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>> so that means that the rule of law and the role of the justice partmentand the texas r.i.d. is another example and the department of justice was a arguing and winning on the set of facts about the intentional discrimination in the set of texas, and they reverse the fact that they have facts where there were no facts, and so this is policy disguised as law, and i get to do what i want, because i have the got the power, and that is what it is. >> absolutely. and it is also bad policy. one of th...

Discrimination in texas. and then the justice department reverses position as if they found the facts no longer were the facts. its what maya was saying. this is policy disguised as law. this is i get to do what i want because ive got the power. thats what this is. >> absolutely. its also bad policy. i mean, one of the reasons congress has not been able to completely dismantle the affordable care act is because its popular and actually has support. its popular because people need to see a doctor...

Goodlap. very similar to the senate bill the president likes. it does not include a path way to citizenship for dreamers. dana. >> dana: all right peter, thank you. and were back now with chris stirewalt. im going to read you wall street journal editorial page. saying president trump may need a refresher course in deal making after the senate. he could start by recalling whos president and stop giving adviser steven miller a policy veto. whatever happened to the art of the deal. if there trump i...

Lawyers, ron? >> right. but on the other hand, it is one step along a road of what could be a slow motion political crisis, which is, various -- all of the continuum of ways he could resist this investigation and ultimately potentially terminate the investigation and what congressional republicans will do in response to that, yes, you know, lawyers will advise you no the to make blanket commitments at a press conference but if donald trump refuses to meet with the special counsel, there is an el...

Theres practically a tweet at some criticism that he wages daily. yesterday it was kwanzaa. he used to criticize obama for marking kwanzaa. yesterday he was doing it. good, he should, but on the golf part, i think theres several things. first the ethical implication, then the policy implication, and then the optics. its not only that hes playing golf, but at his own private golf course, private club. >> hold on, ana. we do have the numbers here. he hayes spent 86 days playing golf, and 111 days ...

National security circle, the metaphor i used was our dashboard warning lights were clearly flashing. subsequently the 10 months since the inauguration, more and more has come out. it is getting more and more compelling as time goes on. >> would you have made the same statement as you made 10 months ago? >> not at all. >> part of this is the policy implication. donald trump brand as a candidate wanted a closer relationship with with russia. he wants to get them to do things that are in the u.s. ...

Of the reason we saw that second set of tweets from him yesterday. >> sources told your colleagues that removing steve bannon could weaken the presidents ability to translate his ideas to policy. explain that since theyre saying president trump had similar views since long before steve bannon joined the campaign. >> thats where these stories start to matter because of the policy implication. republicans got control of the house and senate and white house because americans voted they wanted to lo...

Point out that marco rubio and cory gardner, you know, republican senators have called out and been critical of the president for not using those words. van, i cut you off. sorry. >> i think sometimes we act as if the only thing that matters are the words and the language when you say something, and thats important. but theres a policy implication we have not talked about enough, which is you have an administration that when it comes to counterterrorism has been reported as moving resources away...

>> this is one of the things you talk about, real policy implication for people living outside of the beltway here. if mcconnell doesnt have 50 votes, hes still going to bring it to the floor? what do we think? >> something really important, raw politics happening, a lot of the proposals they are writing dont kick in until after the next senate election. me dont kick in until the next senate election. people who see this hit them until after they have been to the voting booth twice. >> reiterate...

Blackmailed by the russians. director pompeo, did you know about the acting attorney generals warnings to the white house, or were you aware of the concerns behind the warning? >> i dont have any comment on that. >> well, were you aware of the concerns behind the warning? i mean, this is a global threat. this is a global threat question. this is a global threat hearing. were you aware? >> senator, tell me what global threat it is youre concerned with, please. im not sure i understand the questio...