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Being paid but their families, other people who rely on it, theyre making very tough decisions. but if this goes on in to another month, the problem i think the democrats may start to face is that people are going to start blaming everybody and say get something done. now, i dont think that means that the democrats, because they have the power here, should cede too much but it will start taking a toll on all elected officials from washington sfwlxt it will be a domino effect, small businesses in...

Ability to move forces or build forces? and the emergency declaration that president bush made with regard to that was he wanted to be able to deploy troops as they were needed and build the troop base as was needed to address what happened after the attacks on 9/11. that had more to do with building our military capacity to meet a threat coming from overseas. but the other emergencies are clearly there. and the president can do something. its usually if theres a dramatic impact to our infrastru...

Involved in those felonies as michael cohen was. how would that be adjudicated and what would be your view on a u.s. attorney trying to do that? >> well, my view is the u.s. attorney would be doing the right thing. i think the olc decision of the president cant be indicted no matter what he does is a deeply un-american decision. we rebelled against the king of england because we said we dont believe anyone should be above the law. not the king, not the president. the framers, if you read the deb...

The u.s. attorney would be doing the right thing. i think that the olc decision that the president cannot be indicted no matter what he does is a deeply unamerican decision. we rebeld againled against the england because we said no one should be above the law. not the president. the framers of the constitutional convention were worried the office of the president should not become a king. there is language in the constitution giving certain immunities, congressman cannot be arrested going to and...

She destroyed them. jeathem. judge jeanine: she deleted 30,000 emails. >> and the truthfulness of her testimony. i havent heard this justice department describe what they believe james comey did. do they agree with james comey that no reasonable prosecutor would have brought a case? silence. but im tired of silence. thats all we can do is get the information out there and if prosecutors dont do their job, thats why the american people are unhappy and why the president ought to be extremely unhap...

Jeathem. judge jeanine: she deleted 30,000 emails. >> and the truthfulness of her testimony. i havent heard this justice department describe what they believe james comey did. do they agree with james comey that no reasonable prosecutor would have brought a case? silence. but im tired of silence. thats all we can do is get the information out there and if prosecutors dont do their job, thats why the american people are unhappy and why the president ought to be extremely unhappy. judge jeanine: t...

Jeathem. judge jeanine: she deleted 30,000 emails. >> and the truthfulness of her testimony. i havent heard this justice department describe what they believe james comey did. do they agree with james comey that no reasonable prosecutor would have brought a case? silence. but im tired of silence. thats all we can do is get the information out there and if prosecutors dont do their job, thats why the american people are unhappy and why the president ought to be extremely unhappy. judge jeanine: t...

>> ive never seen documents like this, the fisa court is so secret even the judges dont have access to the files. so i dont know what was presented to the fisa court, the only people that know are those who made the presentation and the judges that precede the presentation. >> harris: it seems that the bar is low all around for leaking. in the atmosphere we all live in now, is it on toward to have any sort of situation where a court has such secrecy? do we need eyeballs on just about everything ...

Allowed the individual mandate, the order from congress that you had to buy health insurance stay in place. but he acknowledged that by itself the individual mandate, congress cannot compel you to buy anything whether its a house or a car or insurance. in this case thats what theyre doing. >> bill: you have a court in front of you i believe thats more conservative than you would find perhaps on the coast, east coast, west coast. does it give you a greater chance of getting out of court initially...

Our democracy. so these times require bold leadership, activist leaderships, leaderships that will cause movements. because a vote in congress cannot defeat the hate coming out of the white house, only a movement can. thats how ive governed -- >> let me just ask you, were running out of time and i want to get one more question in. i know the former massachusetts governor, as well as the congressional black caucus. they endorsed your opponent in a district thats nearly 60% minority. why do you th...