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>> the president doesn't care about the rule of law or constitutional norms in the ways that most people do. everything is through a self-interested prism, and his aides are treating this as a maybe he'll forget about this, maybe it's just an outburst. because this would be almost a form of self-impeachment, shooting the messenger in public saying you should have come to me. it's cuckoo land. >> if he wanted to do it, there would be a 30-day waiting period. if he did that, that would be a 30-day outrage moment. >> that wouldn't really be a cooling down period. it would-be a heating up period f...

Columnist george will made much the same point, writing that donald trump's refusal to cooperate in congress' impeachment inquiry as well as his decision on syria is the type of self-impeachment speaker pelosi predicted. he added that republicans have failed to preserve congressional power, writing that in his view, in 13 months, all congressional republicans who have not defended congress by exercising the constitutional rights of the place should be defeated. and joining me now is lawrence tride, harvard professor of constitutional law and author of "to end a presidency." always good to talk...

What lamar alexander said except apparently the dynamic right now within the republican party is you cannot break with the president at all on this issue. you can't even say that the conduct he's engaging in is inappropriate. so that is interesting. look, but in terms of the election and impeachment you know this better than anybody that up until this week the president has seen his -- his poll numbers have seemed impervious to the news cycle and you feel maybe that's changing right now. and the last week has been an exercise in self-impeachment. so i do wonder whether senators like lamar alex...

You cannot break with the president at all on this issue. you can't even say that the conduct he's engaging enis inappropriate. so that is interesting. look, but in terms of the election and impeachment you know this better than anybody that up until this week the president has seen his -- his poll numbers have seemed impervious to the news cycle and you feel maybe that's changing right now. and the last week has been an exercise in self-impeachment. so i do wonder whether senators like lamar alexander and i think your analysis of the senate was kplae exactly right. they're sitting there sayin...

Now we're seeing self-impeachment. with his own behavior, his own reaction to the impeachment inquiry he seems to be adding potential articles of impeachment. and it's crazy to behold but i don't think it's an unconsidered thing. i think it's for lack of a better word a sort of strategy. he's saying -- he's trying to give you the impression that there's so little wrong with what he did in that july 25th call with the president of ukraine that he's willing to do it in the open with yet another country, because how can there be anything wrong with it if he's showing you doing it in realtime? i t...