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Has It Ever Been Used? Yes, it has. But not in the manner Trump's critics are currently asking that it be used. Presidents have used Section 3 of the 25th Amendment three times. Each time, they have given power to their vice presidents for a short time because they needed to get anesthesia for medical tests or surgery. George W. Bush used it twice during his two terms in office, in 2002 and 2007, when he was receiving a colonoscopy, relinquishing power temporarily to Dick Cheney. Section 4 is the only part of the Amendment that has never been used. It allows other executive officials to de...

Whistle-blower. right now presumably the whistle-blower is till in his or her job and hiding in plain sight? >> hopefully heigiding in plain sight, keeping their identity as the whistle-blower hidden. i hope a security, passive, at least, security system around that individual, that in the event their identity gets disclosed we can scale up physical security around that individual to protect them and their family. right now, what you have to look at is the threat environment. what are the threats that face this individual? you know, the president's calling for, you know, this identity to be di...

>> reporter: the yes is where are they going? the talks are happening on early stages, of course, on legislation that could strengthen background checks, something you have had what are the president calling for, but there's a great deal of skepticism. they say based on what our sources are telling us, if there was any changes to the way the current gun system operates, they don't think there's a wealth of support from senate republicans right now. that's reflected in what we are hearing, the lawmakers are telling lawmakers privately. so, yes, these talks are happening, but evidence and the fa...

In the context of what emergency means? >> what i have done is i've given him all the facts from the men and women working at the border, many of them who you all have met with. i give him the operational reality. here's what we're facing, here are the facts. by my read of it, it is an emergency, it is a dual crisis. >> if there's any data you have given him in particular, i'm going to ask that it be made available to this committee in writing. and if there have been any memos that you directed to the president that would have given him the basis of calling for, in my opinion, a false emergenc...

Heather: let's talk about what elizabeth warren is calling for, the 25th amendment to remove the president from office. >> if senior administration officials think the president of the united states is not able to do his job, they should invoke the 25th amendment. >> what is your comment about that? >> this is something we have seen from headlines about possible 2020 candidacy. maybe she is joining cory booker and senator harris to attack the president any way she can. it would be hard, and a likelihood of impeachment because of the amount of votes needed. >> the commander in chief, with power...