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Some of you can ask him. thats the whole point of being challenge. >> reporter: does the white house need to do a better job on communicating about impeachment? >> martha: senator lindsey graham, at the center of this conversation on capitol hill. lets go to chad pergram standing by. >> in just the past couple moments, the closed-door transcribed interviews, the deposition with laura cooper, the pentagon official, started. this was delayed by about five and half hours because you had republicans...

To make sure she does not declare a silent hunger strike. >> moores change in appearance since her most recent mug shot also poses a potential security issue. >> dee dee? >> that could be an escape risk, god forbid she gets away from us. the photograph says its blond, but really shes a brunette, so that is a high security risk. most of our inmates who stay a long time have appearance adjustments throughout their stay. we definitely want to get an update on their mug shot. >> moore, you know were...

Arthel: in the process of unraveling situation with turkey and turkeys rebooted war, isis prisoners released or able to escape, should americans be afraid or concerned about retaliation or a new attack from isis or their foot soldiers? >> yes, isis caliphate has been destroyed but thousands and thousands of isis members an those isis troops that are right now being held by the kurds, if they are turned loose, that means they can be on their way to the united states, this is a real issue and, aga...

Interests. they serve ours as well. corrupt leaders are inherently less trustworthy. while an honest leadership makes a u.s./ukraine partnership more reliable and more valuable to the united states. a level playing field, one with a european land mass succeeded by russia and one of the largest populations in europe creates an environment in which u.s. business are more easily trade and invest and profit. corruption is a security issue as well because corrupt officials are vulnerable to moscow. i...

Thats what youre saying, ignore corruption. >> im saying that at this point, there is a very serious and indefensible position that the republicans have taken. that is that the whistle-blower was not in the room. they can do pbetter by emphasizing the fact this is going to throw the country into turmoil. we have an election coming up within a year. if the people feel this strongly that this was corruption, and that this president was guilty of some type of indefensible conduct, they can vote him...

Executive and he gets to make foreign policy. congress gets to legislate and congress doesnt get to remove the president unless specific constitutional criteria in that. >> laura: i think we should have a wrap-up like citing federalist papers and go back and forth and continuing education credit for both of you. its really fun. joe biden has had a bit of an evolution. and his own thinking on impeachment. this is what he sounded like today when pressed. >> this isnt a democratic issue. or republi...

The oath they have taken to let that happen. this isnt a democratic issue, or a republican issue. it is a national issue. it is a security issue. it is time for this administration to stop stonewalling and provide the congress with all the facts it needs. including a copy of the formal complaint made by the whistle-blower. and its time for the congress to fully investigate the conduct of this president. the president should stop stonewalling. this investigation, and all other investigations into...

Too many people are serving this nation and honoring that oath to let that happen. this is in a democrat issue or republican issue, its a nationalist issue and a security issue. its time the administration stopped stonewalling and divided congress all the facts that it needs including a copy of the formal complaint made by the whistle-blower. its time for the congress to fully investigate, and the president should stop stonewalling all the investigations into the alleged wrongdoing. use his full...

>> right. >> but the thing, too, is we have to be a little cynical, suspicious, skeptical about the promise to turn over the transcript. >> sure. >> i remember during watergate, richard nixon stood there with stacks of volumes, giving you the transcripts of white house tapes. and when we went through them, matched them against actual tapes -- >> there were things missing. >> quite a few, and words changed. it was a fraud. so you cant rely on the transcript for a lot of reasons, not only the past...

Too many people, too many good, decent people have taken oaths to this nation and given their lives over the past 243 years to let that happen. too many people are serving this nation right now and honoring the oath theyve taken to let that happen. this isnt a democratic issue or republican issue. it is a national issue. it is a security issue. it is time for this administration to stop stonewalling and provide congress with all of the facts it needs, including a copy of the formal complaint mad...