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And thats the practice of selling access to this white house and this president. can you pull that thread through for us? >> yeah, absolutely, nicolle. one of the things that you just alluded to, that these payments came even as rick gates was emerging as a key figure in muellers investigation and investigation of congressional committees looking into connections between trump and russia, it is notable. because in past administrations, as you know, when there was someone who was ahanger-on, or e...

But what about the president? according to open secrets, nearly 60 million bucks have been paid to trump properties since 2016. nearly all of it coming from trumps own campaign and the rnc. you can draw your own conclusions about whether hes profiting from his public service. so what is trump really upset about? im going to guess this. >> president trump made president trump look unstable, erratic and thin skinned. >> i dont think hes medically unfit to be president. i think hes morally unfit to...

Sustainable organization we can be. any time you help a customer, its a really good feeling. its especially so when its a customer thats doing such good and important work for the environment. together, were building a better california. the white house is barreling ahead with its threats to revoke the security clearance of high ranking intelligence officials who criticize president trump that russia interfered in the 2016 election but access to these security clearances could serve to benefit...

Talking about this, not just elected officials. its front line prosecutors. its fbi. it is people that are really looking at the numbers from both previous administrations under democrat and republican presidents. >> talking about the senate pushing back or senators pushing back, senator lindsey graham and bob menendez have an increased sanction bill that would ramp up sanctions on russia. it would also require senate approval to withdraw from nato. and it bolsters cyber defenses. if this passes...

Outside, and what does it mean for those inside that might agree with the president on the insooide of the administrations and want to get the disagreement to him to effect better policy? >> well, first of all, it has a chilling effect. if i could step back, what rand paul infuriates me, because basically by definition, if they have a security clearance the u.s. government has a said that they are trustworthy, and yes, of course, they are people that we turn up the spieses once in a while, and p...

And remember, this did not begin -- the russia investigation probe did not begin, according to intelligence communities, with the dossier. it began with information about george papadopoulos, who in his own right, was talking and being imper tuned by people from russia about getting information from a candidate. so its about the chicken and the egg game. and by cherry picking where you wanted it to start, it fuels your narrative. but the accurate information is when it started with george papado...

People public servants, theyre citizens. remember that. they have the right to free speech, like everybody else. >> its also interesting, jackie kucinich, that a lot of times a current director of national intelligence, a current cia director, current national security adviser, will want to bring in predecessors to get a sense of, for example, how a foreign intelligence operative was working in terms of some background information. if you remove security clearances from a james clapper, for exam...

>> you served in both -- under democratic and republican administrations. democratic presidents, republican administrations. you worked your way up to become a four-star general. i think you spent 35 or 40 years in the u.s. military. would you have ever considered advising a president to revoke the security clearances of former intelligence officials for simply being critical of the current -- then current administration? >> absolutely not. and i think the arch recent example is mike flynn, his ...

To express their unpolitical opinions once they leave office? >> well, i think it does. its a very sad and disturbing thing for the first amendment. >> and one quick question. tell us, general clapper, how many years did you serve in the active u.s. military and how personally irritated are you right now that someone with your background in the military, 30, 40 years, whatever it was, is being treated like this? >> well, obviously, i think its pretty shabby. and im not -- just not me. i served 3...

They were wrong. almost a million workers discouraged by the policies of the previous administration and frankly other administrations have now returned to the work force. new unemployment claims are at the lowest level in almost half a tcentury. think of that. thats a big one. [applause] . unemployment rates for americans, for african americans, hispanics and asians, americans, all of us, lowest ever. these are the lowest levels for african americans, hispanics and asians ever recorded. think o...