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Abby phillips. just a little bit of experience there. i want to start with you because you served for presidents. the white house saying this is nothing new. what is different about this one? >> there is no emergency. its a fake. everybody knows that. it is all about politics. it is clear that the supreme court is likely to uphold this. many conservatives believe and constraints on the executive. they do not like to see a president go beyond the bounds of the constitution. and under the constitu...

>> you pointed out that republicans used to believe in fiscal responsibility and now they just passed a trillion and a half dollar tax cut. theres a small number of people that been if thes. so its not like it was a popular crusade and they got away with it. they said lets go have a signing saur mon a. why are we electing senators on the republican side? what role do they play? im hoping the democrats challenge this president. gene said they might. >> theyve abdicated their duty. my hope is we c...

Negotiators come up with. im not at all surprised that theyre at a $2 billion number on border security. that is i think likely to occur. so you get that border security number, so lets assume they get an agreement, and they can pass this agreement. what does the president do? does he sign it? he, i think he would be crazy not to sign this thing. lets assume the president does sign it. he will be unhappy because hes not getting his $5.7 billion, but at the end of the day, he may have to take it ...

Theyre going to set themselves at war against the constitution and rule of law, then impeachment may be the end of the road indeed. >> you mentioned the nixon article oz of impeachment, article one, obstruction of justice. improve -- counsel to lawfully authorize investigative officers and employees in the united states and false or misleading testimony in dually congressional proceedings. i want to get you on the record here. if it were the case any president would order a subordinate to lie to...

Country together and people understand were dealing with a very unusual situation -- >> yes. >> -- where the corruption and criminality in the white house is pervasive. impeachment is no fetish but no tap oo either. we understand its very much part of the kaunconstitution. it has played an important role. and self defense of the congress and the people about a president who insists on acting like a king. so when presidents decide theyre going to set themselves at war against the constitution and...

To congress, it was right in article one. the question from the beginning of the current scandal where the truth is what happened. the guilt of the president for a particular deed will be enough to move the congress politically. would he get 2/3 of the u.s. sen toot remove him from office? if the house impeaches and the house fails to convict, the verdict of history is that he would be acquitted. thats the word, acquitted, which might be enough to belitthal whole exercise. richard nixon knew he ...

President. big bipartisan majorities that appear on the hill to do the job. we have already passed to the bills. >> sandra: what you say to lindsey graham, he says i have never been more depressed about moving forward then i am right now. i just dont see a path forward. somebody has got to have the energy to fix this. >> oh, for gods sakes, can i just stop you right there. if i hear one more republican senator one, they should open up the constitution and look at article one. coequal branch. as ...

Of small government, on the basis of protecting private property. all those things. and the institution. this would be a body blow to the separation of powers. >> i want to get this constitutional question right. cory, your argument is pelosi wont budge on building the wall, they cant get it through congress, so the president can build the wall anyway. thats what you said. >> what im saying is -- >> he doesnt have to work about appropriates with article one and two. no more restriction. you say ...

They talked about coequal branches of government. article one. the legislative branch. the peoples branch of government. the president can sign or not, but he should never say im not even going to put it on the presidents desk. >> leah, what is the speaker doing there? >> so, the speaker is putting the pressure on donald trump. but also setting up and this is what nancy pelosi is really good for. its a reminder to donald trump that we are back to reality. so suggesting that house democrats are n...

It got rid of pay go. there is no more voting on the debt limit. thats not openness and transparency. the ability to vacate the speaker, thats gone. theres a lot we have to get to. standby because moments after the democrats took control of the house today, congressman brad sherman reintroduced articles of impeachment against the president claiming specifically that charge of obstruction of justice. leland vittert joins me now with the story. >> hi, jason. the first time brad sherman, the gentle...