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Democrats are waiting with baited breath to see what hes going to do. >> talk about another b word who i think is getting traction, buttigieg. he tweeted last night that hes met the key threshold of some 65,000 donor goal in order to be there on the debate stage. he had a great appearance on cnn, the guardian says his autobiography is the best since obamas presidential autobiography. could he actually make some sort of traction? >> i think hell make some traction for sure. you know, there are ce...

>> senator lindsey graham puffer second special prosecutor to investigate the handling of hillary clinton emails. john, obama justice department blocked charges against mrs. clinton according to lisa paige testimony. you think is appropriate that there should be a prosecutor look into the deirdre handling of this? >> here is my answer based on what was released to the public. secretary clinton is not above the law. the department of justice, attorney general first needs to review all of the avai...

There still is the perception, the perception of questioning, perception of some possibility. you think i should finally be wrapped up? >> not based on perception. i think it should be based on hard evidence that the attorney general is sworn to uphold the constitution to enforce the law equally and if he thinks that it meets the threshold that would apply to anyone there should be an investigation. leave it up to ag. eric: we are out of time, thank you for joining us, thank you for your insight...

Real rebuke when he began redefining the word "emergency" to suit his needs. >> whats the current thinking on a national emergency? why didnt you announce it last night? >> because i think we might work a deal. and if we dont, i may go that route. i have the absolute right to do national emergency if i want. >> whats your fresh hold? >> my threshold will be if i cant make a deal with people that are unreasonable. >> whether or not you can make a deal doesnt cute an emergency. then again, why qui...

>> this situation could be solved in a 45-minute meeting. i have invited congressional leadership to the white house tomorrow to get this done. >> well, he ended up walking out of that meeting, although few republicans ended up voicing concerns about the shutdown. some even spoke out about the need for the kind of wall the public wants. the gop did not do what it did today there was no rebuke of the president just as there was no real rebuke when he began redefining the word "emergency" to suit ...

Nations and freedom parliamentary group includes italys northern league austrias freedom party. in france is a national rally party. the governing parties in hungary and poland are said to be close to these other partners. right wing nationalist parties have one thing in common they are frustrated with the european union. but how much more right wing populism will europe be able to take. and let me pass that question right on to you grow has right wing nationalism reached a tipping point or will...

A house democratic aide said the house vote to overright the veto is likely to occur on tuesday, march 26 and the senate democratic leader said his side is not giving up. >> the president will veto it. it goes to the house. he wont have the 2/3s. but i believe the law allows us to bring it up every six months. certainly we would intend to do that. >> the house vote was 40 votes shy of the threshold. it would seem like that many would flip their votes in the coming ten days or so. this could sign...

Chad pergram is up there theres a lot ahead. this isnt the end of it. >> were told the veto override attempt will happen on march 26. the house and senate are out next week. this will only go to the house. under the constitution, bills once theyre vetoed by the president, if theyre sent back to capitol hill, theyre sent back to the body of origination. so this originated in the house, passed in the house. the senate passed it. the president vetoes it and sends it back to capitol hill. theres som...

Support for your resolution in both the house now and in the senate. >> yeah, thats right. we got 245 votes in the house and 59 votes in the senate. so it was a strong bipartisan condemnation of president trump attempting to go around congress to fund his border wall. you know, i was predicting wed get 54 votes in the senate. we got 59. >> in terms of the expected veto, you need a bunch more senators to flip against the president in order to get it up to a veto over ride. obviously, it would be ...

Issues going forward. as you have been -- as we understand it today, the house will take that action when they come back from re access both chambers are off next week. one of the things that they pointed to as this vote was happening, 59 votes to declare the national emergency fall short of the typical 60 required when there is a typical at least hold and fewer than the 67 required for the override of a presidential voeto. so as sizable as it is, it is short of the threshold.