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Muellers property reveals that president trump engaged in specific actions and a pattern of behavior that meet the threshold for impeachment. it identifies multiple examples. while impeachment should be undertaken only in extraordinary circumstances, the risk we face in an environment of extreme partisanship is not that congress will employ it as a remedy too often, but rather that congress will employee so rarely that it cannot deter

That the president or anyone in his senior staff had kind of colluded with the russians, so here we are. i mean, i think that until we get to the bottom, both of the investigation into russian spying, and the origins of that investigation, this issue is going to remain partisan and weve got to have a report that satisfies everybody in terms of facts, jon. im not sure were going to get there but i think thats what bill barr is trying to do. >> jon: very quickly one republican has jumped on on boa...

For crimes that may have been committed. neil: he can recommend that? >> well the inspector general can refer and recommend for prosecution but only the attorney general can decide whether or not to bring a prosecution under those circumstances. neil: but would the lawyer he picked to handle that -- >> he would have prosecution authority all of the authority of the attorney general. neil: he could fall under the recommendations of the inspector general? >> and decide that the higher threshold of...

Hearing anything all these wieks later as to why mueller didnt step over that threshold? >> ive heard explanations, joe. theyre not particular had the explanation on why he didnt subpoena the president, trump s legal team put this out early on, and the american public needed answers and they couldnt afford a year-long court fight and a constitutional battle, which couldnd with the president taking the no you dont the defendants state of mind by talking to the defendant. you talk to people who we...

Serious issues dogging the president for decades. one reality check coming from senator lindsey graham, offering up this quote. the white houses plan is not designed to become law. not a lot of gray area there. what then is going on here? cnn political director david chalian is kind enough to join me. good to see you. if lindsey graham says this isnt supposed to become law, then what is this? is this good for re-election? >> what he means by that is that is the design of this, this piece of it i...

We had it with bush and cheney, and were back there again. these people feel that the law doesnt really apply to them, so they march to their own drummer. i hope nadler doesnt let up because theres no reason. he has the full power and authority of the constitution and many supreme court rulings to back him up. >> a lot of people have been dancing around whether this is a constitutional crisis, a number of democrats claim it is, the white house stonewalling, judiciary chairman saying the presiden...

Has already said 20 is the cap. so theyre not looking to shrink the field beyond that yet. well see if the threshold starts going up to narrow this down. listen, theres already a top tier of five or so. biden is in a universe by himself and theres a top tier. this will become a race that focuses on the front-runners, but we have a long way to go, and results can reshuffle that. >> and a good debate moment, positive or negative, oh, we forgot about this field. >> i would say its going to be crowd...

Who had a is running who hasnt met the dnc threshold for the debate yet. were getting close. its at the end of june so theres time but something needs to get her traction, so shes grabbing on to this. >> theres a history of presidential candidates grabbing on to sort of a single issue, maybe one that isnt, you know, the number one issue of economy or something like that. ronald reagan grabbed on to the panama canal issue back in the late 70s which helped to propel him into the 1980 nomination. i...

Oversees, this is a big city, and some people say its the second hardest job in american politics. bill de blasio, his local press corps did not want him to run. its met with some jeers. his point is he has delivered on the key policy issues that the democratic party is craving right now, whether its a $15 minimum wage, universal pre-k, guaranteed health care. he wants to go out to the country and make the case, i actually have enacted this agenda and want to take that nationally. today, hell he...

To back him up. >> a lot of people have been dancing around whether this is a constitutional crisis, a number of democrats claim it is, the white house stonewalling, judiciary chairman saying the president wanting to be king. when does it reach that threshold for you, when court rulings are ignored? >> yeah, i think if they were to exhaust their opportunities in court, i think heres what i think the problem is thats going on. first of all, the white house counsels letter i completely disagree wi...