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Heard from the top democratic member on that committee speaking after the feeting with the fbi director jim comey. The topic the embattled attorney general, Jeff Sessions. He is accused of at a bare minimum Misleading Congress during his confirmation hearing in january. The source of the uproar, who contacts that then replican senator from alabama and Trump Campaign surrogate had with the Russian Ambassador last year during the campaign. This would be the same ambassador whose calls with exNatio...

That comes tomorrow. And how many people will be covered. Administration officials today already downplaying the cbo scoring. Cbo has been a very adept in not providing appropriate coverage statistics. I love the folks at the cbo. They work really hard, they do, but sometimes we ask them to do something theyre not capable of doing. Estimating the cost of a bill this size is probably not the best use of their time. I dont want to see the House Majority put at risk on a big bill that is not going ...

Topping this hour of 360. President trump trying to do what he does best, close the deal on a Republican Health care deal that a lethal number of republicans say they oppose. And the president trying to tiptoe past the claims that president Obama Wiretapped him. Were going to have a real winner. Reporter President Trump on capitol hill today. Seeking a win on health care. The it was a great meeting. Terrific people. They want a tremendous health care plan. Thats what we have. There are going to ...

Workers. But lets remember, this is from a president who didnt believe the job numbers, called the numbers from the bureau of labor statistics bogus. I think he likes these numbers. Lets bring in christine romans. I think so. If hes going to create 15 million jobs over the next ten years, he needs more months like this. It was a very strong january. And when you look out over the past last year, this number, interestingly, almost exactly what this number was last year, when it wasnt the animal s...

North lawn. The ongoing controversy surrounding attorney general Jeff Sessions clasp his contacts with the Russian Ambassador completely derailed what had been a terrific week for President Trump. With white house staff struggling to find a way past it, the president today decided he was going to punch his way out. Education is a civil rights issue of our time. On his way to florida to talk School Choice, President Trump launched a twitter war with the Senate Minority leader over russia. The fir...

Capitol hill. Devin nunes was saying he was on the white house grounds but did not meet with the white house staffer. Could it have been a member of Donald Trumps Intelligence Team . Reporter it depends on how you look at it. What hes telling Bloomberg News is that no, it was not a white house staffer, which would exclude members of the National Security council, which fall under the white hoe umbrella. That said, the vast majority of the Intelligence Community is a member of the administration....

A former nsa general counsel will join us. Former staffer of the House Intelligence Committee will join us. National security reporter will be here. We have all of the angles of this story covered today on this remarkable day in washington. It was a day like weve never seen before, of course, thanks to donald trump. And this time devon nunes. The Intelligence Community incidentally collected information about u. S. Citizens involved in the trump transition. Todays actions i think have really bee...

Stay in. Ill try to make sense of it all with canadas foreign minister. And forget the first 100 days. How about the next 265. To me the president s first year is the most important milestone. A great group of console lohrs join me about what we can expect. First heres my take. There are so many unusual aspects of President Trumps first 100 days in office that its hard to know where to begin. By his own yardstick of what he would do on day one, the number of promises unfulfilled is staggering. B...

Equals. But despite that simplistic construct, the whole super powers modeling. The u. S. And the soviet union before not really equal counter parts. They were not equal in terms of their strength, their ability to project power, their resilience. The United States was far stronger in terms of the economy, in terms of international influence, the soviet union had tight and oftentimes brutal control turnover statements and territories that were within their orbit. But their orbit was kind of limi...

Mexico to pay for the wall . [ inaudible ] thank you all. Absolutely, the president says about his wall. Plus, a robust jobs report and a very Important Health care shift from the senates top republican. But we begin with the high stakes getting to know you meeting that was supposed to wrap up a while ago at the g20 summit in germany but is still running. President trump and president putin. First meeting a long list of tensions. From President Trumps standpoint, listen here, also he says, an op...