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So much attention from the media, and i think that the american people would be much better served if we actually spent some time talking about some of the really important things that are facing our country and the things that this administration is doing to help fix them. >> i want to bring in john podesta. hes a former white house chief of staff. thats not john podesta. thats, in fact, as you know, kristen welker, nbc white house correspondent that was there since the first briefing on august...

Have a crisis. this has not been treated seriously enough. some of the things trump did and does jeopardize the real national security. ive never seen an instance when the president is so detached from the reality of whats going on. if you dont think its risky for somebody to answer the questions and give the real details, it is and theyre willing to take that risk because, as gary cohn said, got to protect the country. >> as the president and his aides have been publicly slamming the excerpts, ...

Be complimented. most importantly, being a father. and of course ive enjoyed conversation with your wife and two daughters and my wife was here yesterday and she was talking about that all last night. talking to your wife i mean. >> thank you. >> i heard some of my colleagues on -- ive had some of my colleagues as i get into some of the business of this committee complain, again, yesterday, about publicly releasing committee confidential documents. but anyone who didnt get documents released to ...

My personal attorneys, good man. and its a disgraceful situation. its a total witch hunt. ive been saying it for a long time. an attack on our country in a true sense. its an attack on what we all stand for. >> so they didnt break in, again, just have to correct the president in realtime. if donald trump was angry back in april, just imagine what is happening inside the white house today. in just moments, were going to speak live with danny davis, the lawyer for the presidents former fixer micha...

Relationship. we have expelled russian diplomats, he expels american diplomats, we list russian media outlets as foreign agents, he does the same for ours. we should expect hes planning something in response to this round of sanctions, going into effect on august 22nd against u.s. dual use technology exports to russia. but these sanctions are part of two stages, the second set will be triggered if russia doesnt do things like agree to let inspectors in to see the chemical weapons program. theyre...

The heroic moments that earned an airman the medal of honor showing john chapman fighting al qaeda militants in afghanistan in 2002. rob: he charges into anybodys before he is knocked unconscious and more than an hour later he is still fighting until tragically he is shot and killed. jillian: he will present the family with the medal of honor on august 22nd. the navy seal who fought alongside him was given the medal in may. rob: 11 minutes after the hour, philadelphias mayor, the windy city was ...

What is a administration does and what he says. >> shannon: jonathan? >> he signed off on much tougher actions against russia than the previous administration. and every step of the way, and nevertheless hes done it. he is signed off on that very very reluctantly. so its a two and a fro, but if you look at the track record its pretty tough. >> if the actions obviously are tough but i think its part of his negotiating. its his way of negotiating and he thinks as long as he keeps the door open for...

Henry zimmerly whose plane went down in 1952 over north korea and has been missing ever since. >> we want to see some results. we want the remains to be identified. im sorry. we want our family members to come home. >> the remains are set to be transferred next wednesday to hawaii for what could be a lengthy final identification process. among those set to attend, vice president pence. his father also served in the korean war. chris. >> chris: greg, thank you. president trump will posthumously a...

Know you said there was a spy in the campaign. we want to know do you still stand by the statement? they say on january 11th, which you asked about, august 22nd testimony from our client glenn simpson, christopher steele said in the fall, that he believed the fbi had source within the trump organization, mr. simpson stands by his testimony. so double down. steve: meanwhile, mr. gowdy, chairman nunez are accusing the department of justice behind anonymous attacks in the press targeting a house in...

Investigation. mueller went in to the archives at the department of justice tax division and appropriated an old case against manafort that was cleared and hes used that. and the timing is unbelievable. bras remember sarah, it was july 26th, the morning raid, guns drawn and paul manaforts home and all he had to do is call the attorney and he would have surrennered. and august 22nd. approval came. and that means the special counsel had to be investigating beyond the man date and then the raid and...