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Think that republicans in congress would be outraged. and this is what im talking about when i say selectivout rage. so you are not outraged about, you know, trump doing these things and saying these things. but when obama did something as put on a tan suit and go to japan, all of a sudden he was not presidential. he did not represent the country well. he was disrespectful. all of those things that trump does on a daily basis, you have a republican congress that does absolutely nothing. and it i...

And we know, ask the governors of the states where theyre deployed, all else has not failed. the law enforcement and the national guard are there. everything is find on the border. so its a big waste of money and its coming at the same time we just had a report that came out last week from a panel of experts that congress commissioned and they said were not putting resources into our military in the right places and we dont have enough resources to combat russia and china, to compete with russia...

Borders and present themselves for asylum and lock them in cages. those are things that americans want to see, as well. that is a functioning congress. that is their job, jooversight. >> the president has never fully separated himself from his business interests. its bled down into his administration. you see it with ryan zinke. you see it with wilber ross and betsy devos. i think this congress and this house has a role to play with exercising what we want out of government. so me, that is about...

Military, comments he made to the press afterward. and he was, dare i say, almost cavalier about this lethal force issue saying were going to authorize it, hope it doesnt come to that. help us understand the magnitude of allowing that to happen. a lot of people thinking back to what happens in 1997. >> in the 1800s, congress passed a law that basically said that the federal government should not send in federal forces, military forces, to any state, basically, unless the state was unable to main...

This intermediate phase where the republicans try really hard to muddy the waters. >> how much are you paying attention to this last gasp, as jonathan altar called it, giving what were seeing with them churning out the path going forward come january? >> i think its another example of what i think the current members in the house have excelled at, which is selective outrage. where was this committee when donald trump, who is the subject of an investigation, who is the target of an investigation,...

And the security council apparently concluding that the president had obtained russian propaganda -- >> yes. >> -- and was distributing it from the white house via his twitter account, that as of last summer, them determining that, that really is hanging out there with us having no idea where that went. weve got woodwards bullet proof reporting that mcmaster discovered that. he verified it. it wasnt something that just looked like russian propaganda. the national security council determined that...

Goes down, we want to get this thing through. >> mitch mcconnell, it would be the boats sinking, he would still want to get this confirmed. >> mitch mcconnell says we, the senate, are in the personnel business, we are to staff the executive branch and the article three courts. thats something they can actually do no matter what the otherwise dysfunctional nature of the senate. >> duncan hunter, i thought the most interesting thing is how hes trying to borrow a page from trumps playbook and say d...

Essentially an unindicted co-conspirator. yesterday we saw how the judicial system is supposed to work. now, in a functioning congress, all of the lights would be blinking red today. in a functioning congress, the outgoing house speaker would be directing the outgoing house judiciary chair to be beginning the very similar process of investigating cohens investigations. i wouldnt say you start an impeachment hearing, but you start the process. the president was accused of committing a crime in a ...

The mueller investigation and that report. i think its going to be the combination of those things that will then provide at least a means, a mechanism for the political process that i agree is going to take place. >> i guess the question i have, carol, is there are some republicans that need a steam valve here. the most powerful argument in a midterm election in good times for a party is well be a check on the president. how do republicans make that case if theyre in a swing district outside of...

Is that the evidence? >> well, the prosecutors may have evidence they havent revealed. all ive read is the criminal information in which they state that there are individuals from the trump campaign and from the trump organization who were involved and mr. giuliani said, yes, mr. trump knew that he had to reimburse mr. cohen for the advance made for this payment. is there any independent evidence that mr. trump said to mr. cohen you need to do this, i dont want to do this? that may come down to ...