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I didnt say everybody on the right, i said this particular section, jeff, which you dont like yourself. so the dirty right that traffics in racism and violence, that section has gotten itself in a posture they dont like mcmaster because they know he doesnt like steve bannon. and they see steve bannon as one of their icons. so they started to gin up stuff. thats all fair and good. thats america. but now jumping on top of that, these russian bots are amplifying. so youre seeing a convergence, whic...

Hacking problem. its quite a picture. people at battle stations on election night, some of them worried that their efforts to secure a fair process could jeopardize the first amendment. he continues to downplay the story every chance he gets. he did it again just last night in west virginia. >> the russia story is a total fabrication. its just an excuse for the greatest loss in the history of american politics. thats all it is. >> back now with the panel. theres also, van, reporting today that h...

I call them the dirty right people. they dont like mcmaster and -- i didnt say everybody on the right. i said this particular section, jeff, which you dont like yourself. so the dirty right that traffics in racism and violence, that you hate, jeffrey, that section has gotten itself in a posture. they dont like mcmaster because they know he doesnt like steve bannon. and they see steve bannon as one of their icons. so they started to gin up stuff. thats all fair and good. i have no problem with th...

Worked with russia, we want to understand the degree that the personal financial and political relationships that existed between donald trump, his family, and his team with russia, whether that was just a bunch of coincidences or was it a convergence of russias interference campaign? >> cnn has learned, congressman, that potential leads about trump associates are also being referred to the special council. even if they have nothing to do with russia, investigators hope that that will encourage ...

Man a for manafort, general flynn, individuals of high interest. we just want to understand understand ---whether it was the government, or business individuals and oelbsh sh -- wh they coincidences, or was it a convergence of deep personal political financial relationships that, woulded with russian as they tried to undermine our democracy. were not there yet. its too early to tell but are making progress. i will credit mike conknowway. and thats a credit i think to this committee being back on...

The president today? >> reporter: good morning, victor. this is the convergence of two of the themed weeks that the white house wanted to roll out. its not some made in america week, but its american heros week. and its meant to honor both. there was a huge banner that said made in america. and this is truly an impressive piece of american military might a $13 billion price tag. its 1,100 feet long, maximum operational capacity with minimum crew. despite the impressiveness of this ship, when the...

Iran deal in place, when he promised to get rid of it, and obviously, this big promise of obamacare, no doubt the convergence of those as youre approaching the six-month mark at the lowest approval ratings of the modern era, its not a gre great week for the trump administration. clearly the president is going to have to retool in some way if he wants to change the outcome here. but thats not to say he hasnt accomplished anything in these first six months. obviously you got neil gorsuch on the su...

In french. "america after obama." what did we learn from the latest foreign trip by the u.s. president? >> what we learned is a lot of opportunity now for french-american relations to assume the full place. the two leaders of state and heads of state have a great personal relationship. they seem to have accentuated the convergence with the united states and france. wediscord. we did not see any advantage on climate change or the paris accord. we saw french-american relations in a good state. a l...

The areas of convergence. even personality. >> right. look at the two figures. they both had incredibly rapid rises in politics. macron had more experience. no one could have seen his election a year ago. same for donald trump. two men from business backgrounds and having broken the mainstream political system and looking to change something and create something new. in that instance, whether you agree or disagree, the reality is they are looking to do something similar. they are obviously inter...

Have preferred hillary clinton to win, because he is in favor of a stronger military and he is in favor of more energy independence than hillary clinton would have been? in terms of fossil fuel energy. >> well -- jake, two things. number one, its ludicrous on its face. it departs from all of the analysis that the president has received from non-partisan intelligence officials and agencies, and second, look, they do not invite me as a democrat into political strategy sessions in the trump adminis...