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Exploring issues that affect leaders in the U. S. And around the globe. Exploring issues that affect leaders in the U. S. And around the globe. Or distorted what happened in the election campaign. But what is Donald Trumps core point that he wants to say even more than no collusion, no collusion, no collusion . It didnt change a vote. So this is a problem. So if they had stepped up their game in 2016 and the Obama Administration was asleep at the switch, maybe they did change some votes. Trump i...

Theres a reason the director of national intelligence needs to know what was discussed privately. hes got to actually task people to find out certain things. hes got to task certain people to go against russian disinformation campaigns and talk to foreign governments, so does the secretary of state. its a real problem in terms of actually having a policy. >> think about this. >> but that is policy. >> both of you have been in government and so you know this. as weve learned, its possible our int...

You know thats coming tonight because they said they ramped it up in 2016. what do you think, bill? >> well see. the degree to which hes already undercut this message by his behavior in helsinki, both private and public i would say, is really a problem. and again, if there had been -- i mean thats why he had to personally come out actually to compensate, to fix -- begin to fix the problem of helsinki? >> what was he doing? my point is he could have been out there today. >> did this follow from a...

Sources. i have the sources too. thats what theyre telling you. i have no reason to believe, as you said, i think the president is claiming this because its not as if he hasnt sat for depositions before and been comfortable looking ridiculous not answering questions. >> the interesting question is whether this back and forth continues to a point where then it becomes, well, look, muellers got to wrap this up. its going on too long. >> and mueller says i cant wrap it up until i talk to him. >> he...

He said -- essentially he made it clear, were prepared to start going on offense. but it was almost like im waiting for the order. thats what it sounded like to me. >> well, this is the problem we have is that there actually is a unit at the state department, the global engagement center, thats responsible for countering disinformation and allowing us to sow discord in other countries if we wanted to. that agency, the funding was not utilized by secretary tillerson. now the question is, is the a...

Suppression. >> so you would have a problem with it. >> i would have a very hard time with it. i believe that their long-term strategy is actually to divide the democratic progressive base by siphoning off progressive voters and not because theyre well intentioned. for most folks people would say theyre more libertarian and theyre like were libertarian but we dont understand whats happening in the white house. this is a complete dichotomy for them. >> for me its the rnc trying to intimidate othe...

Of national intelligence. >> that happens to be the truth, i guess. >> kudos to director coats. he handed it off to bolton, but the director of national intelligence doesnt feel like he can speak about what happened. >> this is another problem the president could solve. if the president wanted to, he could come out and say this is exactly what we talked about in helsinki. >> maybe he doesnt want to, though. >> whether he doesnt want to or -- yeah, but at least he could come out. hes not even say...

If you take koch money theres a punishment. if you take money from people against the president and looking to put a knife in the back of the president, you are going to pay, really? >> the official republican national committee, which is supposed to speak for the republican party, not for one guy in the white house, attacked the koch brothers and warned other donors about going down that path. donors to the republican party, you cannot have your own views. you cannot choose to support more free...

Or distorted what happened in the election campaign. but what is donald trumps core point that he wants to say even more than no collusion, no collusion, no collusion? it didnt change a vote. so this is a problem. so if they had stepped up their game in 2016 and the obama administration was asleep at the switch, maybe they did change some votes. trump is not stupid -- well, i wont say stupid or not. trump wants to deny that russia could have had an influence in 2016 and theyre saying russia coul...

>> he gave good answers on a lot of questions we werent sure he would. he conceded that waterboarding was torture. he conceded prosecutors should not release derogatory investigative information that they havent charged which is the comey problem. he agreed to protect the firewall between the white house and the criminal division of the department of justice and he said he would be willing to prosecute trump, his family, and his associates if they were found to have broken the law. so there were...