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In order to comply with the judgments of the. course im with decisions of the court so. the whole procedure is about. finding out whether those situations are justified or not and we believe that in these cases they were justified because of the. you know investigations that were being carried out by by the courts about people who were clearly violating the spanish laws and the constitution and when the u.s. experts on the promotion of a democratic and critical international order coups you have...

You know finding out whether those situations are justified or not and we believe that in these cases they were justified because of the. you know the investigations that were being carried out by by the courts about people who were clearly violating the spanish laws and the constitution and when the u.s. experts on the promotion of a democratic a credible international order accuses you of backsliding on commitments to national agreements like the international covenant on civil and political r...

Important issue. frankly, what the president ought to do working with congress and outside groups, we ought to modernize the way in which we determine whether trade agreements are being violated. plus, turbulence in the white house. >> the drama is there, but that is how the president makes decisions, and that process, while different, has gotten to good results. >> the problem is the president has been ill served in my view by staff. >> john kelly to me has created order out of chaos initiall...

The list goes on and on. really solid people around him and with those people hes accomplished a fair amount but hes his own worst enemy. >>paul: i want to get to that but i want to push back a little. the first six months were fairly chaotic in the white house, right? until he put john kelly and there you had some of the most vicious backsliding than i can remember covering politics, including what i call the steve bannon presidency. >> i would separate politics from policy. in the meantime, he...

Just for a couple of months. so its an open question like if hes just spouting off in this michael wolf book, and itor if knows something that was hearsay from before he got on the campaign. >> but this whole exchange just sort of leaves the impression regardless of what he knows or doesnt know, that the white house has instructed him not to talk, so at the same time the white house whos saying theres nothing to see here is telling one of the presidents chief aides and strategists not to talk to...

Done for a long time. >> which is something hes said to do, relitigate -- >> i think this is -- he has long had a sort of distorted reality. i think this idea that he sees things differently, that he can kind of change what happened. i dont know, i think this is kind of consistent with what hes been, and it seems a little extreme because hes the president of the united states and its so dangerous it seems worse. but it does seem consistent with the person who was running for president, to me. >>...

>> patrick: you dont think its preposterous? >> anthony: i do not think its preposterous. but here we have a situation. [ laughter ] >> patrick: it is stupid. uh, i agree with you completely that this -- this province, 40 years ago, was in some respect, an english city. so we needed to have language laws for signage and stuff. >> anthony: now, signage, for instance, must by law be principally in french. french first in all things. >> patrick: but every bureaucracy produces byproducts of stupidit...

Experts on the promotion of a democratic and credible international order coups you have backsliding on commitments to national agreements like the international covenant on civil and political rights for instance we have you we have that we are yes i do we have never hidden from from the examinations and you know about our level of compliance with the international covenants on human rights yes but he says you are backsliding on that international norm that is we have a procedure we have a proc...

Preposterous. but here we have a situation. [ laughter ] >> patrick: it is stupid. uh, i agree with you completely that this -- this province, 40 years ago, was in some respect, an english city. so we needed to have language laws for signage and stuff. >> anthony: now, signage, for instance, must by law be principally in french. french first in all things. >> patrick: but every bureaucracy produces byproducts of stupidity. and that was it. and you know what? it will not stand. >> anthony: the an...

Values were here before donald trump and they will be here after donald trump and this challenge at this hour is for every republican to recognize which side theyre on here. this is not about supporting the president. this is not even about a particular policy. this is about what kind of nation do you want us to be and whether or not you will support even the backsliding of an idea that, you know, just because you dress up in penny loafers and an izod that that that somehow justifies your partic...