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The most prolific democratic downer of the 2016 election. he used to be known for giving to candidate that is back environmental causes but now his cause is impeaching donald trump and spending $10 million to air that tv ad along with an online petition for trumps impeach. joining us now is tom steyer. cnn reporting, nbc not confirming it yet, but cnn reporting that the first indictment or indictments handed down in the mueller investigation. your thoughts? >> well, i think that this is a reflec...

People in congress and his administration know that the president is a clear and present danger. whos mentally unstable and armed with nuclear weapons. and they do nothing. join us. tell your member of congress that they have a moral responsibility to stop doing whats political and start doing whats right. >> that was tom steyer, democratic donor of the 2016 election. he used to be known for giving to candidate that is back environmental causes but now his cause is impeaching donald trump and sp...

Whats political and start doing whats right. >> that was tom steyer, democratic donor of the 2016 election. he used to be known for giving to candidate that is back environmental causes but now his cause is impeaching donald trump and spending $10 million to air that tv ad along with an online petition for trumps impeach. joining us now is tom steyer. cnn reporting, nbc not confirming it yet, but krrn reporting that the first indictment or indictments handed down in the mueller investigation. yo...

June 14th last year. "the washington post," last summer, the headline, russian government hackers penetrated dnc, that was the first indication we had as a country that something was up in our election that had to do with the russian government. now the date of that first public report ends up being important. that was june 14th, last year. keeping that in mind, there was some interesting reporting earlier this week from the wall street journal, that was about the data firm cambridge analytica. ...

Randomly taken by some thief, they were taken as part of a russian intelligence operation. when that news broke on june 14th, it was not a subtle thing. it was everywhere. this was that initial report, russian government hackers 3e7b penetrated dnc. that started a lit any of reporting about this. u.s. officials say little doubt russia behind dnc hack. spy agency hacked dnc. fbi investigating possible connection to the linked dnc e-mails. it was everywhere. even if you cant read and sometimes wat...

It could take many, many months to get to the bottom of it. but even in if its a charge against manafort or flynn or someone else, it seems theres so much new news all the time that it seems it would take a team of lawyers a long time to get to the bottom of it. but as i said, mueller does have a reputation of working with urgency and he has a team of 16 top prosecutors so theyve been working days, nights and weekends to get this done. >> thank you very much. i want to bring in the conversation ...

Was put in charge of this probe, which was just about six months ago, maybe that question was starting to come due. i want to know what your reaction is to that recent reporting and those concerns by people who were worried about the independence of the investigation. >> i think its clear that everyone from the president to his allies in congress to the conservative media have been orchestrating a drum beat against the special council, which includes raises questions about his budget, whether he...

This is the first indictment, first set of indictments, well see when the charges are unsealed. and there are more to come. >> part of the reporting that cnn has done tonight which is more background rather than it is sort of some new fact that theyve dug up. the way theyre characterizing their report tonight is that the deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein, whos overseeing all matters related to the russia investigation because of the recusal of attorney general jeff sessions, rod rosenstein...

Becomes, you know, blocking an investigation that as borne fruit. it becomes a more questionable activity after he filed charges than it was before. >> one last question for you, matt. one of the stories that we were planning on leading with tonight before this news broke was the interesting and unexpected news out of the eastern district of virginia, was that the attorney, dana boente, who has played a number of stand in roles, being brought on as acting attorney general, acting deputy attorney...

T case. is the overture before or after june 15th, before or after you knew those things were stolen by the russian government. that puts a spotlight on cambridge analytica. they should probably explain the specifics of that time line so they knew what they were doing in making that overture and whether they knew they were offering to help a russia intelligence operations. so theres more reporting to do there. but even if the worst is true, it remains the fact they werent working for the trump c...