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>> okay. it was shallow. you make that point. it was a magnitude 8 quake. looking at just those two data point, what are the expectations, what are the -- whats the possibility here for severe damage? because our viewers at home hear that magnitude 8 quake, and they think wow, that was a big one. >> that is a big one. the shaking along the coast of chiapas at this point is estimated to be very strong to severe. we do not have any information as of yet as the potential for casualties and damage. ...

President or the reported attempt by the president to kill off the arpaio investigation is the most important piece of obstruction evidence that has come out since the comey testimony. there is no question -- and i was discussing it just moments ago on twitter at length, thers no question that mueller and his team are going to be looking at that very closely. because its another data point. its commonsense that a pattern of behavior so everything he told sessions and sessions told him thats goin...

Bending the rules and making money on the side? is it possible that they could cooperate and not understand what theyre doing? all of those things are in the spectrum of what the russians could be interested in. so the fact that we have another person who is apparently either interested if having contacts or trying to arrange contacts with russia is concerning from a counterintelligence perspective, and another data point as you continue to assess data as to what are the connections between trum...

E-mails have been the discovery find of the current generation of investigators. and they are a rich source. so im -- i suspect it will be more of this sort of thing. and its often a little bit of a needle in a hay stack. that may be what this is but it will give investigators some place to go and focus. >> we know from the don junior e-mail that russia wanted trump to win over hillary clinton. so whats the take away from this? >> i think the take away -- >> for steve. >> i think the take away, ...

This, on the other hand, good news for the trump campaign, countervailing evidence. got far less attention than some of the other bombshells but this shows high-level people in the campaign being repeatedly offered opportunities to meet with russian officials although active labor which in. they said no, they said these are concerns we have. there could be logan act violations. we should talk to our allies in nato before we do anything with the russians. looked like a responsible campaign making...

Consequence, the characterizations are misinformed and not per nent. which is this is not a big deal. >> which is what you would expect from him. i think one the things its significant story is because of sec ca low as comments. thats a problem for the president. this is the lawyer that goes out and speaks on his behalf related to the russia investigation. im no lawyer but i think the other reason why hes saying there no consequence here. kbro -- pattern building exercise the mueller team might ...

There. its not that meeting per se. thats just one data point. theres a whole lot of smoke out there. at the bottom, we know there was an illegal hacking. >> im curious, what you want to make of the latest developments in the russia probe in terms of taking a look at what some of your democratic colleagues have been saying. here they are. >> the presidents son clearly knew he was getting derogatory information from a hostile foreign power and laid out a timetable to use it. in my mind, thats col...

To back, it will wil, america exceptionalism and these nations that america has protected and nourished since the first world war, the second world war in particular, this is fragile. this is not something that guarantees that must be defended. it is threatened. its threatened not just by threats outside of the united states like terrorism and the terrible ideology, but its also threatened from within. kind of a crushing regulatory state that he made reference to. i really think this was a siren...

Russia, maybe we can get something done. i think the test is going to be what happens after this great meeting, this two-hour meeting they had. you know, secretary tillerson has been talking and working with russian officials on syria for some weeks. maybe this meeting is a further data point in the issue of cooperation. we have to see. a great meeting, great. have a, would go, constructive dialogue both sides want to have, thats good, but can president trump look towards the next meeting with p...

Its another key data point in this that kind of undercuts any idea that this was just peter nothing to this, that they were there is really sort of an echo at the very least that sounds like what he is doing. thats something certainly at the journal were digging into, investigating further. >> shane harris, senior writer at the "wall street journal." really appreciate your time tonight. thanks for being here. >> thanks, rachel. >> well be right back. stay with us. s? s? thats cool. being comfort...