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hunter biden think this is helpful to what his father is going through. paul: and they said we will come in and sit for a deposition particularly since if he were cited for contempt everybody would go back to president biden's quote when people refuse to testify before the january 6th committee he said i hope the justice department charges them. >> abby lowell is a big time washington lawyer, he knows how to counterattack under circumstances like this and he is throwing up a lot of political and legal shrapnel. ultimately there is a legal issue at the center of this. obviously it is about politics. what are the american people supposed to make of this back-and-forth, ultimately it's going to be presumably fought over in the presidential election if as the narrative assumes donald trump is the

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The Journal Editorial Report

shyness in front of the cameras. >> that suggestion shows ignorance of what depositions work in washington. they are not conducted by members, they are conducted by lawyers. staff lawyers for republicans and democrats. the deposed is accompanied by a legal team. questions have been prepared for 10, 11, 12 hours, sometimes over the space of days. it is not something that makes for great tv but it's not the best way to get the information you are seeking get. hunter biden is being asked to do anything different from anyone else who is at the center of the investigation, normally asked to do in the center of it. paul: why did they pull this stunt with hunter and his lawyer showing up at the hearing and walking out after 10 minutes. >> you saw that. they got exactly what they were

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The Lead With Jake Tapper-20151012-20:18:00

they too will be part of this debate. again, the stage behind me is where it will all happen, jake. pretty interesting as you've been talking about hillary clinton has been doing mock debates with a big-time washington lawyer been at this for years. jeff weaver, bernie sanders campaign manager told me this morning the day they set aside to work on these exchanges, set pieces back and forth between the moderator and other candidates on specific issues they want to try to anticipate moments that might arise in this debate. jake. >> john berman, thanks so much. john's going to be riding off on his white tiger after this segment. i just want to ask you, a lot of people -- it's no secret that you're not a huge fan of secretary of state hillary clinton. a lot of people think if she gets a nomination the demographic advantage she will have will just be very, very difficult for republicans to beat. >> how do you counter that? >> i think she's got a glass jaw. i'll tell you i was a little stunned in our first segment because i was agreeing with patti she has a flip-flop problem. i was agreeing with van she has

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The Lead With Jake Tapper-20151012-20:45:00

keeping it from getting out of hand. that's what we're trying to do. we have to set a calendar that guides the nominating process that we set delegates election rules. we set the number of debates to make it work for candidates and not pull them off the trail too much because that's the other thing that happens with debates is you've got candidates who need to be going to iowa, new hampshire, nevada here, south carolina. they need to be talking to voters. >> right. >> we want to maximize both that but also the attention on the debates that we do have sanctioned. >> any predictions? we have 23 million viewers for our republican debate. any predictions? >> we're not going to be a celebrity apprentice on stage but we are going to have the next president of the united states so hopefully that will draw a good size audience. >> good dodge. lewis miranda, thanks so much. and congresswoman tulsy gabbard will be appearing on "the situation room" in just a few minutes. she'll give her side of this. first, just one day before the democratic debate republicans are taking another stage today and touting their plans to get both sides of washington to work together. why donald trump says his sharp critiques won't be the problem

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The Lead With Jake Tapper-20151012-20:52:00

the race. >> i haven't gone after my republican opponents at all. not even at all. they've gone after me. i only go after them when they go after me. i'm a counterpuncher. >> reporter: with the stage set for bipartisanship, republicans landed some jabs. trump taking on president obama. >> i thought he did terribly last night. i thought he did not do a good job. i think that our country has nothing but problems. >> reporter: and lindsey graham taking on trump asking whether his style can succeed in a general election. >> can donald trump bring us together? i don't feel that hispanics believe that he'd be a good president for them when 75% of the hispanic community disapproved of the candidacy as a republican. you're in trouble. >> reporter: meanwhile new jersey governor chris christie taking aim at everyone in washington. >> you know what i want and what most of you want, how about they just do something? >> reporter: he says he'll -- >> we had a problem with sara

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