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If he did the investigation of the russia probe would fall to rachel brand. >> congressman diane feinstein is a fellow representative of the state of california very strong words. a violation of the oath of office. whats your response to that? >> i agree with senator feinstein. all americans regardless of party agree no one is above the law. if president trump would fire deputy attorney general rosenstein and got special counsel mueller fired i believe congress would begin impeachment proceeding...

All the way down. >> to the congressmans point annie the president is tweeting in violation of his legal advice. all the folks ive heard they communicate a man who is obsessed. he cant let it go an focus on other things. is that a fair characterization? >> thats fair. no one but donald trump thinks the tweets are a bad a idea. everyone from his wife to his lawyers have tried to stop him. i think the real question just to the point about going down the line at the d.o.j. this problem is conflicti...

Laid out equal debacle because he has done quite a bit, but i think what hes done has been altogether damaging both to the country and internationally as well. it was only two weeks ago that we were talking about the withdrawal from the paris accord, which is -- sets back, you know, all of the goals of environmental progress that the obama administration spent years negotiating. the senate is practically in lockdown right now negotiating their bill to repeal obamacare in complete seeksy. no bill...

They want to find out where hes gone an who hes spoken to. theyve shown his passport to reporters. ive seen it. theres no stamp for prag. youve would n necessarily get a stamp for prag if youre in italy. the other thing i want to know the trump campaign hasnt -- those that worked for the trump campaign have been sent a letter by michael glass inner saying preserve all the documents you have relating to this campaign. that includes text messages and e-mails. all electronics personal or otherwise ...

Lockdown right now negotiating their bill to repeal obamacare in complete seeksy. no billing of democrats to find out whats in the legislation at this point. appointees who oppose the missions of their cabinet agencies in almost all respects, a budget that has savagely taken money from housing programs from the poor, federal money for the schools, one of the only areas that president trump has actually wand to increase money in is in charter schools. so i think that below the surface hes been do...

He wants a strong europe and he laid it on the line and said this is what i think a strong europe reflects. this is the kind of partner we need in europe if were going to be successful confronting the threats out there. >> fair point. where is he confronted russia thus far? he has on syria. called them out on syria. where else confronted russia we where europeans care about particularly on the border? >> we have troops continue to have posting of our troops in po poland and other places. that se...

Cross a trip wire that could result in an engagement that could be conventional initially and then escalate into a nuclear conflict. >> you want a direct dialogue between the u.s. and north korea? you want u.s. officials to start talking to north korean officials? >> i think it is imperative that the united states talk to the north korean officials. there is no military solution to this standoff with the north koreans. they have nuclear weapons, and they have a delivery system. right now they ca...

Economic tools and pressure to bear on the situation in korea. obviously weve got our strong ally, south korea. we have american troops there on the border as a trip wire. but i would caution anybody against any kind of military strike. i do believe that we need to do more to get the chinese to put pressure on the north koreans to stop the testing of nuclear weapons and long-range ballistic missiles. >> are the chinese doing anything? we heard about flights suspended but then resumed between chi...

Trying to induce in the north korea leadership, we could go over a trip wire without even knowing it. >> the president has made it clear numerous times, if china wants better trade relationship with the united states, its actions in north korea could impact that. is this a serious part of the negotiation with indeising chinas involvement, that were using u.s. trade policy as a carrot? >> they are making it very clear that their conversations with president xi in china is an integral part of deve...

And were going to have american soldiers could easily get trapped into situations abroad simply because he wants to defend his financial interests. we need the president to divest himself of these conflicts of interest now and also to abide by the constitution because it is unconstitutional for him to receive any benefits and payments from foreign governments, and that could be going on right now in turkey and elsewhere. we know it is with respect to the bank of china. i mean this is a very bad ...