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I dont think its a koicoincide that the president stalled on answering these questions for 11 months. he dragged the process out and now finally, the week after he put someone in place whos only real known qualification for the job is a publicly stated hostility to the investigation, who its been reported is skeptical of a subpoena is that now is when the president has decided to answer these questions. youll see the questions on the ones where he has the most legal jeopardy. where he cant answe...

Consistent, the voters who actually vote in their own self-interests for progressive policies, i think the question is, is nancy pelosi the best for them? and secondly, where is the rise in leadership for black women, say barbara lee or karen bass? and i know that the congressional progressive caucus has been negotiating with soon to be speaker pelosi around progressives broadly speaking on important committees. so i think thats where the action is, and thats the most important thing to take awa...

Our leverage here by going along with what the saudis are saying. >> nor is turkey a good guy hering just because they got that evidence about khashoggi, it doesnt mean theyre the good guy, because they were doing everything they can to get this guy, gulen, hes committed no crime. just the fact that were talking about trading him back or handing him back its shocking. shocking. lets remember the former national security adviser was accused of potentially rendering the guy for money. this is not ...

Who are gunning for her leadership. and i think the criteria that i think progressive groups would say is if you look at the backbone on the democratic party, and on a day of like today where many of us are heartbroken over stacey abrams and the governors race in georgia, and think about the black women of the democratic party who are the most consistent, the voters who actually vote in their own self-interests for progressive policies, i think the question is, is nancy pelosi the best for them?...

Then in january is that key vote on the floor of the house, and thats where she expects some of those members who may say no now may ultimately vote yes when she is a nominee and erin, behind the scenes, she is working to secure votes, going to faction by faction within the democratic caucus, including one bipartisan group of members who is trying to push for a broad rules change that would make the rank and file more powerful and something the leadership has resisted for some time. she is enter...

Weapons systems until you give us the concessions were looking for, which is that they want sanctions lifted. >> yeah. in the midst of this, we know that china has been weakening, and russia too, undermining the international sanctions regime on north korea. if that is happening, and thats been the primary pressure point, leverage from the trump administration during these negotiations, if those sanctions are being weakened, what incentive does north korea have to make concessions to the u.s.? >...

Water is an increasingly precious resource here too in the town of us on cape in the southeast of turkey and the consequences can be dire this ancient village is now threatened with destruction thats because in an effort to harness the tigris and euphrates rivers the massive elusive dam project is set to plunge haasan cave deep beneath the waters or ever neighboring iraq is sharply criticized the project that country receives about seventy percent of its water from across the border from turkey ...

But the legislation that were contemplating would require complete disclosure of all the evidence and findings, so it would diminish the incentive for strangling this investigation. >> i see. >> it would also assure more funding so that the continuation of the present appropriation -- the moneys been appropriated would be assured. >> so you dont have much leverage in the minority right now in the senate, far less than one used to in the united states senate. jeff flake and coons tried to bring i...

Leverage. as you said, wikileaks was right in the middle. there are also communications between wikileaks and don jr. on twitter. assange may have a lot to tell. if they can get him out of the embassy, it will be a long extradition process, but if he makes a deal, that could happen quickly. >> the timing of muellers next move are still unclear. there are no indications his new acting attorney general will step in and stop him. according to the soshthed press, matt whitaker told a senator that th...

And we dont need that in the house. but unless you can assume that all the republicans are going to support the budget law, which they may not, not because of this, but for other reasons, for questions of whats in the continuing resolution, whats in the budget, we will have some leverage and certainly the prospect of our becoming the majority in january gives us some leverage too. >> all right, congressman jerry nadler, thanks for being with me. >> thank you. for more on matt whitaker and trum...