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Unprecedented in american politics, and that in and of itself is deeply, deeply troubling no matter what the legal ramifications are. the idea that a campaign representative would welcome the interference of a foreign power in a u.s. domestic election is truly without precedent and it is something that should be disturbing to all of us as we think about upcoming elections. >> there is a difference between seeing that don junior took this meeting and invited paul manafort and jared kushner to the...

If the russian kgb chief is talking to paul manafort and the chief says you know i got this dirt here that says hillary clinton was this or that -- >> but thiss no evidence any way. >> and paul manafort says next wednesday i want you to release that. that would be great for us. i dont know if thats the crime at all. >> collusion is not a crime. only an anti-trust law. you can collude all you want with a foreign government in an election. theres no such statute. >> and they might say as a trump c...

That. that would be great for us. i dont know if thats the crime at all. >> collusion is not a crime. only an anti-trust law. you can collude all you want with a foreign government in an election. theres no such statute. >> and they might say as a trump campaign representative, wow you have that? tell the american people the truth. let them see it themselves. is that a crime to release it, to show the truth, to show damaging information. >> collusion, while its alarming and highly inappropriate ...

Clinton had destroyed on her server when she committed a felony and tried to cover up her crimes? and that they might say, as the trump campaign representative, wow, you have that? tell the american people the truth. let them see it themselves. release it. is that a crime to say release it? >> so, ken, so the new line might turn out to be, if sean hannity is ahead of the curve here, whats wrong with what they did? >> yeah, this is a puzzling defense to say the least. i mean they actually do have...

Of this campaign, what will you do? >> senator franken, im not aware of any of those activitie activities. i have been called a surrogate at a time or two, and i did not have communication with the russians. im unable to comment. >> jon: byron, if attorney general sessions is to be believed, he says that he did have contact, but it was in his role as united states senator, and not as a campaign representative or surrogate for the trump campaign. those that pass muster? >> thats what he says and ...

They say they have new accusers theyre going to roll out against bill clint nt. does that concern you? >> so, absolutely, kate, but part of it is, i dont think this is a new donald trump policy. this has been donald trumps way of operating from the outset. we can think no further than the primary contest, when he tied ted cruzs father to the assassination of jfk. hes always run a national enquirer type of campaign and its no different now. its dirty, its below the belt. the interesting part now ...

The upcoming book called "clinton cash" raises questions about foreign donations to the clinton foundation. while hillary clinton was secretary of state. yesterday the ceo of the clinton foundation acknowledged the charities did make mistakes in the way it revealed tax -- donations on tax formed but a campaign representative says the authors latest tv interviews show the so-called conspiracy theories are just that, theories. ed henry is in washington. sounds like the author is playing defense. >...

martin frost is a former texas congressman. and connie rice is a civil rights attorney. nice to have you joining us this morning. lots to get to including conversations about whitney houston and i really want to talk about whether it is religious liberty or are we really talking about contraception. first, though, the headlines. christine romans has that for us. good morning. >> good morning, soledad. workplace dispute between two im immigration custom agents went into a shootout. left...

>> what was the collusion? that maybe somebody in the trump campaign talked to somebody in russia because russia supposedly had the information that hillary clinton had destroyed on her server when she committed a felony and tried to cover up her crimes? and that they might say, as the trump campaign representative, wow, you have that? tell the american people the truth. let them see it themselves. release it. is that a crime to say release it? >> so, ken, so the new line might turn out to be, i...