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Those words are black and white. >> while i have you, is william barr appointed to be the new attorney general taken over for whitaker, what is your view of that appointment? >> well, first of all, it is a relief we have right now a fake attorney general, someone i dont believe is constitutionally empowered to do the job. anyone the president nominates is a step up from right now. barr is a qualified person who served as a great attorney general a while ago, two decades ago. what are his views n...

>> while i have you, the other big news is william barr appointed to be the new attorney general taking over from whitaker. you are in a position to know him and a lot of the people around him and know how doj works. what is your view of that appointment? >> first of all its a relief. we have a fake attorney general right now someone who i dont believe is empowered to do the job. so anyone that the president nominates and gets through senate confirmation is a step up from what we have right now....

Senate confirmation is a step up from what we have right now. number two, bar is an enormously distinguished qualified person who served as a great attorney general a while ago, two decades ago. the question to me is not what did he do a long time ago at attorney general, what are his views now? and hes taken views some have found troubling about the uranium investigation, calling for the presidents targets to be investigated and the like. we have to see and figure out whether or not he has chan...

Have held them in the markets, and that is not bad, but what i want to concentrate on is this right here, this last year, and let me bring it to you here. this last year has been choppy in the markets and we hit highs in september, and now down here, and look at this remarkable volatility. this is not normal in a world where there are not exogenous shocks, and now there are a couple of things going on. one of them is interest rates which are rising and expected to rise. get to that, because that...

President of ukraine is suggesting. he says he has plans in the east of the country, we dont know whether thats accurate, but certainly theres a step up in russian aggression and it doesnt suit donald trump right now to be seen helsinki style to be cozying up with vladimir putin back home. this is a good time to have the meeting to talk to him about ukraine. i think politically -- because we dont know what the legal implications are of the cohen story yet. we dont know what the answers are that ...

The department of justice, the attorney general this particular case, where the deputy attorney general because of the recusal the session, appointed him. they cant come in and say "we wanted to pick and choose who gets protected." >> harris: heres my point, and i want to ask you, lisa. is it stronger to have your majority leader burned some of his powder now and block this, or do you think this should go through and let republicans -- it looks like you have the votes anyway. they can caucus in ...

That doesnt matter. its not going to be because of issues like trade. >> trade could. its tied to the economy. it could be one of those issues that will galvanize democratic votes are. >> y -- voters. >> you dont think its health care? >> health care. >> will any nominee step up, were talking republican. ♪

Over it. that border wall will not get funded. even though the president pretends it should get funded that wont happen so no reason to shut down the government. >> as republicans move into the minority how do they change? how do they press reset. do some step up and finally speak out at times against this president when its called for? >> they might but not in ways you expect or even welcome. one of the biggest fears for conservatives who are frustrated by this presidency and his intelligence i...

Most of the d.c. nonsense. the kind of person motivated by anger and vitriol against nancy pelosi would be voting republican any way. the biggest concern i have about this -- i think its always good to have a war time concicliary, you to have somebody step up. all these five white guys coming forward, none of them have said they will run. they want to hide behind ma rshrmarcia fudge. if you have a problem with nancy pelosi, step up, otherwise youre just talking. >> when we come back i want to ta...

>> were seeing the lawyer for cnn step up. >> -- mr. acosta. were pleased with the ruling today. this is a great day for first amendment in journalism. were very excited to have mr. acosta be able to go back and get the hard pass and report the news about the white house. ill turn it over to jim. >> okay. everybody, thank you for coming. i just want to say something very briefly and that is i want to thank all of my colleagues in the press who supported thus wee -- us this week and thank the jud...