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Ignorance, chaos, hue bruise, suspicion, contempt would you have to have to think doing this with the russian ambassador was a good or appropriate idea? so again, the naivety out, doesnt make me feel very good about many things. >> so julian, how will this white house go about explaining whether it is naivety or something nefarious? >> i think it will try to choose a third option and the option was this was an effort to lay the groundwork for a diplomatic break through with russia in dealing wit...

A couple of thoughts here. i think to some degree, the trump administration at the senior levels is being consumed by its own hubris. they must think of themselves as masters of the universe. and put that in combination with their evident -- and that is what i think bothers me personally the most -- their seeming contempt of american institutions, the denigrating things theyve said about everything from our judiciary to our intelligence agencies. these institutions, including in fact the intelli...

General hayden, is this nefarious or naivity. >> michael, right now, going with naivety. thats not particularly comforting for me. what manner of ignorance, chaos, hubris, suspicion, contempt, would you have to have to think that doing this with the russian ambassador was a good or appropriate idea. so again, naivety out, doesnt make me feel good about many things. >> some read this as another sign of potential collusion. a more benign explanation is the idea the incoming trump administration fe...

Collusion to this point? >> what it means is, obviously, that we dont yet have hard evidence. but you recall in watergate frankly there were a couple of years of smoke with no smoking gun and then ultimately a smoking gun was made available through testimony. john dean and others. and i think that the same thing may well happen here. it may not. and if it doesnt, frankly, the american people will have greater confidence in the presidents relationship with russia and others. but if it does, then ...

Avoid self-incrimination. so think about all that and that context with todays news on the hill where the top democrat on the intel committee, rep adam schiff said they will subpoena flynn and his related company. >> we had invited general flynn to come and testify before our committee and asked for appropriate documents. that request was denied. it is our practice that we invite people to provide information voluntarily. then only if necessary we subpoena them. so were in discussions about issu...

Avoid self-incrimination. so think about all that and that context with todays news on the hill where the top democrat on the intel committee, rep adam schiff said they will subpoena flynn and his related company. >> we had invited general flynn to come and testify before our committee and asked for appropriate documents. that request was denied. it is our practice that we invite people to provide information voluntarily. then only if necessary we subpoena them. so were in discussions about issu...

Them in as they go along. and jeff sessions who has had a number meetings today, his spokesperson said he didnt list them all because the fbi said, oh, you had so many, you dont have to list them all. >> let me go to ari melber, our legal correspondent. lets talk about weapons in this fight because its a fight for, i would argue, from the prosecutions side to get the truth, from the other side i to probably avoid getting to too much of the truth. the weapons are, of course, incarceration, prosec...

Tell you what i have would be giving you the noose to hang me with. >> the committee has narrowed that request. as a result of his attorneys letter. they have narrowed that request. theyre expecting the documents or you heard what senator burr said. which is otherwise, we could hold you in contempt. >> gloria, fwl tein terms of th subpoenas for documents, burr is saying everything is on the table. if flynn doesnt comply, which was echoed by marco rubio today, it seems the committee is willing to...

Not done since 1935. they could have a full hearing and essentially a trial themselves or order him imprisoned or more likely, which theyve done more recently, refer this matter to a criminal prosecutor and ultimately that u.s. attorney could decide whether or not to pursue contempt. >> we will see what happens, renato, thank you for being with us. >> youre welcome. next, on high alert after the manchester attack, the united kingdom raises its threat level to critical. thats the highest its be...

We dont know there is any real obstruction. overplaying the hand, exaggerating the potential outcome, is that as much a mistake of what brother schlapp is doing? >> no. but i think there is a risk here. impeachment is hard. weve seen moves. >> high crime or misdemeanor. >> there is a lot we dont know here. but again there are pieces that continue to unravel. i thought one of the most interesting developments this week was what warner had to say yesterday when they didnt rule out contempt. they s...