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>> heres why its problematic. so, giuliani is representing president trump. >> youre smiling in the naughtiest of ways. >> im trying to hold back a little bit. my volume will go up. hes representing president trump. hes over in ukraine, lets give him the benefit of the doubt. hes interviewing a witness who can provide helpful information, he believes, in furtherance of that representation of trump. now he tries to strike a side deal with the witness to the tune of a couple of hundred thousand do...

Confinement. you bring him, get wiseman, a total animal to go after him. perfectly okay. if it were a terrorist, they would go crazy. but equal rights. >> laura: give him his rights, square meals. >> it includes trump and the terrorists. >> laura: unbelievable. thank you so much. great to see you. >> being a lawyer -- >> laura: im so glad im a lawyer. oh, my god, drives me crazy. youd be fired as a first-year associate if you didnt know proper document handling in a litigation, a civil litigatio...

In oklahoma, very surprised by the way hes reacted to the power hes been given in washington. it is about as bush league as anything ive ever seen. >> joe, i want to say something in defense of pruitt here. i think pruitt just missed orientation day. because on orientation day you learn ethics 101, which is that you cannot use your public position for private, personal gain. because in this case, its so brazen he had to miss that very important lesson, joe, to not know better. he himself calling...

Certainly, the propriety is great, in taking the meetings. normally, youd wall yourself off from somebody your family was doing business with. you wouldnt take a meeting with citi or apollo. thats one-on-one. even lower level people like me, when i was in the department of justice, you would never take a meeting from your old law firm. im out on this. somebody else better take it because i dont want someone suggesting id do them a favor. >> right. >> ethics 101. the family has kind of run rough ...

Prevented hip from getti -- prevented him from getting clearance. and im joined by robert murphy representing the chicago area and on the house oversight committee. congressman, i missed a very important part in the telling of the story. jared kushner didnt just get a deal with apollo. he got a deal with apollo after meeting at the white house, reportedly with this ceo of apollo and discussing a possible job at the white house with that ceo. >> right. >> and then a meeting at the white house wit...

She didnt violate the law because she didnt have the intent. >> wrong, wrong. >> ill come to you next. >> the point that both of these stories give us insight into, both flynn and kellyanne conway learning this morning that donald trump was not at all pleased the way sean spicer used the word counseled, that vice president pence did not seem to get a fully accurate recollection and readout from mike flynn, this is a team and an operation that is not running on all cylinders, has not fully gelled...

Forward? who makes the decision here? >> stephanie, good morning. the review of this is going to move on multiple fronts. normally, if a government official slips, its not as blatant as this. this is ethics 101. never use your government property where she was standing, paid on government salary, the image of the white house behind her to promote a private company. it was extraordinary that the condemnation came from all the places where the discipline is going to come from. the white house said...

Punished in a meaningful way. too big to fail. now we look at these anchormen who behave -- it is ethics 101. theres no gray area. what they did was so bad they should be punished. if they are not punished people say the same thing. its all rigged. the rich people get away with everything. they are not on my side. they are playing for this or that. they are part of the 1%. why should i trust them? now, if somebody else comes along in news and convinces the audience that they are getting them the...

Too big to fail. now we look at these anchormen who behave -- it is ethics 101. theres no gray area. what they did was so bad they should be punished. if they are not punished people say the same thing. its all rigged. the rich people get away with everything. they are not on my side. they are playing for this or that. they are part of the 1%. why should i trust them? now, if somebody else comes along in news and convinces the audience that they are getting them the straight stuff, they are goin...