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Weve invited her to be on the show repeatedly and shes repeatedly said no but go on. >> so i guess the question is what does she want? i mean, we have had so many people have over tours to her and the few who have gotten a response says she doesnt want to discuss anything until the bipartisan bill passes. she never reached out to us when she was quote unquote coming up with this consensus agreement. the progressives have comp -- compromised so much saying it doesnt have to pass the senate first....

Worst cyber actors, that he was ramping up his criticism. and then on monday he very swiftly responded to the trump-putin comments where specifically the president sided with putin over by name dan coats and the intelligence assessment. and he very quickly came out with a statement while the president was getting on air force one, reasserting that consensus agreement, which he said today had been assessed and reassessed in the last 18 months and is still valid. that it was not just the russians ...

Spoke strongly against the russians, what they were doing in cyber, that they were the worst cyber actors, that he was ramping up his criticism. and then on monday he very swiftly responded to the trump-putin comments where specifically the president sided with putin over by name dan coats and the intelligence assessment. and he very quickly came out with a statement while the president was getting on air force one, reasserting that consensus agreement, which he said today had been assessed and ...

Force one reasserting that consensus agreement, which he said today had been assessed and reassessed in the last 18 months and is still valid. that it was not just the russians but it was vladimir putins russians, that all things are decided by the former kgb spymaster at the head of that country. so he was very clear, and he feels that that is his job, as he said, to stand up for the intelligence that he is not -- you know, he wants to keep politics out of the intelligence. and he is putting it...

>> nothing is sacred because all the small parts you can have a legitimate consensus agreement where a bunch of small pieces take a hit but the gain in terms of tax reductions outweighs it by far. we havent had wage growth. that was -- the middle class hasnt had wage increase in 30 years. they are very upset. thats the midwest. thats michigan, ohio, pennsylvania, et cetera. the whole country is united. they dont know what a raise looks like anymore. and so if we get tax cuts through and business...

Koreas own terms without concessions, which is what the united states has been insisting on for many years. >> will ripley, thank you for your expertise this morning. also this morning the president writing, first order was to renovate and modernize our nuclear arsenal. it is now far stronger and more powerful than ever before. the president also adding, there will never be a time that we are not the most powerful nation in the world. lets go to the pentagon and bring in our barbara starr. bar...

>> as possible. a larger issue is morale. intelligent officials i spoke with said every time the president suggest he doesnt believe the consensus agreement of the united states intelligence community about what russia did through our election during 2016, that damages the way the white house relates to the intel community. it makes folks in the intel community feel like there were doesnt matter to the president. the big takeaways why trump does not just what he says in terms of the issue of rus...

Could be affected by the bill that were looking at right now. >> and i want to come back to that, but first lets go to the hill. we have some sound now with republican senator roger wicker who just stepped out of their senate meeting, their luncheon. lets listen. >> real quick bite. >> bill until after the recess? >> well, clearly, theres a little more negotiation to do in getting to 50. and i think the meeting at the white house today will help. and i think its fair to say the goal is to have a...

In one of the most challenging political environments weve ever seen. at the same time, chairman burr and i have put this investigation on what we believe to be a solid bipartisan footing with the shared goal of getting the truth. in spite of the events of the last 24 hours, i intend to maintain our committees focus on the investigation. indeed, the recent actions only increase the burden of responsibility on all of us to ensure that we live up to this challenge and to uncover the truth, whereve...

The most challenging political environments we have ever seen. we put this investigation on what we believe a solid, bipartisan footing with the shared goal of getting the truth. in spite of the events of the last 24 hours, i intend to maintain our committees focus on the investigation. indeed, the recent actions only increase the burden of responsibility on all of us to ensure that we live up to this challenge and to uncover the truth wherever that leads. there is, obviously, consensus agreemen...