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Dont mean -- because we -- we look -- >> the president of turkey. >> yeah. well, theres that. but we look like were at war with ourselves. and, you know, this is a time -- because we are. >> we are. were a highly polarized country. we have these overlapping investigations. we have impeachment inquiry into trump. we have trump opening the investigation into his opponents and critics. >> and that person investigating is being investigated, too, in rudy, right? i mean, its -- its -- its paralyzing ...

>> person. >> -- certified national hero. he was respected by nearly the entirety of the country for dazzling leadership in the days after 9/11. and to watch his fall, his devolution, is just tragic. i mean, you talk about the reality that we live in this era where trust has raecollapsed in public institutions. i mean, here is someone, one of the few people, who was pretty broadly admired in the country and just threw it all away in defense of god knows what. >> well, tele talk about this i thin...

I know that yesterday there was a full day of testimony and i want to see what was said before i cast my vote. but serply, we dont have to cast a vote before we do this. no person being investigated, no suspect goes ahead and tells the investigate or this is the way u should do it. >> absolutely not. >> eli, lets get your reaction to that and have you comment on what weve seen over these last two nights. weve seen the president doing a one man show with a lot of role-playing and impersonations. ...

They werent at the beginning. they were when they got more formal. but, theres nothing that will stop for example the house intelligence committee. which is doing its own job. building a case. as the speaker said there are six committees working on this. and the white house really has no strategy. and the players on the hill are really just running a fog machine. >> listen, you were a special adviser to clinton during his impeachment. you heard what john just said. why would they be against inve...

But, theres nothing that will stop for example the house intelligence committee, which is doing its own job, building a case. as the speaker said there are six committees working on this. and the white house really has no strategy. and the players on the hill are really just running a fog machine. >> listen, guy, you were a special adviser to clinton during his impeachment. you heard what john just said. why would they be against investigating? right now its just an inquiry. if theres no evidenc...

Office? >> its a fog machine. thats what theyre doing right now. thats what theyre doing on the substantive defense on ukraine and what theyre doing here. look, everyone noticed that lapierre was at the white house the other day. had a moting with the president and they were talking b about him raising money for the defense of the president on impeachment and wayne said in that meeting, stop the nonsense about gun control. the president had already turned around on his initial reaction, which is...

Reinforce their support for donald trump. you know, this is -- this is what the former russian chess champion described also the annihilation of truth. the point isnt really to convince you that one thing is true or false, its to make you doubt your critical sensibilities what do you believe? what is true? and thats why this fog machine is often so effective. the question is whether or not its -- it reaches a big enough base to actually save donald trump. >> and heres where i think some of us st...

Appear partnering up between the countrys attorney general and the top investigator. >> right. this is the sort of reverse engineering that we often see from various aspects of the executive branch, whether its in the west wing or whether in this case its the entire justice department consumed with trying to prop up something that the president wants to be true. wants to present to the country. and so thats what we have here. and at the same time, you know, i mean, the president, you laid out th...

People. >> i dont think its fair to put schiff and nadler in the same group. i think schiff will be more effective. hes capable. >> well know thursday. >> this week the congress is going to decide if theyre an equal branch of government or not. >> have to get right to the complaint under statutes that they passed in congress, signed by the president that they have to give this information, the whistle blower came up with the presidents phone call. if they dont get it, congress is irrelevant. tha...

Hate her. we hate hillary. its like a buzz word, do you hate hillary, but this guy, with biden its going to be ukraine. theyre going to say it. you know trumps teaching the choir now the words to speak, but dont any republicans, doesnt a single republican say, what are you getting at, what are you talking about, mr. president, what is this. dont they ever ask the question wh what? your thoughts. >> i think your phrase about the fog machine was right on target here. but actually we are kind of at...