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Associate attorney general rachel brand cut off a representative from the national counterterrorism center before he could present a report that analyzed potential risks posed by refugees, saying attorney general jeff sessions would not be guided by the findings because he, quote, doesnt agree with the conclusions. thats according to two officials familiar with the meeting including one who was inside the room. after rejecting the intelligence, the administration issued its own report that misst...

And its understandable and its with great precedent that he declines to say exactly how he would rule in any case. whether it involves [ inaudible ] something else. >> ive got to ask you quickly about the op-ed. and a role for kocongress here this respect, senator, theres really only one of two conclusions, perhaps, to draw from this op-ed. theres a soft coup inside the executive branch, or theres a whole bunch of people who say the presidents unfit. at the end of the day, theres a second branch...

Reporting as well. he showed no interest in reading the paperwork, learning about foreign policy. then he comes up with his own conclusions and makes these orders when hes clearly on a different page from what his advisers are telling him. he does this repeatedly without any care or a concern about what that could lead to. >> john, its one of the most striking things when you read the book how the word alarmed is used, exasperated, and how theres example after example of his lack of understandin...

To support what the president wants to do. there are well-established -- for example, the national security process. barack obama when he was thinking about what to do in afghanistan, it was a months long review that involved a whole host of people across the go government to try to help the president decide. in this administration, what we see again and again, and this is probably the most vivid portrait, is the president at war with that process. the president who wants to do whatever he wants...

Is sad story of degeneration of of a america of congress. his father held the congressional seat for many years. this was the use of campaign funds for personal, bloat radar screen reasons it did start in the obama administration that is the acts that the government alleges occurred while barack obama was president. and continued into the presidency of donald trump. the justice department would have been most unwise had it waited until after the midterm elections to pop these dimes indictments. ...

These new details suggesting bruce ohr at the justice department way back in 2014 was working on trying to flip this russian oligarch and then in 2016 in the heat of the campaign was trying to get him to give up dirt on donald trump and the oligarch said i dont have anything. >> there isnt anything! weve been doing this for two, three years and nothing has leaked out about it! if there was anything, if there was a scintilla of evidence that donald trump did any colluding with anybody over in rus...

Claimed their client is innocent. two, both seem worried that their client has obstructed justice. and three, they both seem to admit in public statements that end up in the newspapers that their client will perjure himself. >> of course they have to fight the mueller report going public. because the information and the conclusions reached in that report will be devastating for this president, pratt president those around him and the presidency. it is very difficult to avoid the conclusion that ...

Of course, president said it has nothing to do with his campaign. robert mueller, his brief, he was told to investigate anything having to do with the trump campaign in russia. >> there were four federal judges who have confirmed the legitimacy of robert muellers appointment and his powers that he has. rudy giuliani had given mueller an unofficial timeline. he said mueller needed to file his report, come to his conclusions by labor day, tomorrow, in order to not interfere with d.o.j. policy. doe...

Congress can do to stop that happening? >> well, my priority right now, i think our focus has to be on protecting the mueller investigation so that it can be completed, so that we can see this through wherever it takes us. thats whats most important right now. rudy giuliani going on tv and saying that he is going to chime in and not allow the mueller report to become public, frankly, rudy is the presidents personal lawyer. i dont believe its up to him to decide what happens with the mueller repo...

Taking terms not only -- steps not only to close these sites but also to have a registry with veteran affairs so we can track those individuals over 150,000 who have registered. it allows us to track some of the medical issues that theyre having and draw some conclusions about whether the burn pits indeed were the cause for blood disorders, diseases including cancer and other respiratory problems. >> is it believed those burn pits were the cause? >> we have to wait for conclusive medical study t...