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Russia did in 2016. meanwhile yesterday demurred when asked to set the record straight. >> there seems to be a debate going on within this party about whether or not ukraine meddled in the 2016 election. you can set the record straight? >> look, this whole issue, as far as im concerned is a house issue. they have to decide what they want to do, if anything. related to all of these suggestions. and well deal with what comes over here. >> during a senate hearing on the future of u.s. policy toward...

Largely a house issue. the states hes talking about in particular are red states where theres basically more republicans than there are democrats. and what hes talking about is trying to motivate republicans to the point where theyre turning out the same levels they turned out in 16 or even 14 for that matter, we should be fine. the majority in the senate should not be in doubt. but thats a big if. >> i want to say, fear is a great title for bob woodwards book but not a great message to win elec...

Staff to attack, by my count, eight accusers. cnn reported on it, eight today who said that i have told jordan directly. eight of these victims calling them liars from within congress, that raises the question, if hes not telling the truth to bring disrepute upon the house. its not enough to have state of ohio look at it, this is also a house issue. if he truly is speaking the truth, then he ought to be willing to talk to the office of congressional ethics. charlie was a leader on ethics enforce...

And i think very healthy for the country is that a bipartisan group is talking. now, there may be a bipartisan senate agreement, but im not sure the house will buy it. one of the problems now is getting the hardline congressional republicans to yes. its not simply donald trump, although its primarily him, and steven miller is whispering in his ear. but dont forget that somebody in the white house called to steady the president so he would not accept the graham/durbin plan. its also a house issue...

I did not interrupt you sir. eric: let guy finish. >> the president can not cite the fact that congress is not acting the way he wants them to act and cite this sort of nonexistent getting stuff done clause in the constitution saying because theyre not acting im going to act on my own even though i dont have the authority to do so. what they can do is give me what i want and then well undo my power grab. that is not how it works h. eric: robert, youre reaction shaking head over power grab commen...

We look inept. we issued a contempt order against her, went toef a act upon it. its a privileged motion. this is something john boehner, if if our understanding is correct, he cant even stop. >> how would this happen? would you have to just get votes from a majority in the house for this to happen? how would it happen? >> yeah, it would be a simple majority in the house because it is a house issue of contempt, and the senate and the president cant veto it or interfere, and under the orders of th...

We look inept. we issued a contempt order against her, went toef a act upon it. its a privileged motion. this is something john boehner, if if our understanding is correct, he cant even stop. >> how would this happen? would you have to just get votes from a majority in the house for this to happen? how would it happen? >> yeah, it would be a simple majority in the house because it is a house issue of contempt, and the senate and the president cant veto it or interfere, and under the orders of th...

To what elena kagan did at harvard, but thats not going to come out, obviously, in the hearings. but to your point about this being a charade, a lot of people i talked to outside of here, dont work in the news business, who are kind of picking up pieces of this, they feel the same way you do, which is this is all political noise, and its just -- you know, a delay to the inevitab inevitable. shes going to be confirmed. so what do people gain out of this? is it just politics? >> i think, again, if...

We can take this up with nancy pelosi. well stay away from -- >> but the minute that interviews over -- >> boom! were going all-massa, all-day. were doing it for the people of the 29th district of new york. well get to our top stories. it is time for that. >> by the way, we also have peter baker this hour. hes writing "the new york times" cover story on rahm emanuel. it is great story. >> its an awesome story. if you have not read it online already, get it this sunday. >> thats a word the kids...

The house intel chair, devin nun nunes, and the white house with this memo? >> i suspect it. i suspect it because of the prior history of nunes working together with the white house. >> the president slamming the leaders of his own -- one more time -- own -- he chose them -- intelligence community. >> the president of the united states wanted to release this memo before he knew what was in it. he believes it is a way to strike against the mueller investigation. >> republicans were saying -- >> a...