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The society, very good read on the society. and we understand there is a neutral challenge. it is not only local against the state bureaucracy, but its the local against the globalism. its a local against globalization and against the european super state that they want to build. >> reporter: not far away, the volunteers at europe now, a tiny grassroots movement, are trying to convince roman residents that italy needs more europe, not less. alarmed at the precedent set by brexit every weekend, t...

Senate rules requires a procedural vote of 67 yays. a rules change was out of the question. there was another way to lower the bar. establishing a new precedent. >> theres only 44 standing rules of the senate and tens of thousands of precedents. standing rules are the bare skeleton of senate procedure. the rules of the road are givened by interpretations of those rules by precedent. >> via fancy fin nagling, harry reid didnt change the rules. he instituted a new precedent for breaking filibuster...

The process and why i think youll see him do well today. he knows about that. his time in the white house counsels office is the one that president trump has decided to assert privilege. keep in mind he is following the precedent as set by president obama when he put forward an executive order all about documents in an administration and how they should be handled. i know democrats might be frustrated but president trump is following the precedent set by president obama. >> bret: you had dianne ...

Could be used in future cases. >> yes, thats right. and because what happens in the federal courts is that sometimes the federal districts, one court might be ruling that abortion is legal in this circumstance, another might be ruling it is not legal. it only -- those rulings only apply to the district in question. but when it goes to the u.s. supreme court, it applies to the entire nation. and so this kind of presents an important hint that the supreme court as currently constituted, at least i...

Not repealing it. all we have to do is look to the precedent set for 2017 going in the midterms. >> dana: josh crauttenar hung without a republican and the democrat vying for congressional seat. rewrote its a remarkial shift for republicans running against the obamacare as a key campaign plank for the last four elections. without democrats in power and after a failed attempt to repeal obama signature accomplishments, the republicans now bear the brunt of the publics fickle mood to the healthcare...

Brought, and theyve done that so far. but i do think we have seen rudy giuliani sort of take this notion that you cant indict the president and use that to say, why should you subpoena him? why should he sit for an interview? this is part of it, the notion that trump and his associates colluded with russians are part of the investigation, just like obstruction of justice is part of the investigation. but the broader question is interference by russians in the 2016 election. this doesnt just get ...

Precedent set in the hillary clinton email investigation. remember, he added an element that you have to harm -- have intent to harm national security. you can be grossly negligent. you can be extremely careless. you can take americas most sensitive national security information and leave them in a starbucks outside the kremlin, but under the most recent department case deciding this matter you cant be charged with the improper disclosure of classified information. >> harris: congressman ratclif...

"the wall street journal" is reporting the white house is reviewing pruitts activity. politico is reporting that white house chief of staff john kelly has considered firing pruitt in the coming months as part of a series of ousting of top officials causing headache for the president. that, according to a senior administration official. amid all the negative headlines, pruitt announced yesterday he is revoked obama era standards requiring cars and light trucks sold in the u.s. to average more tha...

A stretch in early june, according to "the washington post." lets talk about this, with us is our national political correspondent and a former undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and affairs. he is a distinguished fellow with the digital forensic research lab. gentlemen, welcome to you both. steve, tom price lost his job over shall we call it, a transportation issue. are these people any different? >> you look at -- super officially this is the same thing. in both cases you look at tha...

With the atlanta councils digital forensic research lab. gentlemen, welcome to you both. steve, tom price lost his job over, shall we call it, a transportation issue. are these people any different? >> you look at -- superficially this is pretty much the same thing. in both cases you look at that issue of perks of very expensive travel in the case of the veterans affairs secretary, bringing along his wife at taxpayer expense. if you believe there was a precedent set with tom price, and it took a...