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And non-presidential behavior, theres really very little for a president to stand on to take that privilege and make it work. so the courts will balance and find out. maybe theyll say some documents should be included in executive privilege. its not. its a balancing process, but i think hes going to lose on it. its just a stall. >> hes done that so many times before. thats right out of his playbook. on so many things, but when you hear there are three handwritten notes from mark meadows about ja...

Absolute immunity for anybody to appear before congress. when the u.s. decided the nixon case, they absolutely said that there was no absolute privilege, rather it had to be weighed in each instance as to the needs for those who are asking for the information and the person whos resisting giving the information. absolute privileges are very rare in the law. and theyre always this balancing process. this total immunity is part of the so-called executive theory of unitary executive theory that wil...

Misconduct. that warrants us having an impeachment inquiry. >> but what changed -- having an impeachment inquiry, does it give you any more power to actually get witnesses to show up? subpoena seems to be a pretty strong thing and theyre ignoring subpoenas. >> subpoenas are a strong think. the average american knows they cant ignore a subpoena and neither can the president. he cant instruct the people that work for him or dont even work for him anymore to ignore a subpoena. when we go to court t...

President interfering with the investigation of that russian interference. volume three is the coverup. thats what hes doing right now. hes trying to cover up his misconduct. that warrants us having an impeachment inquiry. >> but what changed -- having an impeachment inquiry, does it give you any more power to actually get witnesses to show up? subpoena seems to be a pretty strong thing and theyre ignoring subpoenas. >> subpoenas are a strong think. the average american knows they cant ignore a ...

There is resilient in american politics, so i think -- dont underestimate the degree to which people all over the world are focusing on our political fever and wondering whats happening in america. tonight is important as it is is a domestic story it does have international repercussions. >> you think theyll be international headlines tomorrow about a virginia -- >> i dont want to say that theyre going to be top headlines but id be surprised if every correspondent for major foreign newspapers do...

Argument that an isis snuff film is newsworthy. >> again, its a balancing process, to see someone from isis to cut their throat off for the 100th time has little news value. it has a little bit. its a balancing process. whereas the way in which john pedesta are planning to disseminate a public message and then private i something else, its always this process of tradeoffs. >> its great to talk to you, we are not going to end up in a situation, were going to be navigating this for a long time t...

Privacy, some of that stuff should not have been published. but of course the more powerful you are, the more transparency you deserve. >> if this accelerates, this is now a play book, to me the sony hack was really a turninging point. like sony executives are powerful. but it was clearly done with this goal that actually ended up working. is there an analogy with the way that the media has been propagating isis? there is news, they have murdered this person in a horrible way. at first it was li...

Isis to cut their throat off for the 100th time has little news value. it has a little bit. its a balancing process. whereas the way in which john pedesta are planning to disseminate a public message and then private i something else, its always this process of tradeoffs. >> its great to talk to you, we are not going to end up in a situation, were going to be navigating this for a long time to come because we have now got a situation, we have seen it in turkey and other countries, that this is...