Comprehensive. And i have to admit it is a revolutionary plan. If you want to go and get a Higher Education in this country, you will be able to do that not only with free tuition at public colleges and universities. It will be debt free. And for beto orourke, its pitching a war tax to help care for veterans after they return from battle. To me the most interesting idea was the concept of a war tax. That will turn heads when people hear that phrase. What did was that mean to you . I want to make sure before we go into the next war that we set aside a Veterans Trust fund that will pay for the care of those who have bourn the battle in those wars. It ensures we fulfill commitments and two it might make america pause before we enter the next war because well realize the cost of waging those wars. Even with the spotlight burning brighter on some candidates than others, debates often serve as the stress test for any president ial campaign. Who will shine this week . The candidate with the i
with this crisis. that s why after this town hall yesterday that was pretty brutal, jeff, pete buttigieg said even though it was so rough it was important for him to be here even if just to be absorbing a lot of the anger the community is feeling. let s listen. i m glad we did this. it s a strange thing to say because this was not pretty, but it s better than not doing this. i don t know if it s strategic or not. but it s my city. reporter: and jeff, just a few minutes ago, pete buttigieg sent out an email to his list of supporters following up on the town hall last night and saying, quote, my heart is broken, and that he feels that if the united states does not address racism head on, it could underimmune the entire project of america. jeff. nbc s jeff letterman. stick with us for every moment of the debates. you can catch them on msnbc,
solemn memorial in all of cia headquarters, a wall that at the time marked the 117 officers who had lost their lives in the line of duty and spoke about his crowd size at his inauguration the day before. so, this is not a president who has done himself any favors. and the piece of advice the president has failed to heed is when you have a shovel, stop digging. the president has continued to dig a bigger and bigger pit with the intelligence community and the latest report from the washington post, he s doubled down on that. and as we look at all these important investigations going on, it really is sort of disheartening because, you know, right now i don t see any sort of way to solve this. i see the intelligence community angry at him and i see him fighting back. but we ll see what happens. anyway, thank you for joining us. thanks, greta. jeff letterman is national security reporter for the associated press. kate from real clear politics and susan chief congressional corresponden
questions you think it might. it goes on and on about impeachment. says nothing about whether the sitting president can be criminally prosecuted. there are a couple interesting little details, though. the president can pardon anybody, presumably if he is prosecuted and convicted in office, he could pardon himself. what most people think is that the remedy is for special counsel to send a description of the allegations to the house and senate. if he s convicted, impeached, he s out of there and then he could be prosecuted. of course. as a practical matter that is not likely to happen i don t know, the republicans now hold both the house and the senate. but let me ask, what happens, do you agree, jeff, what would happen if special counsel mueller does make a referral to congress of obstruction of justice? do you think there would be that it would go any further in light of the fact that we have a republican president and republican-held house? paul is right. the consensus of most