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Ordered don mcgahn to testify. but heres the thing. it took her four months to decide. she wrote a 120-page scholarly opinion. and now the case goes to the court of appeals. and then maybe the supreme court. and this case might not ultimately be decided, the issue of which witnesses testify in the impeachment proceeding, until june, when congress most certainly will have already decided the impeachment issue. and thats how trump wins, by keeping these vitally important witness testimony from the...

State. flip, lets do impeachment first. impeachment by the house during this term, put it up on the screen. so 71 cents, what does that mean, by the way, 71 cents? >> this suggests traders think theres about a 71% chance trump will be impeached in the house. in other words, the house will pass at least one article of impeachment against him by the end of this term. if you buy a share for 71 cents you would win one dollar. s this the implied odd they think this will happen. >> said differently th...

Provide firstand hand evidence of quid pro quo, something for something. and thats been complicated by the presidents see you, raise you, asking the chinese to conduct their own investigation to the bidens. in other words, hes owning it. so this is no longer a dispute about what occurred. the constitution, article 2, section 4 says this -- the president and vice president and all civil officers of the united states shall be removed from office on impeachment for and conviction of treason, briber...

Illegal or impeachable. grave concern that we and congress should know about. >> where does this go from here? will we find out the truth? >> i think that what is going to end up happening is this will have to be litigated. my suspicion is that the white house is going to hang their hat of the constitutional article 2. argument they have essentially sort of discretion to have confidential conversations with foreign leaders and congress will say no. we have oversight authority. if that breaks the...

Who is a private citizen running for office. hes speaking as a president of the united states. it is, ill just quote the ig, of grave concern. you can put a name behind it. its illegal, its impeachable. let the lawyers decide that. its of grave concern that we and congress should know about. >> where does this go from here? will we find out the truth? >> i think that what is going to end up happening is this will have to be litigated. my suspicion is that the white house is going to hang their h...

A womans right to choose. kennedy allowing his seat to go through. he knows and likes kavanaugh. apparently him liking him helped sway donald trump to pick kavanaugh, that whole thing. the son working for deutsche bank. its disappointing to a lot of people that kennedy stepping down is all there. then this question, is this the most important question, whether or not donald trump could be putting in place someone on the court who could indemnify him from the mueller probe? is that what people sh...

Under the constitution, article 2, section 2, clause 2, and that means there needs to be a dissection of judge kavanaughs record. hes been on the bench for two years. we should talk to him about his record on reproductive rights, voter rights, which is critical. when we think about the environment, there are so many areas that are cause of concern for civil rights groups and for anyone who has any interest in the social justice issues. >> are you concerned that roe versus wade will be overturned...

Authority to carry out the strikes that he ordered? >> absolutely not. this is just one more example of a president that doesnt give a hoot about the laws of the united states or the constitution. i picked up the constitution on the way in, listening to everybody. congress, only congress, are theable 1, section 8 has the power to declare war. article 2, section 2, the president is the commander-in-chief, all that the constitution says. doesnt say anything about, the power of the president to wag...

Following the strike. saying, these offensive strikes against syria are unconstitutional, illegal and reckless. the next speaker of the house must reclaim congressional war powers as proscribed in article 1. speaker ryan completely abdicated one of his most important responsibilities. you talked about bipartisan ssh issue. anything that can be done between now and the mid terms. what you and, congressman amash see as war powers. >> i serve on the appropriation committee as an appropriator. we ha...

Begin, its on the ground investigation in duma, i believe supposed to start in the coming days perhaps tomorrow. live for us in tehran. thank you very much. press conference, a short, short, just few hours ago should say, defense secretary, james mattis was asked about the legal base ills f basis for the strike. >> as far as legal authority under the article 2 of the constitution, we believe the president has every reason to defend vital american interests. thats what he did here tonight under t...