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Unconscious on a public bench frozen in place. 19 other people needed medical treatment including a police officer who remains hospitalized in stable condition. russian government denies any involvement although they are widely suspected to be behind the attack. there have been at least 14 deaths on british soil all potentially connected to the russian state. ben smith is the editor in chief of buzz feed. nina is professor of international affairs. let me ask you first, what do you make of this ...

Russian government denies any involvement although they are widely suspected to be behind the attack. there have been at least 14 deaths on british soil all potentially connected to the russian state. ben smith is the editor in chief of buzz feed. nina is professor of international affairs. let me ask you first, what do you make of this story? >> the prince of the russian government is all over it. my concern is that it is very strange timing because russian elections are coming in ten days. im ...

Larger role. its possible they could be looking outside. as you know, hope was the fourth communications director for this white house. theres a thinking that its going to be difficult to get an outsider to come in given all of the turmoil and issues that weve seen here. >> shepard: theres reporting today most recently from buzz feed and others that others are looking to get out. do we -- is there a reporting on who it might be or is this palace intrigue? >> well, theres palace intrigue, certain...

One of the partners was a man named german kahn. he has an estimated fortune of $10 billion and gets a mention in the dossier specifically his companys closeness to vladimir putin. an alpha group deny any wrongdoing and are suing buzz feed. but today, german kahn found himself in the news for a different reason because hes the father in law of this guy. alex van der zwann who today pled guilty to lying to robert muellers investigators. these new charges are interesting for a lot of reasons but w...

Provided by his company, he started to feel better. b.p. had to cash out of the 50% stake and ended up forced to sell it to the russian state oil company. it was a deal that was brokered by vladimir putin. b.p.s russian oligarch partners did very, very well with this deal forced by putin. the alpha group partners got $27 billion for their stake in the venture. one of the partner was a man named hermann conn. he has an estimated fortune of $10 billion and gets a mention in the dossier specificall...

James comey and comey wasnt ready. congress had to act to extepnd the term. >> and there were other connections here. who is alexs father in law? >> she a man named german kahn reportedly worth some $10 billion who is the chairman of alpha bank. he is involved in buzz feed. so he is among the plaintiffs suing in that case. it is another interesting connection to all of this. >> and to barbara mcquade, with all of these attacks from the white house he seems to be keeping his head down and moving ...

Felony -- if you have the intent to commit a felony, you cannot receive, ship, transport, firearms in interstate commerce. you cannot receive firearms. if he acquired firearms or ammunition after his intent can be proven and his intent was, if thats him, were not sure, were not sure on this youtube posting in september, as buzz feed and "new york daily news" report, if that was his posting, thats clearly, clearly, no question, criminal intent. i dont mean to be too technical but its title 18 uni...

Because it had not been verified but shortly after cnn broke the story, buzz feed published the entire dossier on the internet. donald trump was furious. >> its a disgrace. it didnt happen. >> though journalists had not verified it, portions of the dossier had been in fbi hands for month. >> chris steel, the former mi-6 officer who compiled the dossier puts it in the hands of someone he knows in rome whos an fbi agent. >> christopher steele was a veteran british spy worked for the mi-6 intellige...

There are investigations into -- from buzz feeds reporting, some suspicious payments from the russian embassy into the united states as well. and russian information, the bots and trolls we saw on facebook and twitter. third after of this investigation is the active cyber intrusions by sfb and gru hacking teams we know is cozy bear and fancy bear that hacked john podestas e-mail, that penetrated the dnc and notably, we should remember, rnc, but never saw those e-mails surface, which is an intere...

Sanctions. they said they dont need to do it. and at the moment, they are decloining the issue of sanctions. while the guardian and buzz feed are reporting that a name and shame list that was supposed to be a part of this whole sanctions regime, a list of o la garks was by a top official was compiled by sagt i ises but cancelled by a senior administration official who was consulted on the list. it was replaced by a list of rich russians apparently copied straight from the magazine ranking. so sc...