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But its not impeachable. so there could be more fertile ground for censure in the senate, which is probably why the former senator, evan bye -- >> cautious indiana moderate. >> -- cautious indiana moderate, which there arent a lot of them left, threw that out there. i cant imagine he did it at the behest of the democratic leader, but it is a different place, and we cant get there before we see what happens in the house, but its an important thing to remember about the tone and t tenor of the rep...

>> it is, and even doug collins is someone the president wanted to give a promotion to. he wanted the governor of georgia to promote to fill the vacant senate seat there. so hes got many supporters, even the ones who arent as feisty are the ranking member on the committee. >> to your point about collins, discipline is required of both parties as we go forward here. the presidents loyalists have been successful, even going to debunked theories. democrats have to keep their own discipline, which i...

To their reputations. joined now by jeffrey toobin. jeffrey, you look at this, there is lobbying done in washington. but when you look at these payments, were these actual consulting deals or were they buying access to the president? after all michael cohen is the presidents personal lawyer. >> they were buying access. but most of lobbying is buying access. what i dont understand about this controversy is what do people think is going on in washington? the whole business stinks. and the idea tha...

But its significant because the united states message towards russia broadly is you cant meddle in the u.s. election. stop. propping up assad. we heard that very firmly from the u.n. yesterday. we heard that president trump privately talking to his administration officials has been somewhat reluctant to take a tough tone and frankly to take strong action against russia bauz because he thinks they are critical on working on international crises. but in this instance in the wake of this chemical w...

Repercussions for that. came sort of back around on to president trumps team. and was defending him regularly. and we have seen that from the podium at press conference after press conference, him seeming to stand behind donald trump. people will say we didnt get the whole picture publicly that behind the scenes he was being a check on this president and hes not given enough credit for t t that. at the end of the day, this is significant shake up here in washington at a time when so much, as you...

Re-election, but concluded the structure in washington created an impossible dilemma between being independent and doing what you thought was right on one hand and being effective inside the establishment in the other. and this is a longer conversation. everything is structured inside the congress these days the to reinforce party the discipline, voting down the line, even to the effect of if youre not with your party, 1% or 2% of the time, you run the risk as senator mccain pointed out of the c...

And independents participating in primaries which lead to more sensible candidates. final thick id say is i love the fact that people consider themselves to be independent. but starting years ago, a theory arose that people say that, but you dont really mean it. there are only about 4% or 5% that are truly independent. thats what has led to this situation we have now where everyone plays to the base, no one compromises and the government needs to come to a stop. thats what we need to change and ...

T.r. wasnt talking about those who retire. joining me now to discuss from the great state of indiana, evan bye. senator, thanks for being back. i want to show you something that was just posted at u.s. news that references you. carly wheelen wrote it. he said flake should leave his party, mott the senate. he should run as an independent. we are starting to see a pattern, respected senators like oh olympia snoweand evan bayh announce their retirement and announce they are leaving in large part be...

Conducted there. if you look at indiana, you see evan byes chances dip. so its been a very bizarre thing where it almost seems like voters are voting for candidates instead of for parties. isnt that a wonderful thing? or maybe not. >> i think it goes both ways. i think parties are a pretty useful proxy. evan is a revolving door senator and he went and worked in d.c. and hes getting hammered for that. in nevada, thats a race that, again when you look at the math, you think joe hack who is running...

Indiana, evan bye, the public polls although limited show he is leading over young the republican nominee. >> here is something interesting. its almost like you have to be a socioloaologysociologyist. the one i want to talk about -- i know you didnt write about it but i want to talk about the shy factor. shy voters, this article listing that this could be one of the big reasons, these shy voters being those that are saying, you know, i dont want to admit im going to be voting for donald trump. b...