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im john roberts in washington. before we get to china, we begin with president biden pushing back, and the critics who say he is demonizing half the nation. its a fox news alert. >> donald trump and the maga republicans represent an extremism that threatens republic. quality and democracy are under assault. they spread fear and lies, told for profit and power. maga republicans do not respect the constitution. maga forces are determined to take this country backwards. they embrace anger...

harms way. i urge people to leave. we dont want to see them hurt. >> ambassador mark regev, thank you very much for being with us. very much appreciate your time. >> thanks for having me. that wraps up the hour for me. im jose diaz-balart. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. right now on "andrea mitchell reports," expelled. indicted republican congressman george santos becomes the sixth house member in history to be kicked out of congress by his colleagues with a tri...

Election. And i cant believe it. But Lindsey Graham last night at maralago said he wanted to continue investigating hillary clinton. And the clinton emails. Its just its absolutely rid its absolutely ridiculous. And i think the democrats have a constitutional responsibility to continue to conduct oversight of this administration. And just because the republicans didnt do it doesnt mean the democrats shouldnt. Thats exactly what they should do and let the facts like Robert Mueller let the facts l...

>> the question is how long does that win last. this is something thats long-term because essentially with this ruling, with this state, they are inviting them to make a full-throated argument. what are they going to say about this and where does it go from there. it says theyre pretty unclear about how this is going to end up. >> to be clear, part of the white house strategy, is it not, is delay. >> yes. >> to push it out. push these witnesses beyond being able to testify in the impeachment inq...

The white house may try more on some questions and then theyll revert to executive privilege. so its the long way to go in terms of litigation, but importantly, this legal ruling is a big help for the democrats obstruction argument. >> but, ron, as you know, this is all about timing here because part of the white house strategy, as i was discuss with kaitlan, is push these witnesses out so they cant be a factor in the impeachment inquiry. on that note, particularly because the democrats have a p...

Ruling you see what this federal judge thinks of that. and we knew that they were skeptical of this argument that the white house had been making about how essentially everyone was protected by this. but what you see in this is just how far it goes because this is much broader than just the former white house attorney. and whether or not he can go before congress. but it goes into national security officials as well which is essentially youre reading former national security adviser john bolton ...

Rules and giuliani and his minions. >> we are still looking for the unredacted mueller papers to still come out where we could go back to a pattern. >> could be the white whael a lot of people are waiting to hear from. if john bolton can testify. youve written a great piece about the obstruction argument. we are at this tipping point where this is not playing out. >> thats true, the house democrats feel like they dont necessarily have to wait to get this testimony because theyve

That the legal discussions are ongoing. and that they are still collecting all of the evidence. however, in speaking with constitutional experts, chris, i am told that this is also likely to be the impeachment vehicle because if you look at history, this is the same way that they drew up the case against richard nixon. there were three articles of impeachment for abuse of power, for contempt of congress, and obstruction. what is still up in the air at this point is not this overall umbrella of a...

They cant get access to witness and cant get documents. youre familiar with trying to make a convincing case. how do democrats, they are seeing a shift in the polls here but it may not be enough at this point. how do democrats make their case to the american people in light of these obstacles which may not be this obstruction argument as compelling as other arts? >> first they should turn over every rock and follow the leads where they find them. theyll have more luck given the status of this ad...

Fast they made that decision and how they did it. as we know, the attorney general did not receive the mueller report until friday afternoon. so he was able to take all of the evidence that robert mueller laid out on both sides of the obstruction argument for charging for obstruction and not. these difficult issues he talks about in this letter. and they were able to decide less than 48 hours later that there was no obstruction. and, of course, this now makes sense why reporters have been told o...