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Manage to ring a lot of concessions away from the administration on this. they negotiated to get probably what is the most progressive trade deal that they will have considered and that is something that i think pelosi thought would be worthwhile if they could pull it off. >> the interesting part is the grumbling is coming from republicans who say he gave away too much on usmca, who say where is the fiscal conservatism in family leave. theres also some grumbling about china. essentially they agr...

Reason they approved usmca, so thats okay with me. >> now speaker pelosi did want moderate house democrats for whom impeachment is tough to have a policy achievement to tout back home. but the democrats also won several giant concessions with the white house. so many concessions theres grumbling now among republicans that the president gave away too much. i call it whiplash week. it is striking that at a time when the president is stoking his base on twitter, calling the democrats the party of h...

More. what happened as trump comes along, breaks all the china in the china shop and you know what, all of us in the nato allies are paying more for defense. just because people used to do it one way doesnt mean we should lock into always do it that way if the world doesnt respond. so yeah, president trumps tough guy approach is actually getting other nations to do what theyve always been supposed to do. >> laura: they are kind of grumbling, they are talking and gossiping at cocktail parties but...

What, all of us in the nato allies are paying more for defense. just because people used to do it one way doesnt mean we should lock into always do it that way if the world doesnt respond. so yeah, president trumps tough guy approach is actually getting other nations to do what theyve always been supposed to do. >> laura: they are kind of grumbling, they are talking and gossiping at cocktail parties but, the trick of free writing on the united states, thats over. those days are gone. theyre neve...

But clearly, whether -- whether thats true or false, there is enough rumbling about sending troops to the middle east. ostensibly having to do with iran. going on in the white house. give me your thoughts on this. >> well, youre right. in fact, we asked that question yesterday. we had a hearing of the armed services committee and the administration said that those troops are not being sent. but i think the reason youre getting rumblings, the reason youre getting some of this reporting is that we...

The facts as currently presented in the intelligence committees report do not rise to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors. the other three witnesses very strongly disagreed from the outset, and many pointed out the evidence professor turley says would be necessary for the impeachment is currently being actively blocked by the white house, which is refusing to turn over any records or allow any witnesses to testify. oh, and also, you know, theres mick mulvaney appearing in the white house b...

Strongly disagreed from the outset and pointed out the evidence of turley is currently being blocked by the white house refusing to turn over any witnesses to testify. and theres mick mulvaney appearing in the white house briefing room announcing there was a quid pro quo. and 2014 when republicans were grumbling about possibly impeachable president obama, quote serious misconduct or a violation of public trust is enough. he also testified in a house judiciary hearing in 1998 in favor of his lie ...

When you watch the rumbling, so much obsession of impeachment right now, at least in washington and a few other places, but what about what could be going on here? what do you see when you look in the crystal ball with china and hong kong? >> exceptionally difficult and its gone on for months, and hong kong just had its first election since the program test began and overwhelmingly swung to those in the streets and those individuals speaking out for freedom. and completely throughout the pro-chi...

Hoax as and scam hes called it. affiliate of grumbling and complaining he wants this to go forward and he wants to have his say, can he decline being involved in this and claim that he did nothing wrong? >> that apparently is his defense. now if he were falling back to a different kind of a defense saying, for example, yes, this is wrong, ill never do it again, or i understand it was questionable behavior putting pressure on ukraine and on the ukraine president, you might get one kind of an argu...

Campaign and ive not seen an organization treat its staff so poorly. my panel is back with me. christina greer, co-host of faq nyc podcast. and author of the book "black ethics." and michael singleton, a republican political consultant. is this a real problem, christine? or is this just some move by a -- a -- a -- a disappointed staffer thats grumbling on the way somewhere else. youre getting conflicting reports in the media. and yet, the campaign is saying all is well. >> right. i think iowa wi...