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Had this sexual relationship with a white house intern, but it's not high crimes and misdemeanors. i'm curious are you willing to say what the president's conduct here on the call, on this rogue foreign policy and attempting to pressure ukraine into manufacturing dirt or digging up dirt on his political opponent, that was not cool, that was not good even if it's impeachable. >> how i view the evidence, me personally is he was raising the issue of corruption with the sitting vice president joe biden. that's a legitimate exercise of executive discretion using taxpayer dollars in a way that doesn...

It said he declined to act on congressional committees request. your response? >> it isn't an informal committee request. the law requires when the chafrm and the ranking member of the foreign relations asked to make a finding he has to respond. he has to respond. that's what the law says. he doesn't have an option here. i understand why he doesn't want to make this determination. intelligence services are telling them that he was responsible and because either of a personal relationship he has or a business relationship he has with saudi arabia he is declining to make that finding to congress...

>> this isn't an informal committee request. the law requires that when the chairman and the rankin member of the foreign relations committee ask the president to make a finding as to a human rights violation overseas, he has to respond. he has to respond. that's what the law says. he doesn't have an option here. i understand why he doesn't want to make this determination. his intelligence services are telling him that mohammad bin salman was responsible and because either of a personal relationship he has or a business relationship he has with saudi arabia, he is declining to make that findin...

So this is an abuse of power, it is out side the realm of normal procedures to revoke someone's clearance. and i'm here to tell you the sad prediction that we'll come soon to the day where someone in active service of our government, employed by our government, is going to have their clearance revoked simply because the president doesn't like them. >> but look, the constitution makes the president of the united states a very powerful individual. if the president's actions fall under executive discretion, where, how should the checks and balances come to prevent this kind of abuse of the power?...

Author of the road not taken and michael d'antonio, the author of "the truth about trump." good evening, gentlemen. i want to ask you about this breaking news about this federal judge in california. this federal judge in california is now saying they're giving the government really 14 days, we said 30 days, to reunify these families. some within 14 days, some within 30 days. what's your reaction to that? >> it's a great move from a humanitarian standpoint. you have to wonder about what is the long-term future of these kind of judicial interventions in light of the supreme court ruling today in...