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Defense secretary said were still assessing the intelligence and now to where you clearly point the finger at russia and syria? >> as i just stated to both jeff and jonathan, russia holds responsibility in the fact that they guarantee that syria wouldnt use chemical weapons again and they did. they hold responsibility in the fact that they have the six u.n. resolutions that they vetoed to help protect assad. both of those things lie at russias feet in terms of responsibility in this process. >> ...

Go to rodeos. you cant let those people make those decisions. consumers have to make those decisions. your a assertions that its an unbreakable monopoly, its just not just not. >> tucker: its not of theon unbreakable, its growing. thank you both. we are out of time. i appreciate it. tonight, and just the past 12 minutes, weve seen evidence that two other cable networks ae colluding with "the new york times" to put negative stories on the trump administration. sort of. our proof and both brit hum...

♪ >> certainly there are things being assessed. it cant get into the details but we are confident that part of the process we are into field comfortable making the assertions we have. >> we are still assessing the intelligence ourselves and our allies. still working on it. >> we stand ready to provide military options if they are appropriate, as the president determines. >> bret: the going vent here in washington is that there will be some kind of action, u.s. military action. how extensive ar...

Facebooks -- at least assertions theyre willing to look at making sure that any political advertising is acknowledged as such, but that might have to be a rule not just something that they do voluntarily. >> and i assume thats going to come up. thats going to be a question asked of facebook, because their position is very clear. that you cant -- youd be making a mistake to think of facebook as a media company, as a content company. theyre there as a platform for people to use. they love free spe...

>> eric: wow. theres new context about the presidential election. politco writing this. theres no correlation between low subscription rating and trumps success in the 2016 election. the links were significant when accounting for other factors that influenced voter choices such as college education and the decline of local media sources may have played a result in the election results. that gives new voice to academias assertions about bold facts without any independent checks. so what does this...

Williamson. he said that taking a persons tweets and assertions in isolation is the best journalistic practice. they went on to say that you should give people second chances. that changed when a 2014 podcast by williamson resurfaced. lets listen to what he said on the podcast. >> someone challenges me on abortion and said, if you really thought it was a crime, you would support things like life in prison, no parole, opportunities of a homicide. in fact, i do support that as i wrote what i had i...

>> reporter: cnn cant verify his assertions. putin tries to hide his wealth. >> he owns i think two soviet cesear era cars, a 34r59 in sais petersburg. there is a lot of cash flying under the table and private jets being flown all over europe and the u.s. that is lard is hard to keep tr. >> reporter: oligarchs by mansions in florida, london, apartments in new york, yachts, even sports teams. in 2008, one bought a mansion in palm beach from donald trump for $95 million. oligarchs buy up these pro...

Independently verify these assertions. >> i think he owns a flat in moscow and st. petersburg. >> reporter: experts tell cnn, once they build up their cash in russia, theyre eager to bring it to the u.s. >> theres a lot of cash under the table and private jets flown all over europe and the u.s. thats hard to keep track of. >> reporter: oligarchs by mansions in london and florida, yachts and even sports teams. in 2008, dmitri bought a mansion in palm beach from donald trump for $95 million. oliga...

>> katie: another narrative from the left has fallen apart. this time over the 2015 pulse nightclub mass shooting in orlando. in the wake of omar mateens shooting rampage, the obama administration officials and many in the media were quick to say it was fueled by anti-gay bigotry. >> this was an act of terror and it was an act of hate. >> we know the story by now. the target was a gay club in a latin night. and the individuals who were harmed, who were killed were members and friends of the lgbt...

Does the president have a point here? does amazon hurt the economy and the postal service? >> its really difficult to find the facts that supports the presidents assertions. the post office is obviously having a difficult time. theres three things that really weigh on it. one, as we all know, first class mail and marketing mail is declining. it has been for a decade. the postal service has a significant health care obligation for its employees. but it also has a universal service obligation. it ...