Hillary Rodham Clinton: Impeachment Inquiry Is 'Exactly What Should Be Done' - YouTube

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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FIRST GUESTS ARE A MOTHER AND
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DAUGHTER WHO HAVE AUTHORED 13 BOOKS, RUN FOR
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PRESIDENT, AND ADVOCATED FOR CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD.
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THEIR NEW BOOK IS CALLED "THE BOOK OF GUTSY WOMEN."
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PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM
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CLINTON AND CHELSEA CLINTON!
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>> Stephen: THANK YOU SO MUCH!
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THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE.
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>> THANK YOU.
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>> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
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>> GLAD TO SEE YOU.
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( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> THANK YOU!
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>> Stephen: VERY NICE.
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VERY NICE.
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>> Stephen: THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE BIG FANS OF THE
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ALTERNATE TIME LINE WE'RE NOT LIVING IN.
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( LAUGHTER ) SO NICE TO HAVE YOU BOTH BACK
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HERE.
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>> THANK YOU.
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>> Stephen: AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOUR NEW BOOK, "THE BOOK
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OF GUTSY WOMEN."
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>> RIGHT.
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RIGHT.
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( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: AND WE'RE GOING TO
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DO THAT IN JUST A MINUTE, I PROMISE YOU.
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( LAUGHTER ) BUT YOUR FAULT FOR COMING ON
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UKRAINE WEEK.
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( LAUGHTER ) WE LEARNED ABOUT THE
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TRUMP-UKRAINE CALL, THE PRIVATE SERVER.
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IS IT TIME TO, DARE I SAY, LOCK HIM UP?
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( LAUGHTER ) ( PIANO RIFF )
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WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF IT?
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( AUDIENCE CHAPTERING LOCK HIM UP )
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>> Stephen: I CREATED A MONSTER.
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I APOLOGIZE.
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( LAUGHTER ) >> OKAY.
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SO HERE WE ARE, AND WE HAVE STARTED AN IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY,
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WHICH WE'LL ROOK AT THE EVIDENCE, AND I THINK THAT'S
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EXACTLY WHAT SHOULD BE DONE.
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I BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT HAS HAD SUCH
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A HUGE IMPACT BECAUSE WE'VE KNOWN FOR A LONG TIME THAT HE
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WAS A CORRUPT BUSINESSMAN WHO CHEATED PEOPLE, AND WE'VE KNOWN
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THAT HE AND HIS CAMPAIGN ASKED FOR AID FROM RUSSIA, WE'VE KNOWN
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THAT, BUT TO SEE HIM IN THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, PUTTING
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HIS OWN PERSONAL AND POLITICAL INTERESTS AHEAD OF THE NATIONAL
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SECURITY OF OUR COUNTRY JUST PIERCED THROUGH WHATEVER
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CONFUSION OR DENIAL PEOPLE HAD AND, AT THAT POINT, SPEAKER
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PELOSI RIGHTLY SAID THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO
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INVESTIGATE, AND THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON.
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( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: I WAS NEVER A BIG
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"LET'S IMPEACH HIM" FAN.
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I THOUGHT WE SHOULD GO TO THE BALLOT BOX.
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BUT WHEN SOMEONE IS CLEARLY USING THE OFFICE THAT THEY'RE IN
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TO SUBVERT THE BALLOT BOX -- >> RIGHT.
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>> Stephen: TO USE BY CORRUPT MEANS INFLUENCE FROM OTHER
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COUNTRIES TO MAINTAIN THEIR OFFICE, WHAT GOOD IS THE BALLOT
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BOX AT THAT POINT?
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YOU HAVE TO HOLD THEM TO ACCOUNT AHEAD OF TIME.
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>> WELL, AND THAT'S WHAT THE PROVISION FOR IMPEACHMENT REALLY
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WAS INTENDED TO DO BECAUSE IF THE FOUNDERS HAD SAID, LOOK, NO
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MATTER HOW BAD A PRESIDENT, IS THERE WILL BE ANOTHER ELECTION,
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WE WOULD HAVE LIVED WITH THAT, BUT INSTEAD, THEY SAID THERE MAY
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COME A TIME WHEN A PRESIDENT HAS SUBVERTED THE CONSTITUTION, HAS
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ABUSED POWER, HAS TAKEN ACTIONS THAT PUT THE NATION AT RISK AND,
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THEREFORE, WE'VE GOT TO HAVE A REMEDY BETWEEN ELECTIONS, AND
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THAT'S WHAT'S BEING LOOKED AT NOW.
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>> Stephen: SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW THIS BUT BACK IN
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FEBRUARY OF 1974 YOU WERE ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED ON THE
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CONSTITUTIONAL GROUNDS FOR PRESIDENTIAL IMPEACHMENT --
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>> YES, I DID.
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>> Stephen: -- REFERRING TO PRESIDENT NIXON.
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( APPLAUSE ) >> AS I LIKE TO SAY, YOU CANNOT
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MAKE MY LIFE UP, REALLY.
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( LAUGHTER ) YEAH, CAN'T MAKE IT UP.
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>> Stephen: TRUMP KEEPS TRYING TO.
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>> HE DOES.
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HE ATTRIBUTES ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
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BUT, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER VERY WELL WORKING ON THAT, I WAS A
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VERY YOUNG LAWYER AND, COINCIDENTALLY, ONE OF THE YOUNG
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REPUBLICAN LAWYERS WAS BILL WELD, NOW RUNNING AGAINST DONALD
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TRUMP ON THE REPUBLICAN TICKET, AND HAD BEEN GOVERNOR OF
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MASSACHUSETTS, AND WE WROTE THAT BECAUSE WE WANTED TO DO THE BEST
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WE COULD TO EXPLAIN WHAT IS AN IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE?
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WHAT DOES HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS MEAN, ACTUALLY?
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YOU CAN READ IT ONLINE AND THERE'S A SHORT TWO-PAGE
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CONCLUSION THAT LAYS OUT EXACTLY WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, STEPHEN,
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SOMEONE WHO IS USING THE OFFICE TO SUBVERT THE CONSTITUTION, TO
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UNDERMINE THE OATH THAT HE TOOK TO PROTECT AND DEFEND THE
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CONSTITUTION AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, THAT'S WHAT FALLS RIGHT
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INTO THE DEFINITION OF AN IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE.
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>> Stephen: CHELSEA, WHEN YOU SEE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
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STATES SO OBSESSED WITH SECRETARY CLINTON, YOUR MOTHER,
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YOU MUST HAVE AN URGE TO PROTECT YOUR MOTHER OR DEFEND YOUR
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MOTHER OR SLAP HIS MOUTH -- ( LAUGHTER )
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-- WHEN HE SAYS HER NAME, WHICH, OF COURSE, WOULD GET YOU
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ARRESTED BY THE SECRET SERVICE, BUT WHY DO YOU THINK HE IS SO
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OBSESSED WITH YOUR MOM?
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>> WELL, SOME DAYS I THINK HE THINKS ABOUT HER MORE THAN I DO,
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WHICH IS SAYING A LOT -- ( LAUGHTER )
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( APPLAUSE ) -- BECAUSE I THINK ABOUT HER A
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LOT.
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AND, YOU KNOW, STEPHEN, I DO, UM, KIND OF FEEL A NEED TO
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PROTECT HER, BECAUSE I DO WORRY ABOUT HER, GIVEN WHAT WE
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CONTINUE TO SEE AT HIS RALLIES LIKE THE RABID "LOCK HER UP"
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CHANTS.
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>> Stephen: YEARS LATER.
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YEARS LATER, THAT IT'S STILL KIND OF HIS GREATEST HIT, IS
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TROUBLING TO ME, AND I'M SO PROUD OF MY MOM.
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YOU'RE ONE OF MY ORIGINAL GUTSY WOMEN.
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I'M SO PROUD OF ALL THAT SHE'S DONE.
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( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) YEAH, #GUTSY WOMEN, BUT
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ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, FIRST AND FOREMOST, SHE'S MY MOM, AND NOW
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SHE'S CHARLOTTE, AIDAN AND JASPER'S GRANDMA, SO I DO FEEL
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THE NEED TO PROTECT HER AND, YET, MOST OF ALL, I JUST AM SO
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GRATEFUL THAT SHE JUST CONTINUES TO KEEP STANDING AND STANDING
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FOR WHAT SHE KNOWS IS RIGHT.
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( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WELL, RIGHT BEFORE
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WE CAME OUT HERE, WE'RE RECORDING THIS IN THE EARLY
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EVENING HERE ON MONDAY, AND BEFORE WE CAME OUT TO DO THE
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SHOW, WE FOUND OUT MIKE POMPEO, WHO IS SECRETARY OF STATE, THE
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JOB YOU USED TO HAVE, WHO SAID I HAVEN'T READ THE WHISTLEBLOWER
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COMPLAINT, TURNS OUT HE WAS ON THE PHONE CALL WITH THE
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UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT.
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HOW MANY TIMES WHEN YOU WERE SECRETARY OF STATE DID YOU HAVE
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TO SAY SO BARACK OBAMA, YOU CAN'T EXTORT FOREIGN COUNTRIES
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TO GET DIRT ON YOUR POLITICAL ENEMIES?
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DID YOU LOSE COUNT HOW MANY TIMES YOU DID THAT?
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>> YEAH, THAT NEVER HAPPENED, NO.
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( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: WHAT IS THE
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SECRETARY OF STATE'S JOB IN THE MOMENT, TO ADVISE THE PRESIDENT?
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>> THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT HE KNOWS,
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NUMBER ONE, WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS GOING TO SAY ON THOSE CALLS.
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I MEAN, THESE ARE USUALLY VERY HIGHLY PREPARED CALLS AND, YOU
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KNOW, STATE DEPARTMENT AND DEFENSE DEPARTMENT AND EVERYBODY
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WILL SEND OVER, YOU KNOW, TALKING POINTS.
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>> Stephen: SURE.
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AND WE'LL MEET WITH THE PRESIDENT AND GO OVER THE
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TALKING POINTS, AND THE PRESIDENT MIGHT SAY, WELL, YOU
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KNOW, I WOULD RATHER EMPHASIZE THIS OR WHAT ABOUT THAT?
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FAIR GAME, ABSOLUTELY.
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AND BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT A PRESIDENT WHO DOESN'T LISTEN TO
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ANYBODY AND DOESN'T FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS WHATSOEVER, I'M NOT
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SURE THEY'VE EVEN GIVEN UP ON TRYING TO GIVE HIM ANY SORTS OF
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PREPARATION BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S GOING TO SAY.
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BUT WHAT THE WHISTLEBLOWER TELLS US, AND REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, ALL
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OF THIS TALK THAT SOME OF THE REPUBLICAN DEFENDERS OF THE
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PRESIDENT ARE SAYING ABOUT HOW THIS IS HEARSAY, IT WAS AN
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ADMISSION FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
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THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE PHONE CALL WAS PUT OUT BY THE WHITE HOUSE,
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AND THE WHISTLEBLOWER HAS A DEPTH OF UNDERSTANDING THAT
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NEEDS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, AND THE
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WHISTLEBLOWER SAYS, IN THE SITUATION ROOM, AS I RECALL,
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THEY'RE DOING THE CALL, AND AS SOON AS TRUMP STARTS IN ON THIS,
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PEOPLE ARE GOING, OH, WHOA, WHAT HAPPENED?
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WHAT DID HE SAY?
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AND THAT'S WHY THEY IMMEDIATELY TRIED TO LIMIT THE EXTENSION OF
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THAT PHONE CALL TO BE SHARED WITH OTHER PEOPLE, WHY THEY PUT
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IT ON A HIGHLY-CLASSIFIED SYSTEM THAT IS USED FOR THE MOST
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IMPORTANT SECRETS, LIKE THE OSAMA BIN LADEN RAID, BECAUSE
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EVEN IF THERE'S NOTHING CLASSIFIED IN IT, THE
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PRESIDENT'S BEHAVIOR WAS AT LEAST EMBARRASSING IF NOT
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ILLEGAL AND IMIMPEACHABLE.
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I THINK IF THE SECRETARY OF STATE WAS ON THE CALL AS IS NOW
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REPORTED, HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE VERY FIRST PEOPLE TO
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SAY, WAIT A MINUTE, WE'VE GOT TO CLEAN THIS UP, YOU CAN'T LET
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THAT STAND.
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BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HE DID.
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>> Stephen: AS SECRETARY OF STATE, HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF THE
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PRESIDENT WAS SENDING RUDY GIULIANI OUT TO ACTUALLY HANDLE
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FOREIGN POLICY?
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BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HE SAYS.
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HE'S SAYING, I'LL HOOK YOU UP WITH MY PRIVATE ATTORNEY.
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>> YEAH, THAT WOULD BE A BIG PROBLEM.
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( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: OKAY.
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PRESIDENTS OFTEN USE, AS DO SECRETARIES OF STATE, YOU KNOW,
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THEY MIGHT USE AN ENVOY OR A SPECIAL ADVISOR TO DELIVER A
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MESSAGE, BUT, AGAIN, IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE CAREFULLY THOUGHT
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THROUGH, AND FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN ON TELEVISION, CAREFULLY
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THINKING THROUGH IS NOT ONE OF RUDY'S STRONG POINTS.
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( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A
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LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK.
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DON'T GO ANYWHERE.
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BACK WITH NOR HILLARY AND CHELSEA CLINTON AND TALKING
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ABOUT "THE BOOK OF GUTSY WOMEN."
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