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End of the fiscal year, we did and an analysis of what other countries were doing. And i cant remember if it was zero or near zero dollars from any European Countries for lethal aid. Youve heard the president say we give them tanks and other countries give them pillows. That is right. As vocal at the europeans are about supporting ukraine, they are really, really stingy when it coming to lethal aid. They werent helping ukraine and to this day are not. And the president did not like that. Long an...

Do you see that enter defined, is his political interests as a political candidate is intertwined with the national interests. >> >> i dont know how to answer that question except that the -- mr. giuliani is his personal lawyer. >> is it appropriate for a personal attorney to be work being in ukraine on issues that are supposed to be national issues? mr. giuliani says there an attorney/client privilege issue. is that appropriate for his personal attorney to be working -- >> i dont know anything ...

This issue. but there is, perhaps, a deeper need for the agency itself, for the justice department to have some clarity about what actually happened here. and if this inquiry does provide that, then that actually might end up being good for the president. >> and the president made it clear, he knows whats going on and hes got one word for it, treason. he tweeted today, he said, "my campaign for president was conclusively spied on. nothing like this has ever happened in american politics. a reall...

The person doesnt exist. the person is not alive. its bullshit, okay. >> reporter: the president took issue with reports that there were friction behind the scenes. the president says john bolton and his secretary of state mike pompeo are both performing well to his satisfaction. in the meantime, a senior administration official told cnn the presidents national security team is working to provide more evidence of irans military activity that has concerned his advisers inside the white house. tha...

That the fact that he is the sitting president is a big reason why they couldnt reach or they did not reach a decision on whether or not he obstructed or did not, right? they just punted on that issue. so, again, congress -- this is where congress gets in. and why its important for us to get -- for them to get more of this information and continue their investigation as to whether or not this is something that is a high crime, is it something thats impeachable. we dont know? >> clearly the democ...

Him, suggesting maybe rethink his cooperation with mueller, the president likes you. let me read from the transcript of the voice mail. it wouldnt surprise me if youve gone on to make a deal with the government. if theres information that implicates the president, then weve got a national security issue. so, you know, we need some kind of heads up. just for the sake of protecting all our interests, if we can. remember, what weve always said -- what weve always said about the president and his fe...

Tirade of tweets on the russia investigation, iran, and immigration. is he using twitter to validate his viewpoints and make policy decisions? im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." breaking news, treasury secretary steve mnuchin defies subpoena requests from a powerful house democrat, refusing to turn over six years of president trumps tax returns. the issue is now certain to move to the courts. also tonight, president trump seizes on new documents from the russia investigation, show...

Trump personal attorney who had reached out and left this voice mail, this voice mail in which a sort of oblique reference to, we want to keep you on the team, get a heads up on what youre saying. but i think thats a big issue. its a big issue that the special counsel, the prosecutors would not have been able to cross. certainly not being able to talk to that person, not being able to understand whether or not they were being directed to try to interfere and to try to get michael flynn to change...

Us and we talk to them and quote them as being senior administration officials. and so what the president is saying is not true. we should also note that much of the bs we hear over here at the white house is very much on the record, wolf. >> jim acosta over here at the white house for us. lets bring in kara scannel and senior justice correspondent, evan perez. evan, if flynn did, in fact, tell mueller that there were individuals associated with the trump administration or with congress, trying ...