the republicans spent two years shielding the president from any proper accountability. it is our job to protect the rule of law. that s our core function and to do that we are going to initiate investigations into abuses of power, into corruption, and into obstruction of justice. bill: it was an interesting interview on abc sunday. jerry nadler says he ll ask for documents as we looks into obstruction of justice charges. senator john kennedy is on the judiciary committee senate side. good morning to you. the michael cohen thing exposed a lot of their strategy. where do you think this goes, senator? i just listened to judiciary
with it. i think most people understand this is all about the 2020 election. you take mr. cohen, for example. mr. cohen didn t say anything, i suspect, that he hasn t already given to the u.s. attorney and the special counsel. and mr. cohen has a checkered past and he is a little imbalanced, you know? i m not saying he is on the pipe crazy but he is just not balanced. he is birth and angry. bill: you have amazingly unique lines. let me play senator warner. nadler was on abc, warner was on nbc yesterday, watch. i think there is enormous amounts of evidence. what you do with the evidence and where it leads i ll reserve my judgment. there is no one that can factually say there is
interviews is that she had considered finding a replacement for hillary clinton in september 11th of 2016. you had the fainting spell in lower manhattan. here is what she said on abc sunday. i was under tremendous pressure after secretary clinton fainted to have a quote, unquote, plan b. i didn t want a plan b. i supported hillary and i wanted her to win. we were under pressure. bill: that is something else. i don t know if you even have a chance of winning a campaign if you pull your main candidate after the nominating process. i m not even sure she can. so, you know, that makes for an interesting blurb for the book. bill: campaign manager on today saying she saved the dnc because of all the money she raised. is he right?
again to cause the president a lot of grief. with all due respect, john boehner went on abc sunday and said i just want to have a simple conversation. and he didn t mention obama care so much. why doesn t the president pick up the phone and call john boehner. that s not what he said. he said i will not pass a debt limit, a clean debt limit. that was news. a week ago he said he would. why would you pass a debt limit, which, by the way i voted to do last time, without doing something about the deficit? i mean, that seems pretty logical to me that you would want to have it s not. it s $700 million. but it dropped from a trillion in the last year. that s because we negotiated last year excuse me in 2011 and arrived at a deal. we re saying we should do the
reporter: and like most american teenagers i should see also angelina jolie. reporter: across town, his poster lines the hallways of the american embassy. it s nothing short of extraordinary. when they found out he couldn t afford the airfare, they stepped in to help. lots of positive things are happening here. reporter: at the airport a taste of what s to come. free tickets and vip treatment from the turkish airlines. win or lose, mohammedi told us he wants the world to hear this simple message. afghanistan is a free country. afghanistan is a good country. reporter: a country now rallying behind its very own buzkashi boys. muhammad lila, abc news in kabul. i love that story. definitely one to watch out for sunday night when the oscars come on. a reminder you can catch the 85th annual academy awards ceremony right here on abc sunday.