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The embracing of the judiciary of this resistance. >> didnt also the judge said that when obama put in place certain environmental regulation s that this through executive order, that this president cant reverse them through executive order havent they also said some of these judges that daca wasnt put in place basically that was written out of the white house that piece of legislation that was adopted through executive order that this president cant reverse that, so a president vecant reverse t...

Back with us in studio for the interview tonight is governor gavin newsom, democrat of california. governor, thanks for staying with us. you made national news within the last few days by making a decision to basically stop the death penalty in your state. you have made executive decisions in other leadership roles in the past. you made a controversial decision around guy marriage. within your power as mayor in san francisco. and this one, im struck by the fact that california voters have been a...

The last few days by making an executive decision in your authority as government to basically stop the implementation of the death penalty in your state. >> yep. >> you have made executive decisions in other leadership roles in the past. you made a very controversial decision around gay marriage within your powers as mayor in san francisco. in this one, though, im struck by the fact that california voters have been asked if they want to get rid of the death penalty and theyve said no, as recent...

Governor gavin newsom, democrat of california. governor, thanks for staying with us. you made national news within the last few days by making a decision to basically stop the death penalty in your state. you have made executive decisions in other leadership roles in the past. you made a controversial decision around guy marriage. and this one, im struck by the fact that california voters have been asked if they want to get rid of the death penalty, and they said no. you nevertheless decided tha...

Unique feature of our constitutional system, and he has the authority to make executive decisions, which include who are those who are loyal to him who feel executive branch functions. and to try to then in every instance equate motivation to make an executive determination is somehow constituting evidence of obstruction of justice i think is on thin constitutional ice. i think its on very thin statutory ice for reasons that bill barr explained. with regard to the obstruction of gist tis statute...

Executive leadership now that mitts going to be in the senate. i think mitt will be somewhat frustrated because hes used to being a governor and making executive decisions. >> you cant help but think about mitt romneys history here. i want to play some sound of mitt romney from march of 2016 when he was first critical of then candidate donald trump. >> im far from the first to conclude that donald trump lacks the temperament to be president. think of donald trumps personal qualities, the bullyin...

Has been charged with is determining whether or not there was a coordination between the campaign and these russian entities. thus far he has not provided linkage between the two. thats what giuliani is getting at. he threw it down, he said "show us what you have. so far you havent demonstrated that you have established that kind of linkage." >> blake: as catherine herridge reported, theres the obstruction of justice hes looking into, as well. thats a whole different thing. >> its a different ar...

President, hes probably not going to get it from his boss? >> the only qualification that trump always evaluates is someones public persona. their appearances on television and their policy positions on the mueller probe. they are the only things i bet he knows about everybody, even people that have nothing to do with the mueller probe. >> i think were seeing a strategy play out here. and its important to key in on this refusal to answer questions on obstruction and how it fits with the whitaker...

Of this. the problem you run into with raw reporting is usually we want to pass on analysis without the raw reporting which contains sources and methods. very rarely, anyone in a position to make executive decisions want to know anything about what those raw sources. that is risky business. eric: can they release, because you get back and a whole page is black. you think were they trying to keep secret? it is one thing to protect a source with a name. it is another to say it is a method. there i...

What the president and his attorneys are up to, devlin barrett. >> they really moved quickly to get out there, the notion that there is no directive or order behind this tweet. no other set of instructions going to the justice department. and while they say, you know, this is just his opinion, the truth is that the president does sometimes announce or carry out executive decisions via tweet. you can ask rex tillerson, the former secretary of state about that who was essentially fired by a tweet....