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Help donald trump. yet they kept denying this was happening, and by doing that, whether there was collusion or not, they were aiding or abetting the russian attack on the election, by providing cover for them. whether thats a crime, paul and others can talk to that. but it is, its basically protecting an act of warfare, and thats betrayal. >> i want to go back -- i think youre right. lets go back to joe on that from the watergate days. nixon, when he had halderman call over to the cia and say, g...

>> hi. hi director comey, my question is can you give a clear example of what would constitute collusion between a presidential candidate and a foreign government and specifically what law would that violate? >> thats a good question. i cant give a specific example because collusion is actually fot not a thing that exists under the federal laws of the united states. i have never heard the term until it appeared in the media. the question we would look at as a counterintelligence agency are any a...

The question we would look at as a counterintelligence agency is, are any americans conspiring with a foreign government. to commit any offenses against the united states, or defraud the united states. or is any american aiding or abetting, assisting their activities with knowledge. i cant give you an example, it would be irresponsible to give you an example that is close to the current case. >> president trump tweeted about your memos. they show clearly there was no collusion and no obstruction...

Theyre doing the same thing as we speak. so im a bipartisan advocate of anybody that wants to combat that effort and investigate people that may be helping and aiding in their efforts to disrespect our government. in terms of the president, saying theres nobody tougher on russian than him, this is something that dances in these grandiose pats on the back that he does. if we look at the facts, all evidence points to -- theres nobody that disagrees, theres plenty of national intelligence agencies ...

Who was working with the trump campaign. comey says, correct. >> what was your concern there? >> and comey says similarly he is trying to figure out is he coordinating with the russians part of the record to influence or election? we hear the word collusion that is not a word that is familiar to me from my work. and comey says the question is, is anybody conspiring or aiding and abetting helping the russians accomplish their goal of interfering in the american election. thats what the counter wa...

Stephanopoulos said, you also had your eye on carter page. he had also been working with the trump campaign. comey says, correct, stephanopoulos says, what was your concern there? then comey, says, was he in any way coordinating with the russians as an effort to influence our elections? we hear the word collusion all the time. collusion is not a word that is familiar to me from my work. comey continues and says, if is anybody conspiring, helping the russians accomplish their goal of interviewing...

Australian ambassador in london that he hears that the russians have this damaging dirt on hillary clinton, he said and he makes a point that was before it became public that russia had stolen that information and for him it raises the question for james comey as to whether that foreknowledge could lead to the possibility that someone in the trump world was aiding or abetting or had some forewarning this material was coming. >> yeah, he had launched that investigation in july of 2016 even though...

Meat and lies constantly about matters big and small and insist the american people believe it. that person is not fit to be president of the united states on moral grounds. >> reporter: however, comey made clear he believes that only the ballot box, not an impeachment proceeding, should decide the presidents fate. >> impeaching and removing him from office would let the american people off the hook and have something happen indirectly that i believe theyre duty bound to do directly. people in t...

Thank you. and good night. thank you. >> and that right there was our president addressing the nation earlier tonight. joining us now from our washington bureau is lester munson, he is the former staff director of the foreign relations committee. and you have been with us all night. we appreciate you, sir, for that. >> thanks, jackie. >> what do you make of the presidents comments there? was he strong enough? is he saying america is back again and dont mess with people because well come after yo...

Question looming above us which is whether we have eliminated assads ability to continue to attack the defenseless people of syria with chemical weapons. >> okay. >> i think that happens because we have not been engaged in a long-term strategic discussion with congress to really cripple his ability to do that. for example, the civilian protection act goes right at that. it goes after the money. who are the people who are doing business with syria? who is aiding and abetting assad to do this? we ...