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January 17 paula jones deposition and heard the misleading answers that brought him to this point. >> and id like you to listen to the presidents deceptions for yourself. >> at any time, have you and monica lewinsky ever been alone together in any room in the white house? >> i think i testified to that earlier. i think that there is a... it is... i have no specific recollection -- >> life was so much simpler before they found that dress, wasnt it? >> there were four articles of impeachment that ...

Article iii is adopted. the adoption... >> at 1:22 p.m., by a party-line vote, the house approved articles of impeachment alleging perjury and obstruction of justice against president william jefferson clinton. for the first time since 1868, the president had been impeached. >> when the speaker brought down the gavel on article i with a majority of votes, it was a very quiet moment in the chamber. people were not applauding. people were not clapping. i think we were all very sober. >> a stunned ...

Article iii is adopted. the adoption... >> at 1:22 p.m., by a party-line vote, the house approved articles of impeachment alleging perjury and obstruction of justice against president william jefferson clinton. for the first time since 1868, the president had been impeached. >> when the speaker brought down the gavel on article i with a majority of votes, it was a very quiet moment in the chamber. people were not applauding. people were not clapping. i think we were all very sober. >> a stunned ...

January 17 paula jones deposition and heard the misleading answers that brought him to this point. >> and id like you to listen to the presidents deceptions for yourself. >> at any time, have you and monica lewinsky ever been alone together in any room in the white house? >> i think i testified to that earlier. i think that there is a... it is... i have no specific recollection -- >> life was so much simpler before they found that dress, wasnt it? >> there were four articles of impeachment that ...

The president, and by article i, and my fear is that article iii could be tainted as well. so im a big believer in making sure that the noble call of public service and the beacon of democracy that comes from the united states should be the best beacon and shine around the world. so, yes, i think weve got work to do. >> what does all this mean, ron. the average person on the street might say democracy task force? who needs more bureaucracy? what is it that this administration is doing or not doi...

All this? >> well, its possible that donald trump could try to pardon him. but i think that there would be a legal challenge to any pardon in this situation where there is a direct conflict of interest between the president of the united states. under article iii, i think its section iii, he has to carry out the laws of the united states in good faith. i would interpret that to mean you cant do it with a conflict of interest. mr. flynn is going to be signaling out donald trump or any members of ...

Mr. chairman, the genius of the constitution. madison thought that the separation of powers was perhaps the most important liberty guaranteeing device in the whole constitution. this is a point of civics that i do think maybe is lost today, how valuable the separation of powers is. that you have in article one, the peoples representatives make the law. thats your job. i dont think its an accident the framers put article i first. your job comes first. you make the law. article ii, the presidents ...

Virginia looked at the trump administrations campaign statements and thats been very clear from the beginning. he called for a muslim ban. the trump administration would have to build a time machine, go back in time and basically change everything that he said about muslim ban. >> dan stein, rebut that presumption, that the second version is just a nicer version of the first with the same fundamental problem that it will ultimately target muslims. >> look, this so-called travel ban -- not a musl...

National security seriousness. its been too long we did not hear him them denounce the red line being erased or the unilateral cancellation of defense, or the precipitous withdrawal of troops in iraq which led to the rise of isis. so im glad they are in and out serious there are sanctions until article iii on the banking side we could have used. >> but hugh, your points are in direct contradiction to what donald trump has been saying we should do about this. he said we should get on with our liv...

Gregg: whether the supreme court has constitutional authority? article iii, section 2, sharon of the constitution gives the supreme court constitutional authority to decide constitutional issues, i mean was that a stunningly obtuse statement by her attorney? >> that is very polite way of putting it. i would say just ridiculously stupid statement. the supreme court does, just that, and they determine constitutionality issues. they resolve these kinds of disputes. this woman has a choice. she can ...