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Own political rival. now, there has been one defense from the white house of the presidents actions from the beginning. that is no quid pro quo, right? i actually have a theory about this, that at some point someone, maybe a lawyer told donald trump that quid pro quo is like a magic phrase with this negative incantory power and if you say it in the commission of your extortion its illegal and bad. but as long as you say no quid pro quo, anything you do or say is fine. all quid pro quo is is lite...

Coerce an occupied foreign country, ukraine, to manufacture dirt on an american citizen. and not just any american citizen, his own political rival. now, there has been one defense from the white house of the presidents actions from the beginning. and that is no quid pro quo, right? i actually had a theory about this at some point someone, maybe a lawyer, maybe someone pretending to be a lawyer told donald trump quid pro quo is like a magic phrase with this negative incanatory power and if you s...

Say what he said. even though it was right there on tape. >> did he also mention to me in the past that the corruption related to the dnc server? absolutely, no question about that. but thats it. thats why we held up the money. >> to be clear, what you just described is a quid pro quo, it is funding will not flow unless the investigation into the democratic server happened as well. >> we do that all the time with foreign policy. i have news for everybody. get over it. theres going to be politica...

Absolutely, no question about that. but thats it. thats why we held up the money. >> to be clear, what you described is a quid pro quo, it is funding will not flow unless the investigation into the democratic server happened as well. >> we do that all the time with foreign policy. i have news for everybody. get over it. theres going to be political influence in foreign policy. >> like i said, this is the whole ball game. bill taylors testimony puts everything in context. it lays out the quid, th...

Political parties. thats the problem. you can try it for a minute and has been tried but there is an internal contradiction. centralizing control over the entire economy usually, not usually but inevitably means you will not be able to maintain a democratic free and open political system. >> socialism is in a - its not a magic phrase to put in front of socialism to make it not socialism. as a result i point this out on the road that you can have meaningful democratic freedom without your economi...

Political parties. thats the problem. you can try it for a minute and has been tried but there is an internal contradiction. centralizing control over the entire economy usually, not usually but inevitably means you will not be able to maintain a democratic free and open political system. >> socialism is in a - its not a magic phrase to put in front of socialism to make it not socialism. as a result i point this out on the road that you can have meaningful democratic freedom without your economi...

I certainly hope that they have that part figured out pretty well. >> sandra: the governor wont be attending the event, as you said, he is going to greet the president on the tarmac when he gets off air force one. you wonder what that conversation is like as well. >> harris: our own former president barack obama didnt go to the border. the president is going to the border again. he did as a candidate and hes going back. >> jessica: illegal border crossings are down like a 70%. i think thats the ...

Mind? >> well, we had a meeting with vice president pence today i had one with him at the end of last week, we met with some of the team of leadership today. were probably going to have more meetings. were going to have a freedom caucus meeting an theres a lot of negotiating going on and a lot is getting rid of the title one funding on that. >> help me congressman understand, whats the magic phrase if they say we change in youre a yes? >> well, the magic phrase for me is to do 100 percent repeal...

That phone midconversation will land your name right back on the call list. tip two -- dont engage the telemarketer in conversation, not even to explain why youre not interested. any conversation opens the door to another sales pitch. and tip three -- never tell them to call you back later. they will. >> even if you say something like, im in the middle of dinner, that means, oh, i shouldnt call at 6 p.m., so ill try them in the morning. >> reporter: so, what should you do? keep calm and say this...