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Special counsel mueller in the russia probe. prosecutors filed sentencing recommendations for the presidents former personal attorney, michael cohen, and former trump campaign chair, paul manafort. they indicate that president trump directed michael cohen to commit a crime. whether or not the president himself broke the laws open to question. the incoming chair of the house judiciary committee say mr. trump may at least have committed an impeachable offense. >> they would be if impeachable offen...

This, because look what they did to john edwards. probably. the president could be in legal jeopardy on january 20th, 2021. but theyre saying against interest that this could be just like what happened to john edwards. john edwards was rendered toxic by those allegations. the political affect destroyed his political career. whether or not he was in legal jeopardy and he managed to escape conviction, he was destroyed. >> are they worried more about the political fallout? >> they should be. the le...

To be the number three in the house. there is a real fight right now for the house -- who is going to chair the house democratic caucus. ask there is an opportunity to elect the first black woman in leadership in the house. and i think these are the kind of conversations folks are currently having on the hill. and folks actually are -- democrats are having throughout the country about what real representation looks like. >> no question. and listen, the make-up of the new congress is full of firs...

The experience and the decisionmaking ability to leave the department of justice or to be in a cabinet position. and that was just skated in this case. the problem, it makes everything that he does or everything that could happen under his watch questionable. so i think its a great point they bring out. you know, they have -- weve had people debate before about recess appointments and other things where they try to get their insiders into the game. this looks like a pretty clear move by the pres...

David. >> right, fred. im going to take deputy attorney general rosenstein at his word he thinks highly of acting attorney general matthew whitaker. lets face it, if this guy is his boss for however short a time period, doesnt behoove him to start a wharf worar of words him. rosenstein was caught in the mix not in a good way when james comey was fired in 2017. he was one of the authors, was the author of the memo justifying it, that justification or reasoning behind it was a little questionable,...

Or hurts today. shep. >> shepard: reporting live. in new jersey, democrats have launched last-minute rescue for menendez after his trial on charges of corruption ended last year in a mistrial. wealthy republican pharmaceutical executive named bob hugin is running to unseat him. david lee miller is live in mountainside. >> we are at a restaurant in mountainside, new jersey, the republican, bob hugin will be holding a watch party he hopes will become a victory party. just a short time ago, preside...

Robert muellers office, the new york state attorney general office, the new york state tax office, thats is something that trump should be concerned about because of the big story in the the "new york times" that pointed to a lot of sort of questionable at best practices that the trump organization has been involved in. if anyone should have information about anything that trump might have done in his past that is questionable or wrong, that would be michael cohen. at this point in time hes maki...

Saudis. >> right. >> why is this such a crisis in your view? >> jim, this is a crisis because we are struggling to find any plausible explanation for what happened to jamal khashoggi other than that he was murdered in that consulate. he was a u.s. resident, employee of a respected u.s. newspaper. the saudis denials come on the heels, of course, of their performance at the ritz carlton last november when so many hundreds of people were incarcerated, some of whom apparently were tortured. we have ...

Looks like the second highest approval rating so far. the still sort a questionable. the economy is hard to question. most people see an economy despite a shaky economy. peoples pocketbooks are looking good. unemployment rate is very, very low. the growth has been astronomical. do you think republicans are running enough on that? is it too much about democrats and should be more on the economy? >> republicans are trying. you see them make the case about the economy. its historically strong. no q...

Ended up in the press? dr. fords plea for privacy was brushed aside, a predictable media circus. was launched. of course, the questionable and concerning happened ling of this matter didnt stop there in her testimony, dr. ford seemed surprised that chairman grassley had offered her legal team a number of more discreet and less burdensome ways to share her story if she preferred. the chairman had offered to fly investigators out to florida, to california, or anywhere else for a private interview ...