And it was before chairman tray gou di. And two of the majority leaders suggested a partisan motive for the hearings, but clear ly the democrats call it a political exercise and trying to damage their leading president ial candidate. The temperatures on the panel were growing hotter, and as things went on, tempers were growing more contentious to the end there. And i want to go to the nonpartisan team of cnn political analysts, david gergen, Gloria Borger and Carl Bernstein who has a best selling biographer of Hillary Clinton, and legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin, and you have seen many times through this type of thing, and what did you see . I think that we got a look at president Hillary Clinton, and the competence over the scene that she was asked to testify under, and there was nuance about her positions. It was impressive given what she was up against, and another thing, you have to go back to joe mccarthy and the house on American Committee to find the process as abusive as a house c
All down for you. I want to go first to nbcs mike va cara live on capitol hill. Where do things stand on the vote . Stephanie, were down in the basement of the capitol where republicans are filing into their weekly closeddoor meeting here in the basement. Theyre going to be hashing it out, talking about this vote. A lot of controversy around it trying to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. It was back in march when they had a version of their Health Care Bill to repeal and replace or at least alter obamacare. They did not have the votes. It never made it to the floor. Theyre making another go of it but its touch and go. According to the nbc whip count, 20 republicans are opposed. Those are 20 republicans who have publicly stated their opposition to this bill. Ten who were yeses on the previous iteration of the bill, 10 republicans who are now undecided by our count. Keep in mind it takes only 23 republicans, given the fact that the democrats are united in opposition to this bill, o
And we talk about the wall. Well have the wall. Its part of what were doing. We need it. Bill live team fox coverage this morning. Casey stiegel the latest in dallas. We begin in los angeles with william la jeunesse what this ruling does. The ruling has two effects. One the doj cannot claw back millions in Law Enforcement grant money that violate a statute 1371 that cities cant prohibit local police from sharing information from federal authorities. The Obama Administration required cities comply with 1373 as a condition of receiving Law Enforcement grant money. When President Trump took office he tried to enforce that through an executive order. Two california counties sued and last night federal judge said the counties have demonstrated that the executive order has caused and will cause them constitutional injuries by violating the separation of powers doctrine and depriving them of due process and states rights. Some sheriffs oppose sanctuary policies. I believe we need to freely co