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Interference. but a president whos saying bring it on. >> yeah. and the presidents public statements with regard to russia have diverged from the administrations policy for some time now. nevertheless, the president himself -- >> can we just stop for a minute and listen to what were saying? were saying that the presidents policy is different than the path that his administration is going down. >> yeah. i mean, its certainly discouraging to hear the president be so flag rant arant dismissive of a...

In a twitter thread blasted the mayor for, quote, stifling free speech. a report found that as of june, ten city governments complained that the presidents political committee stiffed them out of more than $800,000 in total security costs. i think we have them back there. no? yes, we have a great graphic demonstrating that for you. there it is right there. all right. president trump, his campaign committees unpaid security bills showing a number of the states there, the cities, and the total amo...

You if members of the state department itself were not involved in this pressure campaign. there are reports today that our envoy for the u.s. -- ukraine/russia dispute may have been involved. i think there is plenty of investigation to do here. this may be enough for the house to take on in and of itself. >> if those other officials were involved, do you think that impeachment proceedings should be brought against them? >> well, listen, you cant be serving in the united states government if you...

>> well, listen, you cant be serving in the united states government if your chief concern is trying to trade the reputation of the united states to re-elect the president. and so if there are any state department officials who have facilitated this campaign of corruption, then they need to resign, or they need to face consequence. volcker is a widely respected diplomat, somebody who did lots of work for years with john mccain. he has been charged with trying to press the russians to step back f...

County where were standing, some of the areas under mandatory evacuation order. some of the area under a hurricane warning as well. here with me now, the mayor of palm beach county, florida, his name is mack bernard. mayor, thanks so much for your time, first of all. weve seen the wind pick up, seen the rain over the past few hours also increase. right now whats the chief concern for you? >> well, the chief concern, craig, thanks for inconstitutional righting me. you know, first of all our thoug...

>> some of the trump greenland means, if you havent seen them, but now everyone who giggled at donald trump adding the island to his shopping wish list have realized hes being absolutely serious. >> first of all, i was thinking like this must be sort of like a joke somewhere. i was not thinking that it -- it could be right. >> president trump has reportedly looked to -- a great story. youre going to love this story. president trump -- wait, let me put my anchor voice on. president trump is repor...

Thats a huge fear. it is a what if. it would be scary. they would be in trouble. >> all right bill karins, thank you so much. joining me now, former fema official who worked on hurricanes katrina and sandy. thank you for being on. what is your chief concern right now with barry? >> my chief concern is the water. it was just reported it is going to be a very significant flood event. the storm surge is going to back up the rivers which is where the water naturally flows. people will have to be ver...

Indictments the local d.a. might have? >> this is so strategic. were seeing an example of the state government, the state prosecutor waiting until the outcome of the federal crime and it raises the question -- and i am a criminal defense attorney, maybe im biased and jaded in that way, did they wait to see that the sentence was something they were happy with, did they see if the sentence vindicated the state rights adequately and then decided based on the sentence that was given, maybe they thou...

We talk about singapore not having substance. but at least in singapore, we laid foundation. we were looking at something. and as you pointed out, the administration were lowering the bar every day. and yet, they couldnt meet that, you know? >> joseph, and will, i want to get your thoughts, too. but joseph, in light of your experience, leading up to this, ive been told by members of president trumps own administration, their chief concern was that the president would give up too much. one exampl...

>> emin, wake up, whats wrong with you? whats wrong with you, emin? >> after that shoot, trump did a series of interviews and talked about putin. >> lets not kid ourselves, hes done an amazing job. hes put himself at the forefront of the world as a leader. >> his chief concern when he was in moscow was whether he would meet vladimir putin. as soon as he landed, are we going to see putin? when we are going to see putin? is putin coming to the event? >> but the meeting never happened. >> i was in ...