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Americans view as the kind of formative central question of the trump effort, why is he being so nice to russia/vladamir putin? >> absolutely. that is key here. and if they did not already perceive him as being too close to russia, if there were not this investigation, brian, going on into his campaigns ties to russia, this probably would have been overlooked. it probably would have been dismissed as a president and political neophyte who never handled classified information, never set foot insi...

With them, get on their good side, or do they just see somebody who inadvertently disclosed classified information. >> jeremy, further, do most americans view as the kind of formative central question of the trump effort, why is he being so nice to russia/vladamir putin? >> absolutely. that is key here. and if they did not already perceive him as being too close to russia, if there were not this investigation, brian, going on into his campaigns ties to russia, this probably would have been overl...

Time. >> exactly. but, you know, yes, you cannot take seriously what this administration spokespeople say. you just cant take it seriously. >> they were trying to cover for the president today. >> and the vice president was given a bucket of water to carry with a lot of holes in it. so hes got this all over his shoes right now, number one. the communication shop does as well. however this decision came down, it was clear that no one had command and control over it the night the president fired c...

Meetings, once during a phone call, about then national security advisor michael flyn she believed flynn misled t vice president and other top officials with his kmen communications with the russian ambassador and potentially could be blackmailed. she was fired for not upholding the presidents travel ban, but there is a couple reasons that is significant. one is that sean spicer said that ya trkyates merely gave th heads up that they should look into him. what she said yesterday suggested someth...

The jason chaffetz criticizing cummings for releasing their documents without their consultation that some of the democrats dismiss but ill also mike flynns attorney pushing back as well releasing a statement saying disagree with the elijah cummings interpretation about that letter from 2014 warning michael flynn from doing these speaking engagements and accepting these foreign payments saying that that letter actually confirms that mr. flynn actually briefed the pentagon before and after the tr...

Mr. trump a lot. >> right. thats the main criticism of the tax plan. it is significant for the administration that they are finally moving from talking about tax reform conceptually promising the tax cuts and putting hard numbers on the table. the main problem with the blueprint is it doesnt answer the central question. how do you pay for a tax cut this high? that is the question when it comes to tax policies coming from republicans. for the trump administration this seems like an effort to lear...

President and this administration, really the world, wants north korea to finally step down with regard to its nuclear process. john? >> all right, dana bash. fascinating interview from right there in the demilitarized zone in north korea, between north korea and south korea. the vice president with a message that military action might be on the table, but a different message coming from inside the white house. cnns athena jones is there. and athena, we have heard from the national security advi...

Nunes. >> if, in fact, the national security council staff that discovered these materials reportedly in the ordinary course of business are the same national security staff that provided them to the chairman to be provided to the president, it raises a profound question why they were not directly provided to the white house by the national security staff. if that was designed to hide the origin of the materials, that raises profound questions about just what the white house is doing. >> joining...

And it was a reference to the gorsuch nomination, basically the idea being that as all this plays out, in the absent of an independent commission or special prosecutor, that democrats shouldnt vote for a nominee to serve a lifetime appointment under the constitution by this president with this cloud of suspicion. whats your feeling about that? >> well, im going to vote no on gorsuch based on the merits. id recommend that my colleagues make up their mind as to whether they think that gorsuch is g...

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