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What was your reaction when you heard about this? >> i think most americans could never imagine those things would happen here. and that order and many of the other things that weve learned through our hearings have been really stunning to me. because repeatedly i found myself in a situation thinking, my gosh, how could this happen here? and we really thought it couldnt, but its just continued to emphasize for all of us that our institutions are fragile. >> the appointment of the special counsel...

>> the team had arrived with a draft executive order that had it been signed by donald trump would have immediately ordered the secretary of defense to seize, collect, retain, and analyze ballot boxes, and it would have created, quote, a special counsel to oversee the operation, and institute all criminal and civil proceedings as appropriate. >> this is a draft of the executive order that would have allowed trump to seize voting machines. what was your reaction when you heard about this? >> i th...

Happen here. and that order and many of the other things that weve learned through our hearings have been really stunning to me. because repeatedly i found myself in a situation thinking, my gosh, how could this happen here? and we really thought it couldnt. but its just continued to emphasize for all of us that our institutions are fragile. >> reporter: the appointment of the special counsel was not hypothetical. trump wanted sydney powell, a prominent peddler of election lies, in the spot. >> ...

Analyze ballot boxes, and it would have created, quote, a special counsel to oversee the operation and institute all criminal and civil proceedings as appropriate. >> this is a draft of the executive order that would have allowed trump to seize voting machines. what was your reaction when you heard about this? >> i think most americans could never imagine those things would happen here. and that order and many of the other things we learned through our hearings have been really stunning to me, b...

It been signed by donald trump, would have immediately ordered the secretary of defense to seize, collect, retain, and analyze ballot boxes, and it would have created, quote, a special counsel to oversee the operation and institute all criminal and civil proceedings as appropriate. >> this is a draft of the executive order that would have allowed trump to seize voting machines. what was your reaction when you heard about this? >> i think most americans could never imagine those things would happ...

And i think he got himself into this situation thinking, okay, im going to be able to do whatever i want, invade or not and it turns out that the unyun is much greater than he thought but the interesting thing is the duma, the russian equivalent of our congress except a rubber stamp to do whatever putin says, recommended that those areas in the region which is where russian supported separatists are working, theyd be reasonabl recognized as actual countries, which is the same thing he did in geo...

Weeks in my life have been really, really hectic. it was in the last stages and i felt like it was happening and i had anxiety. and i just like never really do. i just, i got an app, a calming app. i was like searching and took my time-out to take a deep breath and just do that a few times and really like get it together, but i also to me, the negativity, i mean sometimes it does wear you down. but to me, it always pushes me through. and i always want to i dont know if its on purpose or not, but...

Not clear when the vice president was told he had been lied to. >> this is the challenge with trump. many of these folks are people with good reputations, good actors went into this situation thinking, i will do my best for my country. that doesnt mean theyre not ambitious people but you end up in a situation where youre having to serve somebody who requires a lot of loyalty, but doesnt really give you a lot of loyalty and consistency in return. that can put you in a really really bad position. ...

Was nothing short of remarkable. >> to your book when someone is scared like that when all of your sort of survival instincts are kicking in and youre getting the emergency like hazard lights in your mind, tell us a little bit about that sort of biological process of getting from that kind of fear and terror to rational reasonable astute sort of strategy in terms of how to land a plane. >> thats how the book really kicked off. i was undergoing pilot training. i find myself in this situation thin...