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Right now, but will be airing at 10:00 p.m. tonight. well continue with this breaking news out of sutherland springs of this church shooting, at least 25 victim there is. children amongst those victims. and clint, talk to me about what social media -- how social media plays into this. when pete was talking to me just now that is a huge arm of the investigation in this day and age. >> it is. >> and can really be a window into the -- into what this guy was thinking and why. >> yeah. you know, we w...

>> you cant give me the sources at the back ground of your reporting but it is remarkable to me that this did not get out. 12 fbi agents showing up in alexandria in the middle of the night, people will notice it. it is pretty striking that we didnt hear about it for two weeks. >> its a tribute to the way in which bob mueller and his team and others kept it quiet. we had been hearing about it for a few days and finally got confirmation from three separate sources and learned just this morning how...

Fong an investigation which was pooh poohd, it will turn out theres nothing to these russia charges. that it has proceeded to the point that the special counsel is asking a judge to issue a search warrant and they are issued based on probable cause of criminal wrongdoing. so this is a sign of seriousness and it is both surprising in some ways. >> you cant give me the sources at the back ground of your reporting but it is remarkable to me that this did not get out. 12 fbi agents showing up in ale...

>> he said that he knew nothing about the mans back ground at the time of the meeting. and late today, rinat akmetshin said that he attended the meeting at trump tower without any security check. no one asked us for i.d.s. we literally walked in. joining me now, investigative reporter, mike isikoff for yahoo! news, and a former senior adviser at the state department. thank you all for joining us. ken, let me start with you. former soviet counter intelligence official suspected of having ongoing ...

Efforts that are now the subject of a criminal investigation involving some of the presidents closest aides and associates. im joined by the msnbc reporter. and lawrence, the former secretary of defense now with the center for american progress. >> describe how preparation would normally be going into a meeting, this first big face to face with putin, given how thigh stakes are, how strained the relationship has been. >> well, first of all, you would have a written document. longer than tweet le...

>> senator grassley, would you like the make a statement? okay. okay. all right. youll get to and them. senator feinstein? >> ill be very brief. we have prepared for the committee and i would like the and the staff to distribute it. a back ground and time line on lieutenant general michael flynn and some of the key dates involved which may be of help to the sub committee. and i would like the take this opportunity to thank the sub committee. chairman graham and ranking member white house, i thin...

Supposed to be his time to shine preaching to the choir. >> it is worth remembering if this deal goes through, we know to an absolute certainty, people will die. americans will die, israelis will die, europeans will die. if you vote to send millions of dollars to jihadists, then you bear direct responsibility for the murders carried out with the dollars you have given them. >> cruz had the bright idea of inviting donald trump to attract more media attention. and well, be careful what you wish fo...

As a bullet but they do kill as surely as one. >> absolutely. education is the great divide in this country. it doesnt matter what your ethnic back ground or your socio check back ground is. if you get a good education, you write your own ticket. end of story. no ifs, ands and buts about it. during slavely, it was illegal to teach a slave to read. why do you think that was? because even those evil masters knew an educated man is a free man. >> what are the, i know you said you believe the democr...

>> it is worth remembering if this deal goes through, we know to an absolute certainty, people will die. americans will die, israelis will die, europeans will die. if you vote to send millions of dollars to jihadists, then you bear direct responsibility for the murders carried out with the dollars you have given them. >> cruz had the bright idea of inviting donald trump to attract more media attention. and well, be careful what you wish for. the republican presidential front-runner looked like h...

Wish for. the republican presidential front-runner looked like he almost got stampeded by reporters and camera people eager for a trumpian sound bite. while cruz wasnt blocked from taking stage as he had been in other places, he found himself being put in the metaphorical back ground of the trump show. >> ive been doing deals for a long time. ive been making lots of wonderful deals, great deals, thats what i do. never, ever in my life i i seen a transaction so poorly negotiated. >> they objected...