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But hes virtually assured of appointing justices to the supreme court as each of his three predecessors did. and could reshape americans lives even more significantly. its the craziest dissonance and cruellest, too. how do you think donald trump is going to reshape this country? >> hes doing it with a tax overhaul, as max mentioned with tariffs before. issue after issue. whats so interesting as you step back and why i wrote that column, is hes doing all of this when he has such a tenuous claim t...

Has a chance to fill his second supreme court vacancy with someone much more conservative, changing the direction of the court much faster than his recent predecessors. this is president who is rewriting the rules of our political system. he offended the campaign as a candidate, and now as president he has the power to reshape a divided america. a lot to discuss. i want to bring in now cnn political analyst april ryan, cnn presidential historian douglas brinkly, and jack quin who was white house...

Short shorter. when we find somebody in contempt and refer it, the u.s. attorney for the district of colombia whose duty it shall be to bring the matter to a grand duty for its action. now, under both president bush and under president obama, you two and your predecessors have decided that youre going to consider "shall" as a, if i feel like it, if i consider the case worthy, i will consider the case de novo and not do it. if either of you are held in contempt, will you allow yourself, or allow ...

All kinds of awful consequences result from tolerating this lawlessness and a wall will be a great way to reestablish law. and sanity there. >> ambassador eisen dont this come down to how the administration, it comes down to how this administration is interpreting the existing law. they have enforced immigration laws unlike past administrations. >> president trump tried to lie about this too. claiming it continued under both democratic and under pass predecessors. nonsense. everybody recognizes ...

Theres been no direct contact between two since inauguration day. >> thats right. they have no relationship whatsoever. >> thats odd. >> it is. it is not very frequent but sometimes presidents rely on predecessors. for advice. remember after donald trump won the election, he went to the white house, talked on president obama and there was a very brief moment when a lot of folks thought they might have some sort of relationship. very quick ri it switched. it is not surprising given that donald tr...

Lawlessness and a wall will be a great way to reestablish law. >> ambassador eisen dont this come down to how the administration, it comes down to had you this administration is interpreting the existing law. they have enforced immigration laws unlike past administrations. >> president trump tried to lie about this too. claiming it continued under pass predecessors. nonsense. everybody recognizes that kids are different from adults. and in order to keep the kids safe, both democrats and republic...

Accused him of wiretapping or other things that are basically without evidence, obama says dont me with that. >> right. or if theres something that he wants to respond to, hell have someone do it. it is a policy issue rather than a direct criticism of president trump. i think you talk about harry trumans hand over to dwight eisenhower. theres been no direct contact between two since inauguration day. >> thats right. >> thats odd. >> it is. it is not very frequent but sometimes presidents rely on...

Probable reaction in congress including the possibility of impeachment. >> there with some of us who felt that the imperial presidency was getting out of hand. the saturday night massacre was a signal to the american people that a president was putting himself above the rule of law and they demanded action. >> and the public outcry to the saturday night massacre was so significant. >> just the insanity of the saturday night massacre like who does that? how could you think you could get away with...

Because his two predecessors were manipulated successfully by vladimir putin and it is common knowledge and he has confidence in himself, things he established a good relationship with pres. xi jinping of china and yet they disagree fundamentally on edge the issues yet they can work together on north korea. he wants to try the same approach with vladimir putin. he knows theres a fundamental disagreement but there is common ground they can find. shannon: they are open to communication and he want...

Removed, well be placing a 20% tariff on all of their cars coming into the u.s. build them here. the president long insisted that in the system of global trade, the u.s. gets the shortened of the stick. even making ending the so-called bad deals with north american, asian and european allies a centerpiece of his campaign. iin a cabinet meeting thursday, he made clear this issue remains a priority for his presidency and each got in a jab at his predecessors. >> this should have been taken care of...