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Is because they had a warrant to do so that was granted by a federal judge that went up and down an approval process at the doj.you may think its thin or unfair, but they would not be doing that without the proper legal authority. as for nbc, im glad they corrected it relatively quickly. but when you are dealing with a white house that screams fake news and then you prove yourself to get something very big and explosive wrong without checking the facts, double-checking the facts, getting backup ...

Confirmation hearing, also have to defend himself against all of these accusations, provided that he doesnt withdraw his nomination first, shannon. >> shannon: that is the question. more on that coming up. thank you very much. the pressure is on for the senate to confirm one of president trumps long stalled nominees. tonight minority leader mitch mcconnell is moving to put an end to the debate in the senate on richard grenell, trumps pick for ambassador to germany. that comes just days ahead of ...

Obstructionists are, quote, maxing out time on the approval process despite the next big diplomatic meeting this week with angela merkel. the pres. signaling he is open to a new bigger deal on iran while urging veterans affairs nominee to fight on. mercedes slap joins us now. lets start with iran. french president macroin encouraging the pres. and other european allies to stay engaged in the process and if any part of the dealer tweaked we can walk away, the deal collapses and that means we can ...

This just in from the president of the united states. he writes hard to believe obstructests may vote against mike pompeo for secretary of state. they are maxing out the time on approval process for all. never happened before. need more republicans he says. what is in the presidents head this morning as he writes this is a vote later today that could make history. as it stands right now cia director mike pompeo is likely to become first ever secretary of state nominee to be rejected by foreign r...

Time honored approval process. need more republicans. just a quick side note, the nom know was approved by the committee in october. the republicans in control of the senate could bring that up for a vote anytime now. i digress. here with me now, cnn political commentator, former communications director for the republican national committee doug high and former press secretary for the bill clinton white house, joe lockhart. great to see both of you. doug, lets get to it. pompeo making history ...

Committee will vote to consider mike pompeos nomination. all the democrats on that committee, plus kentucky republican senator rand paul say they plan on voting against mike pompeo in that committee. president trump leaned on paul publicly last week. pompeo and paul had a meeting. it appears that that changed nothing. the president tweeted that obstructionists may vote against mike pompeo for secretary of state. the dems are maxing out the time on approval process. never happened before, need mo...

Mike pompeo. the dems wont approve hundreds of good people, including ambassador to germany. theyre maxing out the time on approval process. never happened before. need more republicans. do you believe that this will come back to haunt the democrats? will people remember that theyre all about resist and not getting things done? >> i havent been around politics all that long. its been seven years sinces been in public life now. i know this. sometimes partisanship can serve one well in a primary. ...

Point. army service. mag in a consume loaude at harvard and serving at the cia director recently. the president set in a tweet. he said, hard to believe obstructionists may vote against mike pompeo for secretary. the demless not approve hundreds of good people including the ambassador to germany. maxing out the time on approval process for all. never happened before. need more republicans. already indications that the president may be in pretty good shape at least at the full senate chamber is t...

Welker who is holding it down at the white house. in a big week, starting off with a little bit of a bump for the presidents pick to be secretary of state, which is the president is clearly focussed on, talking about this morning on twitter. >> reporter: right. the question is will he get voted out of committee, and if he does, will he become the first nominee in history to get voted out unfavorably? well have to see if that happens. the white house signaling they do have confidence that he will...

This is about the rule of law and protect the rule of law here in america. >> and lets talk about the specifics of the fbi raid against michael cohen in new york. based on what youve seen, what sort of legal trouble is cohen facing right now and how do that affect the president himself? >> well clearly theyre concerned about the cash payments that he made and whether that was appropriate or not. the manner in which it was not reported an the manner in which the investigation has been affected by...