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Easy as donald trump makes it look. here is congressman peter welch on this program three weeks ago when we first discovered the contradictions between ambassador taylors testimony and gordon sondlands testimony. is gordon sondland in danger of perjury charges for his testimony to your committee? >> i think he is. >> he keeps it simple. joining us now is democratic republican congressman peter welch. he took part in todays hearing. and neal kattyal is with us. what does it add to what could be a...

Of limitations, and i know the trump administration has gotten used to a fake attorney general who doesnt look at and investigate when theres wrongdoing by members of the executive branch. but this is five-year statute of limitations. and ill tell you, lawrence, any attorney general -- i dont care if theyre republican or democrat -- will look at this and be, deeply, deeply concerned. theyd look into this and look into it even if the president told them not to. thats what holder did for example i...

Possibility of there being a democratic attorney general in not so long down the road and that these cases are all live cases going into the next administration, possible criminal cases. so if gordon sondland is going to be making phone calls to tru donald trump, he might want to be talking about a pardon. >> absolutely. i think if youre gordon sondland right now you have a lot to worry about. and by the way, lawrence, i think its true even if its another attorney general who comes in. i think a...

President thought. the real problem with that is democrats say, look, we want all those people to come in, trump to come in, bolton to come in, documents and e-mails. and what are you doing, mr. president, youve issued an e-mail that says no executive branch employee can come in and testify to congress and tell the truth. youve said no documents can be turned over. thats the way king george iii behaved when we fought the revolution. >> and congressman peter welch, thank you for joining us tonigh...

Because jim jordan has been getting away with his stunts in hearings for as long as people have been watching him in his hearings without the suit coat on. so weve shown it once already, but with you here i want to show it once again. lets just take a look at this. >> there is one witness, one witness they wont bring in front of us. they wont bring in front of the american people, and thats the guy who started it all whe, the whistle-blower. >> id say to my colleague id be glad to have the perso...

Exculpate or exonerate the president, we would have seen it. >> ambassador sherman, i want to give you a wide open spot here to share with us your feelings when you were watching your former colleagues and diplomatic service in this testimony today, any part you want to comment on including much of what they had to say about the importance of ukraine. they really wanted to take the opportunity to deliver to the committee the importance of our policy with ukraine beyond what is just now the scand...

Perjury. last night on this program congressman sean patrick maloney who was in the room yesterday said this. >> i think ambassador sondland ought to read his transcript very carefully, and he ought to see whether his recollection or whether his ability to answer in more complete ways has been enhanced, let me put it that way. i think ambassador sondland is at the heart of this thing, and he owes us truthful testimony, all of it. and that is in his own best interest. >> joining us now a member o...

Far, i believe ambassador sondland committed perjury. last night on this program congressman sean patrick maloney who was in the room yesterday said this. >> i think ambassador sondland ought to read his transcript very carefully, and he ought to see whether his recollection or whether his ability to answer in more complete ways has been enhanced, let me put it that way. i think ambassador sondland is at the heart of this thing, and he owes us truthful testimony, all of it. and that is in his ow...

Congressman welch, someones not telling the truth there. >> well, thats right, and i think sondland has a lot of explaining today. but, you know, whats worth really pointing out is theres two categories of witnesses here. theres the political class and i put sondland in that category and its pretty sordid. its about being self-serving, its about doing whatever the presidents bidding is, its about making it up as you go along and about concealing what youre doing. and then there are the civil ser...

Flavors. san francisco voters stopped the sale of flavored e-cigarettes. but then juul, backed by big tobacco, wrote prop c to weaken e-cigarette protections. the san francisco chronicle reports prop c is an audacious overreach, threatening to overturn the ban on flavored products approved by voters. prop c means more kids vaping. thats a dangerous idea. vote no on juul. no on big tobacco. no on prop c. donald trump is going to be impeached by the house of representatives and sent to trial in ...