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His approval ratings went up to 73% coming out of that. >> neil: one thing we learned from this, they take their own course, go their own direction. maybe democrats are seizing on the fact as good as the economy is, we can go back and forth how good it is, but the president should be higher than he is in the polls. they might be reasoning that all the other controversies are damaging his numbers down. even in states he won like pennsylvania where he troubles by double digits even though it has r...

Off the table. welcome. im neil cavuto. it happened so quickly. did the two sides just give up on each other, period? where does that leave the rest of us? we have you covered with mike emanuel on the cover-up take that is now heating up. john roberts at the white house where the president is not backing down. we begin with mike. mike? >> good afternoon. this afternoon how speaker nancy pelosi doubled down making this allegation against president trump. >> the fact is, in plain sight, in the pub...

Like the oversight investigations i mentioned in previous panel that republicans have conducted. and whether and it is a political division the voters make, that assessment whether or not have you gone too far. but you are allowed to do that they are a separate and coequal branch. >> bret: i got ought this. the constitution i have got. im talking about the political -- >> nearly 1,000 prosecutors who say they believe that the president obstruct dollars justice. >> and it couldnt find an example ...

Meeting to talk about the i-word. the i-word. can you imagine? >> as congress raises the pressure on trump and his associates, issuing new subpoenas to one of trumps longest-serving aides, hope hicks, and annie donaldson, the chief of staff to former white house counsel don mcgahn. her detailed notes playing a key role throughout muellers report. tonight, pelosi is issuing a clear warning to trump, that obstructing investigations could lead to impeachment. >> this is why i think the president wa...

Directives. injunctions have the effect of binding the government from implementing laws or policies at least until the issue is fully litigated. some legal advocates say the shift is necessary when the alleged harm is nationwide, the legal relief must be as well. >> the suggestion that its only very liberal judges who are putting a hold on president trumps policies is simply not true. this is a matter of justice. its not a matter of politics when it comes to the judicial branch. >> the trump ad...

Word, we heard pelosi lay out a case for impeachment. >> the fact is, in plain sight, in the public domain, this president is obstructing justice and hes engaged in a cover-up. and that could be an impeachable offense. ignoring the subpoenas of congress, article iii of the nixon impeachment. >> as the president keeps upping the stakes with democrats, hoping to drive a wedge in the party and with at least 30 house democrats and one republican calling for an impeachment inquiry, wondering if democ...

Havent heard what some of the results of that are yet. but understand that intelligence, were getting the documents. government reform, weve won the court case, two actually. financial services, were in court right now and this is a very good case for us. all built on investigation. ways and means, and again the judiciary committee so were very proud of the work that our leadership on those committees -- the work that they have done and they have taken us to a place where we get more information...

President of collusion, obstruction of justice and even treason. >> at some point democrats have to pick a story and stick to it. >> some critics have to get their narrative right. either donald trump is obstructing justice or he isnt. the narrative is donald trump obstructed justice, refusing to meet with special counsel and attacking mueller, obstruction of the investigation and found out the president about his white house counsel to spend 30 hours with mueller. he waved executive privilege a...

Office and running the office, that he has a great deal of confidence in the career prosecutors and investigators in the southern district. so if theres something he thinks is important, that should be pursued but is not within sort of the narrow -- somewhat narrow ambit that he is pursuing. hes comfortable sending it to the southern district of new york. i think also it has the added benefit. i dont know if this is intentional but it has the added benefit of assuring that certain investigation ...

Obstruction of justice. were joined by cnns senior legal analyst, former u.s. attorney preet bharara. preet, the president tweeted, let me read specifically his words, he said, "attorney general jeff sessions should stop this rigged witch hunt right now." is that obstruction of justice? >> well, i think no lawyer would tell you based on a particular tweet that that constitutes obstruction of justice. but what you have is something more than the president has said before in a public forum on soci...