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Long time. you can go back through administrations. they will say this is what the u.s. does. you know its there. why cant you stop it? >> it is is, as the attorney general said, difficult and complex. were the russians directly hacking into state voter files? we need to know that. what was their degree of manipulation on social media? thats only now coming out. so, again, there was a lot going on. its now becoming public. and we have no confidence that its been stopped. >> fair criticism that p...

U.s. uranium. >> he went to jail because of kickbacks and corruption. no doubt about it that this guy was doing some bad stuff with russia influence on -- weve seen russia influence on elections and on the administrations theyre trying to influence people and get contracts and interfere with elections. >> jon: when the president says that the media ought to be following the story more closely than they are, obviously your outlet has done some digging. it seems like a huge story that ought to be ...

Joinings now is a former cia analyst, worked on both the bush and obama administrations and is now running for congress as a sdem democrat in michigan. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> i wonder if you can weigh in on the biggest story of the week. the tragic deaths of four service members in niger and add to what kind of mission they may have been involved in there, what kinds of missions the military is involved in in places like that? >> obviously, it was a tragic story. i ag...

And the constituency that they were dealing with, the people of the united states, we are surrounded with two worse, world war ii and korea, both wars, so millions and millions of americans few the cost of war. today, very few people know the cost of war and there has been an inability or an unwillingness just in this administration and the past administrations to explain what were involved with here. were involved in a global war on terror that dependant on september 11th 2001. it has continued...

Conversation, 20 to 30 minutes with, came across as being incredibly sympathetic to the circumstances. youre right in that were delving into this more deeply than perhaps we have in past administrations. i want to make an important point. i thought we reached the low point of this on monday when he incorrectly said that other former presidents had not reached out to the families of fallen soldiers. we have sunk so much further into the mire. where were now in a position of literally checking whe...

Simple statement of con do lens that didnt even go into exactly what happened, and potentially didnt address the fate of the fourth soldier, couldnt have been issued within 24 hours. certainly in other instances in past administrations where there were questions surrounding a military raid, or operation. at the least, the white house or the state department or both would at least say something about regretting the loss of life, hearts go out of the families and that sort of thing. we dont know w...

Department. >> can you stay on that? because youre the ceo of the leadership conference on civil and human rights and just yesterday you sent a letter to the committee expressing your concerns about the recent actions of the doj. what are your biggest concerns? >> oh, you know, in the last ten months of this administration, this is one of the most anti-civil rights administrations there has been. and jeff sessions has been one of the key generals in rolling back civil rights. from voting rights ...

Attorney general jeff sessions questioned today on a number of subjects with democrats pressing him on the firing of fbi director james comey and the investigation into russian interference in last falls election. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge reports. >> republicans and democrats pressed attorney general jeff sessions on president trumps decision to terminate fbi director james comey. >> the american people have a right to know why he was fired, especially in the middle of...

The concept that the laws apply equally to everyone. and no one is above the law and, likewise, that the law is not used as a sword to go after your political enemies either. and historically, through both democratic and republican administrations, thats been -- there was a wall between the white house and the justice department. when it comes to criminal investigations and prosecutions. i understand a lot of folks might say the justice department is part of the executive branch so whats wrong w...

Syria, thats gone. and that is an enormous moment here. its not really donald trumps. much of the work was put in place by barack obama and many of the diplomatic offices that served through both the administrations. maybe the rules of how they fought have changed under donald trump, but a broader moment for the west and the united states to perhaps look at how the concerted efforts have taken isis out as a territorial force in the middle east. a bit of a messy future to come still, brianna. >> ...