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Have been doing more as well. >> shannon: as for the leaders who have been doing a lot more, wanting to talk to other witnesses and those kinds of things, the white house sending this blasting letter tonight back to the democrat leaders. it read part of it. counsel to the president writing "everything theyre doing with what they call a fate impeachment inquiry theres been no vote, violate the constitution, will of law and past president. given the inquiry lacks any -- any pretense of fairness or...

Giuliani testifying including so many people who were involved in the department of justice and fbi investigation of the trump campaign and it is very odd that lindsey graham and other committees havent been doing more on that front. >> after the committees and democratic leaders have been doing more, wanting to talk to other witnesses, the white house had this blasting letter to the democrat leaders, the council to the president writing everything they are doing, what they call a fake impeachme...

The impeachment process works, all those trial activities the presidents lawyers wrote in that letter happens in the senate after an impeachment by the house and it is also very clear when you look at this letter that came out of the white house that this is a political argument. every legal analysis i have read, i talked to lawyers who are experts on this say there is no legal argument in this letter. whether it is lindsey graham in the senate or the white house, trying everything they can to s...

Media have similar mindsets that when you look at the media, theres a lot of people in the media who used to serve in the administration and vice versa, when you watch the sunday shows and you want republicans on there and people from the trust administration or people who disagree with the democrats, their brutalized infighting, the things that we discussed tonight are very important in terms of process and how the constitution works and so on. you hear almost none of that. what i tried to do, ...

Book a lot of people in the media have similar mindsets that when you look at the media, theres a lot of people in the media who used to serve in the administration and vice versa, when you watch the sunday shows and you want republicans on there and people from the trust administration or people who disagree with the democrats, their brutalized infighting, the things that we discussed tonight are very important in terms of process and how the constitution works and so on. you hear almost none o...

Protesters are defying the law which has come under scrutiny from other lawmakers in the city. >> we have no power to repeal the anti-mask regulations or law until the chief executive decides when it should be repealed. now, this is a henry viii this is basically say i say what is law i say what applies and i say when it ceases to be law. that is not how the constitution works. jon: greg palkot has more with the latest. >> jon it is early sunday morning in hong kong. in a couple hours a court wi...

Protesters are defying the law which has come under scrutiny from other lawmakers in the city. >> we have no power to repeal the anti-mask regulations or law until the chief executive decides when it should be repealed. now, this is a henry viii this is basically say i say what is law i say what applies and i say when it ceases to be law. that is not how the constitution works. jon: greg palkot has more with the latest. >> jon it is early sunday morning in hong kong. in a couple hours a court wi...

Because now hes betting hes going to be impeached anyways and hes betting on the red wall in the senate. he knows theres 51 republican senators sitting over there in states where he has a favorable rating and he knows whats happening in conservative media and he knows how successful his strategy of fogging things up can be. and as long as he has 34 senators that will protect him, that will vote for him, that will never vote to remove him from office, he can do whatever he wants. thats the way th...

We believe you will be impeached in the house and convicted by the senate and that compelled richard nixon to resign. but what we saw after that, i think, is really important for -- to note in history. and that is, craig, that gerald ford gave his famous speech after being sworn in as the 38th president, succeeding richard h nixon. he said a long national nightmare is over. thats what we all remember. but what came after that is even more important. he said our constitution works. we are a natio...

Executive branchs powers, there are laws that require whistle-blowers like this to be referred to congress. >> theyre still working through it. theyve asked for more time. well see how this place out. we largely dont know what it is about. >> the -- its a relevant committee. thats why we dont know. >> the executive branch is right to disagree with the legislative branch of government. thats the way the constitution works. they disagree with others and courts -- >> the house oversight powers over...