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Podium saying that not all the d.o.j. is the deep state. thats a pretty interesting sframt sarah sanders. >> and we have this statement of the the democrats seriously exploring the possibility of issuing a minority report that details the degree to which republicans tried to impede a full investigation. should that end up happening, what impact could have? >> for the republicans, to issue a report giving a clean bill of health is crazy. they dont have access to mike flynn, to papadopoulos torsio...

Diplomat. cnns dan merica is not far from the mar-a-lago estate. break down what this reporting means. >> its really hard to believe, frankly, that george papadopoulos, according to "the new york times," is really what set off this investigation. according to "the new york times" and a story that is out today, george papadopoulos was boasting in a bar in london to an australian top diplomat that the russians had dirt on hillary clinton. two months later, when e-mails began to be appearing nline...

Diplomat at a bar in london about the fact that russia had obtained these damages e-mails about hillary clinton. it also casts into some doubt the white houses claim that papadopoulos was just a bit player in the campaign and that when they told him to knock it off essentially, or when jeff sessions told him not to be representing himself as part of the campaign in such a way, he didnt do it. the white house is responding to this report today with a statement from the presidents outside legal co...

Inside the white house that this is going to get even closer to the president. >> and same question to you pretty much, jay. im interested in what youve heard about the mood inside the west wing and what you made of the reaction. >> well, they certainly tried to downplay the idea that its any kind of impact. you heard the presidents remarks saying theres no collusion, no collusion. but certainly what im hearing from folks inside the west wing is a sense of nervousness that this is getting very s...

Segment about rob goldstone, he is this publicist that as of a few minutes ago according to exclusive nbc news reporting hes now going to be speaking to special counsel robert mueller. rob goldstone is this flamboyant british publicist behind the don jr. meeting. and you pointed out something that i dont think a lot of folks know about rob goldstone. >> yeah. this is a significant story. i think its important breaking news because rob goldstone was in moscow in 2013 and organize the infamous mis...

Interest in the russia-linked company navigator three times on the required disclosure form. the panel is back with us along with phil rucker. what makes this a story every time is that its never that anyone -- i think we have a graphic of eight or nine or ten connections now between the trump campaign and russia. there we go. in the family, its donald trump jr. and jared. in the business, michael cohen. on the campaign, papadopoulos, manafort, carter page, michael flynn and jeff sessions. and w...

Out he had three meetings with the russian ambassador who the u.s. intelligence agency believed he is a spy, the russian ambassador believed he was a spy and spy recruiter. here we have jeff sessions who is clearly now not a bit player but a mayor key figure in all of this, and hes now compromised as the chief law enforcement officer. one more thing i want to say here, after he lied about -- to become attorney general, hes now running the most radical right wing department of justice, anti-immig...

The democrats, we have a circular firing squad. >> bret: tied, tutorial race in virginia on tuesday. byron york, chief political correspondent for the "washington examiner" ," and -- byron? >> boy, is the president enjoying this. this is the continuing rift of hilary-bernie that has not healed and doesnt appear its going to heal any time soon. and to have a person of the stature of donna brazile, this is not a bit player coming out and saying this. she was the woman who was elected to try to hea...

White house republicans meeting right now to discuss their tax plan and the house intel committee is entering the trump campaign foreign policy adviser carter page. that meeting of course taking place hours before former campaign chairman paul manafort and his former business associate rick gates are scheduled to appear in court. here to discuss all of these developments, nbc news intelligence national security reporter ken delanian. how does carter page play into all of this? >> good morning, s...

Obstruction. if he says to somebody you keep talking and theyll be hell to pay that will be witness intimidation. i dont think we are to either yet but thats the parameters. >> what are you thinking listening to this? >> interesting enough, the papadopoulos is huge. because when you look at the footnote of the after davfidavi yesterday he goes from bit player in the trump campaign. those who covered the campaign knows he was talking to the highest levels of the campaign. and now he is at the cen...