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Cases, looking at arguments they can make if a subpoena happens to show us. >> they are. but a keep part of the president's conviction behind his strategy and the messaging strategy is the president's fate is a political question. the way a presideld accountae is impeachment por. the framers put it in the constitution for a reason. if the president behaves in an untoward manner he can be impeached and removed by congress. all of that is part of that messaging. when he talks about commuting sentences and pardoning scooter libby, both of these are cases where the judicial branch got into e evalu...

To show us. >> they are. but a keep part of the president's conviction behind his strategy and the messaging strategy is the president's fate is a political question. the way a president is held accountable is impeachment power. the framers put it in the constitution for a reason. if the president behaves in an untoward manner he can be impeached and removed by congress. all of that is part of that messaging. when he talks about commuting sentences and pardoning scooter libby, both of these are cases where the judicial branchot into e evaluating the political action, that those things are not ...

Depressed team likes to see the president and the press briefing. he got a good farewell, josh earnest, so it was a good moment for him as well. >> jon: as he is winding down his final days in office, he has been busy, commuting sentences, changing u.s. policy, doing all kinds of things. >> he said he was going to go all the way to the tape, working until the last day, so we saw that with a bunch of new monuments which means the total amount of land he has a set-aside is about 500 million acres. also the cuba policy announcement just yesterday in terms of more law enforcement cooperation. we s...

All right. we are back here live in washington, d.c. we are continuing to follow breaking news. the whe house announcing that president obama in one of his final acts as presidency. this is a big one, he is offering a commutation of the sentence that chelsea manning received. chelsea manning had been sentenced to 35 years in prison. the president now offering a commutation, of course this is something any president can do. pretty much as blanket authority when it comes to commuting sentences, when it comes to offering pardons, there is always a flurry of activity, a flurry of speculation in th...

Administration's push for criminal justice reform. >> we still think there's a need for congress to act. we're using the president to alleviate a situation that we think needs to be changed. >> reporter: he cites it as a priority for the remaining time in office. >> i am interested in the prospect of bipartisan legislation around criminal justice system, and we've seen some really interesting leadership from some unlikely republican legislators. >> reporter: gop lawmakers like rand paul. >> i think there still is a problem, and you shouldn't be using illegal drugs. however, i am for a much mor...