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Impeachment, because they know there will not be 67 votes in the senate to remove the president so theyre not going to go on that fools errand. however, that shouldnt distract us from the fact that this is egregiously inappropriate behavior on the part of the president. it is all but an encouragement to tell -- to paul manafort to stop cooperating. to dont get involved with mueller. to take your punishment, i will take care of you later. its egregiously wrong, but is it something that will lead ...

Foreign policy but i believe he was a child of satan here to destroy the planet earth. yeah, im a little to the left there i was. >> when you talk about the mt. rushmore of comedy, bill hicks is my favorite comedian of all time. the funny was a background to the fact that i have the thoughts i need to share with you and i need to connect with you. >> the truth general america wasnt ready for. he was so an serb bick and so out there, but it was hysterical. >> the flag burning thing, oh, god, did ...

Many thought it was a fools errand. >> he is off to washington. given the volatile state of politics and large numbers of voters deciding at the last minute, some pollsters say their job is getting more difficult. >> have less confidence and polling numbers that i have ever had. i would not use polling to predict or project. i would simply use it to explain what is happening and why. >> while pulling on specific races seems to be hit and missed, it appears the big picture polls tend to have bett...

Its a fool easter ran-- fools errand. >> this is jeff flake and says jeff sessions did the right thing by recusing himself. he paid a heavy price for independence ever since. we owe him a debt of gratitude. the bill should be brought to the floor. the problem is jeff flake tweets are worth exactly what youre charged for them, do you see him or collins or corker or anyone doing anything proactive in this period? >> i really do. because -- >> you do? >> jeff sessions -- yes. because jeff sessions ...

Joining me is rick wilson and former senator barbara boxer of california. rick, youre here, ill start with you. this is a key period, these two months. >> uh-huh. >> and theres a temptation, i think, on the part of the white house to shoot the moon. >> absolutely. >> what boxes them in, if anything? >> theres zero restraint from the republican party, zero restraint from congress at all. youre right, theyre going to shoot the moon, burn down the entire building before the adult supervision arrive...

The house. theres a passionate base that wants to pursue this, who believes that his actions have already risen but practically they know its a fools errand unless they have substantial bipartisan support. democrats can do that with a simple majority. youre never going to get 67 members of the senate to convict and remove the president unless theres a massive turn of the approval of the president amongst republicans. >> the other major concern when it comes to the "i" word is floating the possib...

Back in front of the senate for a trial? >> well, thats possible. first, it looks just like it would work in impeaching the president. there has to be first a vote of impeachment in the house of representatives. which means they have to put together evidence i think in this case. the only evidence that would make for any kind of impeachable offense is if they can show conclusively that brett kavanaugh lied in his confirmation hearings. then you have to go to the senate where you need a two-third...

Turnout in midterms is much lower than in presidential years. i dont think theres very many republicans motivated to turn out and pull the lever for democrats. i dont think thats going to be a strategy that works. where former presidents are extremely helpful are on the fund-raising circuit. if obama is willing to do that for the democratic party, im sure he could pull in quite a lot of money for these campaigns. this message of bringing republicans in to vote for democrats i find to be a fools ...

Chuck, i just want to get initially your take on this list that axios has put together. do you think that is a comprehensive list? >> not a chance. i think that falls into the category of the known unknowns and the known knowns. every time we see an indictment or a plea agreement out of the mueller team, we read it and say wow, i didnt know that. i never heard of alexander van der zwaan or mr. patten, or i had no idea that cohen did this or the russian military officials did that, every single t...

>> we signed on on june 1, and barring satellite problems in the future, we wont be signing off until the world ends. >> there was a widespread belief there was a fools errand. how could this possibly find an audience? well, he did. >> ready, camera three. >> good evening. im david walker. >> im lois harp. >> television news before this was stuff that had already happened. for the first time, cnn brought the world to people in realtime. >> cnn, the worlds most important network. >> i didnt do ca...