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About abuses -- warned us about abuses. now the alleged actions drawing the attention of a key republican senator. will carr is in our west coast newsroom with the details. will, how bad is that supposed retaliation? >> reporter: well, eric, some of the whistleblowers weve spoken with say its pretty bad. they say their v.a.s have tried to fire them, others are put in what they call solitary confinement within their hospitals. that includes dr. dale kline who may be the highest paid government em...

Very, very quickly. thank you very much. thank you. >> president, are you trying to tell the justice department to grant immunity to michael flynn? were you trying to do that, mr. president? was that your intention, mr. president? was that your intention, sir? >> as you just heard, white house reporters asking mr. trump questions about his former national security adviser, michael flynn. the president ignored them and moved to another room where he signed the orders aimed at targeting foreign tr...

Could -- unmasking, and could those people be potentially leaking information to the press. eric: and heres what "the washington post" says about that. theyre saying, quote: nuñes reviewed the material during a surreptitious to the white house grounds next week, he then returned the next day so that he could brief trump on what nuñes depicted as potential abuses by u.s. spy agencies brought to his attention by an unnamed source. although nuñes at one point said his source was not a member of ...

Secretary wilbur ross who is joining us here today. wilbur is an outstanding success story, an unbelievable businessman, a great but very, very fair negotiator, and on wall street hes simply known as wilbur, and everybody knows him. and now we have him on our side. so i thank you, wilbur. its really -- youre going to do a fantastic job. were going to investigate all trade abuses and based on those findings we will take necessary and lawful action to end those many abuses. im not beholden to any ...

Not guilty. but former gymnasts like dominique moceanu, who was not sexually abused herself, described a culture of intimidation and humiliation. >> everybody around us knew that abuses were going on but they chose not to act because it became part of the cultural norm. >> reporter: usa gymnastics did not send a witness instead this statement. "we are dealing with a serious problem, and we recommit ourselves to promoting a safe environment for our athletes." usa gymnastics and the former gymnast...

>> we get animals in that are literally skin and bones. we nurse them back to health. we resocialize them. we get them used to being around people. and once their court case is cleared, and we take actual ownership of the animal, we adopt them out to a good home. >> good boy. >> the animals are cared for by inmate workers who have no history of animal abuse. male inmates take care of the horses and other farm animals. >> we get accused of standing around scratching our ass all day here at m.a.s....

This is exactly the kind of justice we want wholl be there and be a bulwark against any abuses by the executive branch. >> well, thats right. and and more broadly, judge gorsuch exactly the type of nominee that democrats should want from a republican president. and they should be praising donald trump for this pick, not attacking him for it. paul: all right. thanks, ed whalen, appreciate your coming in.nt >> thank you. paul: still ahead, north koreas nuclear threat looms as secretary of state re...

Who is skeptical of executive branch discretion when it comes to interpreting statutes. i think democrats should look at that and say, this is great, this is exactly the kind of justice that we want. who will be there and be against any abuses by the executive branch. >> thats right. and more broadly, judge gorsuch is exactly the type of nominee that democrats would want from a republican president. and they should be praising donald trump for this peck. not attacking him for it. >> paul: okay t...

The various elements of national power. not only diplomacy but military. you have to continue to try to bring people to the table. theres been a lot of changes in north korea. not just with the policies but the leadership over the last 20 years or so. over 20 years since that statement was made. you have to continually watch what was occurring and at times we took our eye off the ball because of other things going on in the world. >> also seems to be an instruction in the futility here. there wa...

If we say our government is the enemy, would have real enemies across the world, thats the height of absurdity. the >> shannon: do you thats part of this leak come of this dump by wikileaks? to undermine americans confidence their government. is that part of the whole plan is that psychological impact? >> it may be. the fact is, our enemy is terrorism, our enemy is certainly overseas countries and its important that we be able to monitor. i can assure you, theyre doing everything they can to get...