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You said that then, and then you got into office, why hasnt that happened under the trump administration. >> it was during the obama administration under eric holder. all the criminal referrals, and the justice department didnt do anything with it. white collar criminal lawyer. i think it is outrageous. i think -- >> you think the lack of action from the trump department was outrageous? >> hang on. i am very upset about obama and all those years when nothing is done. >> but i am asking you about...

>> i think you have to go before our time to find that. obviously african-americans had a lot more influence in some administrations than others but this is exceptional. i want to say, by the way, the line "living rent free in trumps mind" is a keeper, im going to remember that. i love that. >> im going to use that karine. ill give you credit the first time but you know preachers, after that -- >> totally understand, reverend. totally understand. >> there is something odd when i was listening to...

I dont mean do go like -- >> no, it isnt truth. truth isnt truth. the president of the united states says i didnt -- >> truth isnt truth, mr. mayor, do you realize -- this is going to bad meme. >> dont do this to me. >> dont do truth isnt truth to me. >> joining me on set, chief correspondent for the washington post, dan balls. ken dilanian, former special assistant to the president and former press secretary for vice-president pence mike lauder. and white house reporter for the washington post ...

Election to not print wild allegations against donald trump or against hillary clinton. he was not spreading the dossier. thats a false narrative. >> i want to follow up on that. 75 former top intelligence officials who sign these letters, they served under democratic and republican administrations. do they strike you as particularly partisan, people with agendas? >> they dont. there were problems, i think, pre-watergate, with things the cia did and some things the fbi, but there were massive re...

Cia and nsa under republican administrations has been critical of the president. the only possible reason he is on that list is because the president doesnt like the criticism he received from mike hayden. you have other people on the list that are in the presidents mind somehow involved in the russia investigation like bruce ohr. that is i think the motivation here. both to go after critics and as a foreshadowing, i think to the folks on the mueller team that they also may have their security c...

The people. >> stick with us, dont believe the crap you see from these people, the fake news. >> how have you recalibrated to deal with this volatile president? >> he has not changed the fundamentals. its important to make that clear. he has not changed the fact that we are independent and that our job is to ask hard questions of not only him but his most powerful opponents. that hasnt changed. in my newsroom and i suspect the same in martys, we have discussions we didnt have before. we have dis...

Menstruation, as he did with megyn kelly. these things are worse. they can be ranked. and its clear he has a hierarchy. men are on top and people of color are on the bottom. >> his comments set him apart from other tributes. these comments he made. president obama called franklin "a glimpse of the divine." bill and hillary clinton wrote "she was elegant, graceful and utterly uncompromising in her artistry." why couldnt he join other americans in praising the singer that way, in praising aretha f...

Critics. you can see from that list of people that theyre looking at to row reevoke their clearancese hayden. mike hayden, former director of the cia, former director of the nsa under republican administrations has been critical of the president. the only possible reason that mike hayden is on that list is because the president done like the criticism that he received from mike hayden. and then you have other people on the list that are in the presidents mind somehow involved in the russia inves...

Officials served under republican and democrat administrations. is the president stepping into a minefield here? >> thanks for having me, natalie. i think its really important to separate two issues here. the first is whether or not we can talk about a very important topic, which is whether or not in certain circumstances security clearance should be revoked and is appropriate to be revoked. i see circumstances in which it is. few look at the 13 guidelines of which you can revoke somebodys secur...

>> that is on top of the former 15 directors, and director of national intelligence, serving under both republican and democratic administrations back to the 1980s they say the presidents actions are politically motivated. >> and this from the washington post reporting the white house has already drafted documents revoking clearances for more people mr. trump feels should be punished for criticizing him or for playing a roam in the russia investigation and is planning to roll them out to distrac...