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Salient point at noon, it is definitely to figure out who is the hunted and who are the hunters in this one. Reporter absolutely. I think, quite frankly, this is what helps when you have such experienced people all across the network, yourself, molly, and obviously Maria Bartiromo who i really believe posed a perfect query. She encapsulated to Rudy Giuliani exactly what he was doing. Quite frankly, what was a guy like you doing over there talking to the ukrainians . Because youre not working for the government s. And that is one of the many questions that a lot of people are having as they watch this story unfold. Listen to mayors answer to that question from Maria Bartiromo. Maria what is your role . Very simple, im a lawyer defending the a client, and one of the things you do defending a client is if you can prove that somebody else did it or theres some other explanation for it, then of course you pursue that vigorously. Reporter you pursue it vigorously because youre trying to defe
Company, fox news has learned that mr. Giuliani was working on this with washington lawyers, they are married and longtime supporters of the president , the u. S. Official saying that the 3 did this quote, off the books and that the only Government Official who knew what they were doing was the president himself. The former mayor giving his reaction to this this morning on sunday morning futures insisting everything he did and the president wanted was completely above board. Im a lawyer defending a client and one of the things you do defending a client is if you can prove that somebody else did it or that theres other explanation you pursue that vigorously. Maria if youre President Trumps personal attorney why are you having all the meetings with ukrainian officials . Because they had alternative explanation that cleared my client. Latest reaction beginning with kevin corke who as you can see is reporting live from the north lawn in the white house, hi, kevin. Eric, arthel, good to be
President trumps original plan of an outright ban announced for two months ago. Secretary alex azar acknowledged today, the United States has never seen an epidemic of Substance Abuse rise as quickly as our current epidemic of use of ecigarettes. Yet the president said yesterday, vaping has helped many people cant the more dangerous habit of smoking. Vaping can be good from the standpoint, you look at ecigarettes, you can stop smoking. If you can stop smoking that is a big advantage. We think we will get them back on the market very, very quickly but we have to protect the children. The new policy protects the sale of closed cartridges like tobacco or mental lysed tobacco. Nor does it restrict open tank vaping systems popular with adults in which users can mix their own flavorings. The administration has left them open to criticism from both sides. They should restrict all forms of vaping. Others believe it could be a rule of unintended consequences. Speak at the big risk when you elim
Proceedings, this strange gambit has achieved absolutely nothing. Mitch mcconnell said withholding all of the articles he is wrong. We will go to garrett hague. As much as you can, tell us what happened. Reporter she has kept it so closely held here, as late as last night, impeachment managers we expect to be named as early as end of this meeting this morning didnt know if they would be impeachment managers or not. Theres pretty wide agreement among democrats on capitol hill that chairman schiff and nadler who handled the process democrats believe so well through the house should be the leaders of the team, but the rest of the steps they take to fill it out has been a decision that pelosi appears to have been making largely on her own with a very tight group. Remember, she said for weeks, she wants to know what the arena looks like in the senate. It will look like what it did for president clinton. The managers have to present their case and essentially peel off republican votes along