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>> theyve done this for a long time. >> many countries do this in the united states. trying to push whatever their policy position would be. and there are actually many countries that fund think tanks or donate to think tanks in the united states to try and, you know, actually push their agenda. but its overt and they claim that they do this. its not a hidden thing. this is wildly different. the other thing the president said is against him in 2018. he made it sound as if china is running agains...

Faces. >> it was clear they were getting the translation. >> just some interesting frayeding from the president. china does take ads out in newspapers. >> routinely. >> many countries do this in the united states. trying to push whatever their policy position would be. and there are actually many countries that fund think tanks or donate to think tanks in the united states to try and, you know, actually push their agenda. but its overt and they claim that they do this. its not a hidden thing. th...

Faces. >> it was clear they were getting the translation. >> just some interesting frid i frayeding from the president. china does take ads out in newspapers. >> routinely. >> many countries do this in the united states. trying to push whatever their policy position would be. and there are actually many countries that fund think tanks or donate to think tanks in the united states to try and, you know, actually push their agenda. but its overt and they claim that they do this. its not a hidden th...

>> and in many ways, that was my first reaction as well is that this, many many ways, does epitomize the problem, that its not only people in the white house who resign or are pushed out and wont speak out, its everyone on capitol hill. and, again, that brings me back to what is the precipitating event for this? well, weve lost the one person who -- other than maybe ben sass and jeff flake was doing that on capitol hill. >> resignation is an art. if you basically support the goal of the administ...

After all heres what he said. the court should in my view disallow any questioning of a sitting president about the motives behind actions he took that were authorized by article ii of the constitution. allowing the presidents motives to be questioned by prosecutors sends us down a slippery constitutional slope, especially in a real world where all presidents have mixed motives for their actions. chuck, does it send us down a slippery constitutional slope? >> i dont think so, katy. i think the m...

Just avoid the president and his behavioral ticks as much as possible. thats a difficult thing to ask a reto do. >> navigating, as noah pointed out the tribalism between parties and within parties is one thing. but in the larger scheme of things, the idea that mentioning john mccain and saying, you know, well he was a decent human being, he tried to do well, he made mistakes and tried to do well, you still among some people, you get like a reaction to that saying wait a minute no he wasnt that g...

Going to pay to prevent donald trump from doing this gaiagains other people, and to me, it is a small price to pay. so i will do whatever i can personally to try to prevent these abuses in the future. and if it means to go to court, i will do that. >> all right. here with me, cnn political and national security analyst and national security correspondent for "the new york times" david sanger and cnn national security analyst elli ackerman, and so is this the right track for him? >> well, the pre...

In 2016. she said her answer was this. manafort? manafort? she thought, quote, hes been a russian stooge for 15 years. today we learned that manafort was not just getting pro russia politicians elected overseas. he was getting paid millions a year to manage the policy positions of at least one overseas policy position while he changed the direction of his country to align it southwesterly putin and russia. so that was a surprise revelation. why did trump pick him? and then this one last thing. a...

Vote for him or not. then spin cycles in terms of whats going on. i think the documents related to the time a staff secretary, people often understand it is not a policy position. it is a traffic cop position. really channeling and funneling and focusing what does the president see my guess is the president will, judge kavanaugh is a great pic and i think you have a lot to say about that. mike: congressman, reaction and thoughts on the summit democrat strategy at this stage. >> i think they want...

Role, staff secretary. it is not simply a traffic cop. you can look at who did what and who moved from which positions to tell that harriet myers had the position, gonzales, who does not come out well in this period, was general counsel, white house counsel, gonzales moved to be attorney general. myers moved to be counsel and then judge kavanaugh moved to be staff secretary. he determined what went to the presidents desk. you cannot say that is not a policy position. if you determine what inform...