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Say about the four democratic congresswomen. he did not shut down the chants of "send her home" that echoed his racist tweet over the weekend. he could have shut it down. he didnt. and the president himself out on the south lawn today said he thought it was working and said that he had no regrets, that he was happy with it. and i think that a key moment in his remarks that gets at why this matters for him is that he said look at that vote yesterday that the house took, 187 republicans stayed wit...

George bush, bill clinton, anyone else having done anything of the things dealing with obstruction of justice, obstruction of the investigation itself, they wouldnt have hesitated to move to bring an impeachment article. >> you served on the house judiciary committee during the nixon impeachment inquiry. and when you broke with the republican party, republican congress, theres a picture of a young william cohen. when you broke with your own republican party, you thought your career was going to ...

Of members is impeachment does seem to be the most effective enforcement mechanism at obta obtaining all of this information that oversight is seeking. what a lot of constituents are expressing to their bosses is a frustration that it feels like congress cant even do their job on a day-to-day basis. you had someone like representative who put out a messaging memo on the end of last week encouraging his colleagues to stick to policy items. talking ining about health care. to reset and stop talkin...

Conservatism. >> but you think bipartisan, ben, can mean just one republican? the bar is really that low? >> well, i mean, its meant to sound like it should be a wave of bipartisanship. as betsy said, thats not going to happen. but the question -- i was sort of joking about one republican, but the question is how few could you have and still claim that it was a bipartisan action? i dont think the answer is one or two, but look, 13 or so -- i forget how many voted to -- voted with the democrats o...

Unique feature of our constitutional system, and he has the authority to make executive decisions, which include who are those who are loyal to him who feel executive branch functions. and to try to then in every instance equate motivation to make an executive determination is somehow constituting evidence of obstruction of justice i think is on thin constitutional ice. i think its on very thin statutory ice for reasons that bill barr explained. with regard to the obstruction of gist tis statute...

Proven in court. thats the standard. >> how is the president not above the law if he is able to stop investigations into him or that he does not like? >> the president is not above the law, but the president is a unique feature of our constitutional system, and he has the authority to make kpktive decisions, which include who are those who are loyal to him who feel executive branch functions. and to try to then in every instance equate motivation to make an executive determination is somehow con...

These charges are true, well, they were or are crimes depending on the statute of limitations and the circumstances. they fit clearly in the impeachment article, the criteria tore impeachment. blackface is horrible, terrible. ive argued against it for years and urged that some students be suspended or even expelled on account of it. but its not in the same category of crime. and that makes it more difficult. and it goes back to 1980 or 1984, depending on whether youre talking about the governor....

Have some discussion if theres wrongdoing by other people in the campaign that i know about, which i know of none, if there is i would testify honestly i would honestly testify honestly about any other matter, including any conversations with the president. >> maureen dowd makes the connection in her column in "the new york times" writing, stone, who famously has nixons face tattooed on his back about, is the agent provocateur who is the through line from the nixon impeachment article to the art...

As if they are gospel, only to be completely burned when they may end up to be not true. all these things could be problematic, and he may, rudy giuliani, may be taking trumps dismissive attitude towards the facts in their private meetings too far. its a trap that many defense attorneys fall into. rudy giuliani needs to be very careful and verify facts on his own end independent of what his client tells him. >> even if trump was not directing cohen to lie, we only have to go back 20 years to see...

Normal. >> so it is possible that happened. that president trump talked to michael cohen. >> i dont know if it happened or didnt happen. i have no knowledge. >> one of the things he pled guilty to, i believe, is lying to congress. >> hes pleading guilty to get a reduced sentence which means hes saying what they want him to say. so what if he talked to him about it. >> is it not possible. >> ill turn to you quickly before we get into the impeachment article. your reaction to that. and so what? ha...