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>> the republicans spent two years shielding the president from any proper accountability. it is our job to protect the rule of law. thats our core function and to do that we are going to initiate investigations into abuses of power, into corruption, and into obstruction of justice. >> bill: it was an interesting interview on abc sunday. jerry nadler says hell ask for documents as we looks into obstruction of justice charges. senator john kennedy is on the judiciary committee senate side. good m...

The house judiciary is leading that charge for requests of 81 people and entities connected to trumps administration or his business. among those, trumps eldest son, don mcgahn and trumps organization cfo, alan weisselberg. jerry nadler says theyll lay out a case against the president focusing on obstruction and corruption and abuse of power. >> the republicans have spent two years shielding the president from any proper accountability. it is our job to protect the rule of law. thats our core fu...

Top executives within the trump organization, somebody who is believed to have intimate knowledge of the presidents tax returns and his tax situation. also on that list, former chief of staff john kelly and former white house council don mcgahn. i reached out to the white house to ask them about this. they declined to comment. nadler was asked specifically what he was trying to accomplish, if impeachment was the ultimate goal. listen to this. >> impeachment is a long way down the road. we dont h...

Out of this. >> jeff, republicans were at the white house. mitch mcconnell left there saying build the wall. what more did we learn from what the president told him. was he giving them an ultimatum. does he understand the numbers? >> reporter: it looks like we are headed toward a shutdown. even as the president negotiates and talks to republicans theres no public signs hes negotiating with senate democrats. what i find so interesting about this entire week, the entire way this week has played ou...

Meant. a plethora of jeffs today. >> reporter: i think adam made the point hes going to take a closer look to see if theres any unknown financial ties between president trump and the saudis. that would explain the approach to this death and dismemberment. president trump said he has no financial ties in saudi arabia. thats true. he had financial dealings with saudis. when he was a private businessman they bailed him out to the tune of millions of dollars. theres a question there about that. fran...

Knowledge, progress, and the fact that they are trying to sort of monetize it in these ways or shut it down because its damning. >> each basic stuff like crime data, which is just a basic core function is much harder to come by. >> anywhere you -- anywhere you can -- there is a narrow interest that does not want the data out. climate data, fossil fuels. ranchers dont like animal abuse case data. its like one thing after another. so its the bigger problem. we have this enterprise. its incredibly ...

Away. its manage progress jeing projl take 30 years to resolve. everything he does is short term. sacrificing the long-term for the short term. and its letting team because they have no particular mission in the government, the kind of people who come in have narrow financial interests. so you have the ceo of accuweather appointed head of the national weather service. >> he doesnt want public free accessible data. its the thing hes built his money off of. >> so maybe that might be the thing that...

Olivier. the news broke right before your radio show started on sirius xm. you were out with a pretty strong statement within the hour, condemning the white houses actions. are you trying to take a hard line? are you trying to show solidarity? >> we advocate on behalf of the men and women who cover the white house. we try to bring americans news about the president, the presidency, what the government is doing in their name. we want to make sure when television pictures are coming from the white...

Lets listen to the president to answer a question from tucker carlson on montenegro. >> membership in nato obligates the members to defend any other member thats attacked. lets say montenegro is attacked, why should my son go there to defend it? >> i understand what you are saying. montenegro is a tiny country with very strong people, very aggressive people, and they may get aggressive, and congratulations you are in world war iii. paul: deterrence is the core function of nato or any alliance li...

The description of comeys insubord naegz. he was more than that. he subverted the department much justice in the core function even though loretta lynch was compromised there sat sally yates with all of her flaws to easily sdrien what happened and decided this case on behalf of the attorney general. what is happening now, they are delaying purposely to prevent timely disclosure. >> sean: you are convinced they will try to bury this. and the person who does this is not the inspector general? >> n...