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President. it allows substantive minority participation from the the presidents council and the fact-finding fact-finding process. neither aspect was present here. democrats denied witnesses, voted down subpoenas we sought to issue for both documents and testimony and although they never brought a vote, they were all tabled. democrats directed witnesses not to answer our questions in these sorts of actions delegitimize the inquiry and did not give the witnesses or the president confidence that the inquiry is fair. second, the president or any potential witness in this impeachment inquiry shoul...

Russian state media, opposition leader juan guaido suggesting it could pave the way to freedom in the socialist country. >> there will be elections in the short term. our constitution, article 133 of our constitution mandates that the president of the national assembly will take on the executive powers to call elections in the shortest amount of time possible. those elections will give the ability to the country. >> sandra: fascinating interview with the opposition leader there. rich edson is live at the state department with more this morning, rich. >> good morning. protests, growing crisis i...

That this is a violation because they know it will result in a less accurate count and that the constitution mandates as accurate a count as possible? >> simple as that. >> you've got a lot of other states supporting you. what do you say to those people who say this is the states that fear they'll have power taken away from them? >> at the end of the day, it hurts everyone. when it comes time to deciding what school your child will go to and if you're concerned about class size but if a particular child has not been counted in the census because the parents were afraid to actually submit the q...

It could undermine the ability to the actually get everyone top participate. >> so that's the policy rationale. if you ask this question, you'll get a less accurate count. the whole point is to the accurately count how many people there are. the legal issue is separate from saying it's illegal. in a tweet immediately after this came out, you said it's illegal. what's your case on that? >> because the constitution requires the federal government to get an actually count of all the people in this country, citizen and noncitizen. we've been doing that since 1790. it doesn't say get a count of the...

Change in russian behavior will put an end to the fighting here. >> they are providing air cover for the regime. russia is responsibly responsi. they clearly failed to do that. russia really needs to move into a different place in this. but facts are facts. they need to go into and other spot. >> we also asked the secretary if he has a message for those in the administration who were reportedly looking to push him out. he would only say, i'm still here. shannon, back to you. >> shannon: traveling with the secretary of state. thank you very much. the immigration debate is far reaching and now c...