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Promises they have been making for more than a decade. >> donald trump was elected on the trail and he said he could get rid of the national debt. he is adding to the national debt. >> massively. a process bob corker calls ridiculous and equates to extortion. i want to ask about the legal team change. as dramatic with the national security, you see john dowd, a moderating influence, out and joe digenova in. what does this mean to the president? is he going to the mattresses legally speaking? >> i think this is a foreshadowing that could define the presidency. that is the idea that president tr...

>> well, what i think of that is that the sanctuary politicians need a quick civics lesson. okay? article i of the constitution, not article ii, not one of the several amendments, article i of the constitution reserves the responsibility to regulate immigration to the federal government, exclusively. it's not the prerogative of the states. okay? and so the congress throughout history has passed numerous immigration laws, which i.c.e. is doing its duty duly -- you know, its duty to enforce. now, congress also recognized that there is resistance to law enforcement, of any laws, and immigration l...

Are a trump detractor, you want robert mueller to catch him in this sort of scenario or lie, if you will, and him to be driven out of the white house in handcuffs or what have you, how possible is it -- is it possible to arrest or prosecute a sitting president of the united states? or if so, how tough is it to do that? ken first. >> well, it is theoretically possible, but it is very, very difficult. i mean everyone in the executive branch stands in the person of the president. there is no attorney general or secretary of defense and in the constitution, there's article ii. and the inherent pow...

And frankly, i don't think it's all that unreasonable. i don't think it would be very unreasonable on trump's part. >> the conversation i've been having with people, and if you are a trump detractor, you want robert mueller to catch him in this sort of scenario or lie, if you will, and him to be driven out of the white house in handcuffs or what have you, how possible is it -- is it possible to arrest or prosecute a sitting president of the united states? or if so how tough is it to do that? ken first. >> well, it is theoretically possible, but it is very, very difficult. i mean everyone in th...

People talk about article ii and the president of the united states being able to enforce the laws of the land. but that presumes he has followed the laws of the land and that he himself cannot be above them. imagine if you will, an ininstance where the president of the united states commits an offense or violation particularly heinous, can we by virtue of the fact that he is president could not broken the law? the distinction is whether he can be indicted as a sitting president or referred to impeachment or eventually indicted. on the first issue about mike pence, i find it extremely shocking...