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Obstruction of justice. The special counsel did not draw a conclusion one way or the other as to whether the examined conduct constituted obstruction. And while this report does not conclude the president did commit a crime, it also does not exonerate him. Still the president celebrated on twitter and everywhere else, saying no collusion, no obstruction, complete and total exoneration. Here he is leaving his Maralago Club to return to washington. So after a long look. After a long investigation....

From scripted prepared remarks. And when the president is off script, as you know, he time and time again complains that u. S. Allies dont spend enough on their own defense and hes also made clear that he sees little use for multinational organizations. So how should we pars, how should we digest when we heard from President Trump today . Reporter jeff, youre absolutely right. Hes been tough on naty, the organization and on nato allies for not contributing what he believes they should contribute...

That is currently being conducted by our committees as part of this impeachment inquiry. Though democrats say the resolution isnt needed under the constitution or the law to conduct an impeachment, its passive this thursday, thats when the vote will occur, undercuts the white house, which has been arguing that the inquiry is illegitimate without the approval of the full house and resolution. Rebutting the white house, pelosi writes, the Trump Administration has made up this argument, apparently ...

Of a vice president, speaker of the house, we could have lost our democracy that day. no comparison. >> michael besh, what a treat to be able to hear from you at the end of a week like this. thank you so much as always for coming on. >> thank you. a break for us, coming up, keeping children safe from the virus as they return to school and the fight their parents are raising against masks that are intended to keep them safe. keepe claritin cool mint chewables. powerful 24-hour, non-drowsy, alle...

Nancy pelosi is a disaster. okay. shes a disaster. and let her do what she wants. you know what, i think theyre in big trouble. >> comments like that. with the american cemetery in normandy there behind him. how does that make you feel? >> embarrassed, frankly. if anybody has been to that american cemetery, you look at that american cemetery and you see the sacrifice of so many people, families that have lost one, two, three sons. it is hugely emotional. and to go there when were supposed to be ...

Face because he was on the verge of weeping. until the end of his life he knew how important d-day was and it was probably perhaps the most important day of the 20th century. it maybe meant the survival of freedom, but at the same time he never lost the feeling that he was responsible for the loss of many lives that had been lost because of his decisions. i think that is much more in the american character and it goes very much back to george washington who i think would have felt the same way. ...

Preserve the peace ever since. the interesting thing today was that before president trump spoke, people were wondering whether he would do the latter. they knew he would talk about the vets and he sure did. with great respect this morning. but what he really did not do very much is talk about what the purpose was of world war ii. there were about four sentences, he talked about the alliance being unbreakable and our cherished allies but without the four sentences, not much. >> ambassador hardly...

Star general barry mccaffrey and military analyst and presidential historian michael besh and jane hartley former u.s. ambassador to france under former president obama. and michael, i want to start for you with the big picture view. we hear talk about global effort, we hear words and phrases like unity and sacrifice for the common good. has the world lost that sense of coming together for a -- for a common good, do you think? >> well, it certainly is very different from 1944. but it is even dif...

Michael besh lots says the situation is unprecedented. the secretary of defense, the attorney general and the epa administrator will be acting, not confirmed by congress. whoever replaces ryan zinke will be acting as well. even the incoming chief of staff, mick mulvaney will be an acting chief of staff. mulvaney himself asked for the acting title so he had a safe exit from the role if needed. and then there are the positions that are just not being filled at all. theres no white house political ...

Good evening from new york, im chris hayes. it is day six of the trump shutdown and the senator dick durbin noted today there is no end in sight. the house and senate did technically gavel into session today, but they didnt do much. both chambers adjourned after less than five minutes. and with more than 800,000 federal workers either furloughed or working without pay, basically nothing is expected to change before the new year when democrats take control of the house. but heres the thing. even ...