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>> and on this issue of flag burning, there is one person who is a friend of mine member of congress, still is a member in the senate now, and he made a case and he said, you know, he's a liberal, but he said the flag is draped on the coffins of the people coming home who fought our wars and defended this country. and you have to think about in a as being a special category. maybe not yelling fire in a theater, but something about its ability to incite people. it's close to that. it really gets to the heart of your love of your country. and i know it's symbolic and under the first amendment, b...

Hill disagree. do you have any concerns with what he said? >> the supreme court has held that that activity is a protected first amendment right. >> trump's comments reopening old wounds in the capitol. in 2006 mcconnell casting a decisive vogt against a constitutional amendment to ban flag burning, which failed by just one vote. >> the american sflag a monument.flag is a monument. why in the world would we refuse to protect it against desecration? >> i didn't raise my hand to defend the flag. i raised my hand to defend and take on oath to defend the constitution of our country. >> reporter: t...

As powerful as they are, don't get to change constitutional law. that's up to the courts. >> that's the justices. >> that's true. >> i do think the troubling aspect is not his opinion about flag burning which as allen poits out, a lot of people share. it's if you look at his tweets and statements since he was elected president, there is an extreme sensitivity to criticism. whether it was the protests in portland or the cast of "hamilton". this is something that, i mean, yes it's fine to express your first amendment rights, but when you're president, i think we all have to be a little worried i...

Protected there have been repeated attempts to have constitutional amendments so if he supports that that is -- i don't support it. i disagree with it. but it is actually not really out of the mainstream. it is the revoking the citizenship that is problem. >> -- i want to believe that there is a strategy and now you are convincing me there is not and he's going to have to nuclear codes in a few weeks. >> more with our panel. and another target of the president elect tweets and retweets. jeff zeleny for reporting he did last night. trump retweeted multiple attacks on him after he reported trump...

Speech spirit in a lot of people, but i think this is a sufficiently core value that it's not a matter of income or education or age. i think most people get it. >> i think most people, however, if you put a poll out, most people would say that the first amendment should be amended to prohibit flag burning. by the way, the liberals are trying to amend the first amendment too. not me, but they want to prohibit citizens united and to limit fund-raising. i don't think anybody left or right should tamper with that amendment. prior presidents have tried to. president adams, even jefferson famously ...