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Honored that recusal with regard to matters pending the Department Of Justice, but i just want to comment on what may have been on anybody elses mind or offer any opinion about that because its not for me to make those decisions. Well, it is exactly, i think, why Senator Schatz asked a whole series of questions about the scope of recusal, because i am a lawyer. Senator schatz may not be. He asked better questions than i did, but i also am having real difficulty understanding the scope of the rec...

Chosen a side in this. it has clearly chosen russias side in terms of its description, including the readout you mentioned and all readout of calls with various counterparts. it says this primarily as an expansion issue and refuses to call it an invasion instead using it as moscows language to describe it as a special military operation and continues to abstain at the un. the first point i would make, it is clear what ageing is trying to both support russia all the while trying to mitigate some ...

As they have. are you comfortable with the process being secretive in the senate? >> yeah. i mean, i dont know if its secretive. theyve got a committee of 13 people that represent the people, and then they represent the senators, hopefully, a broad base of the senate. and so, yeah, theyre being strategic in the short run before they lay out their bullet points and see how that floats with the public. and so, right now in the short run, i dont see a problem. >> one of the big issues, of course, h...

The supreme court as far as i can conclude reading this very voluminous desist, this is a tax, and congress can tax. huge win for the obama administration. bigger win for the lawyers, they sat back while the politicians said this wasnt a tax. it was the lawyers that went in and said this is a tax enabling the court here to agree with them and say its a tax. bill: we went through four questions posed to the court one hour ago. one of them on severability, greta apparently was never even addressed...

>> shannon: you also argue the medicaid expansion issue which a lot of folks arent familiar with but the law changes the amount of followings that would have to be on medicaid rolls. the states say they cant afford it and it is an overreach of federal power. what is your best argument there? >> point to the supreme court own cases that said there is a limit to what congress can do under the spending power. it cant just, without limit, coerce the states into doing whatever the federal government ...

In a new interview president trump, he didnt seem concerned. >> republicans have the house and the senate, but have you these senators that are not on board. >> well, theyre also four good guys and four friends of mine, and i think theyll probably get there. >> daniel lipman, co-author of the political playbook. good to talk to you this friday morning. >> happy friday. >> its not just conservatives who seem opposed to this bill, but some of the centrists like shelly moore capito of west virginia...

Biggest cases of our lifetime. >> so, are you optmistic with your expectations high before the oral arguments begin? >> we firmly believe we are positive and believe it is unconstitutional. and the first day is going to be the antiinjunction act as to whether or not it is a tax and whether we can proceed. we are confident we will prevail. day two is the man date that is important to our constitution and rights and states. and on day three, well argue the severability issue. whether or not the en...