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"impeachment." what does mark sandy bring to the conversation? remind us of the omb. >> he is a career official. hes not a political appointee of president trumps and, therefore, hes decided to defy the order or the wishes, rather, from the white house counsel and the president himself trying to prevent all of these executive branch employees from testifying. he could provide important information to congress because it was the omb that was involved in stopping that aid that $400 million in aid ...

Is a career official at the office of management and budget, which means hes not a political appointee of presidentol trump and therefore, hes decided to defy the order, or the wishes, rather, from the white house counsel and the president himself, trying to prevent all of these executive branch employees from testifying. he could provide important information to congress because the omb that was involved in stopping that aid, that $400 million in aid from flowing into ukraine. the aid eventuall...

Strategic outcomes president trump as set forth, falls on all of us. but the state to permit has the first oar in the water on that. but we cant do that without making sure we have the capability to make sure if iran makes a bad decision. if they make a decision to go after an american or an american interest. >> melissa: rich edson has more from the state department. >> good afternoon, melissa. the secretary of state months to make sure the diplomatic and military efforts on this are alm about ...

Barrier. it could include some physical barrier. its going to meet requirements of the border is professionals based on evidence set forth. not what the president thinks is the solution for web professionals recommend an request of a solution. kristin: like your optimism. i hope youre right. thank you for coming on the show. leland: police have arrested a 21-year-old man accused of killing five people in a shooting spree in louisiana that have been yesterday. dakota kerry made his way to richmon...

Hes still not saying he would anyway testify against president trump because he believes president trump hasnt done anything wrong and he has no evidence against him. the fact that he used the word cooperate but that he would at least consider it, would you think of that? >> you can answer the question truthfully because the president has done nothing wrong. truthfully observers would do nothing to incriminate the president or his campaign. roger stone noted this in the interview that they were ...

Its problematic, because the president said he had no dealings with russia during a time period when he was in contractual negotiations with them. so you could be very lawyerly and say no dealings means i dont have a signed contract. but i think to the ordinary person, if youve got a 17-page offer sheet with them and youre meeting with them and you are discussing the possibility of building a tower there that could net you millions of dollars, thats doing business. so thats a political liability...

Plead guilty instead of going trial, as set forth in the information, mr. cohen submitted in his statement falsely that upon reaching out to the kremlin in january 2016 about the moscow project, he had not received any response. in fact, he had received a response from the kremlin. so in essence, mr. cohen minimized his contacts with the russian government and stated so falsely in his submission. the judge says you want that as part of this allocution? mr. atkinson says yes, please. mr. cohen, d...

Significance. michael cohen said these conversations did not end in january. they went deep into the election year. he admitted he lied to congress and it matters to the president why and how? >> it matters because the president said and talked about how he had no business interest in russia and told the american public there was no relationship with russia that really mattered to him and it turns out according to michael cohen, this is a version of events we know the special counsel, robert mue...

Kristin gibbons was the prosecutor in the case. you were the one who went to andrea constand three years ago. has justice been served? did you think this day would happen when you started working on all of this? especially given what a superstar, an icon bill cosby was. >> its interesting you ask that question. when we decided to charge bill cosby and when i spoke with andrea and met her and saw how steadfast she was, how brave and courageous she was, i knew regardless of the result justice woul...

Capital of the world for a while, this city. and that was a lot of handgun violence at the time. so i understand the issue. but as a judge, my job as i saw it was to follow the second amendment opinion of the supreme court whether i agreed with it or disagreed. at the end of the opinion, i cited justice kennedys quote which i read guiding light for the lower court judges and all judges. >> let me give you a couple other quotes because im going to change the subject. do you agree with justice oco...