David Gergen

If they've been lying to us on this, why are we to believe them on the collusion issue?

I think other Republicans would do well to join in that apology because this is continuing to build.

The Trump administration has totally thrown that out the window now and the rest of the world is noticing.

I agree. Let's come to the basics. The libel laws in this country are controlled by a key society, by the Supreme Court in 1964, probably the New York Times versus Sullivan. It was a nine nothing decision, Anderson, which said that in…

Absolutely. And look, there's nothing more American than a libel laws. We do set a higher standard. We require more of a plaintive summary who have been accused inside of the United Kingdom it does. But nonetheless, the libel laws are very…

I think they have some room to negotiate, but ultimately it maybe -- they're going to be forced far more than they want to.

The president said I'm not going down that path.

I do think what is absolutely clear is that women could well be the driving force of the next presidential election.

I do think raises a legitimate question about his [Trump's] fitness.

I think more people are willing to say he has a sixth sense he tapped into something other people didn't.

The issue is not the tweet. The issue is his fitness.

It's just as clear as it can be now that the president feels he's -- there are things to be hidden. He does not want out in the public.

I do believe there is a question and the impeachment, any kind of impeachment proceedings, if there is an obstruction of justice, is there an underlying crime that can take -- can you have an obstruction if there's not a crime?

It's essential for the investigations, you know, what is it what has been sort of disheartening is that the way these investigations are stalling out on Capitol Hill and they look more and more like partisan bickering within the…

I think the president is trying to heat up the rivalry again in doing this, but at the same time, it diminishing his presidency.

I think that the concern, of course, is that we're edging ever more closely toward potential conflict.

This first year has not only been controversial but it has accelerating trend that's been danger for the presidency, and that is the seeping away of influence and authority.

He's very much more in a prime ministerial role and even with that, his -- where the tweets and everything else, the level of discourse is below that we've seen from any other President I can remember.

Donald Trump is clearly the master of social media and you have to give him credit for being able to reach people with his pithy little comments and keep the attention on himself.

This is a big, big win for him legislatively. It's one of those major league kind of bills that presidents like to pass and their legacy heavily depends on it.

This is a legislative victory for the president, a big tax bill, a repeal of the Obamacare mandate among other things.

I think the president absolutely is legitimate in proclaiming a major legislative victory.

He went after both the Obama administration and the George W. Bush administration and did it in a very harsh way.

I think the president would be entitled to ask for a letter, something that would clear his name.

It's unique as far as I can tell -- no American history.