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Learning a lesson from hillary clinton in 2016. they are apologizing and not equivocating. is it authentic or not and thats something voters will decide over time. >> it strikes a contrast too with the administration having a tough time saying im sorry. you cant help, though, think about obamas presidency. i remember a lot of conservatives kept referring to him as apologist in chief especially when it came to foreign policy issues, didnt they? >> there was a pretty significant change in policy p...

Bribery statutes are written, its much simpler to make a case like that once someone is an elected official. once trump is president, if he is actually making deals at that point, you know, youre looking at a whole different ball game. i think the whole thing is problematic for them though and maybe giuliani doesnt understand this, that its all one big conspiracy. if there was a quid pro quo, it doesnt matter really when the negotiations began or ended. what matters is whats there an intent to g...

If the women of the house didnt do what alexandria ocasio-cortez decided to do today. congresswoman ocasio-cortez is the second most famous member of the house of representatives. nancy pelosi being the most famous member. now, we have not seen such a famous freshman member of the house since john quincy adams was elected to the house of representatives after serving as our sixth president of the united states. and in modern politics, in social media politics, with fame comes power, the power to...

And in modern politics, in social media politics, with fame comes power, the power to direct media attention where you want it. the power to push a policy position into the national political debate. and congresswoman ocasio-cortez did that today more effectively than any other member of the house of representatives could have done it because of that fame. and there is apparently no one in the house of representatives who understands fame and knows how to use fame better than congresswoman ocasi...

Big boi and travis scott. the announcements come after many acts and artists turned down a chance to perform at the super bowl in support of former nfl quarterback colin kaepernick. other players who have take an knee during the national anthem to protest racial injustice. when it comes to president trumps most prominent policy position, he says the old way is best. our jake tapper has that in this weeks state of the cartoonian. >> president trump agrees, a wall is not a new idea. >> they say it...

With al lights before hand, talked to commanders on the ground, might have visited the troops. but you saw a decision followed by a visit to the region, followed by consultation, perhaps now hell speak to the remaining generals that he has. but all of this means the policy decision making process is playing out realtime in front of the american people with all of the different concerns that are being raised, coming up and shifting the policy position in a very erratic and confusing way for our t...

A role is important. hopefully it gives us the opportunity to see how congress can come together, work together on an issue that was clearly a problem that both sides agreed on and accomplished something. >> i think this is a great stark contrast to the wall which is this is a policy position that years have been spent changing the minds of americans and of their elected officials to get such overwhelming support. >> three strikes youre out and stuff like that. >> he doesnt have -- hes not built...

Whatever they could to try to win the election. >> let me ask you this, because you were in a public integrity unit, and most of the prosecutions are not the president of the united states. their state reps, city council members, members of congress sometimes. if someone comes to you with this set of facts and this evidence, these people with a city council member or a state rep, a member of congress who does this, theyre probably getting prosecuted. >> absolutely. theres no question. again, the...

Theres no question. again, the only reason that president trump is not getting prosecuted is because he is president trump. >> the president. >> the department of justice has this policy position that a sitting president cant be indicted. >> yeah. go ahead. >> he could be indicted after he leaves office. >> he sure could. >> right. >> one of the last things here that i think is important in terms of why this transparency matters in the federal election laws, american voters were robbed of corrob...

You were in a public integrity unit, and most of the prosecutions are not the president of the united states. their state reps, city council members, members of congress sometimes. if someone comes to you with this set of facts and this evidence, these people with a city council member or a state rep, a member of congress who does this, theyre probably getting prosecuted. >> absolutely. theres no question. again, the only reason that president trump is not getting prosecuted is because he is pre...