Unclear. Part of the okay. Thing about the two thing about the pardon, right, the pardon power is plenary. Its in the constitution. Its not a complicated thing. The president can pardon people. The one thing thats never been tested is the president trying to pardon himself and the way that we learn the extent of new law is by trying it and seeing if you can get away with it and so hed be the test case. And if i were him, i wouldnt count on that. So, my reading of the constitution is that the president can pardon himself, but who cares what we think when Laurence Tribe is going to join me later in this hour . Nice. Harvard constitutional law expert. The worlds leading expert on this question. And he has a very definitive opinion, very, very clear. He leaves for him, theres no question about this. Its very, very clear to him. Well, then he should definitely get the last word here and not me. Hes going to. Thats the way its going to work tonight. Thank you, rachel. Thanks, lawrence. Thank
Good evening, rachel. Have a law school question for you. This is fair because neither one of us went to law school. Can the president pardon himself . Unclear. Part of the okay. Thing about the two things about the pardon, right, the pardon power is plenary. Its in the constitution. Its not a complicated thing. The president can pardon people. But the one thing thats never been tested is the president trying to pardon himself, and the way that we learn the extent of new law is by trying it and seeing if you can get away with it and so hed be the test case. And if i were him, i wouldnt count on that. So, my reading of the constitution is that the president can pardon himself, but who cares what we think when Laurence Tribe is going to join me later in this hour . Nice. Harvard constitutional law expert. The worlds leading expert on this question. And he has a very definitive opinion, very, very clear. He leaves for him, theres no question about this. Its very, very clear to him. Well,
Objection. Mr. Reid mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Reid i ask unanimous consent that at 9 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning, all postcloture time on the pillard nomination be considered expired and the senate vote to proceed on confirmation of the pillard nomination. That upon disposition of the pillard nomination, the mandatory quorum required under rule 22 be waived. With respect to the cloture motion on the feldblum anonymous and the senate proceed to vote on the nomination to invoke cloture on the feldblum nomination. If cloture is invoked, all postcloture time be yielded back and the senate proceed to vet on the confirms of the feldblum nomination. Finally, that president obama be immediately notified of the senates action. The presiding officer is there objection . The senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley i object, and id like to state the reason i object. The presiding officer the objections heard. The senators time has expired. Mr. Reid mr. President , i woul
It will go to the u. S. Senate but with a condition making sure that we do Due Diligence here we can. Have a short pause and make sure that the f. B. I. Can investigate. But first we begin in berlin where the german chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkish President of type area won have taken a first step toward repairing the fractured relationship between their countries aired one pointed to a win win business project on the horizon and merkel said that she was hopeful on finding Common Ground in their Press Conference on friday we heard diplomatic words that were in sharp contrast to the insults and ultimatums we have heard over the past years with germany demanding turkey improve its human rights record an heir to one accusing german politicians of acting like nazis so is this now a relationship reset between two nato allies the critics are skeptical and on
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Interviews with political figures and news updates. Will he offer Paul Manafort a pardon . That remains to be seen when our own Peter Alexander asked him that question last week. He said hes not really thinking about the. But he didnt dismiss that its on the table. I would also point out, andrea, it was striking to hear the president last night at that Campaign Rally in West Virginia. Yes, he referred to the witch hunt. Yes, he took aim at the media, some of his familiar targets. But he really largely stayed on message. And you have to ask the question, if some of the wind has been taken out of his sails when to comes to attacking the Special Counsel, andrea. On his way to West Virginia as he was arriving, he said he felt badly for both manafort and cohen, clearly he was asked about both, he said he feels badly for both. Thats before the transcript from the court was released. Once the transcript was released and it was very clear that Michael Cohen had very explicitly implicated the
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