jeh johnson, president obama's own former pentagon general counsel and secretary of homeland security. here's what he said. if you believe everything that our government is saying about general soleimani, he was a lawful military objective and the president under his constitutional authority as commander in chief had ample domestic legal authority to take him out without, without an additional congressional authorization, whether he was a terrorist or a general in a military force that was engaged in armed attacks against our people, he was a lawful military objective. that's the former secretary of homeland security in the obama administration, jeh johnson, an expert on these things. and our former colleague, joe lieberman, who ran for vice president on the democratic ticket in 2000 wrote this morning that in their uniformly skeptical or negative reaction to soleimani's death, democrats are creating the risk that the u.s. will be seen as acting and speaking with less authority abroad at this important time. that's how former -- a former democratic senator sees it. look, the senate is

that's the former secretary of homeland security in the obama administration, jeh johnson. an expert on these things. and our former colleague, joe lieberman, who ran for vice president on the democratic ticket in 2000 broke this morning that in their uniform was skeptical or negative reaction to soleimani's death, democrats are creating the risk that the u.s. will be seen as acting and speaking with lesss authority abroad at this important time. that's how a former democratic sender sees it. look, the scent is supposed to be the chamber work overheated partisan passion gives way to sober judgment. can we not at least wait until we know the facts? can we not maintain a shred, just a shred of national unity for five minutes, for five minutes before evening the partisan trenches? us -- plus democrats distaste for this president dominates every thought that express and every decision they make. is that really the seriousness that this situation deserves? the false and will be briefed on wednesday. i expect the committee of oversight will also conduct hearings and the central p

jeh johnson as former secretary of homeland security understands the threat.eimani has been around for a long time and johnson i'm sure is aware of the atrocities committed directly towards americans that he has committed over a long period of time. i think it is actually -- it's actually pretty easy for him. it is ir refutablrefutable. if you are an attorney, if you've read the constitution, and you understand the threat, pretty easy to do. lou: i think it is easier if you are a republican rather than a democrat, congressman. i really think it must be difficult because so few leaders from the obama administration have the courage to do what jeh johnson, a former -- i should point this out, former general counsel for the defense department said -- i think it is remarkable because there are so few of them -- >> there's no doubt -- lou: let me -- >> there's no doubt. when president obama ordered a strike on osama bin laden, we didn't agree with obama on many policies but we agreed that was the right thing to do. it needed to be done. it is a shame some of these

jeh johnson as former secretary of homeland security understands the threat.nson i'm sure is aware of the atrocities committed directly towards americans that he has committed over a long period of time. i think it is actually -- it's actually pretty easy for him. it is ir refutablrefutable. if you are an attorney, if you've read the constitution, and you understand the threat, pretty easy to do. lou: i think it is easier if you are a republican rather than a democrat, congressman. i really think it must be difficult because so few leaders from the obama administration have the courage to do what jeh johnson, a former -- i should point this out, former general counsel for the defense department said -- i think it is remarkable because there are so few of them -- >> there's no doubt -- lou: let me -- >> there's no doubt. when president obama ordered a strike on osama bin laden, we didn't agree with obama on many policies but we agreed that was the right thing to do. it needed to be done. it is a shame some of these folks on the left are so averse to president t

former homeland security jeh johnson. betsy woodruff swan of the daily beast and the former republican governor of north carolina, pat mccrory. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press.." >> from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history. this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> well, a good sunday morning and a happy new year to everyone. president trump begins 2020 facing three challenges. impeachment, an emboldened north korea and of course most urgently iran and iranian militants laid siege to the u.sç embassy in baghdad ended with the u.s. killing general qasem soleimani. the immediate result has been the deepest crisis with iran since the seizure of 52 american hostages in 79. and iran has promised a harsh revenge and the u.s. is sending even more troops into the region. while urging american citizens to get out of iraq. and president trump is warning that the u.s. has targeted 52 iranian sites in case iran does retaliate. u.s. officials are warning an attack in the homeland mayç co

that was former secretary of homeland security in the obama administration jeh johnson.ert on these things. and our former colleague, joe lieberman, w ran for vice presit on the democratic ticket in 2000 wrote this morning that in their uniformly skeptical or negative reactions to soleimani's death, democrats are creating the risk that the u.s. will be seen as acting and speaking with less authority abroad at this important time. and that is how foreign democratic senator sees it. look, the senate is supposed to be the chamber where overheated partisan passions give way to sober judgment. can we not at least wait until we know the facts? can we not maintain a shred, just a shred, of national unity for five minutes? for five minutes before daepenning tdaep e deepening the partisan trechbnc. must their distaste for this president affect every decision they make? is that really the seriousness that this situation deserves? the full senate will be briefed on wednesday. i expect the committee of oversight will also conduct hears and the senators will have plenty of opportunit

it was iminnocent and aminent a going. >> joining us is jeh johnson. thank you so much for being here. >> i'm here as a private citizen. >> with lots of experience. i know this all touches close to home based on everything you have been through working in the obama administration. at this point, do you believe america is safer today after everything that's transfired since the killing of soleimani? >> the answer is not two or three words. i have to say based on the statements put out by my old department, the department of homeland security, the national threat advisory put out last weekend that in the immediate aftermath of that strike, we were in a heightened level of tension. that statement was pretty straightforward. talking about hezbollah's demonstrated capability and intent to take the u.s. and how an attack could come at any moment. i had not written a statement like that when i was secretary. one has to concludes in the immediate aftermath we were less safe. the iranians have responded. we saw the messaging behind that. if the messaging is to

joining us is jeh johnson. thanks so much for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> you're also a former general counsel at the department of defense. i want to start off with this letter about a general in iraq woke to the iraqi defense ministry saying american forces are preparing for onwards movement and we respect your sovereignty decision to order our departure. you were the top lawyer at the pentagon. do you accept the explanation from the chairman of the joint chiefs that this was a mistake? >> the pentagon is a very large bureaucracy. it's possible a mistake could occur and i would not want to be in the position of the person who released it. yes. it is not implausible that such a mistake could happen in such a large place. >> we don't know who released it. it was sent from the department of defense letterhead to the deputy director baghdad ministry of defense. let's talk about the strike on qassem soleimani. has that jeopardized the overall u.s. mission in iran? >> that's the question of the day, wol

go look at the comments of president obama's homeland security secretary, jeh johnson, susan rice, or so many others who recognized what soleimani actionnted and that this was long overdue. and just like we when we were in when president obama took out osama bin laden, we supported that action. the right thing to do when president obama gave that command. just by the same token it was the right thing to do when president trump gave the command to take out soleimani. a are a safer world because brutal terrorist is gone from who hadnet, a terrorist killed hundreds of americans and was planning to kill even more. become t shouldn't partisan. it's very disappointing to see some in the democrat leadership in the house trying to criticize those actions that safer.erica using some of the same talking of ts that are coming out tehran, and now talking about changing the war powers act to ability for the any president of the united states to defend this country. would suggest speaker pelosi go back and look at the legislation that then-senator biden filed in 1995 to president would have the ful

former homeland security secretary jeh johnson, betsy woodruff swan, host of kasie d.c., kasie hunt, your first appearance since having a child. >> thanks for having me. >> and the former governor of north carolina, pat mccrory. i'm going to start with a little campaign rhetoric from candidate donald trump. take a listen. >> the current strategy of toppling regimes with no plan for what to do the day after only produces power vacuums that are filled simply by terrorists. enough endless war, it's time to have a real plan for victory. they have dragged us into foreign wars that make us less safe. >> all right. i want to get into the substance in a minute. pat mccrory, i'll start with that political -- does the president have a potential long-term political box he may be in now with iran and that he may have -- he may end up in a war, whether he likes it or not? >> well, any president dealing with the middle east is put into this situation throughout my lifetime. but the fact of the matter is there's a lot of hypocrisy. one u.s. senator just two weeks ago called the president and our co

thank goodness there are democrats like former department of homeland security secretary jeh johnson and former u.s. senator joe lieberman who said president trump's order to take out qassem suleimani was morally, constitutionally and strategically correct. it deserves more bipartisan support than the begrudging or negative reactions it has received thus far from my fellow democrats. that's senator joe lieberman. i'm also grateful for the informed comments by luminaries like former cent-com commander general david petraeus as well as ambassador ryan crocker, who have both rightly said that this action was authorized and necessary. it's unquestionable that the death of suleimani was a major blow to the iranian regime and a strong message of deterrence to all state sponsors of terrorism. the blood of hundreds of american soldiers and countless civilians is on suleimani's hands and because of the decisive action taken by president trump, he is gone. i fully support this move by the president and commend the president's willingness to send a strong message of deterrence to the terrorist

jeh johnson, president obama's own former pentagon general counsel and secretary of homeland security. here's what he said. if you believe everything that our government is saying about general soleimani, he was a lawful military objective and the president under his constitutional authority as commander in chief had ample domestic legal authority to take him out without, without an additional congressional authorization, whether he was a terrorist or a general in a military force that was engaged in armed attacks against our people, he was a lawful military objective. that's the former secretary of homeland security in the obama administration, jeh johnson, an expert on these things. and our former colleague, joe lieberman, who ran for vice president on the democratic ticket in 2000 wrote this morning that in their uniformly skeptical or negative reaction to soleimani's death, democrats are creating the risk that the u.s. will be seen as acting and speaking with less authority abroad at this important time. that's how former -- a former democratic senator sees it. look, the senate is

jeh johnson, dod legal counsel, who used to authorize airstrikes, said this was a completely lawful militarye. no authorization was needed from congress. i agree with him that in this case, we're not there. it's premature. and in fact, the president is trying to deescalate this. he doesn't want war. he wants peace in the matter. the last point is usually this fwoez through foreign affairs committee. we have hearings and. it goes on the floor. interesting thing about this is it's a non-binding resolution that will never go to the president's desk. so it's a bit of a charade because it will never have the force and effect of law. i don't understand if they are that serious about it why thant they wouldn't do a resolution that would go to the president. >> if the senate passes a resolution, they have different language. mike lee of utah supports it. let's say it passes and then comes become to the house. then presumably it would go to the president for his signature. >> i think that's absolutely correct. that's probably the more likely scenario. his resolution comes to the house and he will vet

department of homeland security jeh johnson spiking about without soleimani was proper military target he was a terrorist or a general in a military force that was engaged in armed attacks again our people, he was a lawful military o objective. david: have you a democrat with a prestigious background saying he was a proper military targets, how much longer will the democrats keep saying he was not. >> it is very interesting it is good to hear secretary johnson a change today. general petraeus, others agree this is the right way to go, i'm not sure you will hear that from democrats in washington d.c. today to a larger part because they are fully unwilling to work with this president. david: congressman, jim banks thank you so much. >> thank you. david: appreciate it, more than 12 million acres have already been burned in australia, officials warn that flames couls worsen with no end in sight, we have latest on where it is going next. card debt into one monthly payment. and get your interest rate right so you can save big. get a no-fee personal loan up to $100k. aleit's a master stroke o

even former dhs secretary jeh johnson said he thought he was a legitimate target. he had constitutional authority in my opinion as well. you take out soleimani. and what you saw was a response by the iranians that sent a message that said we have got weapons. and it sent a message saying we don't want to fight with you directly. i think they are wrong. the democrats are flat out wrong. they are playing politics when they start saying we are less safe than we were 24 hours ago or 48 hours ago. and it's being done again. and we said it before, some of our colleagues prefer to make the case politically against donald trump. they hate hip so much, they hate him more than they love this country. that's why they play these politics. trish: we have seen this over and over again. it's one thing to be talking about okay, you think he was a russian agent, that was disproven. it's another thing to talk about the ukraine call all of which turned out to be nonsense. now you are talking about our soldiers and their lives, and what they are doing with their lives. and it seems to

jeh johnson, obama official said soleimani was a lawful military objective. here is what the secretary of state said this morning on "fox news sunday." >> in 2015 the obama-biden administration essentially handed power to the iranian leadership. acted as a quasi-ally of theirs, underwriting them, underwriting very militias kill americans, resources money they had to buildout the forces throughout the shia crescent was provided by the nuclear deal. we allowed europeans to go do business there. piled up the cash. all these things are the very challenge that the trump administration had to correct. eric: finally, how do you think this will play out, jim. >> wow. that took a lot of chutzpah. they broke the agreement. the trump administration went in and trashed the agreement. everything we sinced experienced, downing of drones, attack on air ramco in saudi arabia, attack on bases, now this back and forth. none of that happened when we had the nuclear agreement. none of that happened. when president trump got out of the nuclear agreement he promised that iran woul

that's the former secretary of homeland security in the obama administration jeh johnson.expert on these things. and our former colleague joe lieberman who ran for vice president on the democratic ticket in 2000 wrote this morning that in their uniformly skeptical or negative reactions to soleimani's death, democrats are creating the risk that the u.s. will be seen as acting and speaking with less authority abroad at this important time. that's how former democratic senator sees it. look. the senate is supposed to be the chamber where overheated partisan passions give way to sober judgment. can we not at least wait until we know the facts? can we not maintain a shred, just a shred, of national unity for five minutes? for five minutes before deepening the partisan trenches. must democrats distaste for this president dominate every thought they express and every decision they make? is that really the seriousness that this situation deserves? the full senate will be briefed on wednesday. i expect the committees of oversight to conduct hearings and have plenty of opportunities

his name is jeh johnson. he is the one who was eminently qualified for that position and did a good job when he was there. but this is what he said about the action with soleimani that the president is being accused all these terrible things about from this secretary of homeland security under president obama, jeh johnson. he said, quote, he was a lawful military objective, and the president under his constitutional authority as commander in chief had ample domestic legal authority to take him out without an additional congressional authorization, whether he was a terrorist or a general in a military force that was engaged in attacks against our people. he was a lawful military objective. everything was perfectly appropriate that this president did. and these are two prominent democrats that have come out with this. you know, there are a lot of people out there that are pretty fed up with what's been going on. i keep hearing that something's going to happen this week in terms of the, of all the accusations th

together as a country and you put country before your own political agenda, on good when you have jeh johnson, you show that clip, right? barack obama's homeland security kateri saying the president did have a legitimate legal argument to do this so where are the democrats because as katrina points out they are quick to defend iran but they are the same party that since iran $150 billion, the biggest, largest state sponsors of terrorism on the planet and barack obama and the democrats gave them pockets full of cash. literally put pallets on airplanes and sent these people cash. steve: what we think about the impeachment aspect? and feel so ridiculous and irrelevant now. will they even go ahead? >> that's a great question. nancy close he won't send over the articles for whatever reason and maybe she trying to it over the president's head and obviously it's not distracting him from doing his job but i think it's also worth pointing out what jason mentioned the democrats role in all of this but the democrat party with their passive approach to foreign policy who gave rise to this terrorist regim

those aren't my words, those are the former obama secretary of dhs's words, jeh johnson, talking aboutuch terrorists as soleimani. >> should the united states respond militarily to this strike, even though the assessment is, the growing belief within the administration and defense department is that iran intentionally missed americans and that no american lives were lost? should the u.s. respond with military force? >> i don't believe at this point it warrants it. we're still studying more information. i believe in past times we have showed restraint to iran and their military, specifically soleimani has attacked five to six times over the last six or seven months. so i believe the president and administration has shown restraint at times. i believe this will be another one they do as well. >> republican senator james inhoff spoke with the president and the president relayed to him that he sees this as an opening of a door of sorts to negotiations with iran. what do you think? is this a good time to negotiate with the iranian regime? >> well, i don't know how much negotiation is left.

. >> jeh johnson was on earlier saying that different people can look at intelligence and come to differentf conclusions. let's move on now. i want to talk about the iowa caucuses because you are running for president. >> sure. >> this is the latest cbs poll that governor -- cbs iowa poll, excuse me. you're polling at 7%. sanders and buttigieg and biden are tied at 23%. warren is at 16. you've had some fund-raising -- some good fund-raising numbers. how do you close that gap in less than a month, senator? >> i can do it. i can do it because we're starting to see it not just in iowa. we went up dramatically in new hampshire. and it's by people getting to know me on that debate stage. i made a case that i'm someone that brings people with me. i passed over 100 bills in the u.s. senate. i've won every race i've ever had in every single congressional district, and that includes the reddest of red. and i think as we see day after day after day the effects of having a president who is the loudest voice in the room, who is always trying to divide people and put his private interests first, i'm the

former obama homeland security jeh johnson said soleimani was a lawful, military objective. and, of course, mr. hadley today you said the u.s. could not just stand by while its military personnel were attacked and killed. mr. chairman, soleimani, let's not forget this, is directly responsible for killing over 600 americans and disabling thousands more, is directly responsible for massive death and injury of innocent civilians in the region. he is -- was a mass murderer. in the last two months alone he orchestrated 11 attacks on u.s. troops in iraq, killing an american contractor as we know. mr. chairman, and mr. haas, one of your colleagues said that according to the council on foreign relations no president -- we're talking about president obama -- used drone strikes more than president obama, who ordered 542 drone strikes, killing an estimated 3,797 people including 324 civilians. yes, they weren't as high a target. they weren't of a mass murder of the caliber and of the influence that soleimani has had in the region and his own country. people protesting, demanding democr

i think their whole argument was blown out of the water today when jeh johnson, former dhs secretary -- but also, more importantly, the former head lawyer, general counsel for the department of defense -- said this was completely legitimate in what he did. he's a designated terrorist, he's on the list, and we had every right and need to do it. trish: so, suety jasser, where does this leave us now? the democrats are all worried that iran's going to do something, but whether you had done this or not, right, iran's still going to try to do something. don't forget they were trying to go after american assets overseas already. so that's sort of a given. for us to roll over and play dead and just hope for the best doesn't seem like a strategy that's ever going to work. does this cause them to back off, or does it get worse? >> well, i think their playbook is not going to change. they'll continue to find sort of low hanging fruit, if you will, or targets and try to claim and save face. but at the end of the day, we are much safer without soleimani than we were when he was alive. will that m

. >> this waw jeh johnson's comment last week. he said this was lawful.g the enemy combatant argument, would the president have a better time on capitol hill if he had just been more honest about this? >> yes, because you heard democrats and republicans really saying this was a bad person. no one is really saying he was a good person. there were a couple people that were getting pushback like senator bernie sanders and elizabeth warren who were calling it an assassination. for the most part, people were angry about the process. what we saw with this white house is what we have seen in the past. you're describing a layup almost for president trump and they don't take layups. what we have is a white house that often boggles their own communication message. we saw an evolving description of why this was imminent and what we saw also was top national security officials go to congress and infuriate both democrats and republicans. mike lee said he was insulted by the fact that national security officials were saying don't even debate, don't even ask us essentia

former homeland security secretary jeh johnson said soleimani was a lawful, military objective. mr. hadley, you said the u.s. could not just stand by way -- while its personnel were attacked and killed. , soleimani is directly responsible for killing 600 americans and disabling thousands more, responsive -- responsible for death and injury of civilians in the region. he was a mass murderer. he orchestrated 11 attacks on u.s. troops in iraq and the last 11 months. one ofone of your colleagues sat according to the council on foreign relations, no president, we are talking about president obama, used drone strikes more than president obama, who ordered 542 drone strikes, people,more than 3700 including civilians. they were not as high a target, they were not a mass murderer of the caliber and degrading inluence that soleimani had the region and in his own country. killedople were protesting, demanding democracy, demanding change, they sold -- they showed them no mercy. he showed them no mercy. let me ask a question in regards to the money claimed by iran as , result of the iranian amer

jeh johnson, joins vance, ari melber. i felt like democrats were both trapped by their detail at times with the tedious laying it out and at the same time you also saw adam schiff's command, part of me wonders, adam schiff's first 20 minutes, last 20 minutes, if that's all anybody saw, i think democrats would be happy. >> i think that's fair. i think adam schiff has emerged here. people remember that from the mueller era. we had a lot of different democrats, pelosi, saying everyone shared it. adam is the fact presenter, the opening, a big piece of the closing from what we can tell. he is laying out, we know enough to know the bad thing happened. quickly on the president's tweets, this is actually an important contrast. a white house that's preventing all of his most loyal aides, number one aide, chief of staff, best communicators in speaking in a trial forum, adversarial forum, supposed to be under oath. that they don't want to do. you can tweet, you can lie on the internet. it is legal to lie on the internet. harder to d

as jeh johnson, former obama secretary of homeland and legal counsel, authorizing the strikes, he wase military objective. >> bill: you said a lot there. you also said soleimani was going to act in an imminent way. characterize that better for us. days? weeks? what was his intent? you been here for some of these briefings. >> i got briefed by the national security advisor after the strike. the vice president, state department. we believe -- i can't get into the classified nature, that will happen at 1:00 today with the other members -- based on the evidence i have, that general milley says is clear and unambiguous, when the national security advisor o'brien says there's 100% certainty. you look at all -- you look at what happened since last october, all the strikes that have taken place. the president seemed to have -- i wouldn't say red line, but "if they kill americans i will have to respond." i do think if you look at the mounting weight of evidence since october, the president showed great restraint, bill. i was in the white house wind that uab was struck down by iran and solve th

if you were watching the neil cavuto show yesterday they had jeh johnson on former department of homelandy secretary and he said. ainsley: under obama. steve: under president obama. very important point. under the office of legal counsel, the president had the constitutional authority to engage without congress' say and yet nancy pelosi and democrats took the vote yesterday. now they hand it to mitch. it's not going anywhere. ainsley: nancy says we deserve the respect from this administration. brian: it was a nonbinding vote that no one should care about. jillian mele how are you? jillian: i'm great. how are you. it is friday. happy friday everyone. we have stories to get. to say let's begin here. quote, he killed my leader and i have to kill him. a florida man charged with threatening president trump heads to court today. chancey lump made the comments on a facebook livestream. lump claiming he wanted to avenge the death of iran's military leaderboard qassem soleimani. lump is a security guard. he says it was all a joke. will suspects are detained in the u.s. months after a mormon family

jeh johnson, obama dhs, formerly, he seems to be speaking out against democrats on this issue. lawfulness of the president's decision. here he is. >> if he believes everything that our government is saying about general soleimani, he was a lawful military objective. the president, under his constitutional authority, as commander-in-chief, had ample domestic legal authority to take him out without an additional congressional authorization. >> judith, should that put the issue to rest? >> i think the legality of the issue is not really the question. i think with or not -- it is for some democrats who would oppose it. i believe, no matter what. to me, the issue is, "does the killing of soleimani advance american interest in the middle east and at home, or harm them?" we have yet to see the answer to that. >> i think it advances. i raise that question as we covered this on friday, as well. what took us along? he was named a terrorist years ago. this is someone, like you said, he is a bad guy. but at the same time, obviously we do know -- this has been publicized, he was the one beh

[laughter] here's the thing, it was jeh johnson, president obama's department of homeland security secretarytion system is too decentralized to worry about russian hacking. yet after president trump won, we've seen democrats undermine american institutions. you saw it from adam schiff on the senate floor yesterday. not only that, it was democrats -- nancy pelosi's own daughter -- calling for faceless electors and encouraging that process after president trump won. it's been democrats going to abolish the electoral college. it's democrats who have pushed this fake a narrative of russian collusion to try and convince americans that somehow the election was stolen from hillary clinton. so it's democrats all this time who have been unde undermining h in this institution. >> ed: rush limbaugh. let's listen to the sound bite from adam schiff that lisa mentioned and give you a fair shot to respond. here he is on the senate floor. >> the president's misconduct cannot be decided at the ballot box. for we cannot be assured that the vote will be fairly won. in obstructing the investigation into his own

did as well, but i'd like to quote none other than former dhs secretary under president obama, jeh johnsonwful military objective to execute on the lawful military objective and you've got former head of command and former cia director yesterday, saying that you cannot overstate the significance, of taking out soleimani and that when he was over there, with our troop, we didn't see much of soleimani. he's been more brazen and been more visible and he got caught in the act. he got caught in the act. we've got americans, ladies and gentlemen, we've got americans who have buried their sons and daughters, because soleimani has executed. we have thousands of other americans maimed and injured some devastatingly for permanent injuries because of soleimani so i'm a little sick already of hero worship it seems of soleimani for some people that just can't get over the fact this was an important call by our commander-in-chief. >> steve: kellyanne what do you make of the fact that within the last 90 minutes or so senator schumer and menendez have sent over to the white house a letter telling the pres

that was susan collins earlier today, back with me jeh johnson, peggy noonan and senior fbi officialusan collins making it pretty clear where she stands. chuck, while -- i want to start the question with you and use your legal mind here. which is this. so bolton -- if this witness swap happens and we're a long way before friday and that witness vote and the president invokes executive privilege, i have to say i have been persuaded with my lack of law school education, but it an pyres that the -- appears that the federal judiciary branch has no role whatsoever in adjudicating executive privilege on a senate trial. where do we go? >> just because the federal judiciary may decide it shouldn't decide the question doesn't mean the president won't seek to invoke the jurisdiction so that could take time. >> but can't we quickly say, the federal judiciary has no jurisdiction in an impeachment trial which the constitution says sole -- the word sole. >> right. the senate has the sole authority to try cases of impeachment. but the president may be take a position that this not an impeachment qu