President trump considering a new choice for the director of national intelligence. Nbc news has learned several republicans conveyed concern that texas republican congressman John Radcliffe lacked the experience. The president blaming the media when he announced his decision on twitter. Six days after choosing radcliffe. Before leaving for his new jersey home, he talked about what is now the 35th time he has withdrawn a possible nomination often because his choices were not thoroughly vetted. They felt that congressman radcliffe was being treated unfairly. I asked him, do you want to go through this or do you want me to do Something Else . He thought about it. A lot of times you do a very good job. Not always. Radcliffe tweeting saying, i i do not wish for a National Security and intelligence debate. Serving on the House Intelligence Committee and officials saying radcliffe was disengaged. Also new, a majority of the House Democrats are now publicly supporting an impeachment inquiry. In a new statement, House Speaker pelosi is saying, quote, no present or future president can dishonor the oath of Office Without being held accountable. Lets talk about the radcliffe story first. There appears to be some resist tense from his own party . As the president acknowledged, there was resistance. The president denied, jo, when he was asked about that republican opposition. He claimed it wasnt there. [ inaudible question ] i think he would have had worked. We were very early. We hadnt even started. We were very early. I think he would have had good support certainly from the republicans. Very early in the process. That gives you the sense the president views sending up a name and getting it out as all part of his vetting process. He said, look, i follow the press closely and to me, this is part of the vetting. Other nominees have been caught up on that. We go from three dozen. There have been so many nominees that have had their names floated out there only to have unflateri unflatering stories out there. The urgent task for the president is on that list. He hinted he had a final list from individuals. He is saying they are all in the National Security space. The job of the dni is to oversee these. Collecting Data Intelligence across the world. Make sure everyone is talking to each other and make sure there is a finalized finished product to take action and decisions it is a difficult job and one that requires a lot of knowledge around the world. Quick question for you. Dan coats is stepping down. What do you think the current director wants. Who would you like to succeed him . Coats is close to his deputies. There has been back and forth on that. The president asked about that said look, hes a fan of hers, he with know he likes her. If you are a fan, it is easy to make you the nominee. He could name someone acting and make that the entire separate person. Thank you. Joining me now terrell star, seen year reporter with the root and Senior Reporter for the Senate Republican authority. Good morning. The Washington Post reporting on thursday, the president began polling advisors whether radcliffe could be confirmed. Do you have any sense that radcliffe may have not been confirmed . It is kind of obvious. It is true to form. The man had no intelligence experience. The way you look at trumps selection is him using oo affirmative action of white men. He has a neurosurgeon serving as the leader of housing with no experience. It is one of several dozen cases that will happen. Lets take a listen to the testimony. Respectfully, you didnt follow the special counsel regulations and managed to violate every principal and the most sacred principal about prosecutors, not offering extra analysis. Donald trump is not above the law. Hes not. But he dam sure shouldnt be below the law, which is where volume 2 twos him. Some say that was his audition for the job. It fell flat. He embellished some of his resume and is a very loyal supporter. The democrats doing Everything Possible to make Donald Trumps life as miserable possible would also seek to make radcliffes life miz roserable during the hearing. You can see that the clip played in a way that would leave donald trump in a way without a nominee if this was to not go forward, which it is not. Six House Republicans have announced they are not seeking reelection including texas congressman will hurd, the only black congressman in the house. Terrell, what does this say about the state of congressman going into 2020 . Will hurts resignation is a blow. Hes one of the few people known to have integrity to push back against the president. He brought a degree that just shows the eroding of the party that many people silently have discussed. My next question would be how worse is it going to get . The next is a known black senator. It shows the president is really losing respect from very respectful people. Dave, what do you think . Do you agree . This is a state that texas, has been very red plus is becoming inresidencingly purple. The democrat that ran against him will run again that is a massive land mass right along the border. Immigration will be front and center. From el paso rio grande will be front and center on the National Level and it is important to note that this is not just bad news for republicans in texas. They think they have to hold on to the state. I want to talk about the broader election. The majority leader fought for a series of bills and told a radio show that they want the russians to interfere because it will, quote, help them and terrell, to you, is that a realistic expectation here . Yeah. Very much so. I travel to ukraine every three or four months. It is a country demonstrating russian invasion. It is iranic, you have america or the gop that sworn by america. With the father of the soviet union and people in the party that have pretty much ignored the threats of russia. You have people in the party who swo sworn that they are tough on internal appears. Do you think the backlash will force republicans to support legislation . It is possible. The republican concern here is that the National Election would be National Lies on local and state level. It will be different when you vote in california than in new york and anywhere in the midwest. We know there is russian infiltration. Other countries will go after the United States because they did in 2016 and tried in 2018. Thisson to believe they wont. Expect that to be something Going Forward very much as we debate in congress. We know the evidence is there thank you for joining us. To new york city. It has been five years since eric gardeners death. A judge is that officer be charged with death. Garner died on this street five years ago. This was the news the family has been waiting five years to hear. Finally smn has said there is confirmation that this cop did something wrong. The judge suggesting the officer be fired for his role. The nypd announcing he would be suspended without pay for 30 days following Longstanding Department policy. He had been assigned to desk policy is accused of using an illegal choke hold. They found him guilty on wrecklessness because the Community Called and we responded and somebody resisted. Thats wreckless . Protesters wouldnt say if they agreed. I hope that this will now bring the Garner Family justice. The Justice Department and grand jury declined to bring charges. But the family is demanding the police bring charges. We cant wait no more. Ror reporter saying it is disappoi disappointed and it is up to the commissioner to make the final decision expected this month. California dreaming or a nightmare for the president. What a new law could mean for the president s tax returns. 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Dont learn anything about a persons wealth with a tax return i cant could it until they audit me. Cant do it for a long time. The highest financial foot print. Thanks to a new bill signed into law requiring all candidates to produce five year of tax returns in order to be named on a ballot. Joining me to discuss this, danny. Youve got the times Editorial Board questioning the constitution at saying the bill violates the first amendment. The question is, is california violating the constitution here . Possibly. It may be this law is unconstitutional. What this bill is trying to do is restrict access by adding additional requirement. Setting out what the requirements are. He or she must be over 35 years of age and a natural born citizen. As one scholar pointed out, the state of california could require production of say a birth certificate because that is part of the requirements. On the other hand, if california creates a brandnew department, is it creating a requirement. There are set requirements. For the president , 35 years old and natural born citizen. There is also debate of whether this impacts the election. How likely is it that this law then is going to reach the Supreme Court in terms of whether or not it is legal . It seems likely. If california is going to do this, there are 49 other states that may try to do Something Like this. It creates an immediate controversy and a juicy issue of federalism because you had state laws implicating the entire system and National Election process. This may be the kind of case that finds itself before the Supreme Court very quickly. Is so i want to talk about the manhattan d. A. Department hush money. Can you take us through what they are hoping to find that the Attorneys Office wasnt able to bring about . The new York State Office is investigating. The crimes are like misdemeanors. They are subpoenaing these documents. A clear statutory defense is, are you just taking orders . Are you a bookkeeper or secretary. Are you being told take this paper, file it, fax it. These are the crimes that the manhattan d. As office is investigating which are separate state crimes. Under the principals of separate sovereigns just because they completed the investigation didnt mean the office cant continue to investigate the president for violations of state law. How does the dojs guideline apply to the decision of the manhattan d. A. . Thats a great question. You all see opinion binds only the federal government. But for a different reason, its different than a case where a state prosecutor cannot see a president. The separation of powers, when it comes to the states, the constitution clause says the federal government is supreme and the states, dont you dare try and indict a sitting president because you just dont have the power. State prosecutors may be investigating and violating the crime. It doesnt mean donald trump himself gave the order. 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Antoine, how worried were you about this strategy . Several things, a man who has a 95 approval rating, first africanamerican leader of the free world and put together the coalition on that stage to be successful. I think it is an act of political malpractice to attack barack obama. At the end of the day, he was the most transformational leader of our lifetime. Every one of those candidates would beg to have Barack Obamas endorsement. I get he was not a perfect president. I get there are things he could have done differently but talk about what you are for and not about the fact you are against. Friends should not let friends attack barack obama. Is this really about all of these candidates, there are so many on the stage, just looking for a break out moment here . I think what it appears to be is the Democratic Party reeling to the left to satisfy the progressive wing. Thats not to say you dont revere barack obama as the leader of the party as if it were north korea or something. But the republicans take a different strategy when it comes to their previous president s. Look at the way we treat ronald reagan. Can i make one point. Go ahead. The Republican Party have driven so far away from ronald reagan, most people in the party dont know who reagan is or what he stood for. You would not touch them with a tenfoot poll. It is very dishonest to say you would not take that approach. I partly get the strategy because joip was very successful. I think there is a way to highlight the differences without attacking the first africanamerican leader of the free world. I will say it again, africanamerican voters will decide who the next nominee will be. I want to get a sense and talk a little more about black voters here. There is another passage in that politico report saying, the attacks from harris and booker have been backfiring for harris and booker. This is from patrick mury who says black voters are significantly less liberal than white in the democratic primaries. If the strategy is to attack him. This is not going to help with these voters. Do you agree with that . No. I think sometimes we get caught up in the bubble that we skip political reality. The party still centers left. We won in 2018 not because of these extreme policies but because of the laser focused issue similar to what barack o