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Dropping. When you realize how big and how much of an effort now that the fbi is taking on in trying to sort of disrupt some of this. The American Public has to have confidence in the Voting Process in this country, josh campbell, and you say seeing all of those intel chiefs was a great step. Absolutely. We heard a lot of specifics here today. But theres also there symbolic effort which is so important for the American People to see. This united front. Seeing the intelligence chiefs standing the...

The days top stories from around the world, from politics and money, to sports and pop culture. The battle to save lives as President Trump sends a tweet about the fire that baffles even his own staff about the cause of it all. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. In the politics lead, rick gates, former number two on the Trump Campaign grilled right now about the plea deal by Defense Attorneys for former Trump Campaign chair Paul Manafort. Gates describing today in viv...

Tightening! the frenzy surrounding the hinging on the word of his former attorney, michael cohen. >> if this michael cohen when evidence stands up, if michael cohen does stand up to this, this is a potentially huge, potentially something that could prove the president colluded, and that is an impeachable offense. >> laura: girl, max headroom! who could forget the goofballs predicting a story peddled by a porn star could topple trump? >> if it seems to be credible, that could bring down this pres...

>> laura: the noose is tightening! the frenzy surrounding the hinging on the word of his former attorney, michael cohen. >> if this michael cohen when evidence stands up, if michael cohen does stand up to this this is a potentially huge potentially something that could prove the president colluded and that is an impeachable offense. >> laura: go, max headroom! who could forget the goofballs predicting a story peddled by a porn star could topple trump? >> if it seems to be credible that could bri...

Country wants to take this country through impeachment and im sure that is part of the lens through which the speak are holds her responsibility. as you mentioned, i have asked for, called for an impeachment inquiry at the point that don mcgahn failed to answer a lawful subpoena. but the president thinking about it in terms of a political calculation or helping him win re-election, who would want to win re-election for the presidency on the damning evidence that is contained within the mueller r...

Worst thing ever and were going to beat him until he dont move no more and there are people on the right that are saying nothing ever happened ever and we should move along. and as always, the truth is probably somewhere in the middle. so its interesting to me -- i think barr was trying to put the happy face on what he saw. i dont know if it was -- i cant say that he would be doing this maliciously, but what i think would be really important is to have mueller actually testify at congress becaus...

Even if the charge is kept under seal and hidden from public view, that too is prohibited. the special counsels office is part of the department of justice and by regulation it was bound by that department policy. charging the president with a crime was therefore not an option we could consider. >> so matt miller, robert mueller saying yesterday the constitution requires a process other than the criminal justice system to formally accuse a sitting president of wrong doing passing the ball over t...

Answer to that is politics, of course, and so there are people on the left who say this is the worst thing ever and were going to beat him until he dont move no more and there are people on the right that are saying nothing ever happened ever and we should move along. and as always, the truth is probably somewhere in the middle. so its interesting to me -- i think barr was trying to put the happy face on what he saw. i dont know if it was -- i cant say that he would be doing this maliciously, bu...

Very few come in their quest for evidence. last week, when we were talking about this issue, we had a former doj attorney on the couch and he was saying there is a big difference between what the committees can do in the house now and what they would be able to get under impeachment charges. or, an impeachment investigation. they get more power to get a lot more of those documents. when you have jerry nadler saying, "it is our job to investigate and to go after," they are going to want that extr...

Carefully on this issue. >> ken delaney. what about the collusion piece of this? i know youre down for a very private conference with a lot of folks you talk to in the national security against world. im curious what youre picking up from those folks and how theyre thinking about this. this report was pretty clear in saying there was no evidence of conspiracy or collusion is a word we often use here, but there have been a lot of very difficult to understand moves by the president when it comes t...