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Investigation. >> stephen, i wanted you to weigh in as well because you worked with the president during the campaign. you know the president. even though youre an economic analyst, you could give us an appreciation. john dowd, the lead attorney, a all of a sudden the president says, joe digenova, well known to a lot of us, is coming in as co-counsel. ted olson, they went to him. he declined to come over. if youre john dowd, you have to draw some conclusions that maybe they dont think im doing a...

Youre not answering all the questions i have either. >> well, jake, its not for me to answer the questions issue and what ive told you is shes going to answer the questions on sunday. thats what i said. thats the form in which shes going to answer the questions, and im confident that people are going to learn details relating to that, and they are going to reach their own conclusions. >> in her interview with "in touch" magazine, she had the phone number of donald trumps body guard back when he ...

To not come out and speak publicly about what they believe is happening to the presidency and the country. >> yup. before we go to break, republican senator ben sasse is weighing in on the latest chapter of the trump/biden feud tweeting this morning "total dysfunction. d.c. is about to add $1.3 trillion to your debt like its no big deal and meanwhile both of our crazy uncles are fistfighting in the back yard. happy thanksgiving, america. thank you, ben sasse. there is a level of decency that n...

Incredibly serious situation of their own. >> the assassination of two people on british soils of no conclusions other than the russian state was culpable. it is russia that infringed the national law and the chemical weapon convention. well never tolerate a threat to the lives of british citizens and others. >> our quarrel is with putin and with his decisions and we can get over whemingly that it was his decision to direct the use of a nerve-agent on the streets of europe for the first time sin...

Friends, and hes upset, and he doesnt -- he thinks his lawyers got it wrong. >> mm-hmm. >> and he wants to know how to fight back. digenova is a former u.s. attorney who is very aggressive. john dowd has been, lets cooperate. so i think this takes us tiinto new phase and the president clearly wants to start punching. >> carl, do you believe the president is laying the ground work to dispute the conclusions of the mueller probe? >> i think its really the people who know him best, not me, that we ...

Dispute the conclusions or laying the ground work for the mueller firing? >> the people i talk to him who know him best believe hes determined to shutdown this investigation, to ultimately see that mueller is fired. but more than that, that there is no report that really goes to heart of his conduct, trumps conduct, the conduct of his family, the conduct of his business organization. he wants this to go away on his terms. he says this as part of a great battle in this cold civil war going on in ...

He has been very forthright in saying that the russians hacked the election. >> as has michael hayden, dci clapper. >> exactly. that theres a serious national security issue. i think he has been out there and basically saying this is a huge issue for the united states of america. hes a little bit hamstrung because a lot of information he has, he cant share. but i think what were seeing is his conclusions of frustration. >> in a way, though, doesnt this play into donald trump, who can then say, l...

As far as i know, in my lifetime, ive never seen a former cia director go after a sitting president. this unprecedented. >> anne, do you see it as unprecedented. >> it certainly is not common. its not something weve seen often. but brennan has been outspoken i think since the election, and he has been very forthright in saying that the russians hacked the election. >> as has michael heayden. >> exactly. that theres a serious national security issue. i think he has been out there and basically sa...

Place that assure every state that at the end of the day, they can certify their vote totals. so i think what members will share with you today is the recommendations that welco wil will come with. theyre not recommendations that you should expect legislation from, its not part of the investigation. jurisdiction within the congress is probably within the rules of the united states senate, and we will work very closely with them, sharing all the information we possibly can so they can process our...

The conclusions. but look, the problem is that trump tainted the whole process. >> yeah. >> by then attacking mccabe and making it seem like this was the outcome he wanted so that even if the people in the justice department thought they were doing the right thing, they basically got staabotaged by th boss who made it look political. so in some respects trump shot himself in the foot here because he under mined what could have been an advantage for him to have mccabe fired by career professional...