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Caldwell we are talking about. look, the president negotiated this package. the president is in a reelection fight. and the democrats were going to support the president. and you saw that in the house. you saw it in the senate. and this thing would not have passed without democratic support. but remember, biden is the one who negotiated it. and, on work requirements, i think its a little tough for democrats to say, oh, this is the worst thing that ever happened. on snap, given that the cbo actua...

Documents. what the trump team is trying to do is create a wedge and i think, the discussion around here, this is right, essentially trying to seek, trying to delay the proceeding making it more broad about executive privilege. theres a famous saying, when the laws on your side you argue the law. facts on your side, argue the facts. when neither is true you pound the table. i think we see a lot of table pounding in this latest motion. theyre not really contesting the underlying facts, which are ...

>> they repeatedly interrupted and badgered judge jackson and accuse her of vile things in front of her parents, her husband and children. there was table pounding, some literal, from a few of my colleagues. >> we are in charge, she would not have been before this committee. you would have had somebody more moderate than this. >> so this week will be a series of votes that will ultimately get to her confirmation by the end of the week. will she be confirmed on a 51-49 vote or will murkowski and ...

Probably defy the will of the president who, as you know, doesnt aunt to see can any of this. so they might put themselves onbox that way. all that being said, it will be interesting to see how the republicaness respond. i would not put it past them to make long speeches and genuinely eengaging some antics. >> i think we can guarantee the republicans will use their time with their microphones to be as long as possible and absolutely as loud as possible. loud seems to be the rule for republicans ...

To offer what they believe to be a poison pill or language that might not otherwise sit well with democrats. but the political problem for them is that in that case theyd probably defy the will of the president whose as you know doesnt want to see any this. all that being said itll be very interesting to see how the republicans respond. i would not put it past them to make long speeches and generally engage in semantics. >> and eugene robinson, i think we can guarantee the republicans will use t...

Reason why you hear at the end devin nunes says you pound the table when you dont have the facts. he has been doing a lot of table pounding because the facts are stubborn. >> i think the testimony did a lot of damage to stock defenses. and the republicans cling to two defenses. one trying to disassemble everything. they say this is not a wall. >> okay but you build the case brick by brick and the magic words test the republicans adopted that unless the president himself is saying, im committing ...

Counsel? get one for that. >> francesco, glenn, liz and kevin are back with me. glenn, can you make sense of rudy giuliani for me? >> no. no, i cant. people have heard this before, but in the criminal practice, we have a saying. when you have the law on your facts, pound on the law -- yeah -- im sorry, when you have the law on your sides, pound on the law. when you have the facts on your side, pound on the facts. when you have neither, just pound on the table. what we see is a whole lot of table...

More serious. youre in a death spiral of stupid. this is insanity. >> death spiral of stupid. your take on this? >> i agree. theres a saying i learned. if you have the facts pound the facts. if you dont have to facts pound the law and if you dont have either pound the table. sounds like we heard giuliani doing a lot of table pounding. >> i know you wrote in october and suggested mueller may have subpoenaed the president. giuliani said he has not been seasoned but he doesnt know because it could ...

Justice department. lets back off now. >> just one thing. its interesting. theres an expression in law, when the facts are on your side, you argue the facts. when the law is on your side, you argue the law. when neither is on your side, you pound the table. certainly were seeing a lot of table pounding going on here. the other thing which strikes me as curious is constantly its the defenses famous tactic, which is that you attack the investigation. the investigation is wrong. the investigators a...