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On display at the Wheeler stall or museum of course circa 8 So heres the story how the worlds oldest profession helped finance Aspen aspens 1st tax generating business was not mining freighting dry goods or even saloons it was prostitution the city of Aspen ordinances adopted in 1980 set aside a special area near the railroad depot for cribs and female lodging in order to. Trade to a few blocks and to keep tabs on the disreputable businesses for tax collections the ladies of the night only acce...

Prosecutor. the other people you want i want to make sure we correct is the former president obama was aware of the russia meddling in the election in august prior to the election. but david, what do you make of the current president now accusing the former president of collusion? >> first of all congressman hoekstra got a number of things wrong about "the washington post" story. i would encourage all the readers to read the story. its fascinating. what the story says is the obama administration...

>> tucker: i think thats a really smart point. wasnt this inevitable demented that people in charge began to use terms like resistance or dot legitimize the presidents. its not worth having a conversation, its not worth debating, talking isnt enough. doesnt that set the stage for violence want to say that? >> my first book 17 years ago talked about groupthink. thats when you start to believe that you have sole possession of the truth. if youve got to sole possession of the truth, obviously no on...

Really smart point. wasnt this inevitable that people in charge began to use terms like resistance or dont legitimize the presidents. its not worth having a conversation, its not worth debating, talking isnt enough. doesnt that set the stage for violence want to say that? >> my first book 17 years ago talked about groupthink. thats when you start to believe that you have sole possession of the truth. if youve got to sole possession of the truth, obviously no one else does. and that makes them no...

From the president because this is Democracy Now. You see the president. In the most expensive congressional race in history Republican Karen Handel has defeated Democrat John Asafa in a special election in Georgia will go to Atlanta for a sponsor then we look at how Senate Republicans are attempting to push through a new health care bill without any public debate if you will speak with the nation publisher Katrina Vanden Plas we speak to a leading community organizer in little Pakistan in Broo...

Do i have that right? >> you have that right. no one really knows what mcconnell is going to do. no one knows whats in the tegs of the bill. no one is clear wh his pcess is. what were hearing the absolute minimum he can do normally is a 20-hour debate. with the special process they can put in a substitute bill say the bill that passed the house leave the democrats to debate that bill an substitute in new senate bill over the very last hour. >> meaning like an hour before? honestly what youre say...

Exist to essentially have the senate vote on a bill thats been public for an hour or two? >> what they would do is make the last amendment the substitute amendment and it would basically say were going to substitute a new bill in the place of the bill weve been debating and thats the bill that gets voted on. >> this process is unlike anything ive ever seen. >> thats right. >> there is pressure thats being brought to bare. one of the key figures is dean he heller. i thought something interesting ...

He took a bold step by becoming the first senator to back donald trump during the campaign. and just two days from now attorney general jeff sessions could find himself in the hot seat. his former colleagues in the senate are debating whether to let him testify in his role with his firing of fbi director james comey and his meeting with russian officials. its one of the many controversies surrounding the trump white house. >> reporter: the presidents declaration he is willing to testify under oa...

Panel, gloria borger, dana bash, jeffrey toobin, mr. fuller. ms. fuller, well start with you. was today -- was it a good day for the president? >> i think it was a good day for the president, james comey came across as a washington insider, who manages to be spineless. there were moments he admitted he was not standing up and giving the proper advice to the president. he was also verifying that a lot of things the president said were true. i think also interestingly he also confirmed in my mind ...

I think also interestingly he also confirmed in my mind which i believed all along there was no obstruction of justice, no legal case to be made for that. >> he does contradict when the president said, i didnt tell him to stop the flynn investigation, he clear believes that was what he was directed to do. >> look, i found it kind of interesting they were kind of debating how many angels sit on the head of a pin. do they demand his honesty, his loyalty, i dont think any of that matters. the presi...