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Be moving quite fast. the kind of strip that isis control seems to be about 1 1/2 miles wide so about 3 miles long. and the question now is, of course, do they manage to cut them in the middle, do the forces join up some way through, splitting isis in two and how long does it take to fight through those dense urban streets of raqqa? how much underground defense work is there by isis? how much ammunition and will power do they have to hold out? these are questions we cant know the answer to but w...

>> absolutely is his own worst enemy. a lot of people who have pointed out in many ways the biggest threat to president trump going forward is going to be his behavior in the wake of the investigation. how he responds to it. every single lawyer that i know who has ever done defense work, just cringes openly whenever they see him talk or tweet or anything else because what youre supposed to do as a client is shut jur your trap so you dont get involved in a perjury trap or obstruction of justice r...

>> it doesnt appear in the constitution. its an implied power under article 2 that defines the presidents authority. its high point came in the nixon case where the supreme court said, yes, a president can invoke an executive privilege to protect the communications he needs to remain private to be president. the problem is, its not what is called an absolute privilege. its a qualified privilege. both mark and i do defense work and we often get our clients not to discuss things to waive privilege...

Do so. >> certainly the conversation being discussed is covered by executive privilege. and in that sense this is not an arbitrary or capricious assertion of executive privilege. >> can you explain executive privilege for folks who dont follow these things as closely what is it. >> the executive privilege dont appear in the constitution implied power under article 22. the article defining a presidents authority process. its hiept came in the nixon case where the supreme court said yes a presiden...

President in office, you impeach him first, and then you indict him. and by the way, thats no favor for presidents. its the worst possible situation to be in. so, yeah, if he did something as gross as that, it would be grounds for impeachment. >> the quote from "the new york times," and again, we dont, we havent seen the actual comey document, somebody read it to "the new york times" we understand," reads thus. "i hope you can see your way clear. "to letting it go, he is a good guy, i hope you c...

Not only battery in georgia but abuse of office, which means they abused their position. its a series of legal stepping stones. people are surprised to learn that even for a traffic violation a driver can be ordered out of the car. once the officer gets that close to the citizen, any furtive movements. that couples with the odor of marijuana and any prior experiences with this particular citizen. >> even with that, eechb if you have those items of defense, i mean, its undeniable, the hands are u...

Credibility. i have done criminal defense work. i dont have any belief they want sally yates to testify. thats just unconscionable for somebody to say that. this is why. if you are a lawyer and you have a client who is caught up in somebody elses wire tatap, tha the worst thing that can happen. donald trump says he feels vindicated. i think he is more likely implicated than vindicated. >> i can picture this proverbial storm cloud over the white house almost since day one of this administration. ...

A key player in ensuring the success of his agenda on the hill. >> ive come to appreciate him. you know, honestly, he is like a fine wine. every day goes by, i get to appreciate his genius more and more. if he ever goes against me, im not going to say that, okay. >> reporter: trump is doing defense work of his own, using his thank you tour to defend his pick for secretary of state. exxonmobil ceo rex tillerson. >> rex is friendly with many of the leaders in the world that we dont get along with....

Incentives then. so what changed in the interim? of course, president-elect trump. and thats why they say maybe the stick was involved somewhat. and here the reference is to united technologies, the parent company of carrier. they do a lot of defense work. the theory on part of the employees here is maybe donald trump implied that if they moved to mexico, carrier, that is, then united technologies may no longer get those big defense contracts. and that would be a pretty big stake. but thats just...

Carrier initially said they were leaving and the state offered incentives then. so what changed in the interim? of course, president-elect trump. and thats why they say maybe the stick was involved somewhat. and here the reference is to united technologies, the parent company of carrier. they do a lot of defense work. the theory on part of the employees here is maybe donald trump implied that if they moved to mexico, carrier, that is, then united technologies may no longer get those big defense ...