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Veronica escobar on some of this. >> he is not welcome here. he should not come here while we are in mourning. todays visit is more of a photo op. and again, more of using el paso as a prop. i refuse to participate as a prop, as an accessory. >> this notion of a prop which, of course makes us think of theater, guests earlier this hour talking about the president looking at this only through the prism of ratings and reality show and theater. since youre here, lets talk a little bit about the fact...

2008 by judge john bates, and it was a george w. bush issue at that point because it was white house counsel harriet meyers invoking it, judge john bates, a george w. bush appointee said its nonsense and doesnt exist. so they can try to use fictitious invocations of privilege to stop the hope hicks and mane even the don mcgahns. now theyre desperate because they cant stop these private citizens from coming in and talking about the substance of the report. know what? they dont have to put any bel...

Homeless to live there in rvs. they have security, wash-up stations and portable toilets. >> the leader of a megachurch in mexico, facing $50 million bail on charges of forceable rape of children. the self-proclaimed apostle poses a threat to hundreds of girls if released. >> let us cast aside our dinner to use reason, logic, science and compassion to create solutions for the greater good of our community. it is done. satan. >> okay. several government officials walked out of an alaska governmen...

To deal with the homeless problem by delegating empty parking lot still allowing homeless to live there. the leader of a legal church in mexico appearing in la facing $50 million on forcible rape of children. the churchs self-proclaimed apostle poses threat sim to huns of girls if police and in alaska -- >> that is cast aside our distances, logic, science and compassion to create solutions for the greater good of our communities.it heather: government officials walked out of an alaska government...

Bound by the lifetime of its generations. well into this century the united states was still paying out pensions to the heirs of civil war soldiers. we honor treaties that date back some 200 years, despite no one being alive who signed those treaties. many of us would love to be taxed for the things we are solely and individually responsible for. but we are american citizens, and thus bound to a collective enterprise that extends beyond our individual and personal reach. it would seem ridiculous...

Last word. >> yesterday when i asked about reparations, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell offered a familiar reply. america should not be held liable for something that happened 150 years ago. since none of us currently alive are responsible. this rebuttal proffers a strange theory of governance, that american accounts are somehow responsible for a lifetime of generations. we honor treaties that date back some 200 years, despite no one being alive who signedthose treaties. many of us would...

Address which became known for its blunt expression of trumps authoritarian populism and invocations of american carnage. quote, i sat on that stage between bernie and john mccain. john mccain kept reciting to me names of dictators during that speech because he knew more than any of us that we were facing -- what we were facing as a nation amy klobuchar said. he understood it. he knew because he knew this man more than any of us did. speaking tore the mccain family the senators daughter, meghan ...

>> shan, if the president were to invoke executive privilege over tax returns that are from the last six years, could he do that? >> i dont think he could do that very successfully. that would be one of the weaker invocations of it. if you think about executive privilege, a little bit like a lawyers attorney-client privilege, its meant to give the president the benefit of recommendations, opinions from his aides to make decisions. >> it doesnt relate to everything thats happened in his past life...

Of all these different calls to testify would have for them. >> it is a fair point. you know, if you are going to work for this administration, you have to be prepared to hire your own lawyer in case youre subpoenaed. thats got to dissuade people from wanting to work for this white house. this is going to continue. it is not going away soon. it looks like the president and the white house are taking the long game to push this out past 2020. thats why you see all the stalling, all these invocatio...

That? >> i dont think he could do that very successfully. that would be one of the weaker invocations of it. if you think about executive privilege, a little bit like a lawyers attorney-client privilege, its meant to give the president the benefit of recommendations, opinions from his aides to make decisions. >> it doesnt relate to everything thats happened in his past life before he was president. >> exactly. theres nothing opinionated or a recommendation in his tax returns. theyre just his tax...