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Republicans but also inside the white house with asking your allies to do that. >> its also a self-defeating comment from the president which is reaction from the president where he knows whats become said on cable tv, which he watches regularly, but its self-defeating, because if he wants to go and talk about the substance, it really undermines the argument that there should be no cooperation until there is a process that is fair to the president. so the lawyers wrote that eight-page letter tha...

President was trying to use ukraine to investigate a political opponent. if this all bears out, that to me does rise to the level of a high crime and misdemeanor, and the constitution gives the house the power to investigate whether or not they have a formal vote to start the process doesnt have a bearing on what theyre doing. i think the white house counsels position that this investigation is void is fairly ridiculous and has no support in the law. >> so i appreciate you being here. you are a ...

Presidential harassment. he made it pretty clear he views this as presidential harassment and i suspect that means we arent going to be seeing a lot of cooperation. >> bret: sound majority leader piping and sing this process doesnt seem like it has worked before. >> president trump: sometimes the politics of presidential harassment hasnt worked out too well. i remember when we decided it was a good idea to impeach president clinton and his approval waiting went up and hours went down. >> i belie...

Of legal counsel opinion, which has stood since 2011, which has said that theres a ban in federal law on internet sports gambling, but it doesnt apply to the states that are having their lottery online. so a lot of states have done that. the person who hates that the most is sheldon adelson because he views it as competition. and he spent more than $1 million lobbying congress to try to change it. congress wouldnt change it. so then he went to the department of justice to try to lobby them and t...

Call the brown menace. that was the biggest reason that he got elected. >> there is no question that he tapped into something. look, it is never the case in any political contest that one thing winds up being overwhelming, right? you can get a critical mass of something. you can get a tipping point. but its always an equation. >> that was overwhelming. im just telling people do the research. look at the studies. it will show you that is the number one issue -- >> right. >> but why were they afra...

People dont want to answer the question, they feign outrage. its happened a lot over the years on this network and people ive interviewed. did today show why many have said the acting a.g. is not qualified for the job? theres a lot we dont know about him now. >> well hes superbly qualified for the job is the job is essentially to be a flunky for the president of the united states and to do whatever the president wants him to do. what i was asking him about actually was a really shocking and stun...

When it comes to things like you call the brown menace. that was the biggest reason that he got elected. >> there is no question that he tapped into something. look, it is never the case in any political contest that one thing winds up being overwhelming, right? you can get a critical mass of something. you can get a tipping point. but its always an equation. >> that was overwhelming. im just telling people do the research. look at the studies. it will show you that is the number one issue -- >>...

Counsel of his top generals? >> there is an old saying that a good process doesnt guarantee good results, but a bad process almost guarantees bad results. this was no process apparently. the president, as near as we can tell, didnt consult with anyone in the national security apparatus. it was a surprise to everyone. the second problem is the kurds. they have been literally taking bullets for us for five years. they have been our most steadfast ally. the turks cant wait to go after them. >> righ...

What? after you heard that where does it leave us? yes, a senate resolution you voted for yesterday that was proposed by mitch mcconnell. >> of all people. >> to keep troops there. now what? >> you could tell from the other questions of the general that the military is doing what they do which is follow orders and do the best they can. they are working out a plan for withdrawal and trying to do it in a thoughtful way. theyre sort of back-filling on a pronouncement that had no policy undergirding...

Package which doesnt have as many question marks or, you know, doesnt have this explaining or apologizing. >> thats right. one thing i would note about this texas bar registration is that one note they are making -- the warren team is making is that this was not anything to do with the application to the bar. this was a form she filled out after she was already admitted to the bar. obviously an important distinction, however, i dont know if this is a distinction thats going to actually sink in f...