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john dingell today. thank you for mensing that tonight. they found mccabe lacked candor, he was fired just days before he bebecame eligible for his retirement benefits and now his decision to go public, eliciting a new round of criticism from president trump. and disgraced fbi director andrew mccake pretnds to be a poor little angel, when unfact he was a big part of the crooked hillary scandal. mccabe is a disgrace to the fbi and our country. vicious stuff. vicious stuff from the president. >> in my experience with mccabe he was a very dedicated agent who did his best to do his job as best he could. i willt tell you these continuig
emergency. chuck schumer and nance a lohsy respond redeclaring the national emergency is a desperate attempt to detract from the fact that the president broke his promise to have mexico pay for the wall. in recent weeks members of the president's own part a have warned of the consequences. >> i don't think he should do that. i think it's a bad precedent . >> we've got to be very kaurful about endorsing raw uses of executive power. >> this would be anotherrosion of congressional authority. >> the real concern that i have is the precedent that this then sets. >> i think that's dubious from a constitutional perspective and i hope that the president will not go that route.
are you running for president? and former acting director, mccabe. this would normally boo our number one topic. the president incapable offing as president. that's what they were thinking of in the fbi, utilizing the 25th amendment. we're back after this. we're back after this. i switched to liberty mutual because they let me customize my insurance, and as a fitness junkie, i customize everything. like my bike and my calves. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need.
so they change parties and dance once with in a while. but limited government is a fundamental republican principal. you can't go after guns and part of it among moderate republicans is abortion rights too. you can't have a government that big to ban abortion. i believe i dont want a government capable of doing all the things people want done because that's a terrible country to live un. how can they give a president this kind of authority? >> they can't. the default is they're going to cave in because they don't want to get crossways with donald trump. but this is a fundamental principal if they don't vote overturn this, then they effectbively surrender in the parto of limited government. theso thesont senate will have to have an up or down vote. mcconnell only has a certain amount of time on the law. all of these guys are go having to to go on the record.
it was, for the most part, in my memory a joint effort between the buildings as to how to manage the crisis and how to deal with the aftermath. >> well, in exrpt, he -- mccabe that trump said i received hundreds of messages from fbi people how happy they are that i fired him. but according to mccabe you would sigh people crowding in hallways, even crying. the president was upset comey was allowed to fly home on a government plane after he fired hum. the president saying that's not right. i dont approve of that. the president asked about mccabe's wife who had lost a race to congress and trump said yeah, that must have been real a tough to lose, to be a loser.
the president's been out there yelling about an emergency on the southern border. threatening to harm us. but how about this. why has he done nothing about the violent shooting deaths that plague this country? if he hates violence so much that he wants to build a wall against it, why does he show so little against the gun vile that's an endemic in this country. >> you want to talk about a national emergency? let's talk about today, the one-year anniversary of another manifestation of the epidemic of gun violence in america. that's a national emergency. why don't you declare that emergency, mr. president? >> pelosi used the opportunity to remind everyone of the enemy within. the raging gun violence that no other country in the world can match.
we heard from jar a nadler in new york where you are. i assume from senter to the left is not going to like it. are the republicans going to show bone and stop this? some spine? >> no. mitch mcconnell can see matt bevan in his rearview mirror who's one state wide in kentucky decides to give himself an upgrade like rick scott in florida. he's got a problem. i can't believe inside their republican hearts they believe this is a good idea. nancy pelosi got up today and said go ahead and do it because a president with different values might believe climate change or gun violence is a national emergency. fror you have now opened the door. harry truman tried to sooz a steel mill and a war was going on. it's not as if presidents can
call or visit . welcome back to "hardball." president trump's decision to declare a national emergency over the wall brings up questions whether it's in his constitutional authority. in his preev -- they criticized president obama for executive over reach. >> it's an unbelievable over reach. a matter of tremendous import and it's an affront to the legislative process. >> his actions violated the rule of law in the united stateof th. dont take my word for it. >> this administration has been the most lawless administration we've ever seen and this
>> you pointed out that republicans used to believe in fiscal responsibility and now they just passed a trillion and a half dollar tax cut. there's a small number of people that been if thes. so it's not like it was a popular crusade and they got away with it. they said let's go have a signing saur mon a. why are we electing senators on the republican side? what role do they play? i'm hoping the democrats challenge this president. gene said they might. >> they've abdicated their duty. my hope is we can turn a page. we have a responsibility obviously as created by article one of the constitution and provieweding over site and checks to the executive branch, we have a lot of responsibility, but i hope we as democrats get back on theicnomic messages. we just had a report the top
the president will sign that border deal and will declare a national emergency tonight, a move that will almost certain labe challenged in court. california phones offers free specialized phones... like cordless phones,