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Wall street journal" president trump suspect consideriis consi keep a few hundred troops in northeast syria. they report that a mission of those troops would be to prevent syria and russias advance into the regions oil fields. the troop would also enable the military to retain a foothold in the fight against islamic state militants. the president appears to have alluded to the idea on twitter friday writing, quote, the u.s. has secured the oil. joining us now from the white house, nbc news corre...

Bad for democracy the majority of lawmakers voted to withhold approval of johnsons deal until the legislation that actually implements his deal is passed into law legal experts say johnson must now seek an extension from the e.u. to create more time for voting on the details of a withdrawal agreement the leader of the opposition labor party jeremy corbin said johnson would be in contempt of the law if he refused to die as a historic day for parliament because it said it will not be blackmailed b...

Bad for democracy the majority of lawmakers voted to withhold approval of johnsons deal until the legislation that actually implements his deal is passed into law legal experts say johnson must now seek an extension from the e.u. to create more time for voting on the details of a withdrawal agreement the leader of the opposition labor party jeremy corbin said johnson would be in contempt of the law if he refused to die as a historic day for parliament because it said it will not be blackmailed b...

He was being asked to engage as a private citizen. none of those privileges can apply in that sense. so actually rick perry, for example, has a few more arguments than a lewandowsky. i think what was so critical in that testimony when lewandowsky testified that people need to understand is its not so easy for congress to use its inherent authority to hold someone in contempt. its so underutilized. theres not a lot of case law around it, and it would be quite explosive. i think what were seeing n...

He was a campaign employee. he was a private citizen. he was being asked to engage as a private citizen. none of those privileges can apply in that sense. so actually rick perry, for example, hes a few more arguments than a lewandowski. i think what was so critical in that testimony when lewandowski testified that people need to understand is, its not so easy for congress to use its inherent authority to hold someone in contempt. its so underutilized, theres not a lot of case law around it and i...

Finisher. i think often of lincolns speech because it em bodies the greatest hope and darkest fear. today in our time we need to look around us. for decades our political conduct has been woeful and a source of national paralysis. trust and empathy with suspicion and contempt. we have scorched or o poentds with language that procolludes compromise and brush aside the the person with whom we disagree might be right. we owe a debt for those who fought for liberty. and serve in the far corners of t...

Consequence of all this. another is the rise of an ambitious leader unfettered by conscience or precedent or decency who would make themselves supreme. if destruction be our lot," lincoln warned, "we must, ourselves, be its author and finisher." i think often of abraham lincolns speech because it embodies both our greatest hopes and our darkest fears. today, in our own time, we need only look around us. for decades, our political conduct has been woeful and a source of national paralysis. we hav...

Themselves supreme. if destruction be our lot," lincoln warned, "we must, ourselves, be its author and finisher." i think often of abraham lincolns speech because it embodies both our greatest hopes and our darkest fears. today, in our own time, we need only look around us. for decades, our political conduct has been woeful and a source of national paralysis. we have supplanted trust and empathy with suspicion and contempt. we have scorched or opponents with language that precludes compromise. w...

Conscience or pres dependent or decency who would make themselves supreme. if destruction be our lot, lincoln warned, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. i think often of abraham lincolns speech because embodies both our greatest hopes and darkest fears. today in our own time we need only look around us. for decades our political conduct has been woeful and a source of national paralysis. we have suplanted trust and empathy and suspicion and contempt. weve scorched our opponents with l...

It is going to be a difficult process to restore u.s. credibility, but im running to be the commander in chief who can do that by engaging our allies. the good news is there are some major global struggles going on where if and only if the u.s. takes a leadership role, we can, in fact, restore that key function of the united states, which is to move the world forward. climate is a good example. you know, we cant deal with it alone. the world cant deal with it without american leadership. whether...