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Capitol hill about the deficit and debt. here is candidate trump talking about that. >> we owe $18 trillion. were going to 21 trillion and ultimately 24. thats the magic word. 24 trillion is the magic number. thats like the point of no return. we are there quickly. we are going to end up being another greece and maybe another detroit. thats where our countrys going. >> bret: if you look at the national debt clock, it stands at 20.6 trillion. there are republicans and democrats who have found the...

>> neil: a little chilly. >> january in washington. >> neil: i didnt know this was coming. let me ask you about administrations rightly take, you know, crow about the numbers when theyre going their way and point the finger when theyre not. what do you make of that? to this last year in particular, president trump says thats on me. thats on cutting regulations, thats on anticipation for tax cuts. me, i did that. >> i think that every president has to build on the foundation of what he inherited....

Against me for shutting down the fbi and turning it into donald trumps disinformation shop. >> we see eric holder also tweeting praise for andrew mccabe. certainly in the republican house and possibly the senate, definitely the white house, eric holder saying fbi deputy director andrew mccabe is and has been a dedicated servant. they believe that proves their case. >> right the idea we were talking about before how polarized this investigation has become doesnt help much to have someone like jam...

>> we see eric holder also tweeting praise for andrew mccabe. certainly in the republican house and possibly the senate, definitely the white house, eric holder saying fbi deputy director andrew mccabe is and has been a dedicated servant. they believe that proves their case. >> right the idea we were talking about before how polarized this investigation has become doesnt help much to have someone like james comey or eric holder standing up for andrew mccabe but lets remember hes someone who serv...

Agencies vulnerable to political influence. if you were to look in turkey at erdogan and his blueprint for establishing a turkish autocracy, it begins with the attacks on the fake news and the press. and then the relieving of senior military officers. and then the relieving and questioning of judges and prosecutors. >> right. >> the weakening of institutions. thats whats going on. these are the banana republicans. >> matt, the "washington post" has matched some of what you were reporting yesterd...

Kenneth starr, a former federal appeals-court judge and solicitor general in the reagan and bush administrations. >> it clearly set back the whitewater investigation. fiske was ramping up for indictments. >> we were really on the verge of bringing some major cases. and there was criticism, you know, i hadnt been doing enough. >> there was some discontent, on the part of republicans in particular, about some aspects of the investigation not being fully explored. >> and i thought, "ive only been h...

Kenneth starr, a former federal appeals-court judge and solicitor general in the reagan and bush administrations. >> it clearly set back the whitewater investigation. fiske was ramping up for indictments. >> we were really on the verge of bringing some major cases. and there was criticism, you know, i hadnt been doing enough. >> there was some discontent, on the part of republicans in particular, about some aspects of the investigation not being fully explored. >> and i thought, "ive only been h...

Theres no law, theres no rule about it, but there has been a norm in republican as well as democratic administrations, certainly since watergate, that presidents of the united states do not pressure the justice department. here you have a president not only pressuring the justice department with these constant barrage of criticism of jeff sessions, i wish i hadnt picked him f i known he was going to recuse himself, i wouldnt have, even though his recusal was absolutely required under all legal p...

Members of the house foreign affairs committee and committee on oversight and government reform sent a letter to the state departments inspector general citing cnns report on the issue. now several officials tell cnn they have retained attorneys after repeatedly trying unsuccessfully to raise concerns about being assigned to freedom of information act requests. the congressman letter cites quote credibility allegations that the state department has required high level career civil servants with ...

Suffers. cnn has learned the speech will balance the accomplishments of last year, namely economic growth and tax reform with his hopes of forging an immigration and infrastructure deal later this year. but in an unusual move for a president trying to sell his agenda, he will not be taking his state of the union message on the road this week. for that part of the story, lets bring in cnns boris sanchez at the white house. and boris, we are hearing there is actually some frustration inside the we...