DO YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT IS
DO YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO LURE DEMOCRATS INTO A
TRYING TO LURE DEMOCRATS INTO A TRAP AND WANTS YOU TO IMPEACH
TRAP AND WANTS YOU TO IMPEACH
HIM?
>> EVERY DAY HE AS A DIFFERENT STRATEGY.DAY HE AS A DIFFERENT
STRATEGY.
BOTH HE AND LEADER McCONNELL
FEAR THE FULL RESULTS OF THE
REPORT BEING MADE CLEAR TO THE
PUBLIC.
THE FACT THAT HE SO OFTEN
OBSTRUCTED JUSTICE.
THE FACT THAT THE RUSSIANS DID
INTERFERE REPEATEDLY AND
STRENUOUSLY IN OUR ELECTIONS,
ALL OF WHICH PROVE DONALD TRUMP
BEING WRONG AND WHAT LEADER
McCONNELL DID TODAY ON THE FLOOR
WAS NOTHING SHORT OF DESPICABLE
TO SAY ITS OVER, CASE CLOSED, WHEN WE HAVENT EVEN BEGUN TO,
WHEN WE HAVENT EVEN BEGUN TO INVESTIGATE THE REPORT AND
INVESTIGATE THE REPORT AND MUELLER HASNT TESTIFIED AND
MUELLER HASNT TESTIFIED AND
MUELLER KNOWS WHAT THE REPORT
SAID AND NOT BARRS SPIN.
TO NOT SEE THE UNDERLYING DOCUMENTATION AND HOW DEEPLY
DOCUMENTATION AND HOW DEEPLY RUSSIA AFFECTED THINGS.
RUSSIA AFFECTED THINGS.
FOR McCONNELL AND TRUMP TO DO
THIS IS DESPICABLE.
LET ME SAY THIS ABOUT LEADER
CONNELL.
WHEN A FOREIGN COUNTRY
INTERFERES IN OUR ELECTIONS, IT WILL HELP PRESIDENT TRUMP ANDIT
WILL HELP PRESIDENT TRUMP AND TRUMP IS PROBABLY PUSHING HIM TO
TRUMP IS PROBABLY PUSHING HIM TO
BE QUIET, BUT ITS MUCH DEEPER THAN THAT.BUT ITS MUCH DEEPER
THAN THAT.
WITH THE RUSSIANSS ULTIMATE
GOAL, AMERICANS NOING LONGER HAVE FAITH AT THE DEMOCRACY AND
HAVE FAITH AT THE DEMOCRACY AND COULD ACTUALLY TOPPLE THE MIGHTY
COULD ACTUALLY TOPPLE THE MIGHTY OAK.
OAK.
FOR McCONNELL RUN AWAY.
HE HAS DONE A LOT OF VERY, VERY
BAD THINGS, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST DESPICABLE. IS ONE OF
THE MOST DESPICABLE.
WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO SEE IT AND STOP IT.BLIGATION TO SEE IT
AND STOP IT. WE HAVE BIPARTISAN BILLS TO GO
WE HAVE BIPARTISAN BILLS TO GO FORWARD BY AMY KLOBUCHAR AND
FORWARD BY AMY KLOBUCHAR AND KAMALA HARRIS THAT WOULD STOP
KAMALA HARRIS THAT WOULD STOP
IT.
HE WONT EVEN LET THERE BE A DEBATE ON THEM.T THERE BE A
DEBATE ON THEM. THATS A DISGRACE.
THATS A DISGRACE.
>> AM I RIGHT?
THE LEADER HAS KIND OF SLOWLY
BUT SURELY AND TOTALLY TRANSFORMED THE BODY YOU WORK
TRANSFORMED THE BODY YOU WORK IN.
IN.
YOU ESSENTIALLY ARE A JUDICIAL
NOMINATING BODY AND THE LEADER JUST DOESNT -- THATS STUFFADER
JUST DOESNT -- THATS STUFF THAT IS NOT HUGELY
THAT IS NOT HUGELY
CONTROVERSIAL.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE U.S.
SENATE?
>> HE MADE IT INTO A LEGISLATIVE GRAVE YARD.IT INTO A LEGISLATIVE
GRAVE YARD.
THE HOUSE PASSED SO MANY GOOD
THINGS AND McCONNELL WONT BRING
THEM UP FOR DEBATE.
WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE
GRANDEST DEBATING INSTITUTION IN
THE WORLD, WE DONT HAVE
DEBATES.
WE RUBBER STAMP APPOINTMENTS LARGELY RIGHT WING, LARGELYS
LARGELY RIGHT WING, LARGELY UNQUALIFIED AND FOR INSTANCE,
UNQUALIFIED AND FOR INSTANCE, THIS WEEK WE WILL NOT DEBATE A
THIS WEEK WE WILL NOT DEBATE A SINGLE PIECE OF LEGISLATION AND
SINGLE PIECE OF LEGISLATION AND
THERE IS SO MUCH TO DO. LOOK WHAT HAPPENED IN COLORADO.
LOOK WHAT HAPPENED IN COLORADO. THE HOUSE HAS A BILL WITH THE
THE HOUSE HAS A BILL WITH THE
SUPPORT OF ABOUT 90% OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, UNIVERSALE
AMERICAN PEOPLE, UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS.
BACKGROUND CHECKS. FEAR OF THE NRA, HE DOESNT
FEAR OF THE NRA, HE DOESNT BRING IT UP.
BRING IT UP.
WE HAVE THE VIOLENCE AGAINST
WOMEN ACT TO PROTECT WOMEN WHEN THEY ARE ABUSED.TECT WOMEN WHEN
THEY ARE ABUSED. HE WONT BRING THAT UP.
HE WONT BRING THAT UP.
PROPOSALS TO PROTECT AMERICANS
FROM BEING -- WHEN THEY HAVE
PREEXISTING CONDITIONS THEIR
INSURANCE COMPANIES CANT TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THEM.
HE WONT BRING THAT UP. AMERICANS DONT WANT A.
AMERICANS DONT WANT A LEGISLATIVE GRAVE YARD, BUT I
LEGISLATIVE GRAVE YARD, BUT I HAVE NEVER SEEN A LEADER DO
HAVE NEVER SEEN A LEADER DO THIS.
THIS.
NEVER. >> THE REAL QUESTION, I THINK
>> THE REAL QUESTION, I THINK BROAD AGREEMENT ON DIFFERENT
BROAD AGREEMENT ON DIFFERENT
STRANDS AND THE COALITION THAT
THE PRESIDENT IS ACTING IN WAYS
THAT ARE PROVOCATIVE AND RUN A FOUL OF THE BALANCE OF POWER A
FOUL OF THE BALANCE OF POWER BETWEEN ARTICLE ONE AND ARTICLE
BETWEEN ARTICLE ONE AND ARTICLE
TWO BRANCHES. QUESTION ABOUT WHAT THE REMEDY
QUESTION ABOUT WHAT THE REMEDY IS.
IS.
ELIZABETH WARREN, YOUR COLLEAGUE
SAID IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS
HAVE TO BEGIN.
WE TOOK AN OATH TO DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND IT DOESNTTHE
CONSTITUTION AND IT DOESNT MATTER WHAT THE POLLS SAY.
MATTER WHAT THE POLLS SAY. DO YOU AGREE AND IF NOT, WHY
DO YOU AGREE AND IF NOT, WHY NOT?
NOT?
>> WE HAVE TO LET ALL THE FACTS
COME OUT.
THAT MEANS MUELLER TESTIFYING.
THATS CRUCIAL FOR PEOPLE TO GET
THE WHOLE PICTURE.
WE HAVE TO SEEN THE UNDERLYING DOCUMENTATION, NOT JUST THEING
DOCUMENTATION, NOT JUST THE REPORT THAT MUELLER ISSUED
REPORT THAT MUELLER ISSUED
WITHOUT WE WANT TO CHECK BECAUSE
I DONT BELIEVE BARR REDACTED
PROPERLY AND APPROPRIATELY.
WE NEED TO SEE THE UNDERLYING
DOCUMENTATION AND THEN EVERYONE
WILL LOOK AT EVERYTHING OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS AND MAKE AHE
NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS AND MAKE A DECISION.
DECISION.
THAT IS THE BEST WAY TO GO.
WE NEED TO CONVINCE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
MAJORITY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT THERE IS IMPEACHMENT IF
THAT THERE IS IMPEACHMENT IF ITS WARRANTED BY THE FACTS.
ITS WARRANTED BY THE FACTS.
THE NATH THE LEADER HAS CHOSEN
GOING STRONGLY AND GETTING ALL
THE FACTS OUT AND MAKING A
DECISION ON IMPEACHMENT IS THE WAY TO GO.N IMPEACHMENT IS THE
WAY TO GO. >> YOU HAVE KNOWN DONALD TRUMP A
>> YOU HAVE KNOWN DONALD TRUMP A LONG TIME AND PROBABLY AS LONG
LONG TIME AND PROBABLY AS LONG
AS ANYONE THAT IS SORT OF THIS
AMAZING PLOT TWIST IN ALL OF
YOUR LIVES.
DID YOU EVER THINK -- THE MAN
SHOWS HES A FRAUD AND A CON MAN.S HES A FRAUD AND A CON
MAN.
HIGH UNDERSTAND WHAT BRINGS HIM TO HEAL.ERSTAND WHAT BRINGS HIM
TO HEAL. HE IS PLAYING A POWER GAME WITH
HE IS PLAYING A POWER GAME WITH
CONGRESS AND DOESNT CARE ABOUT
NICETIES AND NORMS AND THE LAW.
THEY WILL NOT STOP UNTIL
SOMETHING FORCES HIM TO STOP. >> ONE WORD.RCES HIM TO STOP.
>> ONE WORD. STRENGTH.
STRENGTH. DONALD TRUMP IN ADDITION TO THE
DONALD TRUMP IN ADDITION TO THE
WORDS YOU USED AND THROW IN
CLOWN, BUT HES A BULLY.
IF HE SENSES WEAKNESS, HE KEEPS GOING AFTER YOU RELENTLESSLY.PS
GOING AFTER YOU RELENTLESSLY. HE HAS NO COMPASSION OR
HE HAS NO COMPASSION OR HUMANITY.
HUMANITY.
IF WE SHOW STRENGTH -- >>> DEMOCRATS ACTING--
>>> DEMOCRATS ACTING SUFFICIENTLY TO SEND THAT SIGNAL
SUFFICIENTLY TO SEND THAT SIGNAL
TO HIM SO HE UNDERSTANDS THAT?
>> IF WE RELENTLESSLY PURSUE GETTING ALL THE FACTS OF THE
GETTING ALL THE FACTS OF THE MUELLER REPORT AND TAX RETURNS
MUELLER REPORT AND TAX RETURNS AND ALL THE TERRIBLE THINGS HE
AND ALL THE TERRIBLE THINGS HE
HAS DONE, ITS A SLOW PROCESS, BUT HE WILL FEEL MORE AND MORE
BUT HE WILL FEEL MORE AND MORE AND MORE FENCED IN AND THATS
AND MORE FENCED IN AND THATS
WHERE YOU HAVE HIM.
>> THIS IS NOT A QUESTION ABOUT
IMPEACHMENT.
ITS A NARROWER QUESTION. HAS THE PRESIDENT VIOLATED HIS
HAS THE PRESIDENT VIOLATED HIS OATH OF OFFICE?
OATH OF OFFICE? >> HE HAS SO UNDERMINED THE
>> HE HAS SO UNDERMINED THE
CONSTITUTION AND THE RULE OF LAW THAT HE HAS VIOLATED WHAT ANYLAW
THAT HE HAS VIOLATED WHAT ANY PRESIDENT SHOULD BE, ABSOLUTELY.
PRESIDENT SHOULD BE, ABSOLUTELY.
>> I THINK LAST WEEK YOU AND NANCY PELOSI TOOK A TRIP OVER TO
NANCY PELOSI TOOK A TRIP OVER TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO TALK ABOUT
THE WHITE HOUSE TO TALK ABOUT
INFRASTRUCTURE.
>> YEAH.
>> I WANT TO STIPULATE I KNOW
POLITICS IS ABOUT COMPARTMENTIZATION AND YOU HAVE
COMPARTMENTIZATION AND YOU HAVE DONE DEALS WITH ALL KINDS OF
DONE DEALS WITH ALL KINDS OF
CRAZY FIGURES YOU DIDNT LIKE AND THATS PART OF THENT LIKE
AND THATS PART OF THE TERRITORY.
TERRITORY.
I GET THAT.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE
LOOK AT THAT IMAGE AND SAY WE HAD A PRODUCTIVE MEETING ANDE
HAD A PRODUCTIVE MEETING AND THINK YOU WERE ON MARS?
THINK YOU WERE ON MARS?
>> HERES THE POINT HERE.
FIRST ANYTHING WE DO THAT MIGHT END UP BEING CONSTRUCTIVELY,GHT
END UP BEING CONSTRUCTIVELY, ITS NOT GOING TO STOP US FROM
ITS NOT GOING TO STOP US FROM
INVESTIGATING THE PRESIDENT AND LOOKING INTO THE PRESIDENT ANDD
LOOKING INTO THE PRESIDENT AND TRYING TO MAKE HIM COME CLEAN ON
TRYING TO MAKE HIM COME CLEAN ON
ALL THE FACTS. SECOND, HERE IS MY CREDO.
SECOND, HERE IS MY CREDO. STICK TO YOUR VALUES.
STICK TO YOUR VALUES.
I TOLD THE PRESIDENT THIS CANT
BE A TINY BILL.
IT HAS TO BE HUGE. IT HAS TO BE CLEAN.
IT HAS TO BE CLEAN. CLEAN ENERGY.
CLEAN ENERGY.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO THE
TYPICAL BILL WEES HAD IN THE PAST.AL BILL WEES HAD IN THE
PAST.
IT HAS TO DEAL WITH WIND AND SOLAR AND POWER AND ELECTRIC
SOLAR AND POWER AND ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND CHARGING FACILITIES
VEHICLES AND CHARGING FACILITIES AND BATTERY STORAGE.
AND BATTERY STORAGE.
THIRD, HAS TO PROTECT LABOR.
WE ARE NOT DOING A BILL THAT UNDER MINES LABOR. BILL THAT
UNDER MINES LABOR. WE NEED LITTLE CLASS WAGES AND
WE NEED LITTLE CLASS WAGES AND
FOURTH, WE HAVE TO PROTECT MINORITIES AND WOMEN ANDCT
MINORITIES AND WOMEN AND VETERANS TO GET A FAIR SHARE.
VETERANS TO GET A FAIR SHARE. IF YOU DONT DO THOSE THINGS, WE
IF YOU DONT DO THOSE THINGS, WE
WILL NOT DO A BILL.
WE WILL SEE WHERE HE COMES OUT.
TO SAY NO, YOU DONT TALK TO HIM
IS NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO. TO NOT BE A CHEAP DATE AND STICK
TO NOT BE A CHEAP DATE AND STICK TO YOUR PRINCIPALS AND THE ONLY
TO YOUR PRINCIPALS AND THE ONLY BILL WE SUPPORT IS A STRONG
BILL WE SUPPORT IS A STRONG ROBUST BILL WITH THE PRINCIPALS
ROBUST BILL WITH THE PRINCIPALS
I OUTLINE AND OTHERS.
NOT WRONG WITH TALKING TO HIM.
WILL HE GET TO THAT POINT?
VERY UNLIKELY. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL SEE ON
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL SEE ON INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE ON SO MUCH
INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE ON SO MUCH ELSE, HES A FRAUD.
ELSE, HES A FRAUD.
>> THE CROSS ROADS WE ARE AT, IS
THE PRESIDENT JUST A BAD
PRESIDENT IN THE NORMAL BOUNDS
OF BAD PRESIDENTS OR ABNORMAL IN A WAY THAT IS DANGEROUSNORMAL IN
A WAY THAT IS DANGEROUS FUNDAMENTALLY TO THE BASIC
FUNDAMENTALLY TO THE BASIC
TENETS OF THE REPUBLIC.
IF ITS THE LATTER, WHAT DO
ACTIONS THAT TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY
LOOK LIKE AND ARE YOU DOING
THEM?
>> THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS
MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE REPORT.
WE HELPED PUSH TO GET MUELLER APPOINT AND TO PROTECT HIM AND
APPOINT AND TO PROTECT HIM AND TO GET THE FACTS OUT AND SEE
TO GET THE FACTS OUT AND SEE
WHERE THAT LEADS.
YOU HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO IS THE
WAY HE IS, YOU HAVE TO BE STRONG AND FOCUSED, BUT YOU HAVE TO BEG
AND FOCUSED, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE PUREEING FORWARD STEP BY STEP BY
PUREEING FORWARD STEP BY STEP BY
STEP AND HAVE THE WALLS CLOSE
AROUND HIM.
I THINK THAT LEADER PELOSI,
PARTICULARLY IN THE HOUSE IS
DOING THAT.
WE HAVE LIMITED POWER IN THE
SENATE AND HOPEFULLY IN THE
MAJORITY IN 2021 AND WE CAN DO
THE SAME.
THEY ARE HANDLING IT WELL.
>> IM GOING TO TEE UP A
COMPLIMENT FOR THE PRESIDENT FOR YOU.LIMENT FOR THE PRESIDENT FOR
YOU.
WE HAD THE "NEW YORK TIMES" 10
YEARS OF THE PRESIDENTS TAXES
WHEN HE IS RUNNING ART OF THE
DEAL AND IM A NEW YORKER LIKE YOURSELF, GREW UP EVERY DAYKE
YOURSELF, GREW UP EVERY DAY GOING TO THE BUS STOP WITH
GOING TO THE BUS STOP WITH DONALD TRUMP ON THE COVER OF THE
DONALD TRUMP ON THE COVER OF THE
TABLOIDS.
IT WAS ALL A FRAUD. THE MAN MANAGED TO CONHIMSELF TO
THE MAN MANAGED TO CONHIMSELF TO BEING THE PRESIDENT OF THE
BEING THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
HE HAS TO BE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CON MAN IN THE WORLD. SUCCESSFUL
CON MAN IN THE WORLD. >> THE GREATEST WORRY I HAVE IS
>> THE GREATEST WORRY I HAVE IS HE IS SO DESPICABLE IN HOW HE
HE IS SO DESPICABLE IN HOW HE GOVERNS AND SO LITTLE RESPECT
GOVERNS AND SO LITTLE RESPECT FOR HONOR AND THE NORMS AND
FOR HONOR AND THE NORMS AND VALUES THAT HAVE MADE AMERICA
VALUES THAT HAVE MADE AMERICA GREAT, HOW CAN SO MANY PEOPLE
GREAT, HOW CAN SO MANY PEOPLE
FOLLOW HIM?
THAT IS THE ONE ISSUE THAT EATS
AT ME.
THE OTHERS, I THINK IF WE DID DO
OUR JOB, THINGS WILL FALL INTO LINE APPROPRIATELY.L FALL INTO
LINE APPROPRIATELY. TRUMP WILL NOT WIN THE
TRUMP WILL NOT WIN THE
PRESIDENCY OR WONT LAST THAT
LONG TO GET THERE IF WE DO OUR
JOB RIGHT.
>> SENATOR CHUCK SCHUMER, FELLOW NEW YORKER, PRETTY CLOSE TO ME.W