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Way. all of the people in line outside of the airport walls urk would like to bring them in and shelter them and sort through them and who are you, some people are not going to be our friends. and if you go out with the taliban and say look you have to help us right now, we have people all over this country, you could help us get these americans and say what is it worth to you? we want our money released. we want this, we want that. so now youre in a diplomatic bargaining position with your oppo...

It was on protecting voting rights. he was clear. he says were facing the most significant test for democracy since the civil war. what we didnt hear is any mention of changing the filibuster. if democracy is on the line, how can the president avoid that? >> well, don, thanks for having me. as you know, you and i have had this conversation for well over a month where i talked about it being a most perilous point since the civil war, and im glad to see the president has come to that position, the...

There really isnt any guiding principle that i was able to discern other than whats good for donald trumps re-election. >> reporter: you say that you were astonished by what you saw. president for whom getting re-elected was the only thing that mattered, even if it meant endangering or weakening the nation? >> well, i think he was so focused on the re-election that longer term considerations fell by the wayside. so, if he thought he could get a photo opportunity with kim jong-un at the demilitar...

Electing, reelecting this president. >> the president told us that the tax cuts on the d-ring shortcuts were going to lead to a jobs boom. a lot of naysayers not only among the democratic left but among wall street said no, thats wishing too much. companies are just going to do stock buybacks. the congressional budget office in january 2017 right after the president took office said we will probably have 2 million more jobs by now. in fact, we have 7 million jobs. 7 million new jobs created sinc...

Then and now, very different rules of the road for the upcoming trial. >> were in new territory, we havent had a whole lot of experience with trials of presidents to begin with but this is the first time were looking at one where the house and senate arent in control of either party. and what you see is nancy pelosi trying to use whatever leverage she has left before setting off this trial that will then be in the hands of mitch mcconnell, the republican leader. the last thing she seems to have ...

To the power, the power of the united states of america. and president trump used that unequal bargaining position. he leveraged his power in that relationship not for the benefit of the united states of america, but for his own benefit. he, again, held president zelensky over a barrel up there in new york, the same way he did on the telephone call on the 25th of july. and he told him, look, i know that you need those javelins, but i need you to do me a favor or do us a favor. and who was "us" b...

It always has been. and theres no way that the nation of ukraine can stand up to the power of the united states of america. and president trump used that unequal bargaining position. he leveraged his power in that relationship not for the benefit of the united states of america but for his own benefit. he, again, held president zelensky over a barrel up there in new york, the same way he did on the telephone call on the 25th of july. and he told him, look, i know that you need those javelins, bu...

Election, burisma and the bidens. both colonel vindman and ms. williams were on the july 25th call. vindman testified that due to the unequal bargaining position of the two leaders, and ukraines dependency on the u.s., the favor trump asked of zelensky was really a demand. after the call, multiple individuals including vindman were concerned enough to report it to the national security councils top lawyer. it was the second time in two weeks that vindman had raised concerns with nsc lawyers. for...

Bargaining position of the 2 leaders and ukraines dependence on the united states amounted to a demand from truong to zelinsky and not a favor it was improper for the president to requestion to demand an investigation into a political opponent opponent especially at foreign power where theres at best dubious belief that this would be a completely impartial investigation and that this would have significant implications if it were became public knowledge and it would be perceived as a parson play...

Bidens. both colonel vindman and ms. williams were on the july 25th call. vindman testified due to the unequal bargaining position on the two leaders and ukraines dependence of the u.s. the favor trump asked of zelensky was really a demand. after the call multiple individuals were concerned enough to report it to the national security counsels top lawyer. the second time in two weeks vindman had raised concerns with nsc lawyers. williams also believed asking zelensky to undertake these investiga...