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Elections, we dont want foreign interference in our elections because theyre going to act in their own best interests and not ours. and when the president ges gets involved in negotiating something like this as a leader, it compromises him as a leader and exposes him to blackmail. i think explaining it in that way is maybe more effective than adding and obstruction of justice and emoluments. i think one of the flaws of the mueller investigation, it had so many tentacles and people threw up their...

About his subsequents. as someone who was committed to democracy and all of its flaws. well have to look through his papers to get the details as it were, but what i would say is this, we are running deficits in decen decency. and to lose elijah cummings today triples that deficit. and so in this moment when it seems like folk have no concern of character, no concern about value, no concern about ethics. to lose a states man like him who was so committed to being fair, compassionate, convicted, ...

More support. before it was whether to impeach or not to impeach and they are on the same page and it was a great opportunity to point out the presidents flaws. it was not necessarily the process of impeachment but the reason for impeachment, they were able to say you are impeached quickly. it was a great way to criticize the president and say anybody but trump. >> i dont think it was the desired topic by anyone. it reeked a bias and gave donald trump the upper hand. the spotlight of attacks fro...

Closed-door atmosphere now. lets listen to this. >> were doing these initial hearings in closed session and it makes a lot of sense to do that when youre conducting an investigation because im sure the white house would like nothing more than to be able to get their stories straight by hearing what these witnesses have to say. and there are good reasons not to let one witness know what another witness has said. >> congressman raskin, this process obviously has similar versions elsewhere in the j...

The definition of a vice president is? the presidents definition of what he likes in a vice president? >> i think mike pence feels attacked to be perfectly candid. heres the thing. this is one of the reasons why president trump is so concerned about joe biden, why these attacks have gotten so vicious. because he is the only candidate he could run against in 2020 who he cant rebrand. heres the thing. we all know who joe biden is. he was around for 8 years, around for years beforehand, he is uncle...

Word -- decent and good marriage. he cared about his family. he loves his wife. you saw the affection. there was an emotion. he was vulnerable. listen, im sure he did the best that he could under the circumstances. >> and he had gone through hard times in his life. he was god-fearing. he found his faith as a function of his flaws. >> that was a whole world ago, a whole lifetime ago. i go the tow run, though. >> i remember when bush came into it, and he was seen as the guy who connected with the ...

>> thats right. he had a decency to him. >> hes a very decent person. he comes from a very decent, good family. he has a very decent and good -- i hate to keep using that word -- decent and good marriage. he cared about his family. he loves his wife. you saw the affection. there was an emotion. he was vulnerable. listen, im sure he did the best that he could under the circumstances. >> and he had gone through hard times in his life. he was god-fearing. he found his faith as a function of his fla...

They never accepted the mueller report to. >> look, this is why -- i thought the tone the president had a day or two a go, i understand he doesnt feel fairly treated by h the system, that it is distinctly unfair. i thought his tone a day or two ago was good. basically, its a witch hunt, but im going to stay focused on the big things the american people want me to do. hes got a chance here, with the china trade deal, with usmca, with the other initiatives of the administration, even in the midst ...

The mueller report. >> yes. look, this is why -- i thought the tone the president had a day or two ago, i understand when hes angry. i understand he doesnt feel fairly treated by the system and that this is distinctly unfair but i thought his tone a day or two ago was good. he said basically its a witch hunt what im going to stay focused on the big things the american people want me to do and hes got a chance here with the china trade deal, with usmca, with the other initiatives in the administr...

Orton chang is the author of the coming collapse of china lee joins us tonight. so gordon, if youre china, youre looking at a pretty clear choice. or you have, for whatever his flaws, donald trump is the only president in recent american history who has challenged chinese -- called china out on a bunch of different issues and then youve got everyone else, so arent you rooting for everybody else? >> they certainly are. you have to go back to eisenhower to find an american president who had as rob...