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Hoping to move quickly on impeachment and have something done by the holiday season. i don't know if this will slow their work. i think elijah coummings wouldnt want it to slow the oversight work. in that vein, you will see democrats to plow ahead as they memorialize him and take note of this moment and who he was. >> we're going to hear or -- the committees will hear behind closed doors, gordon sondland, the ambassador to the e.u. if we can show one of the text messages with bill taylor, who was the ambassador to ukraine, as i said on the phone, i think it's crazy to withhold security systems...

It was confirmed by the president's own add missions on camera. it was further confirmed by the transcript of the telephone call and finally confirmed by very elaborate whistle-blower report that details the entire scheme. every day we learn new evidence which corroborates this shocking behavior of the president and rather than confront or answer or be held accountable to that conduct, he's attempting to challenge the process by which congress is doing its oversight work. an impeachment inquiry that responsib congress has a responsible to do. despite their best efforts to distract the american...

And it is not unprecedented which means anything can happen when the system of checks and balances work. i think what you see here in that liability that's important in this context is people who currently work for the president so they have those obligations of office and they may want to make him happy. but the more they believe personal legal liability, the more they have to think about are they opening themselves up to perjury, how do they want to handle themselves, that strengthens the hands of those in congress who are trying to force a process to get more information about what the pres...

She had to show up. there's no absolute immunity but she didn't have to answer every question because of an exertion of the executive privilege. now, i hope that makes sense. >> it does, i guess my question is has this idea of executive privilege has that grown with executive authority. the last several presidents have used executive privilege. >> another great question. i think there is probably lines that run together there in parallel, not perfectly but presidents of different administrations over many years have asserted executive privilege. now, what normally happens is they reach some so...

Talking about things they know because of their role in the administration, has that grown with executive authority. the last several presidents have used executive privilege. >> another great question. i think there is probably lines that run together there in parallel, not perfectly but presidents of different administrations over many years have asserted executive privilege. now, what normally happens is they reach some sort of accommodation with congress, rather than having everyone run off to court and litigate this thing, which could have uncertain outcomes, you try and accommodate the c...