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Now you have the doj weighing in, putting pressure on robert mueller to not answer any question that might stray outside his own work product. so we have that letter. it says this. testimony must remain within the boundaries of your public report because matters within the scope of your investigation were covered by executive privilege. including information protected by law enforcement, deliberative process, attorney work product, and presidential communications privileges. so as you can imagin...

His decisions, is within the realm of executive privilege. the most powerful assertion requires there to be something about the presidents seeking information for which to make a decision. and if thats the case, then it fits within its definition. it is most powerful when it is the congress trying to invade the executive branchs deliberative process. it is least powerful in a criminal investigation, as we learned in the nixon tames. >> ill not the lawyer. you are. not only is the president tweet...

You saw that today and youll see it again. >> the bill is stacked with policy changes. it eliminates certain taxes on the rich, steep medicaid cuts and allows higher premiums on older people -- an age tax the aarp calls it. with that in mind, republican senate leaders already saying theyll take a different path than the house, building consensus with an unrushed, deliberative process, including waiting for a score from the congressional budget office, waiting for the number of how much it will c...

Votes, not 60. despite the obstacles ahead, president trump declared his optimism overnight. >> i think well get it through. the republicans are very united, like seldom before. i mean, you see that today. the republicans came together all of a sudden two days ago, and it was like magic. theyre very, very united. you saw that today and youll see it again. >> the bill is stacked with policy changes, including eliminating certain taxes on the wealthy, deep medicaid cuts, and allowing higher premiu...

Presidents immigration reform executive orders. hes for a 23% national sales tax. he proposes slashing corporate taxes. his first two bullets on his jobs plan on his website are to repeal the affordable care act and have our nation default on our debt by refusing to raise the debt ceiling. this is the mainstream of the republican party today. if this is the kind of debate we will have im really confident the next president of the united states will be a democrat. >> in fairness hes at the bottom...

Medicaid cuts, and allowing higher premiums on older people. with that in mind, republican senate leaders are already saying they will take a different path from the house, building consensus with an unrushed, deliberative process, and they say they wont begin floor action until the congressional budget office, the cbo, scores the bills cost and its impact on the uninsured, a process that could take weeks. again, huge changes. this bill is essentially, though, a skeleton. it will be up to the se...