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What one guy says can be overtaken bay tweet the next day. its one of the most confusing things we have. think of this as normal people, administration, consider policies and then articulate them and follow up on them. that said, im glad he spoke out against what the chinese are doing, against the weegers there. this is horrendous whats going on there. and a senior official leaked a huge trove of documents showing the debate inside china about this. at the same time, this relationship we have wi...

Oxymoron. because what one guy says can be overtaken by a tweet the next day. i think its one of the most confusing things we have is to think of this as normal administration, normal people, actually consider policies and then articulate them, and then follow up on them. that said, im glad you spoke out against what the chinese are doing, against the uighurs there. this is horrendous, whats going on there. and so horrendous that a senior chinese official leaked to "the new york times" a huge tr...

So it may be they dont want to go down that road. it gets complicated when you offer immunity to a witness to testify before congress because it could preclude charges against him later by the southern district of new york. and they may want to continue to keep the heat on him to use that as leverage to get information about rudy giuliani, president trump or others. and so there may be some very good reasons that theyre reluctant to deal with him. >> its a complicated issue, did need a little un...

I would be demanding them and, number two, i would point out congress is not subject to f oy. they can press those with greater leverage for a foia group like mine. >> that is a big question. >> through foia, austin was able to get these documents yet we have an impeachment inquiry that is submitting subpoenas and theyre getting zero. what does that tell you, joyce? >> so this is part of the presidents announce. strategy where he said up front he wouldnt comply with subpoenas, wouldnt turn anyth...

>> i realize that. >> you can say its a thin read, but it is a read. >> lets look at this. first, they hung their hat on theres no evidence of a quid pro quo. there was overwhelming evidence of a quid pro quo. now some are hanging their hat on whats your evidence thats the president withheld the military aid? the presidents own chief of staff has admitted they withheld the military aid to get this investigation. this crazy dnc server investigation which is part of a russian disinformation campai...

Giuliani is trying to say at any time. hell say whatever seems to serve his purpose at the moment. i think it could be taken in a few different ways. one is, defending himself when there are those who say president trump will not hesitate to throw giuliani under the bus, blame him for any illegal activity, and giulianis response has been, if he throws me under the bus he wont because i have insurance. he could mean quite a literal joke, i wouldnt be injured from a bus running over me because i h...

Imply that he has insurance that is he has some leverage in his relationship with mr. trump. the one piece of information that we did not see out of the 12 witnesses was someone who said i spoke directly with the president of the united states and the president told me to tell zelensky or to pressure the ukrainians to make an announcement on an investigation into the bidens or else they will not get the $400 million in aid. no one testified to that particular conversation with the president. wha...

His information is. i dont think hes going to walk that back. i think its been corroborated by the other testimony, by miss hills testimony as well. so i think thats exactly what his leverage is in being able to appear in person, give that kind of information would be extremely damaging to the trump defense. he wants to make it clear that he has that. hes not going to come out now and attempt to soft sell that or walk it back. >> right. i agree. it would be very hard for him to do so. and i want...

Economy. the president is worried if hes to endorse this bill and play a much larger role in hong kong, there is a real danger he could lose this trade deal he has been negotiating with china for months, that obviously would benefit our farmers in a very big way. arthel: that legislation you spoke of is bipartisan. does this weaken the presidents leverage and trade talks if hes willing to overlook a fight for democracy to secure a trade deal or is the president playing it right? >> i think that ...

Impeachment inquiry focusing on the conduct of president trump. it could be they dont want to go down that road. the other thing is if you offer immunity to testify before congress, because it could preclude charges later on the southern district of new york and they may want that to get leverage on rudy giuliani, president trump or others. there may be very good reasons theyre reluctant to deal with him. >> it did need a little unpacking. we thank you for your reporting and anal associate. than...