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That his role on january six as president of the summit made him a member of the legislative branch. so he doesnt have to comply with the dojs demands. just to break this down. three months ago he was part of the executive branch and he didnt want to involve himself in an inquiry from the legislative branch. now hes a member of the legislative branch who doesnt want to comply with an inquiry from the executive branch. according to reporting from politico, pence is preparing to cite the speech or...

Insur insurrection is not accurate. >> joining us to help us fact check this claim is cnn reporter daniel dale. daniel, tell us. >> brianna, there are two questions here. number one was what happened on january 6th an insurrection, number two, was it armed? i think and a lot of experts thinks what transpired clearly meets the dictionary definition of the world and at least one state court has rule it was indeed an i sunsurrection. whether you call it an insurrection or something else, it sure wa...

Up with a question on the economy. senator cornyn pointed out earlier today that if you are arguing about what the dictionary definition of a recession is, you are losing the game. likely this will be on everyones minds at the polls. >> it is, but it is interesting whether inflation were recession, find it hard whether democrat or republican it can to find voters with massive voters that can actually define what they are and how it directly impacts them. although people know those words are bad,...

White house, what do officials expect from this week? are we in a recession or not? >> peter: sounds like, sandra, they are expecting very bad numbers. economic officials here at the white house are already telling people not to pay attention to these g.d.p. figures. >> lets step back and look what happened. those numbers will reflect the period from april to june, so backward looking, those numbers are inherently backward looking and capture different elements of economic activity, including ve...

>> you heard him. wokeness. wokelash. some actually said wokesters. who says wokesters? the wokerati. the woke-illuminati? actually i just made that one up. >> this is a unique phenomenon. >> let me be clear. woke used to mean something. the phrase stay woke was one in a long line of slang that blacks invented to point to the idea that america as dangerous and we as black folks need to be careful and smart. do you know what woke is? how would you define woke? >> its a great question in the sense...

The woke eratty. you know, the woke illuminati? i just made that up. ill keep work on its. >> this is an elite driven phenomenon. >> and look, let me be clear. woke used to mean something. the phrase "stay woke" is one in a long line of slang that black folks invented to point the idea that america is dangerous, and we as black folks need to be careful and smart. do you know what woke is? how do you define woke? >> its a great question in the sense that its not even a dictionary definition of th...

Maybe also the word but maybe mostly the word? >> he is woke. >> i want florida be known as the brick wall against all things woke. >> you heard him, wokeness, some actually said off a three, the wokearadi, i will keep working on it. >> this is an elite driven phenomenon. >> and look, let me be clear, woke used to mean something, the phrase was one of the long line of slang that black folks invented to point at the idea that america is dangerous. and we as black folks need to be careful and smar...

But didnt really go anywhere. because they dont care about palestinians. they only focused on the funds. >> i described this as a dealing. this seems like the dictionary definition of someone using their access to government resources to set themselves up for private gain. is that fair? and, is it illegal? >> that was one of the top questions we are asking ourselves. lori discovered from talking to ethics experts is, this is a lot we go. if americans want to see the stopped, we need to codify so...

Dealing, somebody who is not an expert and a lay observer, the dictionary definition of somebody using their public position, their access to government resources, potentially even their actions as government officials, to set themselves up for private gain. is that fair? in terms. laymans understanding of that. and as an extension of that, is this potentially illegal behavior? >> well, that was obviously one of the top questions we were asking ourselves, rachel, as david kirk dlpatrick and i re...

Was not an insurrection. >> come on guys. buffalo a head guy was poised to take over the take over the u.s. government, are you kidding me? >> it was not an insurrection. this is the truth -- >> calling it an insurrection, it wasnt. >> okay, well, whose definition of insurrection do you want? theres miriam -- an actor instance revolting against of authority or government. sounds pretty for procreate. you dont even have to take the literal, dictionary definition. take the top -- right after the i...