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Will have access to, and we, at this point, dont have access to. so, you know, we have an important part of the story today, but its only part of the story, and i think thats important to keep in mind as, you know, people go make dramatic conclusions about what is or is not a crime. >> carl, to that idea, that we only have part of the story, which is obviously very accurate and important to keep in mind, it is interesting in the e-mail chain that we do have that theres no real surprise voiced by...

Knee-jerk drop in stocks. if that isnt the dumbest headline, i dont know what is. max, you should have your journalism card hold. >> kat: maybe i am deranged. i think this is important. >> eric: why? other than the left going crazy trying to nail donald trump, i dont see anything. >> eboni: this is going to be a lot to unpack because i am coming from the legal lens. before we jump to conclusions, i want to make sure we are following the facts, thats important. we learned more today. later this e...

Supplemental security admissions. i think that was really the first time this meeting was identified not so much when "the new york times" reported on it. i dont know when that was. thats going to be part of the time line as well. >> don jr. said it was ant adoptions a couple days ago. on saturday, the original explanation was it was primarily about adoptions. is this an ice cube or just the tip of an iceberg and we cant see the rest underneath. it feels, based on the drip, drip, drip of "the ne...

Advocate for the kremlin. now, why would they choose her? they might choose her because she gives them some deniability. as opposed to someone who has a more direct connection to the government. obviously, this is something that we need to determine, but it would be consistent with russian trade craft to do exactly this. >> congressman, some of your colleagues are beginning to use the word "treason." even if you dont want to go that far or draw any conclusions yet, do you see possible violations...

Director based on the advice of the attorney general. >> in giving the recommendations, the president made a decision to accept their conclusions and remove director comey. >> he took the recommendation of rod rosen steen -- >> and yikly afterward the president made the decision to let comey go. >> see it was all about the recommendations until it wasnt two days later. >> he made a recommendation but beside recommendation, i was going to do it. i said to myself, this russia thing with trump and ...

Remember what happened after comey was fired? that message as pushed. president trump fired the fbi director based on the advice of the attorney general. >> in giving the recommendations, the president made a decision to accept their conclusions and remove director comey. >> he took the recommendation of rod rosen steen -- >> and yikly afterward the president made the decision to let comey go. >> see it was all about the recommendations until it wasnt two days later. >> he made a recommendation ...

We need to have the investigation. obviously the intelligence committee is doing their investigation. we have, of course, the director mueller doing his investigation. ive called for an independent commission to take a look at this. i think we should have an independent commission. lets let the facts lead where they may. we know there were multiple contacts by russia representatives of the trump campaign during this period of time. we would like to know exactly what happened, whether this was ru...

The nature of that question. i wouldnt jump to the conclusions of what the outcome would be. weve been talking to people like paul manafort, jared kushner and other people about russian activities during the course of the election. so far nobody has come up with one bit of evidence about collusion or obstruction of justice. but obviously theres people that would like to keep this story alive as long as theyed can for political purposes. >> trish: they havent come up with anything yet. but theyre...

From the perception standpoint, it certainly raises eyebrows. but, you know, i think it would mean something entirely different if the person actually had information to provide. >> why? >> why, why, why, why? he took the meeting because he was told she had information. it shouldnt matter. >> on his part, isnt it the intent? >> whether or not she delivers is a totally different issue than if he went there thinking he was going to get dirt from a russian lawyer? >> ill absolutely take him at his ...

Mission to determine what the kpask will be, and more specifically what information we do need to get to those conclusions and answer those questions. >> do you kind of wish it was done before this went out there. wont it be a uphill battle? >> we certainly have work to do, no question about that. when we had the conference call, we discussed there could be nothing of substance on the call because it was not an open public call. we were working with, just barely getting started, very partial. >>...