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Questions to anybody else. >> why do you think that was? >> i dont know. >> unlike other republican politicians who have always felt that they answer to fox news and they cannot do anything to offend rupert murdoch, donald trump instead decides to go to war with fox. >> i was asked some really nasty questions by people that are not nice people. shes not very tough and shes not very sharp, so you know, i blame fox to a certain extent. >> rupert went on twitter and said; donald, you need to calm d...

Everybody to give pause as to whether that policys sufficient to provide accountability over decisions. and finally, that the fisa process here was not used appropriately, properly. and the rules were not followed. >> for a moment, lets assume that there was a lawful predicate to open up a counterintelligence investigation. what has been described as a few irregularities becomes a massive criminal conspiracy. >> president trump has called the entire russia investigation a witch hunt and a hoax. ...

Because the president, obviously, as he makes clear, doesnt often hide his true thoughts. there was a lot of build-up to the call notion that scrambling after the president had brought joe biden up. >> just to add to what kaitlan is saying, one of the reasons -- we have a little more context about what was going on around the call because of the text messages. and its clear that the president had a hugely negative view of ukraine leading up to this call. and that aides at the state department al...

Elizabeth warren. it was huge yesterday. >> yeah, elizabeth warren sort of in prime time yesterday had quite the reception here. bernie sanders will be here this afternoon deliver ago speech to the fairgo ers. i want to bring in, introduce to you the miller family. you said hey, jason, i hope youre doipg well. jason johnson, i was with the cruz campaign and i found two cruz caucus goers from 2016. before i introduce myself, taylor and paul, i was following where you were putting your corn kernel...

Losing there to president trump by just under 11,000 votes in 2016. before any democrat can try to win in michigan, they need to make it through iowa first. democrats across the first state to vote, they are eager to hear what the candidates have to say. cnn spent the evening with some of these key caucus goers. >> i think democrats are expecting some engagement here, and i expect well get it. >> reporter: and with that it was on. >> youre dipping into the kool-aid and you dont even know the fla...

Whats top of mind for them? we try to do a lot of polling of the crowds, just one on one as reporters. what we hear every single time is health care is a huge issue. where they fall on health care, where they want these candidates to stand on, say, medicare for all, is vast. theres a lot of differences in what they want. but health care is, i would say, the top issue that were hearing about. i think thats followed really closely by climate change right now. >> oh, thats really interesting to see...

>> sean: wait, so comey signed off on the dossier on the warrant in october 2016. before donald trump was sworn in in january of 2017. salacious but unverified. james comey. you have a right to remain silent. >> how could that be? >> sean: because they were setting him up. >> because they were maybe setting him up. >> sean: thank you, senator. when we come back, we are more breaking news tonight. what congresswoman ocasio-cortez did this time. outrageous. newt gingrich will talk about the new ra...

2016. before the special counsel. this disregard for facts, im just going to spin this -- forgive me for reading this the way its written. this has continued the witness tampering is what she was just talking about. she has not issued her sentence yet. she goes on to say the defendant began reaching out to witnesses to remind them that all the work was being done in europe and he acknowledged it but isnt being straight with me about it now. he pled guilty to the crime of conspiracy to violate th...

Interviews. he also agreed to testify for the government in court and even to participate in undercover activities. a major victory for the mueller team. >> huge. and i would capitalize h-u-g-e and add four exclamation points. >> of interest to prosecutors manaforts tucrump tower meetin in 2016. >> before, during and after, those events could all lead to a conspiracy with the russians to affect our democratic process. thats against the law. >> muellers team may also ask about manaforts attempts ...

Hours delay that pushed everything back. cnn correspondent athena jones tells us what to look forward as this case moves forward. ro >> reporter: this after a week of damaging revelations. many of them coming from rick gates. the governments star weakness from the trial. manafort ple gates is cooperating with the government as hes trying to convict his former boss on 18 counts. this is the first of two trials his former campaign chairman faces in virginia and washington, d.c. the virginia case p...