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Would have been able to build on that momentum. they squandered it. i dont think its lost. i still think he can put it in front of the congress and he would still have support. >> its needed. hes a builder. its his back ground. it also plays to his base. i want to go back to the leaks for a minute. my mind is blown over the fact that communications aide -- and, again, shes a communications specialist -- kelly sadler has not publicly apologized. what gives here? >> well, apologies are not somethi...

What we discussed in a classified setting and something else we discuss -- discuss in the open hearing. she made the decision about whether the american public has access to information about her professional back ground and she is making the decision about whether or not the american public will hear things that may not be favorable and so my question was whether she would be willing to recuse herself from making that decision to avoid an appearance of conflict so the american public could judg...

A historic day and i mean you know. who will replace him who will replace the prime minister. well its not clear at the moment what exactly will happen next but there need to be both a legal and a political process so with the new constitution there has the prime minister has resigned but the party is still in power in parliament but the opposition leader has called for a process with a transitional government that will receive a vote of no confidence. in a new elections which will be free and f...

Reconfirmed that he wont change it. but joe manchin saying he will vote for pompeo, that will give him enough votes. mark, the more troubling prospect might be gina haspel, up to become the first woman of the director of the cia. the prospects for her confirmation dont look that great. >> right. i mean, this is going to be a fight for several weeks where senators weve spoken to have said that theyre wrestling with this issue of which way to vote. as you said, its very, very rare for someone to b...

Cia is primarily an organization that informs policymakers. now you get to be a policymaker. i think youve got a good background to do so. im enjoyed getting to know you over the years. weep talked about some tough issues. we talked about soft power. and kind of the suggestions made today, a guy with your back ground, particularly military background, do you really believe in diplomacy and soft power? youve got an impressive background. you were on the house intelligence committee. you were numb...

And the small cities, small towns revolve around these teams, around these players. and 6,000 people in the humboldt sa satisfi saskatchewan community. and i doubt any would not have known this team. >> it is unclear who was on the bus, but from what we do know as back ground is that all the players are in their late teens. very young team, yes? >> generally players in that league would be as young as 16 and as old as having just turned 21. a large number of them were 19 and 20, that seems to be...

Senior counsel that may show this to be a bigger problem than its understood to be. this new information tonight comes from the committee where carter is the ranking democrat and a staffer on the committee tonight gave us back ground of what led to this request from senator carper. this is exactly how carper put it. this is what carper said to the epa. i write to request that the inspector general conduct an immediate review of the efforts to prevent fraud related to employee time and attendance...

The regime of bashar al assad, responsible for killing tens of thousands of innocent civilians. and that is still going on to this day. so we consistently call out russia for its destabilizing activities in syria, in georgia, in ukraine, all across the world. and of course the latest thin what we saw the poisoning of two british citizens, one of our allies. and so the united states strongly backs the uk in this effort. we kicked out, announcing were kicking out, 60 diplomats and closing down the...

Manafort and flynn have that got the presidents personal attorney so worried that he even raised this possibility reportedly? >> well, it is a key question. what did flynn lie about? the sly one thing what did he bligh? about his contact with russians during transition. manafort is facing charges. granted, for things did he in his business practices. but with pro russians in the ukraine, in a place where a lot of money is laundered. he was supporting the candidacy of a russian backed candidate. ...

Reporting inside the white house, they are saying theres to rush to get another attorney. that he is doing just fine over whether the president will testify and that eventually they may bring on another attorney or so. and my interpretation of that is quite frankly, if the democrats win back the house, i think they have to have an attorney that might have some experience with the question of impeachment. >> jay sekulow, his back ground is constitutional law. not necessarily defense. and this is ...