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Communication between and among republicans is possibly at a low point in the course of this shut down. it stems from that meeting where vice president pence was behind the 69s with senate leaders and from their perspective assures them the president would sign that short-term bill that the senate passed. mitch mcconnell said thats whats going to happen. think of that as a breech of trust and misunderstanding and communication that left mitch mcconnell on the outside of this process. it left inc...

Years of service would be another mitigating factor, and this is a man who rose to the heights of military intelligence in afghanistan and became the head of the intelligence agency and fired by general clapper and barack obama because they p felt that he was a bad manager and not working out for him once with he was promoted to the the post which led to a lot of his bitterness as well, and how much of that led to him going to are russia and seen sitting across from vladimir putin and then accep...

Mitigating factors, this is not a mitigating factor. "nothing about the way the interview was arranged or conducted caused him to make false statements to the fbi on january 24." then they give us context. heres the context. "the defendant chose to make false statements about his communications with the russian ambassador weeks before the fbi interview when he lied about that topic to the media. the incoming vice president and other members of the presidential transition team. when faced with th...

And potentially lifting sanctions after he took office. many things directly relevant to this inquiry. >> as robert mueller and his team have so often done or in the time of these memos, kind of coded little easter eggs in these documents and one line in particular that stood out where the memo tooked about flynns military and public service as a mitigating factor and senior government leaders should be held to the highest standard. do you see that as a shot to the white house? >> both things. t...

About it with a professor who had done a biography of jack johnson. he said, first of all, posthumous pardoning, you can count them on less than one hand. its a long process and it doesnt add up to do it for somebody whos dead. he referenced jack johnsons treatment of women as a mitigating factor. he had been known for domestic abuse. do you think the president aware this is more complicated than meets the eye? >> i dont know. but thats why people present documents to the president, or to whatev...

Russian forces are showing no signs of retaliation. following this strikes. according to to an official fighting isis in syria. approximately 2,000 u.s. troops inside syria. in the fight against isis. what say you to that? >> i need tell you between the time when the president indicated that there would be a strike and when the strike occurred last evening. the syrians probably did everything in their power to scatter their capabilities. and scatter as best they could their chemical storage capa...

Defense. at least it doesnt appear so. in florida, every state has a different insanity defense. some states dont even have it anymore. but generally in florida, he had to have not understood the wrongfulness of what he was doing. not that he personally thought he was justified but, rather, he had to be unaware that society deemed what he was doing was wrong. and if he escaped, if he concealled his crime in any way or tried to, thats going to be a very difficult uphill battle. now, some of the e...

Shooter and so thats how i knew that it was -- it was real. and then we were getting information from kids who were out there in the building. and so, you know, we tried to, you know, not listen to what is rumor, what isnt. at the very least we knew that it was real and that it was happening and we heard the sirens and the helicopters and so we knew that something was, you know, actually happening. >> it sounds to me like one of the things that ended up being a life saver today that may have bee...

How the situation might be unfolding? >> i have a colleague and a close friend who works in the building where the shooting occurred. and, you know, her and a few of us have kind of a group chat that we talk in sometimes. she told us that there was a shooter, and so thats how i knew that it was -- you know, it was real. and then we were getting information from kids who were out there in the building. and so, you know, we tried to, you know, not listen to what is rumor, what isnt, but at the ver...

Theres no modelling for that. and the generic ballots, the democrats have been double digit lead, in some cases more. the numbers right now in history suggest this should be despite the gerrymandering and the map in the senate, if you look at what happened in 2017, and you look at all the historical precedence, this should be a really big year for democrats unless they blow it in some profound way that signifies political malpractice. >> we saw it in the last election. >> they were in 2016. >> t...