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Internet companies face doing business in tiranical countries like russia or china. theyre basically given a choice which is either they can engage in the kind of propaganda that the regime demands or they can pull out. i would hope in most cases they would actually pull out, but this is, you know, unfortunately, they are having to make real compromises with their values because they are so desperate to continue doing business. and me personally, i dont think its 24th bworth it but this is diffi...

Of this mind melt of the republican base and even the persuasive evidence that he tried to extort ukraine into interfering in our politics on his behalf, even that evidence is not breaking the republican support for trump. >> max boot, great to have you here. happy thanksgiving. >> you, too, ana. >> thank you for making time for us. thanksgiving just wouldnt be thanksgiving without the macys day parade, right? and thankfully mother nature came through. the balloons are flying. lets get right o...

That is exactly what president trump did. >> barbara starr at the pentagon, thank you, and happy thanksgiving. and we salute all of those military men and women who are serving, especially overseas today. thanks, barbara. joining us now to discuss is columnist for t"the washington post" max boot. max, obviously, former navy secretary spencer has a bone to pick. he was fired. could that make his op-ed less potent? or do you think people are going to really think about this? >> theres no questio...

Request to block a house subpoena from seeing his financial records. the justices are now going to have to decide, though, whether to actually take up the case after lower courts already ruled against the president. back with me, max boot and kim wehle. kim, if the court takes up this case, it would actually be huge to do so. i mean it would be really the first major separation of powers sort of case on the supreme court. now, what is really at stake here? >> so this is a little bit different fr...

A legal standpoint as i think you two would confirm, this is just absurd. theres no real basis for this in the case law, but it makes a lot of sense from a political standpoint because i think what trump is trying to do is basically run out of the clock to kick this can down the road and to get past the election on the assumption that whatever horrors are buried in his finances, if he can just keep it quiet until november of 2020, after that it wont matter anymore. >> well, and max boot says hes...

Piggyback on that. >> max, mel brooks said its good to be the king. but this judge has said now that presidents of course are not king. so how big of a rebuke is this to the administration to hear this from a judge? >> well, i think its an important symbolic rebuke even if the practical import of it is not clear as kim suggested. you know, in fact, you may continue to see fights over trying to compel testimony from other aides. but i think the symbolism is important because donald trump is a pre...

We expect its going to go to the appeals court over the next few months and then possibly to the supreme court. keep in mind one of the more interesting thing has been mick mulvaney. one of the things he said or his earlier legal team said was they were going to abide or look at the mcgahn ruling as sort of their guidepost. im not sure if they believe that anymore, but certainly what weve heard from all of these officials lawyers is theyre reviewing the ruling. theyre going to see what else the ...

Third parties based on when he wasnt even president? this is him as a private party, a private person, and i think one of the relevant issues -- cases here is the case involving bill clinton, where bill clinton, when he was president, said you know what? i shouldnt have to respond to a subpoena for testimony in a civil action seeking money damages from me for actions that i took as a private citizen. the supreme court said, no, you have to comply even though it means its going to pull you off th...

Nor do you, nor do any of us. >> the entire intelligence community says it was russia. >> right. but it could also be ukraine. let me be clear. russia hacked the dnc computer. i have no evidence whatsoever that ukraine did it. there is, however, plenty of evidence that ukraine meddled in the 2016 election. >> im not sure weve seen that evidence yet, but to discuss, let me bring in cnn global affairs analyst max boot, senior fellow for the council on foreign relations and columnist for "the washi...

>> well, you know, its not clear right now because obviously this is a ruling that the justice department is going to appeal. we expect its going to go to the appeals court over the next few months and then possibly to the supreme court. keep in mind one of the more interesting thing has been mick mulvaney. one of the things he said or his earlier legal team said was they were going to abide or look at the mcgahn ruling as sort of their guidepost. im not sure if they believe that anymore, but ce...