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Another step in this direction. cnns adding new details about this right now. but what this is going to look like next week, what it looks like to formalize an impeachment probe because it has seemed up until now the democrats are investigating, but to what end? it is clear most democrats want to see this president impeached, but there is this fear about the political ramifications of such a move. nancy pelosi just said a couple weeks ago that she does not think there is public support for impea...

The trump campaign and say there are news stories but its all about the republicans and what they want to press. what do you make of the timing? >> of the timing? well, i think the timing probably isnt that bad just given what happened this week, given the self dealing. nadler is smart to drop it. that said, if i were nadler, he probably has those articles of impeachment already written, theyre drafted. hes waiting for the go ahead from up high, the speaker, to move forward. i dont see that perm...

Most of them were supporting donald trump in the dinner that i would have attended if i hadnt been otherwise engaged. [laughter] but i think that people who tend to vote to the left of center are really adamant about -- their argument is this, eric, they say, look, nobody read the mueller report, so nobody really knows about all of the instances of alleged obstruction the of justice that president trump and his administration were involved in. and, therefore, an impeachment process would bring t...

This kind of self-dealing and grift that we have seen in the trump era. what was really remarkable is what we reported about the crews reaction itself. the crew were so kind of confused by what was happening when they were rerouted to scotland to refuel at this tiny airport outside of trump turnberry because they did never done that before in the 50 plus trips they had taken internationally to do these supply trips. they had never stopped in scotland. it was in spain or germany, or if needed in ...

If the u.s. military is like in on it now, and has no compunction about going along with the scheme, when they know how weird it is, and they know the c-17s flying to kuwait have never done anything like this before, that tells us that one of the red lines we thought we would have in terms of accountability and people blowing the whistle, one of the red lines is also implicated here. joining us now is natasha bertrand, national security correspondent for politico, who broke the story with brian ...

About it, in a different world, this ongoing self-dealing, the president of the united states using his power to enrich himself, his underlings eagerly going along with it would be as. in the trump era, it barely makes the top ten. >> jonathan, your paper estimated that trump has name dropped his property 70 times plus since becoming president. he suggested, of course, that he would host the g7 at trump doral, as was just pointed out by our colleague charlie, there is a big christmas party thats...

From, the attention of the work we are getting done for the american people. mike: when they tweet to 5 million or so supporters, does that take you guys off message? >> no, these are members that have a following, a point of view. i think one of the great strengths of our caucus is everyone comes with their passion and their ideas and their best thinking, and out of that will produce legislation thats the best for the american people. thats how our democracy is supposed to work. i think to char...

Political gain, build that wall. paint it black. disregard peoples property rights. dont worry if you think you might be breaking the law. i will offer you pardons. thats just some of the layering of the self dealing that this president is involved in. i want to contrast that. and that is grievous. thats just the grievousness of today, or one of the grievousness of today. i want to contrast that. ive been home in my district. my constituents care that we do our constitutional duty of oversight. ...

Outright fraud that greatly increased the fortune he received from his parents." that reporting based on what is out there in terms of trumps filings and financials, that reporting alone resulted in president trumps sister quitting the federal judiciary, quitting her own seat as a federal judge rather than submit herself to an ethics inquiry based on this reporting that traced what appeared to be long-running and sort of simple fraud schemes for the family to avoid taxes, cheat tenants and other...

Have caused even personal embarrassment. the hush money to the porn stars and the "playboy" models. the self-dealing with the family business. rigging the security clearances so his children could have white house jobs. the fraudulent fake charity foundation being shut down. i mean, this guy has had a scandal about everything. this guy had a scandal about his physical and the white house doctor. i mean, for all of the scandals and the personal embarrassments to the president of these short two-p...