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Among trumps base this is very effective, this messaging strategy, saying things that in some cases arent true, but feel right and feel good. as we cover various falsehoods and distortions in interviews like this, weve got to recognize the effectiveness. >> he pressed the president on many things including the claims that donald trump repeated about ted cruzs father, trying to link ted cruz to lee harvey oswald. the president said that was in the newspaper, i didnt say that. i was referring to t...

If they had the capability. and the sense is thats the truth from everyone in the private sector. we have boris johnson visiting washington for a meeting later this week. hes going to meet trump officials. a lot of pressure on him to clarify what happened here and make it clear that these allegations against british intelligence really arent true. they want to hear something clear from the trump administration, actually. >> indeed, our max foster watching that story very closely from london, whe...

You said russian active measures to create confusion or spread things that arent true. if we allow these sorts of behaviors to remain and become entrenched in our political process it could have enormous impact on the legislative process. thats what im worried about we complain about super pacs and how they over time through punishing legislators who dont vote the way a corporation or wealthy people like that legislators start to fall in line and they make a decision on how to vote with the idea...

Noise. this was an international attack by a foreign power to try to change our politics. >> thats right and to be honest with you i though this day its not being taken as seriously as i think it should in some circumstances and i dont know that the urgency is there to root it out because its not just the fact that they steal information and selectively leak it out, theres also a network in place through social media to disseminate disinformation as you said russian active measures to create con...

To create confusion or spread things that arent true. if we allow these sorts of behaviors to remain and become entrenched in our political process it could have enormous impact on the legislative process. thats what im worried about we complain about super pacs and how they overtime through punishing legislators who dont vote the way a corporation or wealthy people like that legislators start to fall in line and they make a decision on how to vote with the idea that punishment could come and im...

Disseminate disinformation as you said russian active measures to create confusion or spread things that arent true. if we allow these sorts of behaviors to remain and become entrenched in our political process it could have enormous impact on the legislative process. thats what im worried about we complain about super pacs and how they overtime through punishing legislators who dont vote the way a corporation or wealthy people like that legislators start to fall in line and they make a decision...

Theyre supposed to be performing -- i have to say this as i did on the senate floor yesterday, the clean air act amendments were very successful. all these things have worked, our air is cleaner, pollution is down in spite of the fact we drive twice as many miles. yeah, its the nature, poppy, of a bureaucracy. if you cut their budget, then theyre going to try to take the things that are popular back home and cut those. i wouldnt be concerned about that except now we have a different director of ...

Melber. this is significant the top two members of the senate intelligence committee would make such a strongly worded statement. we read it a few minutes ago. what do we anticipate the white house is -- legally speaking, what are they dealing with right now? >> legally, they are dealing with something that is not just politicians. were accustomed to having members of congress and president disagree about all kinds of things. this is different asour questions have emphasized because these are tw...

Take action, demanding this evidence saying he cant take another corner like this that the president might jam republicans into. each time the president says things that arent true, makes it harder for lawmakers on capitol hill. shep, you know if youve cover capitol hill, theres no escaping reporters. you leave the elevator, a committee room, anywhere, youre confronted by what the president of your party said. so what youre seeing from these bipartisan efforts, senator graham with senator sheldo...

The front pages of the state tax returns we had that were sent to the "new york times" and the "new york daily news" last fall may have come from donald. donald has a long history of leaking material about himself when he thinks its in his interests. >> do we have reason to believe that those documents you just described there were leaked by him or is it just a possibility? >> its a possibility and it could have been leaked by someone at his direction. but with donald, you never know. donald cre...