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Evidentiary standard notion for a minute as you said, theres, you know -- beyond a reasonable doubt is an inappropriate standard for something like this, this isnt a courtroom, this is public opinion those who have said that the burden is on this justice to prove himself a competent justice are correct, but we are not talking about how you judge cases here, your legal philosophy, we are talking about potentially criminal allegations. even if we use a preponderance of the evidence standard, we do...

Research for a firm whos been hired by the clinton administration. >> totally legitimate firm. im tired of this trashing of fusion gps. it is a legitimate firm. i know multiple journalists who have done a lot of background work in christopher steele. he is a -- >> its fine but then you communicate with a career justice department official so he sends information -- >> russian interference in the election and bore fruit and the intelligence community turned out that christopher steele really was ...

>> i think its a positive reaction from me. lets go through the process and do the rest of the background work what youre doing morning. everyone around the country will do for two months. all of us in the senate will go through the process of evaluating every opinion hes written. lets figure out who he is. its a serious decision. lets walk through process. >> any immediate concerns come to mind from anything youve read, anything youve seen? >> no, not any immediate concerns. what im looking for...

Mueller report and find out all the facts. >> i think also when you have the i.g. report come out and say someone like peter strzok not only demonstrated a biased state of mind but willingness to change the trajectory of the election, that is a concern. thats what the i.g. report said. of course it will spur increased questions from congress or text messages that show up in the i.g. report never given to congress. that is going to increase concern and also aggression from congress in trying to g...

They have a big section of highway 6 cordoned off. so this is the third scene. this is a residential home at the end of the block in the subdivision. whats the name? lake side village. i think technically this is alvin but were on the border of santa fe and alvin and the importance as far as we know from our sort of background work is that the possible student shooting suspect is connected to what i see are two or three homes in the area. one of those properties is where jake is. a second proper...

Mother grew up in a home that had extreme domestic violence, very sensitive to this issue. im also very sensitive to the allegation jennifer ruben just made that somehow evangelical women are to blame -- >> why dont they criticize him? this is not behavior that is biblical. this is a guy who said he never asked for forgiveness but done a lot of things people think he should. why arent they more enraged? >> i think the president is defending the due process -- >> there is no due process to work i...

House correspondent, former pentagon correspondent, i know when there is a military decision by the commander in chief, and certainly the commander in chief, the president has a right to make major decisions. the announcement comes from the white house, maybe the rose garden or someplace else, but then there are extensive briefings, a lot of background work, additional briefings, specifics, over at the pentagon. the fact there was a tweet and nothing else from the white house or the pentagon, th...

With others. >> it was interesting to hear national security adviser, mcmaster saying what the president was going to discuss with vladimir putin what he what happens to discuss, there was no formal agenda. doesnt that surprise you, these thing are worked out in detail well in advance? >> well it was supposed to be a formal sit down. it became very quickly a formal meeting. thats unusual because normally that takes weeks to prepare. you do all kinds of background work. you get down what you want...

Rubber-stamping some civil rights cases saying that he was part of them when he really was not. talk to us a little bit about that, william. what in his record specifically do you point to you when you hear critics say, this guy is not going to be for equal rights? >> i think if you look look ats overall record, it you look at those cases. when the united states attorney is signing off on cases, you know that he is reviewing this case is, making sure the facts are accurate, making sure the lawye...

Esteban santiago. the early warning signs were detected. the fbi had interviewed the individuals, had done background work on them. ultimately concluded they were not a threat or risk to society and in both cases no other measures were taken. they were not on no fly lists or those rardars there. these individuals are slipping through the cracks later on. >> there is no way you can really tell by one interview with somebody whether or not they -- i dont think putting them on a no fly list is the ...