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accommodation. they get their documents, their witness. no court has ruled that this is legitimate. the court is going to drop the case ultimately, upon request of the parties. but there is a congressional legislative branch interest that has been vindicated, because mr. mcgahn is there today talking to them. will we learn lots of new things? probably not. it is important to congress oversight responsibility that they get to listen to witnesses, talk to them direct. what would happen if the former president used executive privilege? that s an interesting question. it s interesting question day. he can try. the privilege, i would argue, is owned by the current president of the united states. mr. biden would perhaps assert an executive branch position, which is that the privilege pertains. why would he do that?
there is no next step. this is the step they created in november of 2013. well, look, they say that it did not may ply to supreme court justices. they made that point at the time on the floor, but both you and i know we re talking this is not like it s in the constitutional. it s not like the senate rules are written in the constitution. you can make them up as it goes along. it s precedent. the precedent is, at least right now, that, you know, supreme court justices, you know, you can filibuster them right now, but you say no, no. i would push back on that. i push back on that. i want to be very clear. when they did this back then, sure, they might have said we re not necessarily intending this to extend to other situations but in every situation where we ve been confirming someone whether to an executive branch position, to an independent board or commission, to a federal district judge vacancy, federal circuit court vacancy, any of those innings, ever since november of 201
good morning. i m carol costello. thank you for joining me. this labor day hundreds of thousands of employees will get a boost from president obama. he s speaking in less than two hours and the president is also expected to sign an executive order requiring contractors to offer paid sick leave to federal employees. a move that could greatly impact low wage workers. republicans and democrats vying for his job are hitting the campaign trail in full force today. bernie sanders expected to pe ek later this morning in new hampshire. new polls shows sanders surging ahead of hillary clinton there. he s picking up sizable gains in iowa. the big question? is clinton the underdog? plus, she s back! and for a reason. donald trump said he would love to appoint sarah palin to an executive branch position. in an exclusive interview with cnn palin says she s in. when you re here, let s speak
listen. if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. and i m happy to have that discussion with them. but for them to go after the u.n. ambassador who had nothing to do with benghazi and was simply making a presentation based on intelligence that she had received, and to besmurch her reputation is outrageous. jenna: senator john cornyn of texas what s elected to be the senate s minority whip, a bit of a promotion if you will. thanks to have you back on the program. thank you, jenna, good to be with you. jenna: your reaction on what the president had to say yesterday in. i thought it was an overreaction to say the least. congress has a constitutional responsibility under our system of checks and balances to consider any nominations to an executive branch position, like secretary of state. the president knows that.