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Garber. if a judge determines he can testify, can he still refuse? >> yes. whats likely to happen, this judge is a district judge, trial judge. if he orders mcgahn to testify there will almost certainly be an appeal and a stay in place and then whoever loses at that stage is likely to ask the supreme court to get involved. while thats all playing out its very unlikely well see any testimony from don mcgahn. >> ultimately, isnt there majority support on the u.s. supreme court, especially now with...

Straightforward case to make based on the law itself. this is a very clear -- its a shall law. its not discretionary. shall disclose. if the inspector general finds that a complaint is urgent and credible, he shall forward it to congress. now what were seeing here and weve seen this dance before, is the department of justice blessing the administration saying it may say shall, yeah, but you dont have to because youre the president. weve seen it with the tax returns, with the department of treasu...

The united states of america. massive amounts of work that have to be done. if were talking about the electricification of our transportation system, we are already behind europe and japan in that regard. he has used executive orders. i work with alexandria cortez ocasio in introducing legislation that would declier kpliemt change. well, i think it is a national emergency and i would use all the executive powers that we

He has used executive orders. i work with alexandria cortez ocasio in introducing legislation that would declier kpliemt change. well, i think it is a national emergency and i would use all the executive powers that we have. >> theres a mention in the plan when you talk about sort of holding fossil fuel companies accountable. we know there are both private plaintiffs and states that are suing in a model thats not dissimilar from the tobacco lawsuits which of course create billions of dollars in ...

Sanders plan, hes willing to declare climate change a national emergency. so right off the bat, that gives the president of the united states specific executive powers that he can use for things like eminent domain. because in order to build out this modernized grid, in order to expand renewable energy, theyre going to have to be new transmission lines built. and those transmission lines will have to run through a lot of privately owned land. so i think first and foremost, thats how we have to t...

Constitution which talks about the powers of congress. in fact, the exact language gives the power of regulating the census to congress. it shall be done in such manner as congress by law shall direct. there already are congressional statutes on the books governing the census process. it seems a pretty hard stretch to say the president would be able to invoke his article 2 executive powers and simply ignore and bypass those congressional statutes. i think an executive order going in a different ...

Questions about whether or not he thinks it was treason. he didnt flat out say no. he essentially said not in the legal sense of the word. i dont know if theres another sense of the word. treason, again, i think he is showing that he is president trumps lawyer. and this idea that, you know -- of course he doesnt regret taking the job, he basically campaigned for the job. he had this whole memo, you know, talking about the investigation and why he thought it shouldnt happen. his idea of executive...

I think the unraveling of this shows its a mistake. putting a president on trial would be an undo interference with his executive powers, but indicting would clarify the circumstance. in defense of the policy of mueller, mueller wants you to know that whether something is technically a crime has little to do with whether it ought to be the kind of wrongdoing which should lead to impeachment, which is more profound. >> i thought his use of that word, its only congress that can formally accuse a p...

I think the unraveling of this shows its a mistake. putting a president on trial would be an undo interference with his executive powers, but indicting would clarify the circumstance. in defense of the policy of mueller, mueller wants you to know that whether something is technically a crime has little to do with whether it ought to be the kind of wrongdoing which should lead to impeachment, which is more profound. >> i thought his use of that word, its only congress that can formally accuse a p...

Enabled and depending on who the top of the ticket is, we can see some tremendous numbers in the senate swl. >> the most interesting case is senator thom tillis. he gave a speech on the floor of the senate explaining why they have to vote. senators must vote. if youre a true conservative, you must vote to knock done this declaration of national m emergency, he called his a steward of executive powers. i stood by that principle during the obama administration, he wrote, and i stand by it now. yet...