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Countries based on political views like supporting bds? its not exactly mainstream. at same time, does this set a precedent that maybe wont be be too good down the road? >> its important to note there is a precedent for this already. in the u.s.-israel relationship. in 2012, the barack obama administration barred a member of israels parliament. a guy by the name of michael ben ari, because it is expected extremist ties to a group designated here in the united states. they did go ahead and do tha...

Stands out for assange is the fact that if he is legitimately a journalist of some sort, you have to think about the pentagon papers. they were stolen, classified documents. they were published by the washington post and "the new york times." and there was talk at that time that both newspapers could be indicted. however, the justice department backed off and kind of set a precedent that when the press is publishing truthful information, even if it was stolen, the feds kind of back off on that a...

For a deposition in new york, which i think its hard to say that a deposition of inpresident would definitely be granted, but this is new york. theres a lot of hostility against president trump and they have ordered depositions in the past for him. thats the big danger for the president in the zervos case as opposed to stormy daniels which may be getting better for him. >> its fascinating, too, to think of what could we learn, and would this set a precedent, too, in the fact he has agreed to pro...

Move for senator franken? >> i think he did what he had to do. and i wish him well in his next chapter. >> what does it mean for republicans in roy moore becomes a senator and senator franken has resigned. >> im not supporting roy moore. i wish the rnc wasnt supporting roy moore. if hes found to have molested children, it would be a defining moment in the history of the united states senate. >> does this set a precedent where they can look at past behavior? what does this mean for republicans if...

Business background. i didnt like paul ryans original comments but he made the observation if comey initiated the original contact in a meeting along with then president-elect trump, didnt that sort of set a precedent for a guy who never spent a minute and the political world? >> theres not a possibility that a meeting like that wouldve happened in the bush white house. everybody knew if you are under an investigation by the fbi. >> sean: comey knew, why didnt he say we cant talk about it? >> he...

>> sean: let me ask you this. heres a guy who comes from a business background. i didnt like paul ryansn original comments but he made the observation if comey initiated thebs original contact in a meeting along with then president-elect trump, didnt that sort of set a precedent for a guy who never spent a minute and the political world? >> theres not a possibility that a meeting like that wouldve happened in the bush white house. everybody knew if you are under an investigation by the fbi. >> s...

Business background. i didnt like paul ryans original comments but he made the observation if comey initiated the original contact in a meeting along with then president-elect trump, didnt that sort of set a precedent for a guy who never spent a minute and the political world? >> theres not a possibility that a meeting like that wouldve happened in the bush white house. everybody knew if you are under an investigation by the fbi. >> sean: comey knew, why didnt he say we cant talk about it? >> he...

>> i cant argue that it may have been in part a financial decision trying to recoup it. in all of this there was one interview given by sony pictures ceo on cnn. would you have advised the company that was the way to go? >> absolutely not. i think there is where you have an opportunity to do a press conference where youre able to really reach out to him. >> i think thats more broad and explain what sony was going through, the impacts that the employees were having you know i think that there was...

Milosevic prosecution one of the first witnesses was head of civil affairs in bosnia, and the first thing e. hid e said thanku for being here. i said, why? he explained to myself and my colleague the fact when he was doing prisoner exchanges in bosnia he would go to the leader of the bosnian serb army and take a list of all of the people involved in the prisoner transfer, and he would tell the commander if any single muslim that was harmed during this prisoner transfer he would take the list of ...

Were dealing both houses of congress a member of congress calls him a liar, you know, it is a very different dynamic. i think that is a shameful statement frankly for everyone because i do think the president should have been able to pick up the phone and have that conversation, and lets hope going forward that we can get to some common ground. >> karen, i want to go forward with you and look down the road. what does all of this mean for the other countries that are seeing unrest in the region? ...