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Public? why is it only the house oversight one thats public? because the intel committees theyre afraid its too sensitive? >> theres two things. first is that the intel committee, they always go behind closed doors. so thats the normal practice. so this is not unusual. nor was it unusual for michael could hen to go in yesterday and potentially review whether it was his prior testimony or classified information, thats what people do. why -- one of the things that i think is interesting here is th...

And a pro trump guy whitaker says are you kidding me? i aint doing this, this is the dumbest thing ive ever heard of since the square wheel. america won. but i get to your point, john, i cant figure out what the president thought whitaker was supposed to do. he cant pick up the phone, its weird. >> do you see it that way, david? >> i do think its clear that the president has said wanted a loyal attorney general. he wanted somebody who was going to look after him in the way that he thought eric h...

They kind of poirntd p point to dots that arent there. >> i think what they should do is just discredit the house intelligence committee. one way to do that was to say, you know, theyre protecting trump. that was a recurring refrain that we got from them, so i think it was less about pinning that phone call directly between donald jr. and his father as much as it was look what year trying to find out. this is how important it might be, and republicans are blocking it. >> im a broken record on th...

Balance. >> lets say a pardon were to happen before the november midterms. if the republicans in control of congress decide to do anything, is there anything that democrats in congress could do at that point? >> special counsel mueller would take that into consideration if he believes that the president is doing it to obstruct justice. in other words if hes doing it because he doesnt want paul manafort to plead guilty and start cooperating with prosecutors. it would depend on what the special co...

You dont have to get past all possib possible doubt, but you do have to get past the reasonable doubt. that was something the defense had harped on in their closing. it does go to show that this case might not be a slam dunk. the jury did say to the judge we will be back tomorrow for more deliberation here. >> what does all of this tell us about the deliberations and the potential verdict? should we read between the lines here? >> reporter: you could read between the lines. first off, it tells t...

Revoke my security clearance. i think hes sending a message that whenever you speak up against this president and take this stand, its not about politics, its about defending the united states, because that has been what his career has been about. >> thats the point, the speaking up point. so much of the concern that people expressed was that the president, by doing what he did, what was announced yesterday in revoking the security clearance of brennan and putting out this list of others in cons...

Defiance. >> it was a message to the government and to appear african americans. >> absolutely. >> that the gains you believe youve made are not real and we are going to commemorate the time before those gains and the time after those gains. is that how you see it. >> thats how i see it. and to p point out even more this act of defiance, when the confederate battle flag was taken down off the state capitol, it was removed from the capitol, but 20 miles right outside the state capitol along inter...

But on everything else as well. i think its a problem that senators know its a problem. mccain says youre a stupid idiot if you vote for this, but hes going to vote for it. thats a hard one to wrap your mind around. >> its a hard one, but what hes saying theres no other way for us to get judge gorsuch approved. there are days democrats and republicans used to meet to figure out a way to get filibuster proof margins for big pieces of legislation. my quo is now that youve done it for the supreme c...