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Were back with our experts. you heard the president question why the united states would give money to a country it thinks is corrupt. is that an indication the president may have linked military aid to ukraine with investigating the bidens? >> well, wolf, if he didnt do so privately before, he certainly just did so publicly with the world watching. he linked u.s. foreign assistance and military assistance to whomever he determines is or isnt corrupt. the most corrupt man running this country sh...

Was bad behavior may be something they didnt like the president said, but the president has a lot of latitude about what they talked to. >> the department of justice is talking to the white house counsel because there could be this issue of privilege, but the tricky part of this is, is the white house an independent arbiter? is the department of justice an independent arbiter in deciding this extremely unusual question? >> well, we also have to come back to, lets assume the promise was made. was...

>> well, you know, certainly at least trump is going to use it. i dont know that it helps him. because for donald trump to be talking about truth and facts is laughable in and of itself. this is a man who every time he opens his mouth lies to the american people, so i dont think that he in anyway shape or form is the arbiter of truth and though her story or what he friends say about, he sure it gives you pause. but anyone who went to college can understand that it is a possibility that this happ...

Completely undermining our democratic process and necessity to go by what is truthful and honest especially when you are talking about somebody thats sitting on the highest court in the land thats supposed to be the ultimate arbiter of what is right and just. what becomes clear is that he should be impeached. the house has the ability to impeach him. the question is what the senate would do. i want to know at this point why did the fbi not follow up on all of these leads they have. they didnt li...

Exactly. but also we need to, in the media, own up to this idea that is this supreme court legitimized or not? because so far the way decision versus come down, you know, we have adhered to the normal procedure with the court. but the court is not normal. its not in a normal place that denies the will of the people, the majority of this country. so i think every democratic kth candidate. the court didnt come up, roe v wade. the court is the most form. the most essential form of governance here a...

Constant fear, that is terrorism in its basic form. >> sandra: doug mckelway in washington with that story, thank you. >> james comey had a personal vendetta. he believed that his role in the fbi was one of the ultimate arbiter of being judge and jury on anything he did not like. >> only in washington, d.c., can you have somebody plus bad pages and expect an apology. i can say that the report coming out will be more damning than this. one that republicans reacting to the scathing report of forme...

Followed for two years, it continues with the last ig report says, james comey is someone who cannot be trusted, he had a personal vendetta, he believed his role in the fbi was one, he is the ultimate arbiter of being judge and jury of anything he did or did not like. he can say anything he wants to, he can say he didnt live but we know he did. he lied to the fbi, we can tell he leaked because he used a third party mule to actually get the memos out there. hes being disingenuous because you can ...

That disappointed markets and now, there was going optimism based on a few things the president has to say this morning. >> its true. and what you see is the stock market is an unbiased arbiter of information. it tells you the way it really is without having human problems on at all and what happens is when trade things go bad, stock markets dropped. the real cost of a trade war is number one, the stock market dropping, dropping huge amounts of u.s. wealth and foreign wealth and number two, the ...

Standing. there could be a rabbi in the jewish faith, a muslim man, a christian minister. youre widely respected in the evangelical community. yet you advisory group to this president. is it that we are not seeing people stand up in a prophetic tradition and say foul this is a bit too far for me as a moral leader? >> i think we have to revisit and understand the prophetic tradition because prophetic is predictive to the future but primarily analytical to the president. the prophets of old would ...

How much of this do you think is happening because we just walked away for now? >> when an american president is not prepared to be a forward-leaning global leader, mischief happens. in an america first world where the organizing principle of foreign policy is just selfishness, india is going to decide, mody is going to decide india first. hes going to go after his traditional view that kashmir must be suppressed. you are going to find that all over the world people will put their own small nati...