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Questionable constitutionally, they shouldnt be doing it but its so terrible. it is an excuse to violate civil liberties wholesale. and jeff sessions has been one of the worst. usually, i dont usually ever get involved in these personality squabbles but this is one major setback, obama did something decent there. he backed off. i thought that was a good move. and sessions wants to reverse that. >> what i wanted to say, congressman, in the context of the pot case, i agree with you, and i think it...

Liberties wholesale, and jeff sessions is, has been one of the worst, and usually, i dont ever get involved in these personality squabbles, but this is one major setback. obama did something decent, he backed off and i felt that was a good move. >> in the pot case, i agree with you and i think it tramples on states rights but in the "wall street journal" today theres an editorial that i think raises a valid point. let me read a paragraph "social mores are changing and a majority of americans sup...

Power outages with the heavy wet snow and the precipitation cause as lot of strain on the power lines. then that causes people to have to be in their homes perhaps without heat. so theyre telling people that if you are without power, assess whether or not you can stay in your home and stay warm. if not, go to a friendss house or go to a warming shelter. we had been seeing record flooding here in boston in terms of the tide. i want to say this. this is either going to be the highest tide boston h...

>> reporter: so the president, of course, spend a lot of time sending messages out on social media, clearly beginning 2018 as he did through much of 2017. but, wolf, even though the president said hes looking forward to a fantastic year, he is starting the year with a political setback, the retirement of orrin hatch of utah, the longest-serving republican senator. the president through phone calls and repeated meetings, even rides on air force one, encouraged senator hatch to run again. senator ...

Military option. every good option will involve china. there have been positive developments in 2017 over the summer and theres a unanimous vote over the u.n. security council that cuts out over a third of north korean exports. thats great. there was a setback toward the end of the year and there was a development that im looking forward to getting more information about with regard to oil exports with regard to china and north korea. when you put aside the good options and when you look at the ...

♪ >> clinton comes to office brimming with energy, enthusiasm and self-confidence. the first few months would be a real trial for him. >> president clinton and his staff are regrouping after an embarrassing political setback. >> his choice for attorney general was before the senate judiciary committee today apologizing for hiring illegal immigrants. >> we got off to a rocky start for a number of reasons. there were hiccups in the appointment process and there were policy hiccups. >> senate cri...

Real peace leads to a more polarized america. bill clinton leaves the country more divided than he found it. >> he came with these enormous expectations. the expectations of a generation behind him. and although he had some big achievements, he also had some enormous setbacks. that cycle of achievement and setback came to define his presidency. >> we know the sun will always rise on america as long as each new generation lights the fire of freedom. our children are ready. >> the thing about bill...

Deficit is gone. >> 1999 was the longest peacetime economic expansion in u.s. history. >> clinton was one of the greatest politicians the white house has ever seen. he was a great leader in the sense of being a charismatic, well-intentioned, visionary president. but he undermined himself with his personal foibles. >> as mr. clinton moves into his final year in office, hes already sharing the spotlight with the candidacies of his wife and vice president. >> its one of the tragedies of the clinton...

>> both parties are interested in recruiting women. they could definitely explore more and more, maybe to combat some of this pervasive problem exposed this year. >> arthur, best or worst moments of the year? >> the nazis in charlottesville certainly one of the very worst things. another thing that was bad was the republican party coalescing around an accused child predator and it was good, though, that he lost. i thought it was a setback for people who willfully disregard the truth. >> charlie,...

Free elections and make sure they not only can cast ballot but make sure its counted and they have assurance its counted properly. thats what we dont have. >> secretary of state certified the election results, judge threw out the lawsuit citing those 84 pages you provided there. did not think they were worthy to order a halt to proceedings. what due process have you not been given at this point? >> theres a few things that are problematic. one is they dismissed it -- i dont even know if the secr...