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Would not be legal >> you said, sir, you never did anything other than that was completely legal and you said so because if you delivered that message that told the attorney general to instruct the special counsel to limit the investigation to exclude the president, that would not be legal. isn't that correct, sir? >> mr. burke, i didn't have the privilege of going to harvard law cool and i'm not an attorney so what i know is i didn't think at the time that the president asked me to deliver a message, that anything was illegal about it i didn't have the privilege to go to harvard law. so if yo...

Doing, correct? >> that's right, i never met with jeff sessions -- >> martha: why didn't you? >> because i went on vacation. it wasn't a priority, to be honest with you. and i said this in the committee, the president asked me to have a conversation with jeff sessions, basically what is in the mueller report. i testified to the fact i believe that to be accurate. and then i just never did it. "have you lost weight?" so no one needs to know you've got gas. of course i have- so they want to talk about what ever since i started renting from national. may have transpired, had i because national le...

>> i don't think that i believe his statement that he feels it was really unfortunate. i think it was intentional. a report on "usa today" this morning that stated that i.c.e. had gone to get the search warrants on monday, which would have been a couple of days after the el paso shooting. so the idea this is some sort of rolling train they couldn't have put the brakes on a little bit, it doesn't fly with me. >> i'm going to ask you b about this because i also find it complete ly amazing that they picked the first day of school when many of these kid rs in school, to conduct this raid. did they...

On the chinese, and that's what i'm prepared to do unless you help me on north korea, i'm going to make it a priority. and the chinese who are less happy with the north koreans actually started ramping up 90% of the economy is china. we don't get this move. >> can i ask why now? the sanctions existed during the obama administration. why didn't the obama -- why was the obama administration unsuccessful in pushing china to make these moves? >> it wasn't a priority. >> why? >> president obama or president bush didn't want to open the box. it's like why didn't obama want to whack syria after he sa...

You did what you did. my last question to you before i ask you about the birther thing, when i said about being complicit, i think people think if you don't prioritize racism, then you're being complicit. do you understand that? you said you could overlook it. it wasn't a priority for you. for many of americans, african americans, people of color -- >> i think -- >> -- it's a priority. they can't prioritize it. they can't put it on a lower rung. it's about their very existence. go on. sorry. >> i understand. i always thought the stupid comments he made -- he made more of them than most politic...