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In geyserville, the small town north of san francisco. >> power is off out here so limited ability to make phone calls. >> the fire started in an area where power to some customers d the blackout made the evacuations harder. >>ur don work up there. the phone lines were down and it's just because someone looked up and saw red in the sky that we were able to evacuate. >> blackouts left more than half a million people in the dark. taking a toll on homes, businesses, even fararmers farmt power for even an hour tim mueller had to rush to rent a generator for $1,000 a we can. or risk losing everythi...

He has a lot of leeway when it comes to dealing with foreign leaders. you point out that his article 2 powers don't extend to offering quid pro quo. and if this it true this is an abuse of power. is it? >> absolutely. he can't use his article 2 power for personal gain. and if there ends up being any indication he offered something in his presidential authority in order to receive something that would benefit him personally for example in election. that is a problem. there's a reason that the framers of the constitution included bribery as impeachable defense. they didn't want self-dealing. but...

It's terrible lawyering. it's a shame to see from rudy giuliani. he was the attorney for the southern district of new york. he was a legend. now he's a joke. >> you said legally. is it a good pr strategy. something good and bad and something good. >> no, yes, no. >> i don't know. i'm not going to say it's a good strategy. i know it worked. it worked with stormy daniels. he fell through the cracks. aided by the doj policy against indicting a sitting president. because it worked once doesn't make it a good strategy. young potential lawyers and law school students at home, don't do this at home. ...

Something good and bad and something good. >> i don't know. >> no, yes, no. >> i know it worked. i won't say it's a good strategy. it worked with stormy daniels. he fell through the cracks. aided by the doj policy against indicting a sitting president. because it worked once doesn't make it a winning strategy. don't do this at home. >> the attorney general under fire for advising the acting chief not to share this complaint. you backed barr when he was originally appointed. and took great issue with how he handled the mueller report. is this another example acting as the personal attorney to t...