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1,500. that adds up to trailing by 0.8%. and i know the threshold, danny, to formally qualify for a recount is half of 1%. now, the thing is, even if you hit that, right, and get the recount, you have to go back to 1984 for a time congressional recount found a different winner, which congress later overturned, which is a separate issue. the bottom line is, how confident are you that this will flip? because every day you wait, youre waiting, and youve got to run against this guy, again, in novemb...

Candidate, this would have been even, even tighter, shannon. >> and it may have even put it within the mandatory recount margin, which is .5. if its inside the margin, the state pays for it. but outside of that, the loser would have to pay. unless it turns out they win, then their money is refunded. >> by our calculation, that puts balderson the republican up by .9 percentage points. so it would be a bigger margin than the smaller .5 percentage of points, meaning that if the green party candidat...

Without the green party candidate this would have been even tighter. >> may have put it within the mandatory recount margin, 0.5. inside the margin, publicly funded but outside that the loser would have to -- if they win their money is refunded. >> with the margin of 1700 votes by our calculation that puts balderson up by 0.9 percentage points. it would be a bigger margin than the smaller advantage of points meaning of the green party candidate had not been in here this likely would have been wi...

That paints an interesting picture. >> oh, yes. look, the presidents personal lawyer had a raid of his hotel room, office and home all by surprise a warrant that was approved of by a judge that has to meet a very high threshold. his national security adviser michael flynn is also cooperating with the special counsel. its a real all-star lineup of people that president trump and candidate trump trusted at high levels in his inner circle and campaign. but that aside, this trial is really not about...

Of a -- they are playing around here on this, good p.r., or if that is the real deal. but lets pretend for the moment that is real. your reaction? >> i think it is suicidal. i think its idiotic. i agree with the professor. here is the real peace here. based on everything we know, they dont have anything close to an obstruction case on the president. but it is much easier, in addition to the stuff that professor dershowitz said, it is much easier to prove a case of flying to the government under ...

Good p.r. or if thats the real deal, but lets pretend for the moment thats real. your reaction? >> i think it is suicidal. i think its idiotic. i agree with the professor. here is the real piece here. -- the real key here. based on everything we know, they dont have anything close to an obstruction case on the president. but it is much easier, in addition to the stuff that professor dershowitz said, it ic much easier to prove a case of lying to the government undere 18 u.s. code section 1,001 th...

Of heroin. >> the reason we reduce the penalty is not because we are reducing the penalty for every single drug smuggler. what we are talking about here is due process. constitutional rights of defendants to be sentenced in a way that is not a one-size-fits-all. at the bottom line is these judges that are serving on the united states sentencing commission and advising the senate could committee the judiciary, there is no nexus between these to crony and mandatory sentencing because one-size-fits...

Sentencing reform. sentence for a massive heroin trafficker? a kilo of heroin contains over 30,000 equivalent lethal doses of heroin. >> the reason we reduce the penalty is not because we are reducing the penalty for every single drug smuggler. what we are talking about here is due process. constitutional rights of defendants to be sentenced in a way that is not a one-size-fits-all. at the bottom line is these judges that are serving on the united states sentencing commission and advising the se...

Into play in terms of impeachment proceedings, wouldnt it? or are you saying that would have little emappegal implicati? >> well t could have legal implications. we see there are tools that are used on the intelligence side like fisas and other techniques that have a lower threshold precisely because were looking at the security of the united states, not necessarily trying to pursue criminal charges. when what they see crosses into the criminal realm, youre going to see the indictments that muel...

Collusion doesnt have to be criminal to be a national security threat. she mentioned the russians were hacking information, trying to weaponize it to promote candidates to help russia. and anyone who worked with them secretly to facilitate or encourage it is colluding, whether they meet the elements for conspiracy is a different story. but i think we have to remember that there is a national security aspect to this as well as a criminal aspect. >> but that national security aspect, i mean that d...