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>> jeffrey, you mentioned earlier that the former president talked i guess about some misgivings he had about his own administrations response to ukraine in 2013/2014. i am wondering, did he mention specifically the night that he took a pass on russia crossing the red line, which it already crossed by using chemical weapons in syria and the united states rather than acting on it? did he talk about that at length at all? >> reporter: no, ive talked to him in the past about the red line issue. we ...

They convened a three-day conference on disinformation and the erosion of democracy. what was your take away from your speak from your interview of the former president yesterday? >> reporter: on a couple of things, one is that he is genuinely i think grappling with consequences of his own decision-making in ukraine in 2013/2014, has very good answers for why the obama administration didnt do more. yet, he still feels somewhat unsatisfying to people. the situation was different. but, you know, i...

Mac thornberry said, a guy i know and like, macs defense is he does it all the time if the somebody extorts every day, it doesnt mean when you catch him in the act of extorting that somehow you dont move ton becau on it because its what he does every day. rand paul, you know, its sad to see whats become of rand paul. but when he says joe biden did the same thing, i would like to know what dirt joe biden asked ukraine to dig you will on his political opponents. did joe biden go and ask to dig up ...

. new book reveals never before told details about the political partnership president and chief strategist. steve bannon, donald trump the presidency written by joshua green. its fast nationing with a lot of stories from the company trail, including how the talk of a border wall began. heres what joshua green told me earlier today. >> the idea from the wall didnt come from donald it came from two advisers to trump who back in 2013/2014 wanted to keep trump focused on the issue of immigration ...

Given the presidents views, is it intentional it is the secretary of state that would front this and potentially take the hits? >> i think, fred, and by the way, happy new year. >> happy new year. >> i think it is fair to say that when presidents attach their names to initiatives, the reagan initiative, the clinton parameters, it does carry a certain weight. you can argue the presidents statement was the abstention in the u.n. security council and that secretary of state, having been the energiz...

Makes us, i think, more threatened by the possibility of these kind of jihadist attacks. >> taylor, you are a trump supporter, a supporter of mike flynn, when you hear criticisms like this, your response? >> my response is that mike flynn is the exact person who needs to be in this role. back in 2012, 2013, 2014, when the obama administration was coming out and saying that al qaeda was on the run, we know centcom was tasked with painting a rosier picture of isis back in 2013/2014 than what was h...

>> my response is that mike flynn is the exact person who needs to be in this role. back in 2012, 2013, 2014, when the obama administration was coming out and saying that al qaeda was on the run, we know centcom was tasked with painting a rosier picture of isis back in 2013/2014 than what was happening on the ground, mike flynn was the one in the administration sounding the alarms saying, we need to be worried, al qaeda is not waning, they are in fact, growing, we need to be worried. there is a ...

Who have had to deal with this now being your reality when probably before it was a reality you watched, sadly, on the news. our apologies go out to you. i hope you can recover from this. the mayor joining us live on the line, the mayor of troutdale, a suburb effectively of the beautiful and bucolic portland, oregon. the police have announced to us they will update us officially in a press conference live at 12:45 eastern time. thats just in a little over 12 minutes from now. well be live right ...

This is not just spin. >> sam stein, i realize you went to school in the woods up there in dartmouth, but the idea of living in a metropolitan area, washington, d.c., where nearly everyone is obsessed with a single individual, the quarterback of the washington redskins, is incredible. >> andrea says this is not spin, but shes literally spinning. its unbelievable, shes so happy with this guy. he fumbles correctly, this man walks on water to every washingtonian. as a giants fan, im bitter about th...