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Committee. its easier to do these things behind closed doors in a bipartisan manner than it is out in the open. they have to get that back on track. >> do you think its possible that some members of the fbi have formed a secret skull and bones-esque society? >> well, look, i guess anything is possible, but i cant imagine theres some grand conspiracy here. call me skeptical, all right? >> do you think some of your republican colleagues are following the presidents lead? the president is the perso...

Campaign? >> yes. and it gives me the view that mueller now has access everything flynn knows and participated in from the campaign from the period between the campaign and when they went in the house and transition and from the white house, one fact that didnt occur to me until earlier. fln is four days, tuesday and wednesday of that first week, flynn, flid friday night of that week the president has jim comey the head of the fbi over for an extremely unusual one-on-one dinner. doesnt that sugg...

Korea or somebody who takes him on politically and what does it mean strategically, hell cut deals with the democrats and further isolate the republican party. but it is hard to see if hes really thinking several moves ahead if he keep alienating people that could get things done and he told voters, are you ready to win again. he is not achieving by taking on players kneeling in the nfl. that is a cultural war. it could keep his base together but he is not achieving anything in washington. >> it...

About the fbi investigating hillary clintons e-mails, talking about what a great man shiems romy was purchases that if anyone pled it mef vietnam been beenonnational security, general fln said the the pmt sarah huckabee sanders tweeted about it and said things that would come pack pan we have this investigation. but hes talking about 2016, things that have already happened. and he goes to talk to boy scouts and instead of talking about duty, honor, think beery, barely won in november and lost

Undermine this investigation, he wants it shut down, that he wants him fired, he wants his people pardoned if need bchl this is extraordinary, this is the way a dictator in the banana republic talk about the judicial system in the caribbean islands. this is something weve never undergone before having a president talking on the record like this. and thats what were dealing with here. we dont foe what the cover-up goes to. >> six months and one day. >> six months and one day. but how is the that ...

Idea. why would they lie about that? and why would the president himself and the white house spokesman this week repeatedly insist that actually, no, no, no, they didnt vet mike flynn at all. >> why would you rerun a background check on someone who is the head of the department of defense intelligence agency that had and did maintain a high level security clearance? >> why would we do that? their line on this is that they didnt do a background check on fln. nbc news reports tonight that they did...

Because barack obama showed up with much lower tax rates than we had before george w. bush was there so less tax revenue but we had a financial crisis. >> we did. >> its being driven by entitlements and everybody knows it if they understand the debt. its all entitlements. >> gene, isnt president trump scrambling these arguments and these traditional lines in washington with proposals to spend money on the wall and proposals for a big infrastructure spending bill and not addressing the revenue si...

If you look up gallup, trust in the media is at an all-time low. its counterproductive for people in the media to drive, sensationalize headlines are buzzfeed and cnn running information about the unsubstantiated dossier because it feeds the distrust in the media and then when the media actually tries to hold donald trump accountable on things that maybe he should be held accountable on, nobody is going to believe it. its counterproductive for them to continue this mass hysteria. >> juan, you kn...

>> hmm. uh-huh. if youre heading out to one of these celebrations, is there anything different that you need to do this year in light of terror attacks over the past year than you would do any year in staying safe? >> well, absolutely. the public has a big role in public safety. and first of all, help the process. dont hinder the process. dont show up with backpacks or things that could conceal weapons. dont make jokes or comments about, oh, possible terrorist attacks. theyll be uniformed office...

Experience that understand the real threat we have with isis and arent afraid to stand up and do everything that needs to be done to fight it. look, we have fln, actuynn actu pushed out of the obama administration for calling isis what it is. these general have real-world experiences and understand the dangers faced abroad and that is valuable experience in that position and clearly donald trump recognizes and values what they bring to the table. >> i should sap the obama administration argues i...