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The state department. secretary of state pompeo in condoning or directing this irregular panel that sondland and giuliani were involved in. as the acting assistant secretary he would have had a direct line to secretary pompeo and the white house and would have been coordinating with them. >> sam, why do you think so many diplomats have gone to testify willingly despite the white house or the state department urging against it? >> as i mentioned, i think its because in the first instance they res...

To whatever the impulsivity of the president is. and its our opportunity to show that. and, yet, i dont know. that will be to me that will be the turning point, chuck. thats where well have hit a different phase in this relationship between the president and his party. >> there was a great blind quote joshua johnson from a trump supporting republican senator that talked about it sort of beach erosion. and all of the mattis resignation and all of this stuff and erodes more beach and erodes more b...

Were going to push back on syria. were have the purse strings. we have power. we dont have to be held hostage to whatever the impulsivity of the president is. and its our opportunity to show that. and, yet, i dont know. that will be to me that will be the turning point, chuck. thats where well have hit a different phase in this relationship between the president and his party. >> there was a great blind quote from a trump supporting republican senator that talked about it sort of beach erosion. ...

>> the first meeting in particular i was concerned that i needed a record to show the other intelligence agency chiefs who had been with me but didnt stay behind for the second private meeting and i also was worried that i was meeting alone with the president to talk about things that were relating to him and to the fbis core responsibilities, and given the nature of the person, as i understood the president-elect, he might not tell the truth about those if it ever became an issue so i needed a ...

>> youve explained to congress that you didnt write memos like this after other interactions with other presidents. what trained you or told you or made you believe that you should write a memo like this after interactions with president trump? >> well, the first meeting in particular, i was concerned that i needed a record to show the other intelligence agency chiefs who had been with me but didnt stay behind for the second private meeting. and i also was worried that i was meeting alone with t...

>> youve explained to congress that you didnt write memos like this after other interactions with other presidents. what trained you or told you or made you believe that you should write a memo like this after interactions with president trump? >> well, the first meeting in particular, i was concerned that i needed a record to show the other intelligence agency chiefs who had been with me but didnt stay behind for the second private meeting. and i also was worried that i was meeting alone with t...

And he talked about this very process. >> youve explained to congress that you didnt write memos like this after other interactions with other presidents. what trained you or told you or made you believe that you should write a memo like this after interactions with president trump? >> well, the first meeting in particular, i was concerned that i needed a record to show the other intelligence agency chiefs who had been with me but didnt stay behind for the second private meeting. and i also was ...

Addressing one of the core responsibilities. you know, i go back to -- im a big proponent of the tenth amendment that the states need to be making a lot of decisions about transportation or education or of decisions and you, the federal government has a few constitutional duties and this administration is failing. >> what about looking at this through political prism? those that think for the political party to expand and thrive, there has got to be hispanic outreach, part of it has to be the is...

And, you know -- we look to make things complicated. but this is actually not that complicated. the job of congress, congress doesnt have a whole lot of core responsibilities. one core responsibility is passing a budget. which they have not done yet. the other core responsibility that they have got is to pay the bills that they have already accru accrued. if congress simply does those two things when they get back. then the economy can continue to recover and -- folks out there who were working ...