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And shes going to be going back to arkansas with her great family. her husband who is a fantastic guy, and her family. and i dont know, phil and folks, if we can get her to run for the governor of arkansas, i think shell -- >> president trump just moments ago. president trump speaking about his press secretary sarah sanders after announcing that she is going to leave the white house at the end of the month. shes not held a white house press briefing in more than three months. earlier today, the ...

Reach out to the fbi. >> the appropriate action to take is to call the fbi. >> reporter: privately, the presidents allies cringed in response to trumps comments. one senior republican source telling cnn that if a president took information from a foreign government, that would be impeachable. but at every republican lawmaker was willing to say the house was wrong. kevin mccarthy appeared focused on helping trump shift the blame to democrats. >> i watched in the last campaign, though democrat pre...

Just first, your thoughts on sarah sanders leaving? your thoughts on her legacy as a spokesperson. >> well, look, i thought in the campaign, she was probably the most effective spokesperson as a surrogate that donald trump had. but, you know, heres the deal. if you make yourself -- if you accept a position as a spokesman for someone who habitually doesnt tell the truth, you sacrifice your own credibility. and thats what happened to her in this job. and that will be her legacy as the white house ...

Back and look at the larger point which is this isnt just a one-off. this is a president who simply does not believe that rules, norms, laws, institutions are to be respected. he thinks youre a sucker if you dont do everything you can do to advance your particular interest. thats how he ran his business. thats how he runs his politics. and, frankly, hes made that the policy in many cases of the united states, embracing kim jong-un, excusing vladimir putin. and that, to me -- so this is a larger ...

Breaking news in our 2020 lead. moments ago, washington state governor jay inslee became the 15th democratic candidate to call for impeachment proceedings to begin against president trump. cnns jessica dean filed this report. >> reporter: president trumps claim that he would accept political dirt on his opponents from foreign entities -- >> its not an interference. they have information. i think id take it. >> reporter: bringing a wave of backlash from 2020 democrats. >> i think we have a presid...

>> i think you do both. you might want to listen. theres nothing wrong with listening. if somebody called from a country, norway, we have information on your opponent. oh, i think id want to hear it. >> you want that kind of interference in our elections? >> its not interference. they have information. i think id take it. >> beyond the potential lawlessness that statement implies is the unmistakable message it is sending to russia and china and all sorts of foreign intelligence services. essenti...

From you for it. this was in the instance of 2016, it was a country in which he was doing business. and they explicitly said their intention was to defeat hillary clinton because they thought she would be too tough on them. >> were talking about this like its a hypothetical. wasnt it just a few weeks ago that rudy giuliani was saying im going to go to the ukraine to dig up dirt on joe bidens son. what makes us think this isnt happening now? trump is saying, yes, id take the information. prominen...

>> mary catherine, when were talking about opposition research, were talking about joe biden voted this way in 1978. but what comes from a foreign intelligence source or a foreign government is, you know, hacked emails, hacked information. stuff thats illegally or gotten through spies. >> right. yeah, its politically idiotic thing to say and an immoral stance. i think wray and barr have been clear. when this comes to you, take it to the fbi. sanders cant make him do the right thing when hes in a...

How does this kind of thing, how is it received in the fbi, in the j. edgar hoover building. >> obviously, its uncomfortable. the agents on the street. we call them brick agents out doing the work. it rolls off their back. the message here is, if you are getting a brush pass of information from the russian government, likely pick up the phone and call the fbi. its not going to be good. so most of those agents get that. they understand that, luchistene have a job to do. were going to do it. i wis...

>> lets go back to the beginning of the republic. foreign interests tampering in our elections trying to tilt it in their -- to their advantage. why are people offering donald trump? why do the russians offer donald trump or why would they offer him this information? thats a question that he ought to ask himself. theyre not doing it because, you know, they have some altruistic goal. they are very flinty-eyed about their own self-interest. so you have foreign governments who want to tilt election...