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Investigate those kinds of things. whether or not republicans in the house are more committed to proelgting and serving the best interests of the country or the best interests of their president remains to be seen. we are looking for some republicans with some backbone to try to assert that we are coequal branch of government and there is a system of checks and balance and that everybody regardless of what party they are that holds the office of president should be held to the highest standards ...

President donald trump, she may take comfort knowing that shes still got a friend in washington. >> thank you very much, nancy hungerford. well, the prime minister is being investigated for a private investigation into a bo hemoan island of a spiritual leader. justin trudeau may have violated the nations ethics code during his trip with other liberal lawmakers to visit aga khan who is a close family friend. they are also looking into the prime ministers use of a private helicopter to get there...

The nevada caucuses. nothing to see here. today reporters from the paper staged an online protest. they all simultaneously tweeted the link to the ethics code of the society of professional journalists, which reads, "be accountable and transparent. journalists should abide by the same high standards they expect of others." but as of tonight this really is still a mystery. nobody knows who owns that paper on the eve of tomorrows all-important debate in the biggest city in that state. were going l...

Secretary shinseki said he started the process of firing top management and apologized to fell row veterans for the problems of the agency. within a few hours, he would be gone from his job. which mean it is will be up to someone else to try to fix decades of mismanagement that plagued veterans care in this country. problems that bush administration wasnt able to fix. you get the idea. this is a long-term problem. want to welcome this mornings panel sam stein, mike paska, host of hang up and lis...

Too fire him. they dont have a legal liability to maintain his employment. if they have set policies for employees to follow and someone doesnt follow it. now, we dont know exactly what the specific policy is that theyre claiming caused him to violate, but he got involved in something they preferred he didnt, and while a noble cause -- >> youre talking like a lawyer. >> may i -- >> oh, please. >> he is out at 2:30 in the morning. he sees a woman being attacked, on his break at wal-mart. he sees ...

Americans. 32 other charges of attempted murder. if there were a death penalty case that were warranted, this is it. the issue isnt that. the issue is as lawyer, we have an ethical and moral responsibility to advance the best possible defense in a criminal case. and what has happened here and the reason the lawyers are appealing to the judge here is that we cant meet our ethical and moral duty, you must excuse us. now, after the judge ruled, they took an emergency appeal to the army court of cri...

>> all right. hes the only cabinet member ever to be held in contempt of congress and now, attorney general eric holder faces another first. he could become the first attorney general to actually lose his law license. >> william lejunesse has the latest developments from los angeles. good morning. >> well, you know, formal complaint was filed last week with the washington bar association of which holder is a member. filed by two blogers who have written extensively on fast & furious, it alleges ...

That. thats what the impersonator said. then the governor did reveal that he is looking into whether he can charge you and your other democratic senators with an ethics code violation potentially for what you guys are doing. let me just play a bit of that sound bite, this is a prank phone call made to the governor by this liberal blogger pretending to be a gop contributor and ill get your reaction: >> you heard that i was going to talk tom, that would be the only reason why, is we would only do ...

As you know, the ethics committee procedure is underway and that i initiated it. i hope that the ethics committee process will move forward without a rush to judgment. i have discovered some of the mistakes i have made. -- i hired a forensic accountant and my answers to the allegations can be found on my web site at www.rangel dot house.gov. >> jon: congressman rangel saying he will not stop fighting until he has had a fair and open hearing. shannon bremen with the news live from washington. fir...

Allegation of corruption hes talking about against him. >> reporter: against him, that is absolutely correct. that was matter remarkable, an extraordinary scene. they had a series of votes on the house floor which delayed the ethics committee hearing from starting. megyn: wait a minute, chad, as we watch this hearing about this get underway, just so our viewers know essentially what has happened with this bi-partisan committee, four democrat, four republicans, they sort of indicted him. now thei...