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Because were going to get to that. im not surprised sort of given the way the white house works, betsy, and "the washington post" reports this, kushner has clashed with career officials who have questioned some of his ideas. such as installing web cameras to livestream construction. they went on to write that for their part, former officials have said that kushner displays a lack of knowledge of the policy issues and politics involved in the immigration debate. you have spent a lot of time repor...

Statement saying in mcgahn, meaning the ruling, the house judiciary committee emphasized to the district court that the information it sought from mr. mcgahn, quote, did not involve the sensitive topics of national security or foreign affairs. therefore, any passing references in the mcgahn decision instead of courts opinion to presidential communications concerning national security matters are not authoritative on the validity of testimonial immunity for close white house advisers. thats legal...

Close adviser would be able to exert some sort of privilege over if he or she actually showed up to testify. her opinion is not saying there is, you know, nothing is off the table here. they have to testify about everything wholesale. it does leave room that there may be particular issues. what its careful to say is theres just no absolute blanket immunity. they dont have a reason not to show up at all, but there may be particular things that either because it is classified or there is some addi...

President of united states should be impeached because he tied aid to investigations and you do not know that. >> never said the president of the united states should be impeached. >> youve left people with a confusing impression that you are giving testimony you did not. you do not have any evidence of the president of the united states was tied to withholding aid to ukraine for investigations. mark: representative turner with ambassador volker. go. >> you had a meeting with the president of th...

President of united states should be impeached because he tied aid to investigations and you do not know that. >> never said the president of the united states should be impeached. >> youve left people with a confusing impression that you are giving testimony you did not. you do not have any evidence of the president of the united states was tied to withholding aid to ukraine for investigations. mark: representative turner with ambassador volker. go. >> you had a meeting with the president of th...

On health care policy, for example. you make a great point, the way theyre working inside-outside now, they never did that on policy issues. weir up next, how the white house is turning camp david into a playground for republican lawmakers. they never stray from their predetermined path. but this season, a more thrilling journey is calling. defy the laws of human nature. at the season of audi sales event. when i needed to create a better visitor experience. improve our workflow. attract new cust...

Campaign ads and what not is also the thing that is likely to hold him back. because in this election, as i said, there is not a lot of appetite amongst democratic voters for putting another billionaire in office, rightly or wrongly. if you look at what democratic voters are looking for, it does not appear that theyre really hungering for michael bloomberg in this race even if they are in line with him probably on a lot of policy issues. our other breaking news this hour, a new "washington pos...

Some of these are policy issues. not just personal. john bolton is an interventionist, whether you like it or not his policy all along, still unapologetic about the invasion of iraq which he thought was a good idea. he wants confrontation with north korea. he differed with the president in several key respects. wanted armed confrontation always on the table and always talked about. a very aggressive kind of a foreign policy figure and to the extent he had differences, he wants those differences,...

The problem of the youth use of e-cigarettes is a problem. everybody in the room, including companies who market flavored products or used to market flavored products agree to that. the question though is whether or not in balancing the needs of adults to find an off-ramp for combustible cigarettes, whats is the response for kids not to get addicted to nicotine. thats the balance that the president is hearing from people on different sides of the issue and hearing from his experts within the adm...

The american medical association said. said, i think you have the opportunity to save a generation from addiction. we know that the youth are attracted to these flavored e-cigs and to those who argue theyre effective smoking cessation, the u.s. preventative task force has not found that evidence. so my question to you is, the president hinted weeks ago he might want to ban these flavored e-cigs and yesterday was saying something different. how do you balance all that? >> i think what the america...