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speak to if that community. there is not haley voters for a traditional path there. >> we got to go. >> we could talk about this and i hope we do soon. thanks, guys. and cnncnn"cnn this morning continues. >> good morning. lets get right to it. president bidens foreign policy set to face yet another major test as he departs today for a high stakes meeting request chinese president xi jinping on the sidelines of a big economic summit with other global leaders. we are learning of a pote...

>> i do. >> the floor is yours. >> before i begin, mr. chairman, could i introduce my family? >> absolutely. >> my wife of 46 years, christine, a retired librarian, my daughter margaret who we called mecal called meg. she was an assistant united states attorney in the district of colombia but has moved to capitol hill and works for a senator. my middle daughter, patricia who is also an attorney, and she has been counsel to the house agriculture committee for how long now? 11 years. and my daught...

Clerkship with a federal judge on the d.c. circuit before heading to private practice. later, he served in the reagan white house in the office of policy development. following another stint in private practice, bill began his distinguished career at the department of justice under president george h.w. bush. bill served as the assistance attorney general of the office of legal counsel. and finally as the attorney general of the united states. as attorney general, bill oversaw a number of sensit...

I doubt lindsey graham could tell you donald trumps had a change of heart in the last 24 months. >> it could be that donald trump or somebody knows something pretty extreme about land i graham. were going to leave it there. imagine if president trump called a national emergency. imagine if he said we need $5 billion to be injected into our public school system. that is a national emergency. and to kevin mccarthy, i just hope for you he remembers your name isnt steve. coming up, brian williams ...

Giuliani? theres going to be a series of basic questions about this memo that are very important. >> its not surprising to me. i live in washington. anyone who has power generally likes to keep it. thats what madison said in federalist 51. its been true for hundreds of years. im not surprised by that. >> all right, ari is just above the hearing room, as weve been preparing to come to you, weve been watching the hearing room. former attorney general barr has taken his seat. hell be intro dulgs p ...

Of ruehl because she didnt have anything to do with it but it would trigger your recusal and thats the analogy here. its barr essentially campaigning for this position. giving the memo, this information, to the private attorneys. thats not even handed -- >> can i ask a question, why would he want the job? hes already done this. the guy makes over $1 million a year. hes putting himself in a hornets nest of a seat. why would you want the job, if not -- >> -- former employee cynthia -- >> are you k...

What do we say? its going to be great. watch. remember what we were just saying? go irish! see that? yes! im gonna just go back to doing what i was doing. find your awesome with the xfinity x1 voice remote. >> shannon: tensions are running high washington as the august reset comes closer. republicans have yet to score a major legislative victory after taking over the white house, senate and house. >> we dont have enough time to address all of these issues. >> republicans have had seven

Campaign has been focused on working the agenda that the people send him to washington to accomplish. thats what the vice president is doing and president. we are seeing jobs being create created. isis on the run and near defeat. those are kind of thing that american people are focused on. >> bill: what was the white house aware in the 2016 meeting hashtag >> i will refer you to details that mr. ciampa said. i can tell you that the vice president said he was not aware of that meeting more than a...

Heres the statement, the vice president was not aware of the meeting, he was not focused on the campaign. how big of a problem is this for the white house? >> this is not something white houses on right now. vice president pens had a few senators over last night talking about health care. and they will continue to talk with the need to repeal and replace obamacare. the vice president is entirely focused on advancing the presidents agenda. and they need to go to washington and work there to accom...