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Result of the silly, stupid shutdown. >> they do not support the gang of six bill. the trump campaign put a web ad out over the weekend that was pretty stark. pretty harsh. take listen. >> president trump is right. build the wall. deport criminals. stop illegal immigration now. democrats who stand in our way will be complicit in every murder committed by illegal immigrants. >> complicit in every murder committed by illegal immigrants. that does not sound like the ad of somebody who is preparing ...

>> the actual response? >> if its what you say, i love it. >> the trump confusing. the first response, trump jr. told "the new york times" it was, quote, a short introductory meeting primarily about russian adoption. cnn reported that president trump helped write the statement while he was flying home from the g-20 summit. >> he weighed in, offered suggestion like any father would do. >> but the statement was misleading. so there were questions about how large a role the president might have pla...

Put out, the core question is the classic question of intent. were trump administration officials starting with the president himself lying to the public about the nature of his campaign dealings with russia? >> the mueller team has questioned some who were on air force i when the statement was being written, including white house communication director hope hicks. when the story of the meeting first broke, trump defenders downplayed it. >> i dont know much about it other than it seems to be a b...

>> the actual response? >> "if its what you say, i love it." >> the trump camcamps explanats were confusing. >> strange and conflicting responses. >> trump jr. told the the "new york times" it was, quote, a short introductory meeting primarily about russian adoption. cnn reported that president trump helped write the statement while he was flying home from the g-20 summit. >> he weighed in and offered suggestion like any father would do. >> but the statement was misleading so there were question...

>> reporter: now that the dossier was a matter of public record and of fierce political controversy, the core question remained -- were the allegations in it true? intelligence professionals like former british officer glen harvey wondered if perhaps the russians might have deliberately fed steele some bogus information. >> the thing depends on who indeed christopher steeles sources were. they might indeed have genuine access of the kind he talks about. and 70, 80% of what they are telling him w...

Of fierce political controversy, the core question remained, were the allegations in it true? the intelligence professionals like former british officer wondered if steele had been fed some bogus information. >> the thing depends on who indeed christopher steele sources were. they might indeed have genuine access and 70, 80% of what they are telling him was true. however, there might be that 20% that actually comes prom putins administration and its information they want to put over. its not nec...

System of government. >> we support the shah. >> we did put the shah in but you are saying we cant keep him in? >> i think thats a decision to be made by the people of that country. >> good evening, the shah of iran is in egypt tonight. his countrymen are deliriously rejoicing at his departure. and all around the world, government leaders are trying to come to grips with the fall of the man known as the king of kings. >> the old chant of "death to the shah" replaced by a new one, "death to carte...

Steele and published by buzzfeed. >> within hours of being outed, steele went into hiding with his wife and children. >> the media were all over him. >> reporter: his friend nigel west. >> and what he adopted was the correct advice that anybody in reputation management would give, which is saying nothing and disappear. >> reporter: in the days immediately after the dossiers publication, anyone interested in russias role in the election had read it, including jonathan weiner. >> i looked at it li...

Steeles old friend, jonathan weiner. >> i looked at that time like i look at all humans reports, you look at the professionalism of the person gathering it, their background, the care with which they operate, and you say this is serious stuff. but intelligence is not evidence. these are two very different things. >> now that the dossier was a matter of public record and a fierce political kroes controversy, the core question remained, were the allegations in it true. >> intelligence professional...

Really big legal bills here, and he decided that it was time for him to cooperate. >> evan, i have another question. you have new information about another administration official involved, kt mcfarland. what do you know? >> just before this happened, we know that kt mcfarland, who was flynns deputy, a former fox news contributor, she had left the white house earlier. she went in for -- to provide information to the special counsel, don. so even before we knew all of this had happened, all of th...