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>> how many times when you talked to your ukrainian counterparts did you ask them to investigate the bidens? >> never, sir. >> why not? >> sir, it was not a policy objective that i was aware of. >> but with all due respect, mr. morrison, you are not in the white house to carry out your policy objectives. you just testified that the president sets the foreign policy objectives for the united states and the one call that you listened to between the president of the united states and the president of ukraine, the president of the united states priorities were to investigate the bidens and i'm ask...

To your ukrainian counterparts, did you ask them to investigate the bidens? >> never, sir. >> why not? >> sir, it was not a policy objective that i was aware of. >> with all due respect, mr. morrison, you're not in the white house to carry out your policy objectives. you just testified that the president's at the foreign policy objectives for the united states, and the one call that you listen to between the president of the united states and the president of ukraine, the president of the united states' priorities were to investigate the bidens. i'm asking you, sir, why didn't you follow up on...

Of times? >> yes, sir. >> how many times when you talked to your ukrainian counter parts did you ask them to investigate the bidens? >> never, sir. >> why not? >> sir, it was not a policy objective that i was aware of. >> but with all due respect, mr. morrison, you're not in the white house to carry out your policy objectives. you just testified that the president sets the foreign policy objectives for the united states. and the one call you listened to between the president of the united states and the president of ukraine, the president of the united states priorities were to investigate the...

Policy process, when the agendas reflect a personal agenda as opposed to a policy agenda. you know, we've worked with this back and forth for decades. i've certainly worked with it in my career. the question is what is the objective of the policy process? nobody questions the president's right to select his representatives. that is in the constitution. and his right to remove his representatives as he chooses. i don't think that's the issue here. the issue here is the nature of the october ibjective, whatever a policy objective in the interests of the american people and the country or whether...

In the senate. this is whoever is our nominee. campaign in places like south carolina. we can in places like iowa. we can win a senate seat there. this is about getting 50 votes in the senate and more. so we cannot only balance the supreme court. but start to path an agenda that isn't to agrezive because most of america agrees with the policy objective of the party. >> mayor de blasio. >> we have to -- >> delaney you'll have time in a moment. as an executive in the largest city in the country. if you nominate a supreme court nominee. what makes you believe he would allow you to make a nominee?