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Mnuchin made the argument this plan would pay for itself and theres no evidence -- >> addition and subtraction of votes. well leave it there on the math side. >> see, im getting a little more derivative, i guess you might say. richard neil is the top democrat on the house and ways committee and one of the lawmakers who has been working to bring the house and senate bills together. that means he actually knows what is in this chicken stew. congressman, during the meeting on wednesday, fellow demo...

Was widely decided, decided he was going to claim attorney/client privilege in conversations he had with his father. and despite the fact that congress traditionally has not acknowledged attorney/client privilege or any other privilege in its investigation. so, yes, it is fair to say that in addition to the fear that this investigation at the probably desire of the president is at risk of being wrapped up before we can finish off our work, it is also true that there have been any number of speed...

Welcome back to the broadcast earlier broadcast. earlier this evening, we spoke with virginia democratic senator mark warner, the top grdemocratn the intelligence committee. and i asked him about donald trump jr.s nine-hour marathon appearance just yesterday in washington. >> the interview with donald trump, jr. was conducted entirely by staff. we feel like the first interviews, its better not to have politicians trying to score points, but let the staff come in and get all the facts out. but th...

Free zone. and the president asks whats going on in chicago quick to make first, beyond our borders tonight, more clashes in the middle east over the prisons decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel and move the u.s. embassy there eventually. two palestinians were killed in violence in the west bank and along the gaza border, dozens of others injured. one israeli officer was hurt. nato is expressing concern about a missile system that could carry a nuclear warhead. the weapon cou...

Questions as individual senators. frankly, without our ability to ask those questions, its hard for us to reach any final conclusions. we do have conclusions about the need to protect our electoral systems. we do have conclusions about trying to make sure that our social media ecosystem needs better protections. but on this question about the fact that the russians so often offered discrediting information about hillary clinton to the trump campaign, what was the trump campaigns response? you kn...

Ask those questions its hard for us to reach any final conclusions. we do have conclusions about the need to protect our electoral systems. we do have conclusions about trying to make sure that our social media ecosystem meets better protections. but on this ultimate question about the fact that the russians so often offered discrediting information about hillary clinton to the trump campaign, what was the trump campaigns response? you know, were all reserving final judgment until we get a chanc...

Personal ensecuriinsecurities o president, and his objective, rather than search for ways to safeguard u.s. elections, trump has waged his own campaign to discredit the case that russia poses any threat and he has resisted or attempted to roll back efforts to hold moscow to account. phillip, its tough to ask about such a massive piece of writing that when printed out is almost a magazine in and of itself, but we urge all of our viewers to read it for themselves. what stood out to you most? what ...

Learn with the fbi has done. the fbi is a creature of congress. we have to be sure we have separation of powers, but checks and balances allows those to check on the legislative and executive branches. >> tucker: interesting. what do you make of the deal with the state departments that allowed hillary clinton and huma abedin to take files out of the building and prevented those files from being seen? ive never heard anything like that, have you? >> routinely, people who serve as secretary of sta...

What stood out to you most? what was your largest takeaway as co-author of this? >> i think the big takeaway is over the last year, president trump has been reluctant to publicly accept the intelligence conclusions of his own government. hes been skeptical of their findings and hes felt that any admission that russia actually did interfere in the election to help him win delegitimizes his presidency and also threatens his ability to forge a friendly relationship with vladimir putin, which he see...

Served if this took place in public. what im committed to do is work with chairman burr, were the only group that is bipartisan. and at the end of the day it is important we have exactly which forum is something well work through. is very important, not just with donald trump jr., gerald cohen, there are a number of other individuals, again, you cant ask senators to draw final conclusions until we have had a chance to question the individuals directly. >> fair enough senator, throw caution to th...