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More of interest to them. weve seen sarah sanders, the press secretary, speak about this and tweet about it having to do with part of the russia investigation that has drawn a lot of attention, something called the steele dossier, named for christopher steele, a british covert operative. the white house is pointing out that was paid for in part by the dnc and the clinton campaign as a part of opposition research, which every campaign does. in this case it became very much a part of the narrative...

Republicans will say this is a way to show that there is a real divide that is in some ways bipartisan but that a majority of the congress because republicans are dominant in both the house and senate, the majority of the congress does not approve of this deal. so this is one of those moments where the process and the policy come together. but it also reveals that ongoing fissure between republicans on the house side, the most conservative agitating speaker boehner and challenging his leadership...

When we are consistent with the values we assert, think of the countries who be willing, willing, to say we made a mistake. we made a big mistake and to make sure it never happens again, were going to let the whole world know the mistake we made. it will never happen again. >> that was vice president joe biden moments ago with reaction to this new senate cia report. joining me is valerie plame, former cia covert operative. good day to you. what did you learn from todays report? >> good day to yo...

The valerie plame situation came out. that was a politically deliberate leak of a cia covert operative that did endanger lives. when you have a politically driven leak where you have an administration that says ill punish joe wilson by leaking his wifes name do we want prosecution for the leaker in that case. its a very nuanced question. >> what they didnt want in the media was the fact on the one year anniversary of the bin laden killing theres a retaliatory attack planned. it was not designed ...