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Questions. one is a political question and one is a moral question. i mean, the moral question is, the simple fact that donald trump has been tougher on jim acosta and abby phillip than he has on a dictator, ruthless heir to a dictatorship who has murdered an american journalist. think about that. he has been tougher on jim acosta and abby phillip than the heir to the throne in saudi arabia. so i think that's a bipartisan, moral question that anna asked, which we all need to ask ourselves, is, you know, when are republicans especially going to stand up and say enough is enough? and i think tha...

Understand the independence of the department of justice and thinks that he can personally prosecute individuals that he wants to, including his political enemies. and now, i mean, we're talking about the fact that he wants to influence the judiciary in a way that has never been done before and should not be done. so i think that there's a lot to be said there about just the fundamental ignorance that donald trump has of the systems of government. that's first. but number two, to doug's point, i do think that there is something to this, and the attempts for donald trump to deflect and distract...

It just almost leaves me speechless that this could happen in america. and i remember. i remember when there was this issue during the obama administration of where the irs was going after some organizations that were conservative and right wing. and i remember the people in my party, the congress people in my party, the leaders of my party, setting their hair on fire, speaking up and demanding answers. they must do the same thing right now, because if not, they are -- they will and are the biggest hypocrites we have seen in american history. >> but, bakari, anna makes a point about -- here's ...

Last time. >> fair enough. i would love to hear your reactions to this, as well. because it is truly extraordinary. one, historically, because we haven't seen a chief justice go head-to-head in this public forum before. but also for the effect on the respect for this institution. anna, tell me what you're thinking as you're listening to this. >> you know, as i listen to this, and as i put it in context of everything that's going on with saudi arabia, with the prosecution of comey and clinton, with donald trump dancing on the graves of republicans who lost because they dared confront him or reb...

>> reporter: yes. surprising? >> yes. very. i didn't know that. >> reporter: there were secret relationships that were known apparently only to her and maybe one other person. >> mm-hmm. >> reporter: it's like there were two annas or four annas. >> uh-huh. and i see where she's coming from, because, you know, i know our cultures are like that. i know that people don't share things. >> reporter: the professor explained anna was essentially his personal charity. the cops wondered about his motives. when a man who's interested in a woman basically bankrolls her, gives her 40-something thousand do...