> this is what president trump said about you on fox news, and i quote here, all right? he said, well, i dont know if joe can make it mentally. [laughter] he is -- >> i think its appropriate for people to look at all of us and decide are we in the physical shape, are we in the men...

Think yourself the handsomest and smartest. you know, look, mr. president, you made a botch of the job. so im used to bullies. im used to bullies. im ready. im ready. look, i think its appropriate for people to look at all of us and decide are we in the physical shape, are we in the mental shape, are we based on your age. its all appropriate. but all i can say is just watch me. >> but, listen, people are concerned about whether you have lost a step, right, because you know what happened in detro...

Mentally. he is -- hes off. theres though question about it. i dont know if hes going to make it mentally. if he gets -- if he gets through it without cracking up." whats your response? >> mr. president, i can hardly wait, i can hardly wait. youre a serial liar, youre corrupt, and i know you think yourself the handsomest and smartest. look, mr. president, you made a botch of the job. and so im used to bullies. im used to bullies. im ready. im ready. and look, i think its appropriate for people t...

And decide are we in the physical shape, are we in the mental shape, are we based on your age. its all appropriate. but all i can say is just watch me. >> but, listen, people are concerned about whether you have lost a step, right, because you know what happened in detroit. i was one of the moderators in detroit, and you stuttered onstage. theres an atlantic article about that, you overcoming that as a child. but have you overcome stuttering? >> yes, ive overcome it. look -- >> is that part of t...

Wait. i can hardly wait. youre a serial liar. youre corrupt and i know you think yourself the handsomest, the smartest. look, mr. president, youve made a botch of the job and so im used to bullies. im used to bullies. im ready. im ready. look, i think its appropriate for people to look at all of us and decide are we in the physical shape, are we in the mental shape, based on your age. its all appropriate. but all i can say is watch me. >> listen, people are concerned whether you have lost a step...

Sort of exchange of dirt on the president, dirt on the presidents rivals, versus a meeting with the president and millions of dollars, how is that appropriate under any circumstance? >> i think the -- >> how is that justifiable, legal, appropriate, not a high crime and misdemeanor? >> the point would be that they probably wouldnt say what they were looking for was dirt on the president. as you know, for bribery, you need a corrupt intent. so whats in the presidents head actually matters here. an...

Ambassador sondland rays of the investigations but you did not know it was about the bidens, that is your testimony, right? >> i did not think he was talking -- >> you heard him say investigations, you thought it was an appropriate, and the german ask you, and you said you did not know it was because of the bidens. in the wardroom, ambassador sondland raised burisma on the bidens in 2016, you missed that, too, as i understand it. on july 18th, you new aid was withheld and in august, you spent a ...

>> mr. morrison, shortly after you heard the july 25th call, you testified that you alerted the legal advisor, john eisenberg pretty much right away. is that right? >> correct. >> you indicated in your opening statement at least from your deposition that you went to mr. eisenberg out of concern for the potential political fallout if it became public and not because you thought it was illegal. is that right? >> correct. >> but you would agree, right, that asking a foreign government to investigat...

Testimony, where a lot of people can see an event and have different interpretations of it. enough somebody like vindman who says, "wow, im so alarmed, im going to report this." and some did like jennifer williams who says, "thats odd, that might be inappropriate," but doesnt tell anybody about it. that is then what we go over and over in these hearings, is that interpretation -- i think the third thing i would say is that when you are a white house staff, or a federal government staffer, as i r...