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Because of the idea of command and control, which you know so well. checks and balances. and given this new information and what it reflects about his own unit and overall what it means for the camaraderie that is so important in the military. >> well, first of all, let me strongly state that the u.s. armed forces are going to follow, loyally, the legal orders of the president of the united states. period. so their viewpoint, whether they like him or see favorably or not is irrelevant to the pro...

And asked for federal and state investigation. we dont know if they started an official investigation or theyre just calling around asking questions, but we do know that there is interest from at least one state legislature who says he was contacted. >> this pardon of the rapist, put it in context for us. is this matt bevan being matt bevan or is this nuts even for matt bevan? >> well, there are about a dozen or so controversial pardons from the six dozen or so pardons he issued from the time he...

Substantiated reports and proven case of russian interference in the 2016 campaign is a vulnerability for him leading into 2020. and so he wants to mitigate that as much as possible. and what hes trying to do here is say simply look there were investigations into me and russia and they turned up some results and theyre not favorable to me, but look maybe those investigations werent quite right and they were biased and politically motivated, and there are investigations into those investigations,...

Background a bit at least politically. how acute is this tension? >> its very acute. she doesnt want to get into the same situation that her colleague, chris wray, the head of the fbi has gotten into where trump has attacked him personally on twitter multiple times. she has a workforce of 20,000 intelligence professionals that dont want a reprise of when president trump went to the cia headquarters in front of that, you know, wall of stars of people who have fall i dont know -- fallen in the lin...

Deftly manage this situation. i think she will probably try to rely on her, what has been a positive relationship with the president. shell probably try to strengthen that, try to stay close to him during this for a little bit of internal political cover. i would imagine that shell also try to cooperate with the investigation as far as she can, give them something while protecting things that really matter. and i dont think shell need to protect anything, any wrongdoing or anything like that. i ...

Because of the idea of command and control which you know so well, checks and balances. and given this new information and what it reflects about his own unit and overall what it means for the camaraderie that is so important in the military. >> well, first of all, let me strongly straight that the u.s. armed forces are going to follow loyally the leg orders of the president of the united states, period. so their viewpoint, whether they like him, is irrelevant to the process. as long as its a le...

Congressional subpoenas. >> yeah, i think joe bidens statement was ill advised because now republicans can hide behind it perhaps and say joe bidens not showing up, why should anybody else. of course the answer is because joe bidens not part of this case because thats more disinformation from the trump administration. but hayes is right when he says once we get to the trial, no matter what happens and things can change through the trial and its majority vote, so republicans can try subpoena bide...

Town has said in years. >> frankly, i dont care what he says. >> she is the master of the house and he of the senate. nancy pelosi and mitch mcconnell are in the political heavyweight fight of their lives. >> americans will show up by the tens of millions next year to vote pelosi the hell out of office. >> for months, pelosi has been whipping her democrats into shape at times urging caution and at times confronting trump himself. no one gets under his skin more even when she commented. >> i stil...

Something were they picked, i know. this is different because it seems like a political play. when you are back, do you think this process should move to the senate and do so quickly? >> first of all, what i disagree with, its not a political play. what people are calling politics and partisan, et cetera, sometimes is a question of what is facts and what are not. what is the truth and what is false. >> so what is it? >> what were going after is the truth. the truth is thus far, weve had individu...

He said he was named man of the year in a state hes never lived. >> number five, he resurfaces claims that millions voted illegally in california in the 2016 election. >> a lot of votes cast that i dont believe. i look at california. >> mr. president. >> excuse me. >> thats -- >> take a look at judicial watch, settlement, california add plited to a million votes. >> million votes of what? >> take a look at -- judicial watch made a settlement. >> about what? >> there was much illegal voting. >> d...