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Walk out of that meeting. if you need to go after them i grant you all the permission in the world to do that. >> reporter: thank you. i appreciate that. thats right, hallie. we saw the majority leader kevin mccarthy come and go and conveniently a mens rest room right here which sometimes you will see the leadership use although they rarely, rarely top to talk when theyre on their way. that tells you -- >> you know how to pick your spots but we are anticipating that this meeting is going to go o...

Power in a way, we all heard the tapes about how he was doing it. and you may disagree about these characterizations about what people say, and, michael cohen, all the crimes, obstruction, and it goes list by list. thats exactly what that cast of characters looks like. >> we agree. you cant do it for corrupt reasons. but you are saying, the pardoning of dinesh desousa could be tantamount to destruction of justice? and, there was no pardon in the

Michael cohen that seems to be ongoing right now. but i find this to be actually a very significant report today. >> and paul, again, that other piece of it too there with donald trump jr., we mentioned that reporting about the contacts with foreigners. the new reporting about contacts with foreigners. you now have chris kunz, democratic senator from delaware, saying that he wants more testimony now from donald trump jr., suggesting at least he misled in his initial characterizations here. donal...

Happening. and by the way, michael cohen again not a russia policy hand. hes there only in his capacity as donald trumps personal attorney and fixer. was he also asking for money on his own behalf? we dont know. presumably that is part of the subject of the very serious criminal investigation into michael cohen that seems to be ongoing right now. but i find this to be actually a very significant report today. >> and paul, again, that other piece of it too there with donald trump jr., we mentione...

Hes there only in his capacity as donald trumps personal attorney and fixer. was he also asking for money on his own behalf? we dont know. presumably that is part of the subject of the very serious criminal investigation into michael cohen that seems to be ongoing right now. but i find this to be actually a very significant report today. >> and, paul, again, that other piece of it too there with donald trump jr., we mentioned that reporting about the context with foreigners. the new reporting ab...

My principles of what is important is the key. the president doesnt want it too badly. it empowers him like reagan with gorbachev. >> neil: and the president is not to keen on getting the nobel peace prize. >> the security of america is a lot more important. >> neil: it does look nice on a bookshelf. thats another thing for another discussion. senator, thank you very much. >> neil: some of the kracharac r characterizations of this. you can go back to almost any such opportunities that presented ...

Some of his tweets. he did that earlier. but at the same time in as we look at this at the end of the day, if we dont see it, we just dont see it. all we can do is report that. >> ive never heard it said of you. to be fair i never heard anyone say you, congressman stewart are out there. i have heard it said of devon nunez who had mittedly has been tied up in things that are questionable when he was involved with running to the white house with information that was actually provided by the white ...

Someone. the second thing is some of the characterizations said about devon simply arent true. if he ran to the white house is not a fair characterization of all of what he did there. he did what he felt compelled to do which wasnt to run to the white house. >> was he completely forthcoming, though, about the source of the information from when it came within the white house grounds? >> i think he wassed a forthcoming at the time. now look, devon isnt without blemish. neater am i. no one is perf...

Sent me there to do that. and no amount of diplomacy, no amount of good chummy chats is going to end that. i think, tragically, and i underscore tragically, were going to be in this confrontational moment for a long, long time. at least as long as putin is in power. >> given his intelligence background, you know, theres certainly a view of president putin that hes very intelligent and cunning. as you said, he dealt with him directly. do you think those are fair characterizations? >> yes. hes a v...

As the enemy, trying to underthrow his regime. back when i was ambassador, he accused me personally of trying to overthrow his regime. he thought that president obama sent me there to do that. and no amount of diplomacy, no amount of good chummy chats is going to end that. i think, tragically, and i underscore tragically, were going to be in this confrontational moment for a long, long time. at least as long as putin is in power. >> given his intelligence background, you know, theres certainly a...