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January 6th, no one thought there would be a violent coup led by the president of the united states. but that attempt took place. and something as horrible as this could happen if we dont pass a discharge petition, president doesnt evoke the 14th amendment or cooler heads prevail, its of great concern to me and my colleagues, probably, on both sides of the aisle. >> yeah, lets talk about the president of the g7 in japan today. yesterday, as you know, he agreed to sending f-16s to ukraine. today,...

Straightforward. indeed. for viewers who may not be so familiar with the situation in thailand, can you explain why the military is so powerful there? well, the military has been powerful ever since 1932 when a coup led to a constitutional monarchy. military and the bureaucracy, the monarchy together have always wielded a lot of power and the military staged more than 30 coups, including most recently in 2014. the two opposition parties that did really well, the move forward party and the peu th...

It will be surprising if its straightforward. indeed, for viewers who may not be so familiar with the situation in thailand, can you explain why the military is so powerful there? well, the military has been powerful ever since 1932 when a coup led to a constitutional monarchy. military and the bureaucracy, the monarchy together have always wielded a lot of power and have staged the military staged more than 30 coups, including most recently in 2014. the two opposition parties that did really we...

Putting together the picture of a coup led by the president of the united states who would allow himself, knowing that there are people in the trees with arms, with lethal arms, people at his rally, and hes saying, its okay that theyre there. they like me. the assumption being, theyll shoot other people, they wont shoot me. come on. lets talk about what is the insanity of this? and republicans on capitol hill, and this is the shame of this whole proceeding, republicans on capitol hill have known...

>> well, that there has been a coup led by the president of the united states to undermine the constitution and possibly and likely a criminal conspiracy as well. and all of these things that are laid out in the report are uncontrovertible evidence of the president of the united states trying to overwhelm constitutional responsibility, to subvert and evade the laws of the united states and the constitution of the united states. but i think we also need to look at something, we are looking at an ...

Trying to get a hold of. >> john dean, appreciate it tonight. thank you. now, his former watergate counterpart in a sense, cnn political analyst, author and investigative reporter carl bern stooern. carl, thanks for being with us. so the senate judiciary report is the most comprehensive look so far at the former presidents assault on democracy, asking the justice department nine times to undermine the election result. im wondering what your takeaway is. >> well, that there has been a coup led by...

Complaints, gingrich had a million ideas. many were a distraction. he lacked discipline and often put himself before the party. some republicans were put up, a coup led by house member lindsay graham in the late 90s failed. graham said gingrich matured but wont get his endorsement. >> he leveled out as a person. his worst critics will say newt is a guy that can hold a room. >> reporter: i spoke to many republicans critical of gingrich. many would not go on camera. why, they believe gingrich coul...

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Speaker. >> he took the republicans to the promised land out of 40 years out of power. >> complaints -- gingrich had a million ideas. many were a distraction. he lacked discipline and often put himself before the party. some republican were fed up, there was a coup led by house member lindsay graham in the late 90s failed. graham said gingrich matured but wont get his endorsement. >> i think hes -- uh, leveled out as a person. all of us -- even his worst critics will say newt is a guy that can h...