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Not moving forward with that until you stop investigating me. that's not how the constitution works. >> so what is going to happen now? i mean, this exchange was so bitter, so nasty, what happens? >> well, what is clear is that nancy pelosi is getting under the president's skin. no doubt about that and she -- you know, jim said she landed some punches. she is walking away the victor from these exchanges and donald trump, i don't know if he gets this or not, he is helping nancy pelosi with her own politics with democrats. wolf, just at the beginning of this week there was this minority of democ...

Requested in an effort to learn more about the president's business relationship with russia and other foreign entities. >> we have to get ready for the coming "star wars 9", the last installment. so there is a balance in the force, my friend. and this balance we're talking about madisonian democracy. i've said from the beginning of this administration that for of constitutional norm donald trump trying to shatter, there are federal judges, conservative and liberal that are like, no, no actually that's not the way our constitution works. you will remember neil gorsuch even attacking president ...

It. do you think these documents will get out before any kind of appeal is filed or ruled on? >> that seems unlikely, although the judge didn't issue a stay so i have to go back and read it again. i will suggest to the audience though, i read it quickly on the play coming down here, it's a good opinion. it sets a very good bedrock framework between all of these squirmishes and how they're going to go. the president's lawyer takes an extreme view going back to president buchanan in 1880 saying the congress has no role in investigating anything whatsoever. seems to repudiate the idea that whitew...

Squirmishes and how they're going to go. the president's lawyer takes an extreme view going back to president buchanan in 1880 saying the congress has no role in investigating anything whatsoever. seems to repudiate the idea that whitewater was lawful or inappropriate or the committee to investigate watergate was unlawful. or appropriate. that's obviously not the case. that's not how the constitution works and it's not how i think judges who are appointed by either democrats or republicans are going to view it. i don't know that we'll see it in the next few days. the other thing that's hearten...

Reserved to congress in article i of the constitution. so if it they were willing to give it to the president here, there is no telling where he could have taken that down the road, but i think yamiche is right, you know, everybody knows that the votes aren't really arent there to overturn the veto and where this ultimately will be decided is in the court system, where i think the president will get a little bit of a lesson on how the constitution works. >> and, david, i want to read you something from "the new york times" where it says "the mere act of defying mr. trump, speaking of senators,...