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Investigations past, steve was mentioning whitewater, i talked to some people involved in the whitewater investigation. they said people are going to hire lawyers and we already know hope hicks, don mcgahn, others have been hiring lawyers. the lawyers are going to tell them not to talk to anyone. the lawyers are going to tell them to leave the room if talk of russia comes up. people will start wondering what is this other person saying about me. there was an axios report this morning that sean s...

>> its like incredible. candidate donald trump boasting about the devotion of his supporters. its fair to say that devotion has been tested. its been bumpy at times, rocky even. more upheaval with the resignation of sean spicer and from the start the russia investigation has been a cloud over the president. yet, we still see a core base that is sticking by him. in a recent washington poll, abc poll, abc washington post poll, 25% say they strongly approve of the job donald trump is doing. a recen...

Washington really get down to the damage control effectively. theyre setting up a war room. its going to be headed by reince priebus, steve bannon, and jared kushner. we also reported this week, of course, thomas, that jared kushner is being scrutinized by the fbi. hes not the subject and the target of the investigation, but they want to know what information he has. what he knows about some of those main players that theyre looking into. so this russia probe only continues to expand and really ...

Committee you kind of can be a little bit removed because you can say, a, this is happening, its classified, we arent going to come out with our findings until theyre made officials and what not. a little distance. other lawmakers if constituents at home are feeling you cant be a little bit crooked and starting to turn on trump thats when youll see republican lawmakers turning on trump as well and turning up the heat as scott said, back to that boil which could, you know, result in judiciary hea...

Could there have been some sort of coordination there. or at least, you know, a blind eye to what the russians were doing because you wonder, why are you talking to the russians and why are you trying to set up a secret line of communication on the heels of them attacking our democracy. >> the other issue that played out, to ser lenas point, rick, private server, hillary clinton, private server. the home brewed, home cooked thing in the basement in chappaqua. did the trump folks think theyd be a...

John kerry. its great to have you with us. reuters is reporting about the jared kushner issue that he had these three previously undisclosed contacts with sergey kislyak the russian ambassador in d.c. theyre pushing back through his lawyers saying he made thousands of calls at this time, really has no recollection of it. is sergey kislyak that unforgettable? >> no, not unforgettable at all and given how unusual it is for a campaign, let alone once youve already come into office to be in contact ...

Address this issue. >> david ignacious i am going to ask you to take it t to -- benjamin netanyahu has questions surrounding him as well, some scandals. >> but benjamin netanyahu has for months facing israeli litigations of various questions of potential corruption and some involving big military contracts that his lawyer said he had been involved in. those are not resolved for the last six months or so. there is a cloud over benjamin netanyahu. it does not seem to be affecting him this visit. h...

Established institution and an aspiring autocrat. we dont know how that will play out. the problem with the idea that investigation can save you is that ultimately, unless the republicans in congress are willing to also take an independent position, and there is absolutely no indication thats going to happen, this is going to be tried in the court of public opinion. and in the court of public opinion, somebody who is acting in bad faith will often win over somebody who is not. and trumps willing...

Across the country. welcome back to our special coverage of the presidents 100 days in office. nothing has placed a cloud over president trumps first 100 days in office like the issue of russia medal ling into the election and the white houses perceived relationship with moscow and this week more trouble for trumps former national security adviser general michael flynn. the pentagon inspector general is investigating whether flynn failed to disclose payments from russian interests after being wa...

Meetings that are of interest to investigators. its a cloud over the president. plot twist today, "the washington post" reporting on eric prince. the ceo of blackwater, it was a private security firm. mostly exmilitary people. got in a lot of trouble with some deaths over there. he was a ce oero. he was a trump donor, the -- between him and a russian close to vladimir putin is part of an effort to establish a back channel line of communication between moscow and president-elect donald trump acco...