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And showed us how conceivably this could be a foreign border up there in colorado. >> well, i guess it could be. and if you missed the new in new mexico and who knows, if the president actually thinks thats part of mexico. maybe well get something more on this from the twitter feed tomorrow. by tomorrow well be fake news that he ever said it. and the white house press office, i just cant wait to hear their explanation of what he meant. >> jonathan lemire, eugene robinson, melanie zanona, thank y...

Really concerned about this. but the one thing that they do agree on right now is that they think the impeachment process is unfair. thats why youve seen it become such a rallying cry. and its also no surprise that we saw this today after trump just on monday urged republicans to fight for him. this circus, i would say, today was for trump. he was watching. he took notice. he gave them a pat on the back for this. they knew they were not going to get into that secure setting. as eugene mentioned....

Its an acronym. in the basement of the capitol where laura cooper, the pentagon official in charge of ukraine, was supposed to be todays testifying witness. republicans held up the deposition for five hours. they ordered pizza, among other things, to call attention to what they say is an unfair impeachment process without transparency. >> behind those doors they intend to overturn the results of an american presidential election. we want to know whats going on. >> i think the american people, as...

And thats inconsistent with the precedent, u.s. versus nixon, the supreme court in a unanimous decision required president nixon to cooperate with a grand jury investigation. its also downright unamerican and inconsistent with constitutional values about accountability and about equal justice under the law. and thats why both the trial judge and the appellate judge that heard the case today expressed incredulity that the president is essentially saying that he is above the law. thats not how we ...

Were in another one now. i would even say the late 1790s are another one where people actually talked about civil war, right, and anarchy. so there have been a number of moments where politics has been hyperpolarized, and i think those are moments naturally when norms begin to be shattered. things begin to be disruptive in some way. in the 1960s, you had tv sort of spreading that around in a different way. now you have social media. in the 1850s, telegraph making things more intense, because all...

Your view have had reason to fear for the future of the republic? >> well, weve had a number of -- and this is not going to surprise anybody -- a number of extreme polarized moments, the 1850s is one. the 1960s is another one. were in another one now. i would even say the late 7090s are another one where people actually talked about civil war, right, and anarchy. so there have been a number of moments where politics has been hyper polarized, and i think those are moments naturally when norms beg...

During an event in washington on tuesday secretary nielsen said she didnt regret enforcing the trump administrations child separation policy. she also explained why she decided to leave her job. >> what led me to resign is there were a lot of things that -- there were those in the administration thought we should do. and just as i spoke truth to power from the very beginning, it became clear that saying no and refusing to do it myself was not going to be enough. so it was time for me to offer my...

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House, wasnt going to defend him. he rejected that. and by the end of the day we had really damning testimony from an ambassador saying there was evidence of a quid pro quo. and so privately republicans are really concerned about this. but the one thing that they do acan gree on right now is that they think the impeachment process is unfair. thats why youve seen it become such a rallying cry. and its also no surprise that we saw this today after trump just on monday urged republicans to fight fo...

Pro-rated basis more pervasive and likely to be used today? >> well, for sure there was a lot of firearms in this period around. but if were talking specifically about congress, there were a good number of congressmen who were armed. southerners were more likely to be armed for a time than northerners, sometimes with pistols, sometimes with bowie knives. but part of what happens in the 1850s, as things really begin to heat up with the slavery controversy is now some northerners begin to arm as w...