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The cosmopolitan cashcard of old has become a city where mass surveillance is the norm our car is followed constantly. police and state security forces monitor our every step and everyone we want to talk to. chinas leaders see religious extremists lurking everywhere they shut down mosques and when allowed to remain open then only as museums. some of the old city has already been demolished with more to follow. for weaker culture its a terrible loss. we were here 2 years ago and seen in this foot...

And when allowed to remain open then only as museums. some of the old city has already been demolished with more to follow. for weaker culture its a terrible loss. we were here 2 years ago and seen in this footage surveillance was widespread even then but we werent permitted to film in the old city now its off limits. back then we saw how much care went into maintaining the old mud brick buildings. that. we also met a potter who lived and worked in a 400 year old house. shaping the local clay on...

Thats what i would focus on. >> laura: wrongdoing, i think deteriorating public view of the role of government, the role of the press. there is no repercussions. we have to talk about the hope hicks testimony on capitol hill, a lot of hullabaloo on that. the lengths to which people have maligned her and the executive privilege is very quickly -- your thoughts there. >> i have been reading the transcript, its riveting reading. its such a farce. on a day that we have an act of war committed agains...

On him almost two years ago. thats what i would focus on. >> laura: wrongdoing, i think deteriorating public view of the role of government, the role of the press. there is no repercussions. we have to talk about the hope hicks testimony on capitol hill, a lot of hullabaloo on that. the lengths to which people have maligned her and the executive privilege is very quickly -- your thoughts there. >> i have been reading the transcript, its riveting reading. its such a farce. on a day that we have a...

I want to quickly go to manu raju on capitol hill. the transcript of hope hicks testimony behind closed doors has nobody been released? >> reporter: it has. we are just going through it, reading through some of the things that stick out to us. what is notable initially is the amount of objections from the white house to prevekt hope hicks answering questions. they cited what they call is absolute immunity, all the topics were off-limits. according to the democrats on the house judiciary committe...

Misleading statement that went out to the press when it was revealed that donald trump jr. had a meeting at trump tower with russians who wanted to offer dirt on the clinton campaign. all those topics off limits. coming out of this hearing, democrats are making it very clear theyre not happy, and they could go to court to fight this out. >> when the white house issued that letter making a claim of immunity, it doesnt exist in the law. it is quite clear that witnesses are required to answer truth...

>> obstruction of justice. >> cnns manu raju is on capitol hill. katelyn collins is in washington. manu, what are you hearing about this? >> well, the white house counsel in the room alongside hope hicks are saying shes immune from answering questions about her time at the white house. that includes questions such as where her office was in the west wing, as well as whether she told the truth to the special counsel. according to democratic lawmakers in the room, theyre making very clear shes not...

Interference and the other with obstruction. house democrats want to press hope hicks on allegations of obstruction by the president and his team to either frustrate, block or terminate the special counsel investigation as well as payments to two women who alleged affairs with the president that he has denied. late yesterday the white house counsel issued this letter to the house judiciary committees democratic chairman jerry nadler. the letter says in terms of hopes testimony, her time during t...

Infrastructure which is off limits. not necessarily off limits for the russians but off limits for actors in the west and the united states. >> thank you for joining us. dave weinstein. double credit for anyone who uses here to forward a day-to-day speed. >> democratic presidential contender joe biden is speaking at the presidential forum in washington, d.c. joy reid is on the left of the screen. lets listen in. >> good to see you again. my name is joe biden, today is my anniversary. and shes ...

We had during the cold war about whether we would use nuclear weapons, what we would target, whats off limits. to do that, we have to have an open discussion in the united states about what were willing to put off limits for our own weaponry. >> david sanger, evan mcmullin, gentlemen, thank you very much. tomorrow marks four years since donald trump rode down an slater and later rode into the white house. the president will formally launch his reelection bid tuesday in florida. hes launching a...