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>> a word you would never hear from the presidents own mouth. >> but on the very day he says russia let back in. >> everybody else in the administtion, dan coats included, have basically said i believe what is in the intelligence community assessment of what happened in the 2016 elections to the letter. president trump feels like that is too much of a personal attack on the legitimacy of his presidency, hes never been in him on this front. and it seems like many of the decisions that he is makin...

Decades across political administrations to protect civil rights. >> now you know a lot of the players from the career people, rod rosenstein, certainly, and james comey. what do you expect on thursday at this extraordinary hearing? >> well, you know, i think that on thursday, the american public is going to have a chance to really assess whether the administtion is deaning the rule of law. it has always been vital important in our system of government that the law enforcement function remain ap...

Youre playing risk, dont ever think youll be able to think over europe. it takes a while. president trump is giving less than a ringing endorsement of his chief strategist steve bannon. >> as rumors continue to swirl of rising tensions between senior aides a a possible shakeup at the highest levels of the administtion, trump told the "new york post" last night, quote, i like steve, but you have to remember -- >> i like steve, but. i like steve, but. >> which is sort of like in the south, bless...

Other day with a smile said i dont like to focus on what he tweets or says. i focus on what theyre doing. >> part of this is in past administrations you sort of fight for facetime inside the oval office. you want to be there to take to the president, to influence him that way. with trump, so much of the influence comes through tv. and so kellyanne conway is fight with others to get on tv as another way to influence the president because hes watching. so theres that element, too, that people are ...

Guantanamo bay is a mess and why we should close the thing. the president has campaigned to close guantanamo bay. do you think were one step closer to having that become a reality? >> well, hes starting to empty it out. i dont think this is quite the right way to do it. the problem for the president honestly is that he came into office saying were going to close guantanamo, its going to be gone by the time my administtion leaves. and now were about two-plus years away from that point in time and...

And they need to have the truth from this administtion. >> bill: now, do you think your colleague jim mcdermott the colleague from washington state wants the truth. do you really think he wants to know what happened there. >> his version of the truth may be different than what the american peoples version of the truth might be. >> bill: running interference for the irs today. he was defending the irs. and the most vocal defender on the ways and means committee in the face of all this testimony. ...

look at the arsenal that holmes he massed. >> he was a very tense weekend in the middle east with the u.s. stepping up its presence around syria providing more help to the rebels. how far will our government go? well have a live report from the middle east. >> but first, of course, our top story here. the man accused of one of the worst shooting massacres in u.s. history will make his first court appearance in a few hours. police say it could take months before we know why he carried o...

>> repeal it today. >> republicans today platform dived right into the six inches of water in which their base now slowly drys. >> but fighting last years fight may not help the republicans. >> the republican support for repeal is dropping. >> a new nbc news "wall street journal" poll showing 35% strongly favor a repeal, while 34% strongly oppose it. >> 39% felt health care was a good idea. 39% thought it was not a good idea. >> members from both sides feel they have the high ground. >> in other...

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