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>> what shimon was talking about, the wall street reporting, whats detailed, is that part of the investigation right now? >> kate, i dont want to get into what is subject of the investigation, specifically. certainly "the wall street journal" story was news to me. >> okay. >> you know, as your reporter pointed out, theres a lot of possibilities and allegations and connections there. you know, obviously the reference to michael flynn is interesting to me. michael flynn is an individual whose name...

Lawrence. that is certainly my speculation. i dont have that confirmed. thats certainly the suggestion that ive been getting from some sources, that we are -- its very highly classified and sensitive, which is why they cant talk about it. but weve certainly seen this in other contexts. we know in the context of jared kushner seeking a back channel with the russians, that story was based on an intercepted kislyak communication back to moscow. and the leakers to "the washington post" were willing ...

They had already decided who was going to be their secretary of defense. but he wasnt having these contacts. its jared kushner who had no diplomatic experience, but was the head of a business, not yet a part of the administration. >> ken, one of the things you mentioned was the possibility that congressional investigators and/or the fbi might have some classified evidence that informs them about this meeting at the mayflower hotel. and one of the forms of classified evidence that they might have...

Traced back to russians. wait a little bit longer. he starts talking about the polite little green men that were clearly russian patriots that were going to ukraine. then a few months later he says we might have had something to do with it. he operates in this realm of when he feels comfortable, like its done and his goals were achieved or things are set and hes not going to be challenged, hell let a little bit more information out like that. weve seen him do it before in other contexts. this ma...

He has so eloquently put out over the last several -- frankly well over a year. >> joining me now, e everybody l farkas. theres two contexts for that quote. one is like, oh, my god, its the end of 70 years of this project post-world war ii. and the other, this is one person, stop panicking over trump and nato. so theyre going to kick in more to nato and were not going to be their to hold their hands. whats the big deal? >> i think both things are sort of true, but im a little bit unsettled. so, ...

Thats what the president called for. he called for additional burden sharing. the president believes that seeing europe and other nato countries increase their burden sharing is a very positive thing for their own countries, for nato as a whole, and for the united states to see these individuals heed the call that he has so eloquently put out over the last several -- frankly well over a year. >> joining me now, everybod even farkas. theres two contexts for that quote. one is like, oh, my god, it...

>> i dont think you can have two people with more different backgrounds. a new york real estate mogul who talks about the importance of money and really touted his flam mo glam mauer and success. you have a jesuit who spent his time working with the poor, among the poor and for the poor. >> describe, if you would -- these are two men who understand very different ways, very different contexts the nature of power. because the first shall be last and last shall be first, but hes pope now, hes firs...

That there was wrongdoing. >> when you learned of russian effort efforts did you have evidence of a connection between the trump campaign and russian state actors? >> as i said, i dont do evidence. >> reporter: he said he does think the russians did interfere with the election. he said thats something theyve done dating back to the 1960s. he said he wasnt sure if it was worse or if the cia has better tools to pick up on things like election interference. brennan also said that his concerns come ...

Would be on the top of everyones mind in every city. we have the drills in place and the hot spots within the city center that we shouldnt go and where rilits most likely to be. you never expect it to be on your doorstep. >> understood. thank you for sharing your cell phone video and what you saw with us. >> thank you. so british police are treating this as an acts of terrorism. why that venue? why now? there are unique clues and contexts. we have former secretary of state. hi. i dont have my ...

When there was a bombing in nice during the campaign here. how does the american president respond of all places to be in bethlehem which has seen so much vie lens and to be briefed on this just looking like historically, jim cavanaugh was talking about how many years we have dealt with terrorism and suicide bombings in all contexts in the united states. but the king david hotel, 70-plus years ago, was the site of israeli independence fighters, terrorists viewed by the british bombing against th...