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Donald trump actually ran for president to do? >> i dont know that i would characterize speaker ryans passions that way. ive always viewed him as somebody that did enjoy the details of budgeting. i honestly was shocked with the way that the ahca came out, because theres been conservative think tanks that have been putting forward the kind of wonky numbers oriented research that speaker ryan has shown an affinity for. we have an issue where we have more people who are technically insured, but tha...

About the presidents supposed affinity for putin and all things russian? >> well, i think the investigation certainly is something that is continuing to capture headlines. well see if there is any there there. but what i think is useful to understand is that at least from the russian perspective, whatever transpired, the new administration cant be counted on to simply roll over for the kremlin. and you are seeing this in the way the russian media has become increasingly critical of president tru...

House republicans or paul ryan loses? is this something that will be hung around paul ryans neck or donald trumps neck? >> i think the white house will hang this around paul ryans neck, period. the fact they daisht white house from the very beginning has distanced the president from having that close affinity. dont ca it trumpcare nott l. they like to call it ryancare. paul ryan is on the hook. congressman donovan made a very clear case for why this bill is in the trouble its in. it has very lit...

President trumps affinity towards russia. the fact that is were hearing this from a republican lawmaker, a key republican lawmaker, that is key in itself. >> it is surprising. its actually encouraging that somebody on the hill is taking a little distance, not being simply a shield for the white house at this point. by and large the republicans are giving the white house an awful lot of cover. but the senator is not. nor is lindsey graham. so its kind of nice and refreshing. weve also seen a litt...

Particularly republicans. john mccain was -- my colleague manu raju caught up with him. he has concerns about paul manafort. >> i have serious questions about some of the people around the presidential campaign. there were people with close ties to the russians. and -- including an individual paid large sums of money by john cove itch, the russian stooge. president of the campaign. >> paul manafort. >> and his relations. >> you know that john mccain has been long critical of president trumps aff...

Some of the stuff didnt seem to him to have intelligence value, yet it was circulating around. id like to know more about that. >> you worked at the cia, i thought it was interest, he made it clear he did not get it to the heads of the agencies and now wants to know why he didnt get information from the heads of the agencies. what do you think happened here? >> he made a suggestion that somebody kind of slipped it to him under the table. basically -- >> whistle blower -- but it was illusi illusi...

And thinking until maybe yesterday, okay, they say all this stuff, but nato is nato and they will stick through it. but now the secretary of state is skipping a nato meeting to go to russia? >> do you know what they call that in crime novels? returning to the scene of the crime. >> i think it is freaking out europe. >> i dont know if you saw it, i basically said there is something strange about this party, this trump crowd with all their connects starting with manafort and stone and a whole bunc...

In them ive never had a single campaign operative who had any connection whatsoever with russia. >> thank you. >> of course with the presidents campaign, there are a bizarre number of connections and -- >> its a long way away to be doing regular business. well see. i think trump has a weird affinity for the east. thank you, jim himes from connecticut. we have much more ahead throughout this hour. big breaking story coming up. the fbi confirming an investigation of the collusion between trump ass...

President obama. recall her relationship with president george w. bush. we all remember that back rub that didnt go over that well, but they did have an affinity. what we saw there was merkel trying to smile through trumps attempts at jokes, but joking about surveillance in ber lynn with merkels phone, that was no laughing matter. when that happened, the germans expelled what is reported in wikileaks. the germans expelled the cia station chief from ber lynn. he was declared a persona non grata, ...

Show his birth certificate. and can i be honest with you? i hope he can because if he cant, if he cant, and if he wasnt born in this country, which is a real possibility. im not saying it happened. im saying it is a real possibility, much greater than i thought two or three weeks ago, then he has pulled one of the great cons in the history of politics. >> a conspiracy theory. it was discredited by president obama, but mr. trump continued his unfounded investigation for years. since taking office...