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Orderly. i guess the point is that they are trying to say they dont want to break out, but they would like to keep some deal together. by the way, are the iranians as divided internally as the presidents own team? >> yes. im not an expert, but you have hard liners, obviously the foreign ministry types who are interested in negotiating. you have the supreme leader himself. so there are different faskss a factions and hard liners were the ones cheering when they took down the drone. >> and im alwa...

This discussion. senator, thanks for being with us. lets talk about what you make of what has happened. weve been looking at maps provided by the u.s. military, that the u.s. is arguing prove that this drone was shot down over international waters. what do you make of it and what do you think the response should be? >> ill tell you what i make of it. i am very, very worried about the escalating tensions were seeing. i suspect there are people in the trump administration who would like a war with...

Jeffries, the house democratic caucus chairman, seemed a little out of sorts answering that question. he said hes unfamiliar with the context in which she made that comment, but he said its obvious that inmumty humanity i taking place. >> sunlen, thank you very much. >> thank you all very much. see you tomorrow morning. >> "at this hour" starts right now. hello, everyone. im erica hill in today for kate baldwin. long-time con iffidant hope hic testifies before the house judiciary committee. th...

I think democrats failure to act has confused the american public. theyre not the ones that are supposed to understand how this works. >> digging into that, lets dissect that more for you, liz, 44% of independents say that they have oppose holding impeachment hearings. is this the key demographic here, the party sees a shift with independents on this. how is that going to move the needle or will it either way? >> i do think that independent number is something that democrats are watching closely...

Protect donald trump. in announcing this, the hypothetical is less important than what he is signaling now, right? because what he is saying is im open for business to everyone. i would like to do this again. well listen if you got some stuff. is mcconnell signaling something similar by blocking this legislation? >> he is and that is what makes it so regrettable even reprehensible. you are absolutely right. that is the key point. donald trump is saying, show me what you have. im willing to liste...

Which they say is not a legitimate purpose. i think the courts are going to decide and elie is right this is very likely to turn out the way of what the democrats are arguing. >> elie, can we go back to something you were saying. i want to dig deeper. you said this is william barrs justice department doing what he wants them to do, which is what the president wants him to do. william barrs acting more like a private law firm for the president and not the attorney general of the united states. >>...

Donald trump in announcing this, the hypothetical is less important than what is signalling now. what he is saying is im open for business. i would like to you do this and we will listen if you have stuff. is mcconnell signalling something similar by blocking the legislation? >> he is. thats what makes it so regrettable and reprehensible. thats the key point. donald trump is saying show me what you have. im willing to listen. >> call me norway. >> in a way he is signalling to the russians. >> no...

Off point to be talking about somehow further nationalizing election law. this is just basically adding a reporting requirement to an existing federal law that no one is arguing should be struck down, which makes the question whats mitch mcconnells actual gain here? i think what it is is that everyone is looking at donald trumps behavior and saying if donald trump is still arguing that its okay to accept stuff from foreign nationals, first of all, because his campaign tried to do it in 2016 and ...

Does that hurt congresss case right now? where do you go from here? >> this is totally not unexpected. the law, the relevant law says that these returns must be turned over. the word must says must. whatever attorney general barr and the officer of legal counsel is arguing does not comport with the plain meaning of the statute. its not surprising. you have an attorney general who continues to act like the presidents personal lawyer and not lawyer for the united states. once again, sadly, im not ...

I want to say one thing that was striking to me and listening to the answer it was a window into the inverted moral world of donald trump. what he was arguing is what helps me is by definition right and what hurts my opponent should be done and what hurts me is by the definition of wrong. that is the ethical construct in which he operates on. its a kind of moral narcissism. we see it in this issue but we see it in all issues and thats the danger. if you get a person with that kind of distorted w...