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They have heard this from people around the president of the united states. mitch mcconnell knows this kind of attitude about the danger posed by the president has been expressed to mitch mcconnell by people around the president. the same with paul ryan. what we need here are, finally, i think, some hearings on -- congressional hearings, in which an executive session or open session, those around the president of the united states are questioned about the fitness of donald trump to be the presid...

For every one of us, regardless what we want to do in the future, to expose that information to the american people. >> i will start with my questioning. by the way, were going to have to protect -- so everybody gets an opportunity to look at the fbi and anything else you want to ask at 1:00, were going to have to go into executive session and get that done before -- if the senate does close down at 2:00 -- i mean, if they dont give us permission to meet after 2:00, we have to get that out of th...

Instead of executive session. >> would you yield to a question about procedure, mr. chairman? >> go ahead. >> would you explain to me why we are having to truncate the hearing today? >> im not sure we do have the truncated. it would be just in case the majority minority may object to the request the leader would make for this committee to continue to work while the senate is in session. >> let me be sure i understand -- senator schumer is saying that we have to set shun while the senate is in se...

The future, to expose that information to the american people. >> are you done? i will start with my questioning. by the way, we are going to have to protect so everybody gets an opportunity to look at the fbi and anything else you want to ask at 1:00, we are going to have to go into the executive session and get that done before, if the senate does close down at 2:00. if they dont give us permission to meet after 2:00, weve got to get that out of the way. so we will do that at 1:00. >> magis pu...

Of what we want to do in the future, to expose that information to the american people. >> are you done? ill start with my questioning. by the way, were going to have to protect -- soev ge everybody an opportunity to look at the fbi and everything else, at 1:00 were going to have to go into executive session and get that done before if the senate does close down at 2:00. i mean, if they dont give us permission to meet after 2:00, weve got to get that out of the way, so well do that at 1:00. >> m...

Mueller and whats going on. but what was behind this passion this morning on the democratic side. they wanted to adjourn, they wanted to go into i guess executive session. one republican senator said, hey, listen, this is coordinated. was it coordinated? take us behind the scenes. >> yeah, i think a lot of us, myself and some of the other members were saying this is not normal, theres nothing normal about this. and for days i was saying weve got to do something to create something to this proces...

Meeting after meeting after meeting 234g which you wonder why doesnt john kelly the chief of staff go to the congress of the united states in executive session, resign for the good of the country, go to congress and say i want to answer all of your questions about this president in full about what the context is, about whats in this book, et cetera, et cetera, and lets see how it holds up. >> can i just add one other thing? lets go to donald trump. prurch has said ve-- president said very compli...

The congress of the united states in executive session what it is that this president has done, what he hasnt done, whether or not he is a threat to the national security of the united states. because that, if you read this book it is very clear that kelly believes that the president of the united states is a threat to the national security. >> well, that was my question. >> so enough of this nonsense from sarah sanders. lets get down to what this is really about. >> that was my question. why co...

Nixon presidency where those around nixon were afraid of what me might do because of the pressure he was under. but what gary cohn concluded was that the president of the united states is a threat to the national security of the united states, thats what aide after aide, principal after principal in this administration will say about this book. and those who will recognize the truth about this book more than any others are republicans on capitol hill. because they have been sources for bob woodw...

Wanted to go into i guess executive session. one republican senator said, hey, listen, this is coordinated. was it coordinated? take us behind the scenes. >> yeah, i think a lot of us, myself and some of the other members were saying this is not normal, theres nothing normal about this. and for days i was saying weve got to do something to create something to this process because its patently unfair. this man has such a large body of documents including his time in the what counsels office that ...