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An american issue, a threat to our democracy. yes, they leaked some documents ,we think. the idea that they actually tampered with the system, the russians have been doing this just about every election and every country that we know. a its just a little more obvious this time. but imagine that this had happened in 2012 and it was but romney, the man who said russia is our biggest enemy, it was at the receiving end of russia hacking and that the accusation was they reelected barack obama, do you...

Collude for the trump campaign. we will begin with that with the panel. steve hayes, mercedes schlapp, and tom bevan. tom, your thoughts. >> i thought sessions was passionate and sincere in his defense, and drove a stake through the heart of the collusion argument which is like an undead animal walking around. no evidence. he forcefully argued it today. all in all, i thought it was a spirited defense by him but i dont know its going to convince anybody, any democrats, anybody who thought that th...

Issue, its not a democrat, its an american issue, a threat to our democracy. yes, they leaked some documents we think. the idea that they actually tampered with the system, the russians have been doing this just about every election and every country that we know. its just a little more obvious this time. imagine that this had happened in 2012 and it was but romney, the man who said russia is our biggest enemy, it was at the receiving end of russia hacking and that the accusation was they reelec...

Issue, its not a democrat, its an american issue, a threat to our democracy. yes, they leaked some documents we think. the idea that they actually tampered with the system, the russians have been doing this just about every election and every country that we know. its just a little more obvious this time. imagine that this had happened in 2012 and it was but romney, the man who said russia is our biggest enemy, it was at the receiving end of russia hacking and that the accusation was they reelec...

>> im saying it. >> they have the house, senate. >> russia investigation for political reasons. >> this beyond politics. russia investigation is beyond politics. with the latest revelations you can see this is undermining our democracy, our electoral system. >> the actual hacking. >> the hacking, the altering, maybe, and the dumpings undermine our election. we should have an outside, independent commission to study what that is. we have tried to say this is critical infrastructure. the republica...

Big deal. >> there are multiple investigations going on. theres the house investigation, the senate investigation, the special counsel. the thing that i dont think people understand about the collusion argument is you can abuse power and obstruct justice covering up a crime that didnt happen. maybe there wasnt collusion but that doesnt mean the president didnt abuse power in talking to the head of dni, the head of nsa saying please dont pursue this investigation. maybe theres nothing there. but ...

Processes in place id be happy to get those back to you. >> did the trump administration undergo that interagency clearance process prior to the presidents may 10th meeting with the russian government? >> i have no awareness of that. >> chris, whats your reaction? >> well, again, a lot of times with these testimonies, listen to whats not said as much as what is said. if dan coats could have said yes, they did in regards to that question, did they follow the procedures related to declassifying in...

For middle income families which is going to unleash growth in our society. russia just tried to undermine our democracy and is now having its strongest head of influence ever in our lifetime. >> the french now -- >> no because we dont know what happened in france. what russia did here by consens consensus, because he still doesnt seem to accept that it was russia. >> didnt clapper say yesterday there was no involvement between the trump campaign and russia? >> its interesting you go to that and...

Worry about confidence. its not the role i play on their show to be worried about donald trump, but im telling you confidence in him in the midst of crisis. thats why devin nunes said to jim comey yesterday lets get this over as quickly as possible. you hear people saying, you know, we dont know whats going to come. the collusion argument as part of it but what about failure to sound an alarm when you knew something was going on? >> eric: where was the alarm from hillary clintons camp or campaig...

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