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Protesters are defying the law which has come under scrutiny from other lawmakers in the city. >> we have no power to repeal the anti-mask regulations or law until the chief executive decides when it should be repealed. now, this is a henry viii this is basically say i say what is law i say what applies and i say when it ceases to be law. that is not how the constitution works. jon: greg palkot has more with the latest. >> jon it is early sunday morning in hong kong. in a couple hours a court will hear the legal challenge to the new face mask ban. on saturday pro democracy protester decided to...

Protesters are defying the law which has come under scrutiny from other lawmakers in the city. >> we have no power to repeal the anti-mask regulations or law until the chief executive decides when it should be repealed. now, this is a henry viii this is basically say i say what is law i say what applies and i say when it ceases to be law. that is not how the constitution works. jon: greg palkot has more with the latest. >> jon it is early sunday morning in hong kong. in a couple hours a court will hear the legal challenge to the new face mask ban. on saturday pro democracy protester decided to...

Because now he's betting he's going to be impeached anyways and he's betting on the red wall in the senate. he knows there's 51 republican senators sitting over there in states where he has a favorable rating and he knows what's happening in conservative media and he knows how successful his strategy of fogging things up can be. and as long as he has 34 senators that will protect him, that will vote for him, that will never vote to remove him from office, he can do whatever he wants. that's the way the constitution works. we can all hyper ventilate as much as we want. if he has those senators ...

We believe you will be impeached in the house and convicted by the senate and that compelled richard nixon to resign. but what we saw after that, i think, is really important for -- to note in history. and that is, craig, that gerald ford gave his famous speech after being sworn in as the 38th president, succeeding richard h nixon. he said a long national nightmare is over. that's what we all remember. but what came after that is even more important. he said our constitution works. we are a nation of laws and not men. and this is, i think, a test of our constitution. to see if it works. and to...

Executive branch's powers, there are laws that require whistle-blowers like this to be referred to congress. >> they're still working through it. they've asked for more time. we'll see how this place out. we largely don't know what it is about. >> the -- it's a relevant committee. that's why we don't know. >> the executive branch is right to disagree with the legislative branch of government. that's the way the constitution works. they disagree with others and courts -- >> the house oversight powers over the executive branch. >> sure, we do. >> you seen across the board have you the white hous...