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Counsel bob lit has gone on record that the dossier wasnt the basis of the assessment or investigation. even though you could fact check the other assertions he makes including it does fbi the corroborated some elements not all elements of the dossier and disproven others, you know clearly it was not a part of the sort of the basis of this investigation if in the first place. the warrant process, the process of going to obtain warrants from the foreign intelligence surveillance court, the notion...

Information and do not tell congress that weve reopened investigations adding more derogatory investigative information about somebody still not charged. that is prosecution and investigation 101. and comeys repeated violation of that and his repeated refusals to come clean and these wild assertions of trying to justify what he did, i think that that was sending off a lot of real alarms all through the department and this at least sets that part right. >> while raising lots of other questions. >...

Makes us such a strong country. so, look -- the democratic party believes in the dignity of every person and dignity of work. and contrary to some false assertions, there is not a lot of mass immigration going on. i mean, last year, net immigration for mexico was zero. meaning that as many people left. >> tucker: no, no. there has been mass immigration for 52 years and has completely changed the demographic mix of the country and population of the country. we have more than a million coming lega...

So, look -- the democraticma party believes in the dignity of every person and dignity of work. and contrary to some false assertions, there is not a lot of mass immigration going on. i mean, last year, net immigration for mexico was zero. meaning that as many people left.an >> tucker: no, no. there has been mass immigration for 52 years and has completely changed the demographic mix of the country and population of the country. we have more than a million coming legally. >> there has always bee...

Is over. >> and yet its not. president trump making that comment despite sign-ups nearing the $9 million mark. that is a surprise. elena, whats the calculation for the president making this assertion and just continue tag repeal drum beat? >> right. well, president trump isnt one to admit defeat they tried twice over the affordable care act and they failed. you see mcconnell at the end of the year press conference said looking forward to 2018, any effort to try to do it again probably wont succe...

Joining me now republican senator of mississippi, roger wicker. nice to have you. thanks for being here, sir. >> glad to be with you. >> what do you make of asergsz like that, what we heard from representative jim jordan last night, republican colleagues of yours in congress making assertions like this, not based in fact that we see, is it responsible? >> i havent heard much talk about it, but i have to agree with jim jordan. well see. the questions will be asked and a lot of information comes o...

Campaign. that was definitely not true. he said he had no idea that mike flynn had been talking to the russian government about sanctions. that solemn assertion from the vice president also cannot be true. its just utterly implausible. the vice president also solemnly intoned in his trademark more in sorrow than in anger, solemnlyin toned that he had never been notified that mike flynn was on a foreign government payroll when operating at trump national security advisor. mike pence was certainly...

>> its just not true. what the presidents asked us to do with russia, though, as well is to make sure we can deter conflict. >> lets talk about this with our panel. let me start with you, symone. general clapper wasnt saying that president trump was an asset in the traditional sense, like he was a plant or a mole, but just that putin was playing him. do you think there is a case to be made there? >> i absolutely think there is a case to be made that, you know, president putin has some sophistica...

President assertions this will be all over by thanksgiving, i mean christmas i mean new years that news has got to be causing some agita in the white house. ill be talking about a "washington post" reporter about that in just a moment. i also want to oufr one more piece of evidence that the trump team is having a little bit of a freakout right now as to what the mueller investigation is doing. this lawyer was sent this weekend to two congressional committees apparently chosen at random by a lawy...

Questions, but a lot of time staffers provide the research, the background, the depth of understanding that can allow the members to really get -- you know, weed out the stuff theyre not interested in. in a counterintelligence investigation, in a legal investigation like this, the financial piece of it, it can all be extremely complicated, and sometimes just weeding it out to the three, to the five most important things is something that professional staffers can do and then the members can foll...