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General consensus that its something other than something else. >> exactly. and the problem of compromising information has been something that has surfaced and been part of the investigation as well. and here you seem to have a case where thats tangible. so these are connected. i think they can effect how mueller thinks about his own case. >> fascinating and curious. thank you so much. appreciate it julian and amy. stormy daniels meantime, well, she is staying busy. nick valencia talked to he...

Investigators are asking about the timing of the decision and as well as compromising information may have held by the russiasen process. its about one conversation between trump and mueller that may decide the future of america. lets talk with max boot is a senior fellow at the counsel council on foreign relations and the author of "the road not taken frgs. . good evening, jae. matt you wrote a great article in the "washington post" entitled trump versus mueller is a battle for americas souther...

Counsel counsels, but ties between trump associates. anything that may come up during course of the investigation and thats where hes going now. wunlt of key questions is, due to the numbers, it was the same time when the -- whether russia was retaliating to exert any influence. >> there are some questions that have touched on the possibility of what is described as compromising information that the russians may have, or claimed to have, about president trump. >> thats right. i was told with the...

Been asking questions of witnesses about plans to have two times a trump branded hotel in moscow. none of those plans materialized. we also learned that he has also asked at least one witness if he ever saw any russians at the trump tower in new york in 2015. and this witness said that no, he had not. >> jim, do we know -- i mean are they asking questions beyond his business dealings? >> yes. we know that witnesses have been asked beyond business dealings about the possibility or their knowledge...

Lines, questions -- who was in trump tower -- in trumps hotel room in moscow during the discussions of these deals with the miss universe campaign, who was there, who would have had access to it, who was in charge of security, drilling down, then, on that time there as well as questions about other business dealings, trump tower. in addition to that, questions about whether -- what knowledge witnesses had of claims by russia that they had compromising information on donald trump. this, of course...

Other people who worked in the white house went before the committee and did not. we will see what happens tomorrow morning. >> hope hicks has been at the epicenter, are there particularly areas of questioning that you hope to be able to ask her? >> those of us who have watched this white house for a long time know shes is one of the presidents most closest advisers. so i think i talked to her about in particular of course is the question of the drafting of the statement that don junior, the pre...

But remember, that moment in july is also right around the time where george papadopoulos is getting tipped off about an effort on the part of russia to come forward with compromising information about hillary clinton, right around the same time. and george papadopoulos subsequently pleaded guilty for lying to the fbi about that conversation. its quite apart from a president of the united states inviting a foreign power to mess around with our elections and i wonders why theres a question about ...

Have people defending the dirty dossier with their own dirty dossier. rick: in the meantime, another top democrat is wayne back in on that controversial trump tower meeting where donald trump junior met with the russian lawyer in an apparent bid to get compromising information on hillary clinton in the summer of 2016. here is what democratic congressman jim heinz had to say about possible collusion between russia and the trump campaign. >> the president of the united states sun said boy do i wan...

He testified that in january 2017, this is three months after the fbi got the surveillance warrant for carter page.that this document be made on verified and salacious. this is the testimony by james comey and he is talking about the briefing at trump tower. in early january with the incoming president at that time. again, theres a conflict between what the democrats are saying in their memo, what james comey testified to. to be absolutely transparent, we dont know whats in those blackout sectio...

Expect, there is an extremely high bar to cross in order to approve the surveillance of a us citizen inside of the united states. this is phone records, emails, text messages, it is government in all of your communications. >> catherine, it does not have any place in this the says there was compromising information on the president were then candidate trump. but he says that page met with high officials of equipment and discussed the possibility of the compromising information on hillary clinton...