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I dont like what they did. wheres the abuse? >> its not illegal. i think that the president, acting under his constitutional prerogatives as head of the executive branch, can order the justice department to institute an investigation. the justice department should then exercise its independent judgment to determine whether or not that prosecution is worthy. so in a pure criminal justice sense, i think the president was in his legal rights to do so. to norms point, from an abuse of power standpoi...

I dont like what they did. where is the abuse? >> it is not illegal. i think the president acting under his constitutional prerogatives can order the justice department to institute an investigation. the justice department should then exercise its independent judgment to determine whether or not that prosecution is worthy. so in a pure criminal justice sense, i think the president was in his legal rights to do so. from to norms point, from an abuse of power standpoint, from using the offices of ...

Heard everybody talking about the top four in the playoffs. everybody said the best team is alabama. in doubt about it. but the team thats going to get in is ohio state. shocked becau the committee did, quote, the right thing. according to a lot of analysts on espn on picking alabama in the fourth spot. of course georgia, oklahoma and clemson the other three spots. what happened? >> well, the committee actually did the right thing. they used common sense and not to get overly political here on t...

It tells me were tightening the screws from a military elements of power standpoint on north korea, tells me that things are very tense in that region. we know this. the elements of power, the economic piece and north korea is being squeezed hard economically. you have the information power, the words going back and forth. you have diplomatic power and three military powers. three strike groups, were poised to do something. thats expensive. >> martha: and as well, the president heads to the regi...

Youre going to -- you want to be part of our process, youre going to support whomever that winner is. >> do you have any leverage over a candidate like donald trump leading in the polls and he may not have the best tone of one of the other candidates out there that is part of the grouping that we see right now in front of us? does the rnc have leverage over a candidate like that? >> ultimately, it is up to the voters to decide the nominee in the states. do we have any leverage? no. from the pure...

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