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They have been bending over backwards in the past weeks for that. we now have a president who has spit on that yet again. this is also a president who has literally said, first time in 65 years, i am going to ignore the american bar association, the non-partisan neutral arbiter of who is qualified to sit on the bench. no other president has done this of any party. and say i am going to ignore whether or not they deem a candidate for the bench qualified. that is an incredible low. >> john, weve j...

The federal statute that congress passed. this is like constitution 101. right? branches of government. you dont get to just ignore the word of the congress. and judges dont get to ignore what is an obvious and an everyday person reading of the statute. but remember that donald trump, not only did he like set us up and set the supreme court up, the supreme court has been bending over backwards to remind americans they are going to work together even though we have the brett kavanaugh hearings, t...

Americans they are going to work together even though we have the brett kavanaugh hearings, that they are going to see each other as co-equals and peers whose job is to be neutral. they have been bending over backwards in the past weeks for that. we now have a president who has spit on that yet again. this is also a president who has literally said, first time in 65 years, i am going to ignore the american bar association, the non-partisan neutral arbiter of who is qualified to sit on the bench....

>> it was the closing of a society that had this brief period of openness. >> journalists were singled out for attack. >> he made journalists his big enemy. he got lots of journalists killed. these crimes were never properly investigated. >> putin also targeted the oligarchs, especially those who opposed him. mikhail khodorkovsky owned yukos, russias largest oil company, and was the countrys wealthiest man. >> mikhail khodorkovsky didnt accept the idea that putin was going to be the sole arbiter...

Circumstances we have with mr. whitaker, including the fact that he clearly was told by someone who is a witness in the mueller investigation, hey, become a pundit to get the presidents attention in order to get a job in the administration who then becomes one of the people who is the endorser of this is a great person for the job, even publicly he becomes a validater, which is bizarre. >> chris, an important note about the olc opinion, it is an opinion, it is not law. >> right. >> now, attorney...

Withheld it. >> i want to separate out the constitutionality of a president making an interim appointment that is a rational judgment versus this particular president making this particular interim appointment under all the circumstances we have with mr. whitaker, including the fact that he clearly was told by someone who is a witness in the mueller investigation, hey, become a pundit to get the presidents attention in order to get a job in the administration who then becomes one of the people w...

Should it matter? what is your group trying to achieve? >> i think theres two things. first and foremost, ivanka trumps personal lawyer does not work for the american people, he works for her. i think its fair to ask a more neutral arbiter to determine what is true, not a paid criminal defense lawyer. number two, i think we need to let the facts decide whether theres a there there. her lawyer says theres no classified information. that is a dead ringer for what hillary clinton said. it turns out...

Make the distinction that the difference is that basically is exactly the same scenario. i cant even go into -- honestly, im struggling with the fact its like a pr problem. its a pr problem, but this is a governor problem. shes in the white house making very serious decisions and trying to run a business at the same time. theres so much self-enrichment going on. >> doug, you dont get to be the final arbiter, but you get the final word today. where does this go? what should democrats do? what adv...

Leaf, some kind of cover by the white house because they know they lost in court. more broadly, of course, the presidents attacks against the media continue, and that is the much bigger problem here. the president presents himself as the only arbiter of truth. he says you cant believe any real news, you can only believe what he says on twitter and at press conferences and in speeches. that is disturbing. that is poisonous, and thats a problem the press has to continue to reckon with, even though...

Member, your response should be great. well, let me tell you something. steve: heres how it goes. look at the economy its booming. all right? so which of those three would you say is the correct answer? lets say the last one so how are you doing financially? >> and karen, who is the arbiter of your answer says thats a good choice, the goal is at this point to start a conversation. the easiest way to do that is by asking questions. ones that are nonthreatening, open-ended, and non-leading. the wo...