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Against ken cuccinelli. tell me more about what you base it on. >> well, i think all of america has watched this heinous immigration policy that persecutes and target people of color play out. im a member of the oversight committee, a member of a co-equal branch of the government, much to the annoyance of mr. cuccinelli, to call what has been evident. this administration has had an immigration policy based on a white supremacist ideology. all i did was had an opportunity to say it to his face. t...

Delegation is in d.c. voting on trying to impeach trump for a phone call. does not look out of touch to you? >> it sounds like you are desperate for an audience thou though. speaker of the house and they are trying to hold the president, the executive accountable for what they see as outlandish, possibly impeachable high crimes. >> even though peoples homes are burning down? >> let me just -- let me respond to this. i think the g.o.p. forever and ever the same process the issue. one other proces...

Who reads to us tonight from his prose titled, politics be. it dimmed the lights. be still to listen to cory. >> i have a job to do which is to hold the executive accountable. politics be. this is our country. this is our constitution. politics be right now. this is a sad day, a sad chapter in american history. politics be. its time to do what is right. and politics be, i just want to get the truth. i want to do my jobs. i swore an oath to uphold the constitution but i need to do that. politics ...

Is the subject of impeachment proceedings. it is your words, your acs at the center of american conversations right now. what you did was wrong, it was wrong. and no matter how much mud you want to sling on other people, it cannot hide from the fact what youve done is low down, dirty and wrong and youre going to have to answer for it. as long as im a united states senator, my job is to hold the executive accountable. checks, balances and oversight. and thank god thats what the house of represent...

Interfere in the 2016 elections. so i think the question that youre asking is where is this story going. i think it hangs a lantern on a real systemic problem we have in terms of holding the executive accountable. the game the white house is playing now is yeah, we are going to thumb our nose at the law. we kind of recognize that the whistleblower is covered. we recognize congress has the right to the information. and even if theres a legal issue with respect to interference, what are you going ...

Willing to make a deal with the taliban without the involvement of congress. here you have the president as philippe was saying telegraphing if you want to be charitable about it, with a the prime minister of israel should be doing. whats your response to that? i go back to you as the lawmaker, as the member of congress watching this happen again and again, the white house taking on this outsized dare i say inappropriate role. >> of course trump is circumventing the congress. hes circumventing t...

Officials to say we need to take a second look at this. and ivanka, just by virtue of being married to jared kushner might have issues of her own there too. >> you know, carlos, we didnt elect a family. we elected one guy in the electoral college. it seems like he has outsourced the stuff of power that he has given to jared is unbelievable. jared is cooking up what he thinks is a middle east deal for peace which i dont think is going anywhere because its not creating a palestinian state. he is i...

Because as i mentioned earlier, we have a constitutional duty to hold the executive accountable. i think we should be doing that. >> thank you for working on the stacy abrams campaign, because stacey abrams should be the governor of -- [ cheers ] >> congressman, let me follow up here. because you say today she is doing a great job. but you said after the election that you would not be quote answering the call of the american people if she and her top two deputies were in charge. you say today sh...

Opinions out there. but i just come back to what the right thing to do is here, alex. weve got to follow the constitution. the constitution is very clear that its congress duty to hold the executive accountable, especially a president breaking the law and i dont think anyone is debating hes not breaking the law by violating subpoenas. so we need to have this inquiry. congress does two things, we debate and we vote. i dont think its the right time to vote on impeachment. we dont have all of the f...

That would love nothing more than to see american democracy disintegrate and crumble is just galling. and i think democrats and republicans, independents, anyone who loves this country must demand that the white house be held accountable. and if congress isnt going to do it, then its we the people through our power at the voting booth who will have to do it by putting people in congress who will hold the executive accountable. >> yeah, james comey clearly now believes that the only way to break ...