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From the clinton white house aide and paul begala who served as aide to president clinton. keith has the clock run out. nancy pelosi had reasons for stalling. now when you you i talk to people in the senior leadership in the senate they look for this or that happening. they're not talking about the mueller report. have they run out the clock. >> i don't think there is a clock. the constitution doesn't say the president shall be impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors unless the congress is about to have an august recess. there is nothing in the constitution like that. the law is the law. an...

Of the united states to subvert the constitution and obstructed it on top of it. you don't have that here. >> well, if you take the concurrent barr interpretation of the obstruction laws, even nixon didn't obstruct justice. the so-called smoking gun under his puram tarameters would not obstruction of justice. so he set a different bar and a different standard and i'm not sure -- well, first of all the criminal law has no application in this area. while republicans have always said it must be a crime before it's impeachable, democrats have never said that because the constitution doesn't say th...

Courts. and that brings new blood into the supreme court. >> senator elizabeth warren told politico expanding the high court is, quote, a conversation that's worth having, the constitution doesn't mandate a number of supreme court justices, 9 have sat on the bench since 1869, the last time the court got even close to making significant change 82 years ago. >> i will appoint justice who is will not undertake to override the judgment of the congress. >> president franklin roosevelt was so upset that right-leaning support would not go forward with new deal plan that he tried to add more justices,...

Activation not indicting a sitting president begs the question what is the criminal tipping point for this and future presidents. ari, this is memo, an obscure 1973 memo. and in 2000 it was upheld. what has to happen for you to be able to indict a sitting president? this was a process crime. just handicap this for me. >> it's an open debate because the constitution doesn't give you a firm textual answer, but, look, for a long time the view has been you don't indict a sitting president. and you can ask presidents johnson, nixon and clinton when asked if there is a view correct or not you did so...

Question what is the criminal tipping point for this and future presidents. ari, this is memo, an obscure 1973 memo. and in 2000 it was upheld. what has to happen for you to be able to indict a sitting president? this was a process crime. just handicap this for me. >> it's an open debate because the constitution doesn't give you a firm textual answer, but, look, for a long time the view has been you don't indict a sitting president. and you can ask presidents johnson, nixon and clinton when asked if there is a view correct or not you did something bad in office. and everybody knows it goes ove...