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I'm an attorney, there is no question of state law involved in any of this. southern district somehow confuses people. this is all federal. the president can pardon all federal crimes. so right now there is no question of whether or not, well, not for those state crimes. there's no crime first of all, no charge against michael cohen and no state action here. >> no. but what i think the reason people are flagging it is because it's outside the mueller investigation. you can't shut this down simply by firing mueller or in some mechanism. there may be a bank shot impulse in that. that's what peop...

Local authority to govern in those ways. >> wouldn't or couldn't this have been done just as effectively or maybe legally effectively joining the doj or to your point, is this a separate matter? >> yeah, this is a separate matter. it's really a different battlefield entirely. the department of justice, their case, if you read it, is largely -- settles on supremacy clause and while huntington beach agrees with the federal government with regard to the supremacy clause, our case is different. it focuses on the unconstitutionality of sb-54 as relates to the california constitution. so it's a stat...

>> by replying to trump, i can bring all my followers to the discussion he starts on twitter. and it's sort of our modern-day town hall. and when he blocks me, i can't be part of that as myself. >> is that silencing his speech? david. >> no, absolutely not. before we get into whether or not that's a public forum, we first have to see if this is state action. and it is not. this is @realdonaldtrump. you have to get power of authority by nation of your position. this is not through the president. this is his personal. so while he does make announcements on his twitter page, it does not mean this...

>> by replying to trump, i can bring all my followers to the discussion he starts on twitter. and it's sort of our modern-day town hall. and when he blocks me, i can't be part of that as myself. >> is that silencing his speech? david. >> no, absolutely not. before we get into whether or not that's a public forum, we first have to see if this is state action. and it is not. this is @realdonaldtrump. you have to get power of authority by nation of your position. this is not through the president. this is his personal. so while he does make announcements on his twitter page, it does not mean this...

Bit more about this because the statement, as you refer to, by the white house warned assad if he, quote, conducts another mass murder attack using chemical weapons, he and his military will pay a heavy price. what exactly does that mean when you say heavy price? >> well, this isn't the obama administration, so we don't give our game play away. whether you are playing poker or you are doing go you politics, you don't show your hand in advance. the fact is very clear. we are there to crush isis. but the use of chemical weapons is a national security threat to the united states and there will be...