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>> congressman julian castro who sits on the intelligence committee, thank you very much for your time tonight. >> thank you. >> joining me for more on the implications of president trump's actions, barbara mcquade, msnbc legal alice. david lean heart, "new york times" op-ed columnist. several undisputed facts about president trump, including pressuring a foreign leader to interfere in the election and he urged a foreign country to intervene in the 2016 presidential election. barbara, let me start with you. the infraction seems to be bigger than the law because it's the kind of thing that real...

Bigger than the law because it's the kind of thing that really only the president could do. so the laws as we think of normal statute tory laws, i don't know they don't envision intimidating a foreign leader. how how did you do you see this in legal terms. >> this is an act an order citizen couldn't commit, but it really does echo the -- demanding a thing of value in exchange for the performance of an official act. in my district, the former mayor of detroit was convicted of an extortion scheme that was very similar. he would withhold contracts, public works contracts that were worth millions ...