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And his supporters in congress are acting exactly on that belief. >> im wondering is this more than an attack on the truth. how can we our democracy function. we cant even agree on whats real and fake. >> its a huge assault on the truth and it feels like assault on the sanity. it really makes you question your whats up and down. when trump keeps saying read the transcript. it was a perfect call. we all read it. we know it wasnt perfect. we know that was a phone call with zelensky that is getting...

Work in the presidents actions, and we have to stare it straight in the face because the president needs to be held accountable for this. otherwise well set a precedent that its okay for this president, any future president to use the full power of his office to run around the world, you know, dredging up fake investigations against political opponents here at home, using foreign leaders as his proxies. we cant live in that world and have our democracy function. and unfortunately thats the story...

No, it isnt. >> the best progress we can make is find ways to work together and compromise and find ways to make democracy function. if we see leadership like we see from mitch mcconnell in the senate, donald trump take things to the extreme thats not a positive place. ill give you one example of something that happened in the last few years, something that i think can make a difference in the city of baltimore is opportunity zones created by democrats who used to work for president obama and re...

Compensation to the state of maryland for having done that. they said you dont deserve to get unemployment compensation, they enforced his contract to the letter. that is the kind of reach sinclair showed it will have if you cross them. it is a message to employees, do what we say, and say what we say. >> the fourth estate is part of our democracy. it is part of what makes our democracy function. it is -- has been held up for hundreds of years as one of the reasons why we exist and we have been ...

Press, which really -- the press is, in the united states, as our leaders have recognized going back to the days of the early republic, the last bastian of truth that makes democracy function, yes, we make mistakes and we need to admit our mistakes. we aught not to be too provocative, which we are sometimes with a president who is putting a lot of bait out there. and sometimes we take the bait and get a little petty. i would like to see a lot less of criticizing on our air, the president, for pl...

Income inequality but did we give new power to the 99% and did we change democracy function in america. reporter: the crowd that fueled this helped ultimately lead to its demise. you had all these people saying streets, our streets, and yet they were getting in the way of people for people who also own the streets. >> protests is one of those things necessary for the progress of democracy but you can have protest without people getting upset and getting disrupted in that kind of stuff. >> occupy...

Impeached and newt gingrich said the hillary clinton presidency would be very much like 1998 when we impeached bill clinton. of course, newt was busy at that time. earlier today, president obama took those republicans to task. >> youve got some republicans in congress who are already suggesting they will impeach hillary. she hasnt even been elected yet. it doesnt matter what evidence. theyll find something. thats what theyre saying already. how does our democracy function like that? >> chapel hi...

Provision. you get some republicans in congress who are already suggesting they will impeach hillary. she has not even been elected yet. and doesnt matter what evidence they will find. they will find something. thats what they are saying already. how does our democracy function like that? look, nobody likes gridlock. i want to be clear about something. gridlock is not a fog that kind of descends on washington. its not like some apparition that shows up. its not like a monster movie. thats not ho...

Youve got some republicans in congress who are already suggesting they will impeach hillary. she hasnt even been elected yet. and it doesnt matter what evidence they just -- theyll find something. thats what they are saying already. how can -- how does our democracy function like that? look, nobody likes gridlock but its not some mysterious fog that descends on washington. its not like something that shows up. its not like a monster moving. gridlocks coming. thats not how it works. gridlock is n...

Feel alienated they are not going to vote, from what weve been hearing and reporting today, for this solution. a lot of them didnt vote to raise the debt ceiling last time. 66 republicans voted against the hike. it shouldnt be news to wall street and investors that there is a caucus that doesnt care, right? but they are not essential to votes. what i find so amazing and if you can speak to, how long we can go on without having democracy function on the house floor, have these exercises and then ...