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reportedly involved federal agents spending most of the day at mar-a-lago was related to classified information that trump took with him when he departed the white house in january of 2021. an attorney for the former guy told nbc news that trump and his team had been, quote, cooperative with fbi and doj officials every step of the way, unquote, but then added that the bureau, quote, did conduct an unannounced raid and seized paper. "the new york times" reports that it wasnt the first t...

The majority of the party on this nomination. and so i think the pressure is high for red state democrats from a democratic party base. they cant afford to lose that, either. and, look. this is on the line. we are talking about a generational pick here, someone who could be in donald trumps words, on the court for 40 years. and so this is not like some cabinet appointee or agency nominee. whats on the line, and whats at stake for democrats, are the heart and soul of our party and of our country....

Involved. you were no longer at white house at that point. are you familiar with any of this behavior thats being described? >> i am not. i was in the white house. i knew dr. jackson. in my experience he was very professional, very courteous, very much under control. i never saw any of the behavior being reported here. thats not to say it didnt happen. it certainly didnt happen in my presence. what i have said about this was, you know, i found him to be perfectly professional as a doctor. i saw ...

House at that point. but are you familiar with the behavior being described? >> i am not, don. i was in the white house in 2009-2010. i knew dr. jackson. in my experience he was very professional, very courteous, very much under control. i never saw the behavior thats being reported here. not to say it didnt happen but it didnt happen in my presence. what i said about this was, i found him to be perfectly professional as a doctor. i saw nothing, by the same token, that would qualify him to run o...

Russia feels like advantageou advantageous. ed: russia to rush limbaugh who has been all over this. watch. >> were watching a silent koop that wasigh couldthat was . that what is happening here is a full fledged effort here to deny donald trump the actual control of the government by leaving so many obama career people appointed. by going so slowly on confirming trumps cabinet appointee. im telling you, if you want to find out who is you working together to sabotage the united states. you find t...

Yesterday. >> jon: not a good thing to happen less than a month into a new administration. peter baker, new york times, thank you peter. >> jenna: back to capitol hill where were watching voting for another cabinet appointee for president trump. this is for the person that would head the small business administration. linda mcmahon. youll recognize that last name. former wrestling executive. all former senate candidate. and now we expect her to be confirmed in the senate as voting is taking plac...

Perks they are reportedly offering donors. $1 million can get you access to an exclusive event with cabinet appointees and a, quote, intimate dinner with mike pence. for half a million, candlelight dinner with a special appearance by donald trump. now, down to a quarter million, they are offering elegant dinners. these are their words with a cabinet appointee, undeclared which one. swamp, quagmire, whatever you call it, it does not look like the draining has begun. joining me now for many is ohi...

>> wouldnt it be nice if we actually did get along with russia? >> reporter: today, russian officials said the kremlin had been in regular contact with the trump team. telling russian media "obviously we know most of the people from his entourage. quite a few have been staying in touch with russian representatives." the russian foreign ministry said russias goal was better relations with the u.s. >> translator: during this entire period, we not only sent some signals through representatives or p...

It sounds like john mccain and some others given to next week will do it. in a larger picture were talking about perhaps a week and then hagel will continue on as before. that doesnt mean its a good thing that theres been a filibuster of a national security cabinet appointee for the first time in the nations history and i think this is the only third filibuster of any cabinet appointee in history. so its an extraordinary thing, completely unnecessary, and we can continue on with our regularly sc...

Badly unraveling. the fact is if we hadnt done that more american lives would have been lost unnecessarily. so for then senator hagel to say well, he will let history be the judge. he was there and involved and im sure he is wrong and he knows he is wrong on the basis of the facts of what happened. >> chris: so i got to press it again. because you saw the hearing. you know his record. are you going to support him for defense secretary? >> i will see the rest of the answers to his questions but i...