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Been debating the two articles of impeachment that the committee has proposed against president trump. the first one is abuse of power. the second one is obstruction. now, as i mentioned the vote on these articles is expected some time tonight before they all collapse from exhaustion. it could be within this hour. they have gone through this series of procedural motions that there isnt like a table of contents in advance that tells us exactly how many more of these procedural things they have to...

That, though, what really ended up being the big news in that story today is the filing that the presidents lawyers made on his behalf defending him against the threat of his tax returns being released by this subpoena. in this case, the legal case made by the presidents lawyers was so radical, and, indeed, so potentially historic, it is literally on the front page of "the new york times" right now. "trump lawyers argue he cannot be criminally investigated." and that is actually what the preside...

Chance to respond to the allegations. and showing exactly what youre saying, that we werent just trying to put one or two hotel room stories in the newspaper, we were trying build a solid body of evidence about 25 years of allegations. >> one of the things that i think has been such a -- has propelled this and ignited a movement is that it does reach the elite in every way. and i also feel like thats kind of a product of the reporting process here. i mean, if what youre able to follow, if the mo...

Now, the complaint at least appears to be getting treated here as if it is outside the bounds of the law that protects whistle-blowers. the law that protects whistle-blowers from among other things being prosecuted for bringing forward sensitive information like this through the appropriate channels. now, why would that be? it has emerged over the past 24 hours that the justice department led by william barr for some reason they have been brought into this process. theyre not supposed to be with...

Way. i think it is a product of the reporting process. if the money you are able to follow is financial settlements and nondisclosure agreements, those are tools to protect elite men. this reporting process is almost destined to bring down men at the highest echelons of society. >> this story goes way beyond harvey weinstein. this is an x-ray into abuse of power. we had been able to connect the dots and how he had covered it up over the years. since then, we were able to bring together so many o...

Incredible read. its been described as a new generation of "all the presidents men," and cantor and touhy are here with me now in new york to talk all about it. jodie and megan, congratulations on the book launch. >> thanks for having us. >> you shared a lot in this book about the reporting process, the experience of gathering this information. i think we should start at the very beginning, jodie. the first day that you thought about looking into harvey weinstein? >> well, it really came out of ...

An open kind of feedback loop there. i dont actually think that thats going to change just because bill shine is leaving. >> sorry. final question. i lied. the dnc announced, i believe it was yesterday, that they would not have fox host any of the democratic primary debates and one of the things they did was cite the reporting in your article, specifically about what happened with diana falzon, according to your reporting. your reaction to the fact that this article apparently led to that outcom...

Of communication and such an open kind of feedback loop there i dont actually think thats going to change because bill shine is leaving. >> final question. i lied. the dnc announced yesterday that they would not have fox host any of the democratic primary debates and one of the things they did was site reporting unyour article, specifically about what happened with dianne falzone, according to your reporting. your reaction? >> i mean thats real a a political calculation what the dnc wants to do....

Him, for whatever reason, because hes a 77-year-old man used to doing things a certain way in his private business as defenders say or is it something there we dont know about. we have no way of knowing. we just know how he approached this. >> i want to read you something you wrote this morning. he says the press has never been more dishonest than it is today. stories are written that have absolutely no basis, in fact the writers dont even call asking for verification, theyre totally out of cont...

What they say was inaccurate. the statement was written in a lawyerly way. these are lawyers after all. some journalists say dont overthink it. the special counsel never issues a statement, never challenges a story and theyve challenged this one so there has to be a reason. >> if we cant match it ourselves to the special counsels office, as far as im concerned, its more or less inoperative as if it did happen. we have learned more about the reporting process that happened here, including, let me...