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In. she talked about private insurance and twisted herself into a pretzel. that's not something that you need to do if you are being very clear about what your positions are. >> it's great to see you guys. thank you so much. coming up for us, andrew mccabe gives a new interview and makes more news about the fbi's investigation into the president. this time it is about who in congress knew about the probe, when and the reaction. the president cannot act like a king. one states' attorney general tells me why he joined the lawsuit to block the president's national emergency. no matter we or w...

Doing this plan in order to line the pockets of those that were close to the white house? >> thank you so much for bringing that to us. i really appreciate it. now to the brewing legal battle over the president's declaration of a national emergency. california's attorney general told us here that lawsuits were coming. 16 states are now suing president trump arguing the president's emergency declaration violates the constitution by going around congress to get money for a border wall that congress expressly did not give him. i spoke with the attorney general of new mexico, as well, one of the...

Overreach of his executive powers. >> long road there. that's for sure. out front with me now, one of the attornies general signing on this this lawsuit, the democratic attorney general of north carolina. thank you for being here. >> it's great to be with you. >> why are you joining this lawsuit? >> new mexico is being harmed because the president cannot act like a king. this is taxpayer money and in new mexico we have vital military dollars going to strategic projects that are vital to national security. we are the state that invented and tested the atomic bomb. we don't want to president vio...

President truman tried to get congress to give him the authority to seize the mills and keep them going. and congress said, no. he did it anyway. and in one of the most famous supreme court opinions of all time, in 1952 the steel seizure case, the supreme court said president truman, you can't do that. that unless the president acts with specific authorization under the constitution, a president cannot act in this way. this is one of the profound issues of how america is governed. congress has the power of the purse. the president executes and snaends money. here we have a situation with where...

Think over the past few years, we have seen what happens in america when you have too many corporations or private interests or lobbyists inflew on -- influencing our policy for instance, the ncra comes to mind you have them strung and cannot act on behalf of constituents because they received payments from lobbyists and large companies. it's important for us to not freak out, okay? it's still early [ laughter ] >> like calm down, okay? it's still early let these people run let them put their ideas forward. we still have time calm down. >> one big development we should all be watching, h.r. 1....