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His party and heal those fractures and that is the northern ireland protocol. the de facto trade border in the irish sea which he says is the number one issue facing northern ireland, its people and its place in the uk. another challenge she may face, he said in the past he would want to be first minister in the devolved government but to do that he would have to resign his westminster seat. he would have to resign his westminsterseat. he he would have to resign his westminster seat. he co—opt...

It, obama was. >> melissa: can i finish? he was overseeing it. he specifically asked. he said in his own words, as he sat on tape, "you must fire this guy because hes corrupt," that is the thing that helps you personally that is cloaked in what is best for the u.s. if we are all honest -- >> marie: that doesnt help joe biden. >> melissa: it absolutely does. >> marie: it might help his son, but thats not him. >> harris: how do you see that playing a role in this impeachment inquiry? >> melissa: i...

Report to and saying these things. in that respect, do you think theres receptivity to that point? and for those watching, why does that matter separate from what happened in 2016 and for those look at abuse of power question, is it potentially worse for a president to be doing this as president opposed to a private citizen as a future candidate running for future plans. >> the fbi investigated this case under robert muellers tutelage. they came up with this indictment, maybe just the beginning,...

>> thank you, chris. joining us now is white house correspondent for "the new york times," maggie haberman. erica, maggie, you were listening to that. thats your takeaway? >> im curious on your takeaway. the point you brought up weve been talking about all morning, which mike spoke to and clearly saying theyre not the same thing. can you have a focus on all these different things at once? >> i think the question is whether we, the media, can have a focus on all these different things at once a...

Silicon valley has a problem with sexual harassment and we have to do better but i agree that this is an issue of power. media personalities have this issue and their people and a colleague of mine in congress they just had this issue. i think what we have to say is not have liberal hypocrisy that were exempt from these issues but we have to deal with these issues as well and we need to not politicize and is a gender imbalance in power. steve: i agree. im not trying and i hope i didnt get that i...

With sexual harassment and we have to do better but i agree that this is an issue of power. media personalities have this issue and their people and a colleague of mine in congress they just had this issue. i think what we have to say is not have liberal hypocrisy that were exempt from these issues but we have to deal with these issues as well and we need to not politicize and is a gender imbalance in power. steve: i agree. im not trying and i hope i didnt get that impression that im trying to p...

This guy is a fixer. >> if you want to look innocent, you mean? >> its obvious he doesnt know what hes doing. the whole issue as we were talking a little while ago is about loyalty. you dont have the right to expect -- >> and he said it. >> -- loyalty from the fbi director. you have the right to expect him to be loyal to the constitution. i dont know what they think theyre doing with this guy. i think its a disaster. >> what do you think of this because the president obviously felt he needed a t...

It shows you how important it is to get the documents that government officials try and hide. thats what transparency does. it shines the light on whats really happening. when i used to write in the bush years about the dangers of the nsa, i used to tell republicans imagine if hillary clinton had these spying powers. i would say to democrats, imagine if an nsa system was in the hands of someone like chris christie and the staff that he has. would you be comfortable allowing this agency to operat...

When he speaks about the associated press controversy. there are about 20 phone lines secretly scrutinized by the justice department. not tapped. all right. they just got the phone line records. why did they do that? here is what mr. obama said. >> when we express concern about leaks. at a time when i have still got 60,000 plus troops in afghanistan, and i have still got a whole bunch of intelligence officers around the world who are in risky situations, in outposts that in some cases are as dan...

When he speaks about the associated press controversy. there are about 20 phone lines secretly scrutinized by the justice department. not tapped. all right. they just got the phone line records. why did they do that? here is what mr. obama said. >> when we express concern about leaks. at a time when i have still got 60,000 plus troops in afghanistan, and i have still got a whole bunch of intelligence officers around the world who are in risky situations, in outposts that in some cases are as dan...