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Closet. theres still financial stuff and the collusion issue. that hasnt been resolved yet and for a president of the united states to just push this away, and ignore his responsibilities to protect our electoral system is horrifying. its one thing the intelligence agency says something, oh you can say theyre hacks, which is what he did. i believe putin. putin is very sincere he says but the intelligence agencies are. now we have an indictment from a grand jury and a highly respected prosecutor....

$1.2 million per month trying to influence the election. they were organizing rallies. they were putting out false information. they were sowing divisiveness. >> after these indictment, if the president doesnt acknowledge that -- >> and he still has not. >> i mean, russia cant take it seriously either and well proceed with upcoming 2018 potential interference, right? >> yes, i think he has. i think his statement was a step towards acknowledgement. h.r. mcmaster has said theres no doubt the russi...

The collusion issue. trump is saying no collusion, therefore i am vindicated, but, in fact, we dont really know what else mueller might know regarding contacts between americans and russia. >> well, thats one of the problems with indictments is that they dont exist to exonerate people, they are about detailing about what crimes we do happen. you have crime critics saying it does not exonerate him, word unwitting that russians did communicate with trump campaign but officials were unwitting and t...

That public appearance. he seemed simply be being there physically tying himself to that indictment. obviously, hes been under fire from the president. to me, thats an assertion of independence rather than a display of bias, but different people see everything in this probe through different prisms. eboni: do you think the president has made a mistake since the beginning of this probe, describing it as a hoax, being fairly reluctant to even acknowledge any russian interference whatsoever and tyi...

And nobody has found any collusion. there is no collusion. you know why? because i dont speak to russians. >> well, let me bring in tonights panel. josh earnest, white house press secretary for president obama. and anne gearan and lanhee chen, former policy visoc adviser, st. miss gearan, i want to start with you. i want to ask you the same question i asked kristen welker. the reaction from the trump white house was focusing on the collusion issue, not on the interference issue. >> yeah. >> do t...

Right? >> thanks. take care. okay, chris. now to this. the nations top intelligence chiefs trying to sound the alarm on russian election interference they say will happen in the upcoming midterm elections. senator angus king made an appeal to try to convince the president that the threat is real. >> i just wish you all could persuade the president as a matter of national security to separate these two issues, the collusion issue over here unresolved. well get to the bottom of that. but theres ...

That there was not a specific directive from the white house about what to do. that same committee, senate intelligence committee does plan to issue an election security report, recommendation of what should be done ahead of the primary season that begins in march as well as what should be done ahead of the november elections. see if states and localities agree to implement them. overarching concern over several of the members of the united states are now prepared even though russia appears to b...

I understand the presidents sensitivity about whether his campaign was in connection with the russians and thats a separate question, but there is no question we have got -- before us the entire intelligence community that the russians interfered in the election in 2016, theyre continuing to do it and there are real imminent threat to our elections in a matter of eight or nine months. my problem is i talked to people in maine who say the whole thing is a witch-hunt and it is a hoax because the p...

Interference in this midterm that is identified clearly today, wolf. >> the nations fbi and intelligence chiefs all agree on this. russia meddled in the 2016 presidential election here in the united states and theyre already targeting the 2018 midterm election. senator angus king of maine says the panel needs to convince president trump to accept those findings. >> my problem is i talk to people in maine who say the whole thing is a witch hunt and is its a hoax because the president told me. i j...

Top intelligence officials are issuing their most urgent warning yet about russia. >> frankly, the united states is under attack. from u.s. businesses to federal, state and local governments, united states is under the threat of cyber threats every day. >> that is dan coates who says if they dont do something to stop russia interference, the upcoming elections will be compromised. will be. as christopher wray and other trump-appointed officials testify that they unanimously agree with the cyber ...