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So its either three or four at this point. >> christopher: does michael avenatti still help democrats at this point? doesnt seem like he would do much to push the case. >> jessica: is not my favorite person. >> christopher: he said it was a corroborated story and "the new york times" and the new yorker said they couldnt and when he got pushed on this, she listed as a corroborating source someone who heard about it. that doesnt apply. she knows that. >> melissa: when you said youve heard about it...

>> and i have. >> -- and i have too. >> i know you have. >> its a lot easier, in fact, to impeach the president. >> right. >> because to impeach the president, all you need is a majority in the house of representatives and then two-thirds of the senate. >> you need two-thirds of both on this kind of situation. >> not only that, you have to start out the vice president. >> right. >> and a majority of the cabinet. >> right, unless the president does it himself. >> but that paragraph doesnt apply. ...

Does it himself. >> but that paragraph doesnt apply. i think we can agree. >> agreed. >> here, what you do is you start out with the vice president and a majority of the cabinet. they send a notice to congress that says the president cant perform his duties. hes incompetent. hes incapable of performing his duties. the president then gets 21 days to respond, and presumably his response is, oh, no, im perfectly competent, sound as a dollar. i can perform my duties. then youve got to go back and do...

Author is doing the ethical thing, resisting trump from within and writing about it openly. he called anonymous an american hero. in your opinion is anonymous a hero, is he or she a coward? >> i think anonymous is a hero. i think norm is correct. nikki haley is a normal public leader. shes applying a metric that doesnt apply here. donald trump is not normal, hes not up to the duties that hes assumed, and i think this writer is doing what he or she can do to alert us to the reality at 1600 pennsy...

That ship has sailed, the train has left the station. no national security violation even took place here. there was no classified information released. it just doesnt apply. the person is free to do this. i think they should have come out and quit and said it publically as should all the other people who allegedly feel the same way. but its ridiculous to suggest that somehow there has been a national security violation. >> president trump who calls himself the hemmingway of twitter had a one wo...

Incompetent, he threatens national security, the question is what is your obligation it the american public? you dont swear an oath to the president. you swear an oath to the constitution and country. i think your obligation at some point, you know, tax cuts and bud gorsuch, is out weighed by the harm that you believe the president is causing this country. if you are mike pence and you think its great, then same calculus doesnt apply. >> but, ned, my question is, picking and choosing which polic...

According to the principles that you believe were laid out in the constitution. >> thats one of the problems. one of the principles he has questioned is this principle from the nixon case that presidents ought to be subject to subpoenas. thats one of the most revered supreme court cases in history. it was a time at a great national peril where the supreme court stood up and said the rule of law applies to a president too. it is very hard to find someone in the legal community who thinks that was...

As we wait to learn more about the gunman who opened fire at a video game tournament in jacksonville, florida, and where he got his gun, its worth taking another look at gun laws in florida. florida does not require a permit to buy rifles or handguns. it doesnt require firearms to be registered, and it does not require gun owners to be licensed. florida does not require a permit to carry a rifle. it does require a permit to carry a handgun. there are very few restrictions on gun owners other tha...

Counsel. the government cites some fbi statute and we say that doesnt apply. they cite some other statute from 1870 we think is not specific enough and then our constitutional argument is this. if he is allowed to be appointed under the constitution either principal officers like u.s. attorneys have to go through confirmation process and robert mueller is more important than your average u.s. attorney. he can file indictments in virginia, d.c., hes a super u.s. attorney. hes an attorney at large...

Doug -- prosecutor, du doug bur. your take on the delay on friday, were you surprised? >> ive seen delays many, many times but not necessarily five hours. that did seem to kind of jump out as a very lengthy one. theres been speculation, we dont know for sure, it may have had something to do with a juror. what typically happens is in good faith a juror will say somebody in the hallway came up to me, said something. usually dont take five hours so it is hard to handicap. as you guys were discussin...