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Hiding the whereabouts of one of children who has become the face of this policy. you see her there. youve probably seen the photo on the cover of the new "time." journalists have been pressing this administration about where she is and theyve been getting stonewalled. some policies are hotly debated even when people know all the facts. this isnt one of them. when people see what trumps order does, the pictures, and the harm and the facts, we know most people oppose it. so the good news may be t...

From the lotion to the pens, you start to wonder if theres any perk or discount that pruits not too ashame to try and cop. to paraphrase, scott pruitt is the type to stand in line for free stuff. which is not cool. of all the discounts here is the one that seems more like pruitt ended up playing himself because he was busted for pushing his aides to get him a deal on a used mattress from the trump hotel. now, look, do what you want. but if youre into the kind of discount that comes with a mattre...

But can you substantiate or provide us evidence of why it might have gone your way or did it not go your way? >> in 45 years in a courtroom, ive never predicted the outcome. ive never said im confident or optimistic but i was very hopeful and encouraged because the judge was asking all the right questions. he clearly understood the issues. we cant do it if the president refus to come to us for approval of his payments and benefits. thats what the clause says. the president has to come to congres...

Emoluments. if there is no disclosure, how can it mean anything if theres no way you can judge whether or not its been infringed upon? >> good question. the answer is, that the refusal of the president to follow the law, putting himself above the law, if the court refuse to intervene would make it. then it can be enforceable. were asking the court to issue an order telling the president youre not above the law. you have to come to the congress and seek its consent, its approval or disapproval an...

Senator jeff merkley, thank you. >> youre welcome. thanks. >> here to help make sense of tonights extraordinary presidential meltdown, natasha bertrand, who follows the russia investigation closely for "the atlantic." democratic strategist, former "apprentice" contestant tara dowdell, and msnbc contributor sam cedar, host of the majority report with sam cedar. and ill start here today. the president -- we played about two minutes of what was i think seven, eight-minute rant. rant by the presiden...

Constitutional boundary. >> all right. senator jeff merkley, thank you. >> youre welcome. thanks. >> here to help make sense of tonights extraordinary presidential meltdown, natasha bertrand, who follows the russia investigation closely for "the atlantic." democratic strategist, former "apprentice" contestant tara dowdell, and msnbc contributor sam cedar, host of the majority report with sam cedar. and ill start here today. the president -- we played about two minutes of what was i think seven, ...

Disagreements on policy, the idea of diverse points of view coming to the president, the devils advocate, who will play the part of a responsible critic is very, very useful in the white house. the buck stops on the presidents desk. but he should be welcoming a mcmaster who disagrees with him rather than, in effect, shielding himself from that uncomfortable or inconvenient truth. and it sometimes is truth even when it is disagreeable. and so, however you characterize john bolton, hes much more o...

And people tend to forget, in 2005, for george bush not to get his way in the wake of 9/11, which still had a lot of impact on national security issues, john bolton is at the extreme of the extreme when it comes to neo-conservative foreign policy. and this is going to have incredibly grave implications for the iran deal, for our involvement in syria. i mean, this is -- this is incredibly alarming. and this is not to post that needs senate confirmation. >> and senator blumenthal, when you look at...

I mean, at least nixon didnt take such a prominent role. he had his main -- main lieutenants in the white house doing most of his bidding. this is a situation where i think trump was involved in this from the beginning on his own. people that were involved with him were very close family members and long time con if i dans. and i think theres others around him that realize the dangers in what hes trying to do to extricate himself from all of this. >> nick ackerman, thank you for joining us tonig...

Incredibly analogous fashion. you would have ended up, if the white house did it and people at the department of justice resigned over it, you would have a direct history repeating itself. >> you would. theres no question about it. thats exactly -- thats exactly what were seeing here. but in the watergate situation, i mean, at least nixon didnt take such a prominent role. he had his main -- main lieutenants in the white house doing most of his bidding. this is a situation where i think trump was...