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With the plan to install richard clark as new attorney general. so he could proclaim the big lie as justification for getting mike pence to reject the electoral college votes and kick the whole thing into a contingent election. this is the exact same process. there were people who saw the constitutional danger of what donald trump was doing. and they tried to blow the whistle a little bit in their way, they tried to act as a restraining force. of course, they didnt go out and talk to the departm...

The whistle a little bit in their way. they tried to act as a restraining force. of course, they didnt go out to talk to the department of justice. they didnt go out to talk to the media. they didnt blow the whistle publicly. but at least they were doing what they could behind the scenes to try and stop it. it tells us a lot about what was taking place there and about how we might be able to avoid a situation like this in the future. and of course, that is the charge of the january six committee...

Treasury just does institutional. part of that is the treasuryjust does not like spending money and tends to be a restraining force against the political will of the government and that sort of gets reflected in the chancellor but i think here is something just like political tensions between blair and brown, these tensions between boris johnson and richey sue neck art, i think, that this is a big political ideologicalfight think, that this is a big political ideological fight within the conserv...

Security. he knows when to go to court. hes been a restraining force. so the fact would send a message who really is strong and has the knowledge that is necessary for secretary of defense is somebody who the president doesnt necessarily go along with. and thats just sending a horrible message to our national security establishment. >> gloria, we now have the situation it seems like where pretty much all the cabinet secretaries who have meetings over seas with other world leaders or are in negot...

Words like devastate asking pathetic coming from diplomats. not really the kind of thing that diplomats say. >> not the kind of thing diplomats say, and not the kind of thing european diplomats say. one of the interesting and heartening elements of this whole story has been that it has put the backbone into the europeans. if you remember during the cold war and after the americans have always been the more forward leaning partner in this alliance. its always been the americans that have been mor...

Build international support. that is another question raised by mattis to the president. >> crucial question. talking about striking, possibly killing russians. it is not a small thing to say we should be 100%. i want to bring in military analyst former member of the joint chiefs of staff. kerr n colonel, what do you make of this. m mattis wants to get to 100% sure. >> the degree of certainty that they are willing to accept. and what we are dealing with is somebody in the form of mattis known as...

Untruths, like verifiably untrue things that are not factual, at least hes not going -- >> youre going to say thats in the territory of a characterization, as opposed to just like it was the most-watched inauguration. -heidi, thank you for joining me. congresswoman maxine waters is a democrat from california. congresswoman, theres been a story that kelly is a sort of restraining force, that people should be happy that hes there if theyre worried about the presidents temperament or worried abou...

Person around him whos ever talked about him. >> thats an opinion. and hes welcome to his opinions. and i guess after having dealt with some of the previous individuals who have come out there and actually said outright untruths, like verifiably untrue things that are not factual, at least hes not going -- >> youre going to say thats in the territory of a characterization, as opposed to just like it was the most-watched inauguration. -heidi, thank you for joining me. congresswoman maxine water...