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Criminalizes entering the united states. he would make it only a civil violation. listen to that. >> i think -- >> title 18 of the u.s. code, title 21 and title 22 already cover human trafficking. if you did your homework on this issue, you would know we should repeal this section. >> again, what do you think of that proposal? to make illegal entry just a civil violation? >> i think it needs to be done immediately. and ill tell you why. donald trump the way hes portraying these migrants, hes por...

Theres tom jefferson, which brings us to the last thing before we go tonight. after listening to the comments from the president earlier tonight, if, indeed, the presidents attitude toward accepting political dirt on a rival from a foreign power is no big deal, and if, indeed, people agree that this president, out of all those who have served is the least bound by the lessons of history and precedent, well, then along comes our friend michael beschloss on social media tonight, who gave us a remi...

The least bound by the lessons of history and precedent, well, then along comes the word of michael beschloss on social media tonight, who gave us a reminder of what our founders feared about this. john adams wrote thomas jefferson, this is two years before we had a president, december 6th, 1787, about american elections. "you are apprehensive of foreign interference, intrigue and influence. so am i." then, theres the law. present day. 52 u.s. code 301-21. it shall be unlawful for a foreign nati...

Di l diplomacy. it created a challenge from this white house for a communications perspective. you have white house officials out in damage control. out trying to defend the presidents comments. they come after that nearly two year investigation into whether or not the trump campaign meddled with or coordinated with russia to meddle in the direction. mueller, based on his report, found a number of links, but determined there was no conspiracy. this is only going to fuel the calls on capitol hill...

Of history and precedent, well, then along comes the word of michael beschloss on social media tonight, who gave us a reminder of what our founders feared about this. john adams wrote thomas jefferson, this is two years before we had a president, december 6th, 1787, about american elections. "you are apprehensive of foreign interference, intrigue and influence. so am i." then, theres the law. present day. 52 u.s. code 301-21. it shall be unlawful for a foreign national directly or through any ot...

It, explain what that sounds like. start with the firing of james comey. what does mueller find in his obstruction report about the firing of comey? >> the firing of comey, which i was there for, it was alarming on the inside, its mixed in terms of what he actually found in terms of whether it met the elements of the crime of obstruction as set forth in the u.s. code. so what hes left -- what were left with at the end of the day is an assessment or a need for the congress of the united states to...

Of possibly committing a crime. florida republican matt gaetz tweeted this threat to michael cohen this afternoon. hey, michael cohen, do your wife and father-in-law know about your girlfriends? maybe tonight would be a good time for that chat. i wonder if shell remain faithful if youre in prison. shes about to learn a lot. it is a federal crime to threaten witnesses who are coming before a congressional committee. 18 u.s. code section 1505 says whoever krumtly or by threats or force or by any t...

We now know that it will surely be that, although there might be many worse days coming for the trump presidency after this testimony. president trump and his most fervent allies are apparently living in such abject fear of michael cohens time that it has driven one of them to the point of possibly committing a crime. florida republican matt gaetz tweeted this threat to michael cohen this afternoon. hey, michael cohen, do your wife and father-in-law know about your girlfriends? maybe tonight wou...

More importantly, members of congress and the public are, after all of this time and all of this money spent on this investigation. >> i mean, so you could be at a point, it sounds like, from what danas saying, youre very close, but not there. who knows what you are, but you could conceivably be at a point where youre close to a criminal act, or maybe at a point where a lot of people felt you are, but they couldnt prove beyond a reasonable doubt and youll go ahead and plop that into the politica...

Obstructing, where is the law on that? >> so an attempt. >> were talking about really two separate things. one is, in doing this, did he break the law? did he violent the u.s. code in some form or fashion? im not going to sit here and, again, on the basis of an article that i havent even read yet say that i could come to that legal conclusion. but when richard nixon was -- when articles of impeachment were drafted in connection with nixons activities, the abuse of process articles of impeachment...