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20-minute -- to the court for the first time ever said in no uncertain terms she wants out from under this conservatorship and doesn't want a mental evaluation to make this happen. she has been traumatized. no parts of this woman's lifey her own right down to who she could associate with. what medicine put in her mouth and what tans moves forced to make for over a dozen years. this is incredible and most certainly time to free britney. todd: here is britney's statement making a lot of headlines. the control he had over someone as powerful as me, meaning her father. he loved the control to hurt...

Of the wrong people, common sense, sensible. that was as specific as the president got in terms of explaining what kind of legislation he would actually support. and that does leave the president a lot of wiggle room here in terms of what kind of action he can actually get through congress. but it was clearly the focus of the president's 30-plus minute remarks this morning. he talked also about speaking with the senate and house leadership, democrats and republicans, about taking action on background checks specifically, and he suggested that the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell is prep...

Ongoing investigation. do you kn. >> do you know of any other cases where material in an ongoing investigation were released by the press officer to reporters? >> i don't know the details, congressman. but -- >> are you aware of the i.g. rule which says that material in an ongoing investigation -- >> oh, yes. thank you. i appreciate that. when this inquiry came in from the congress, we did consult with the inspector general and he determined he had no objection to the release of the material. if he had i can assure you i would not have authorized the release. >> the release of material that's ...

>> well, i think it would obviously hurt the economy in some ways but when you talk about politics it would further deepen the schism that we're seeing between parts of the republican party in texas and the business community. the business community in texas, at least certain corners of it, have been alarmed by donald trump's proposals when it comes to trade. the texas association to business put out a statement making clear they believe this proposed import tax would hurt the texas economy so i think you would see a further distancing in the political realm between hearts of the republican pa...

Which is an area that will heur represents. but a lot of republicans since the election have kept their statements on this generally supportive and vague or silent when you get pressed on the details. >> what would an increasing trade war and diplomatic standoff with mexico, say a set of tariffs exchanged in a kind of tit for tat fashion or negative economic -- like a recession or economic shock to mexico. what would that do for the state of texas? >> well, i think it would obviously hurt the economy in some ways but when you talk about politics it would further deepen the schism that we're se...