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im ari melber. here is how you know were in new territory in this years midterm home stretch. look who it is. barack obama will be visiting, georgia, michigan, wisconsin, today adding nevada. the former president is the surrogate most in demand in his party right now, but there are other names who we know can galvanize crowds like this. youre looking at some of the large young and often diverse crowds that we saw gather for bernie sanders on his campaign trail. you see this is him out ...

Civil tools. that can take forever. it can take years to get testimony that way. the second way is by holding the person who defies the subpoena in contempt. congress would find they are in contempt and then ask the justice department to prosecute the person who defied the subpoena. its clear that members of this committee are seriously considering going that route. multiple members have talked about it. its also a pretty significant tool that they have. first, because, of course, the justice de...

And ginger gibson, political correspondent for reuters. doug, how credible are these reports given they come from actual documents? is there enough to charge giuliani with foreign lobbying violations? >> at this point its a little preliminary. the overview given was very, very good. it breaks down the distinction legally between a potential conflict and an actual conflict. what it sounds like factually is there were retainer or engagement letters or agreements that were not signed. to answer you...

Another one of the presidents associates is now a convicted criminal. trumps longtime -- roger stone has been found guilty. he faces decades behind bars. since trump took office roger stone makes six people found guilty. >> a jury in washington agreed with prosecutors that truth still matters and found roger stone guilt on friday on several criminal counts. a longtime friend and political adviser to president trump was con viced of five counts of lying to congress. prosecutors argued that stone ...

Anyone equivalent. but this is going to be one of the things donald trumps presidency is remembered for, the fact that impeachment hearings took place and these witnesses testified. does he get impeached, con viced, really lected? beats the hell out of me but this is going to be a historic moment. >> maggie says he knows tv, he probably watched those hearings. >> he certainly watched -- the watergate? i have no idea but he certainly watched the mueller hearings and parts of the lewandowsky heari...

Of people conservatives, and people in da ssoudsouzas cas. the through line seems to be the presidents belief these people have been treated unfairly by the justice system. he spoke to a few of us who were on air force one yesterday at length about his belief that the blagojevich sentence was just way too long. it was ridiculous. he had gotten 18 years. you could tell the president was basically pressing this idea that the people hes looking at pardoning, they do happen to be famous. theyve been...

What you sue over. suing goes in civil court. he got 0a cop visitation. its going to -- got a conviction. he might be able to stepped the law and maybe get somewhere, but im telling you, eric, only for money. theres no way of recourse to win this. >> got the law right in front half me. its for people. for the victims -- >> it doesnt matter. you cant recover money damages in a criminal court. the only way -- >> right. i mean the dramshop. >> no way. at it for the people who are hurt. >> if agree ...

areas in the west. a general strike on wednesday forced many local businesses to close their doors. u.s. republicanal presidential candidate herman cain is facing more allegations of sexual harassment. the associated press is reporting a third woman has come forward saying cain made sexually suggestive remarks to her back in the 1990s. his campaign says the allegations are baseless. the arab league says syria agreed to end its crackdown on protesters, thats part of a wider initiati...

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