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This is a very important point to make. the president cannot affect state prosecutions and state crimes through the pardon power. there are some complicated procedures, but let's say the question is if trump then tells manafort or flynn, hold on. just toe the party line, and i'll make sure to pardon you, if there are new york or other attorneys general and other state prosecutors stepping forward, they cannot count on that pardon to save them. they will have to face the pressure and will face state pressure to cooperate and turn state's witness. so it's important for schneiderman and mueller t...

Pushback. >> let me address the significance of connecting with new york attorney general eric schneiderman. this is say very significant development particularly because we're hearing increasingly that there is discussion behind closed doors about trump and pardons for this circle. this is a very important point to make. the president cannot affect state prosecutions and state crimes through the pardon power. there are some complicated procedures, but let's say the question is if trump then tells manafort or flynn, hold on. just toe the party line, and i'll make sure to pardon you, if there a...

Service. its was a busy night last night from ferguson to d.c. we're digging deeper into this latest secret service scandal with senior agents crashing their car into barricades around the white house supposedly after a party. first of all, i can't believe we're even repeating that line that secret service agents might have been drunk and partying and crashed in their car. we've had a lot of these problems lately among secret service. i was unaware that there is this sort of immunity that many of these federal officers actually have in the prosecution of their job. can you tell me how that rel...

You know, there's a light-hearted topic. it's a serious constitutional issue at play. we know from the constitution as well as u.s. supreme court that the federal government as well as the state government are considered separate sovereignties. they can do things separately. we pay federal taxes and state taxes. federal prosecution, state prosecutions. >> that is usually from all of the towns and that are in that county or state. however, there is an exception that's allotted by the constitution. that is for public safety. if the city councilmembers can show over andelle's objection that this ...

Police cases. we have no confidence in local, state prosecutions. the attorney general talked with mrs. garner and me today. they talked about an independent investigation. but let's be clear. let's be clear that while we ask for the federal government to move, we are moving that way. on saturday, a week from this saturday, december 13th, we are having a national march in washington, d.c. where we are calling for the justice department to take this case and the case in ferguson and the case in cleveland. it is time for a national march to deal with a national crisis.