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House that just says no. it seems like this is one area that we are not prepared for. so whats the answer? >> well, the answer is this is -- weve never had a president like this before, so the laws that weve had on the books have oftentimes been appropriately responded to. clearly he looks at every le loophole and says we have to close those. if a staff member, a federal employee refuses to meet with congress, they should be in a position where they lose their salary for a period of time. >> rig...

Kurdsistan puts him in the latter category. >> that being? >> a fool who throws away his war fighters with ignorance and with contempt. president trump would disagree he sees this as a victory, how do you see it and how do you think the kurds see it? >> i would say i know how the kurds see it because i talk with the kurds, worked with the kurds since my retirement in 2005. the kurdish are furious. the commandercommanders statem is beautiful in terms of how the kurdish mind-set is. hes going to s...

You are furious at president trump and his decision to pull u.s. troops from northeast syria. tell me why. >> good morning, brooke. thank you for having me. i want to preface that answer i wrote a book in 1994 on u.s. special operations and the dedication to that read, for the war fighters whom a wise commander will use with great skill and forethought and whom the fool throws away with ignorance and contempt. and in my professional opinion, 20 years in special forces, two wartime campaigns, a s...

Doing in the house as a circus clown show, i thought that was at the right level of condemnation and the right level of contempt and reinforces what senator lindsey graham wants to do in passing a resolution that says look, if you dont go through a reasonable, american process, we are not going to take seriously whawhen you were the speaker and the impeachment issue of bill clinton came up, if i remember correctly, you had a full house authorization of that inquiry, that you allowed the full hou...

Senator ben sasse of nebraska described with the democrats are doing in the house as a circus clown show, i thought that was at the right level of condemnation and the right level of contempt and reinforces what senator lindsey graham wants to do in passing a resolution that says look, if you dont go to a reasonable american process, we are not going to take seriously whatever you pass. >> sean: mr. speaker, when you were the speaker and the impeachment issue of bill clinton came up, if i rememb...

Other side. >> also sent another letter, hasnt he, which seems to be -- he may well be in contempt of parliament or the courts himself because hes clearly trying to undermine the first letter. not signing the letter, hes behaving like a spoiled brat. this idea that you send another letter contradicting the first flies in the face of what both parliament and the courts have decided. >> the suggestion of contempt, thats one question that was raised there. the other simply trying to figure out whic...

Of president trump asked for. impeachment argument does not make sense and ill take them seriously on foreign interference when they denounce hillarys dossier and stop taking money from foreign government lobbyist. i keep saying this, foreign interference. >> i think there is a benefit to saying that and i think that is their narrative that donald trump wakes up in the morning with foreign interference and i think it is partly also a contempt for the emerging voter and they think we are dumb and...

Anymore career diplomats. you should not be bragging about it. >> drained the swamp. >> these are swamp creatures. >> america understands that because theres a point where you get embedded in the system and the systems become living in the system should be supported and defended in americans of course so we can have choices about the nature of america as a country, who is working, what works and what does not and suddenly we are just, for the dynamic when the establishment that we are there to s...

Impeachment argument does not make sense and ill take them seriously on foreign interference when they denounce hillarys dossier and stop taking money from foreign government lobbyist. i keep saying this, foreign interference. >> i think there is a benefit to saying that and i think that is their narrative that donald trump wakes up in the morning with foreign interference and i think it is partly also a contempt for the emerging voter and they think we are dumb and it is repeated no matter what...

Ammunition they needed with this big battle over something that would look quaint today, a fight over the presidents ability to pick and replace his own cabinet. but the stakes were higher than that. thats how the story of john meachum puts it. mostly about johnson denying a law limiting his power, which teed audiotape senate trial on three of those. one of them might not even read like a high crime today. it was all about his character, the congress saying he brought the high office of the pres...