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Get out of the way if the special counsel investigation begins to ensnare him given his role in the comey firing, a kind of in the weeds complex thing thats also super important if -- if mueller finds that there was some sort of misconduct in the removal of the fbi director. he testifies thursday. i want to read from your reporting. david, you write trump actively and enthusiastically aided and abetted vladimir putins plot against america. this is the scandal. it already exists in plain sight. w...

That were no longer viewed as a credible negotiator which, by the way, is going to impact our negotiations with friends as well as potential negotiations with enemies f youre north korea or if youre the taliban and were asking you to forego the activity and come to the negotiating table yshgs would you trust that were negotiating in good faith? and finally, ari, by pulling out of the paris climate accord, we have in the words of david senger, we have given kline a strategic gift here. china as w...

Testimony. i think hes going to be a very good witness and there is going to be, obviously, a lot of viewership. >> no question. david, i think this will be the most watched thing since election night. and while a lot of people were upset with how james comey handled the clinton e-mail investigation, his public comments. in the trump era as fbi director he would not clearly roll over for trumps statement. which is clearly in contrast to other senior government officials. here he is before he was...

Arrest. on the intelligence side were looking over the horizon. they cant necessarily just take signals intelligence and effect an arrest either. the people that you rely on this, ari, are the community. when you start going after -- pushing a muslim ban in the middle of this, you alienate that community. thats the best line of defense for someone to pick up the phone, call law enforcement and say, my brother, my father, my sister, my wife is someone you should check out. when you take this rhet...

Investigation goes. and so the criminal question -- the fbi investigates crimes and intel. the criminal question of criminal liability has not yet been resolved. yet what david is pointing out is, there is something else that might not be a federal crime but is already out there on the record, that, in any normal environment, would be a huge deal. the presidents continuing to undermine our own intelligence agencies over russias meddling. >> it was interesting listening to the panel megyn kelly m...

And let this tremendous event happen without trying to stop it? i dont know. i think more drama will be had before the hearing. >> the white house has said theyre reviewing it. they have a deadline but they also have a problem with the presidents public statements, right? >> i think thats exactly right. and david is correct when he says we are in for a little bit more drama. there will be tension here between the advice of the white house counsel and other lawyers will give because executive pri...

Emotions, not about his feelings. i would be surprised if we heard him try to justify his actions. i think that he will, as he always does, talk about the facts and let them speak for themselves. >> the facts, david, go to the heart of his firing. its not about how good he was at his job, right? its why was he fired. in law they talk about being fired for cause or not for cause. the only fbi director to ever be removed mid-term, sessions, was for cause after a full internal inquiry resulted in c...

What the service that actually shared this data with the u.s. thinks about it and whether or not they could cut off future cooperation. thats the critical issue. >> don, could i -- >> yes. >> -- push, not to disagree with david sanger who knows this issue well, to say, identive g a lot of intelligence officials reach out to me tonight to push back on the idea that the president can declassify anything willy-nilly. yes, he can, theres nothing illegal about it. in terms of the way it is done, its ...

Withheld plot details including the name of the city not to jeopardize intelligence capabilities. so if you know the name of the city and other plot details, how does that line up with what the white house is saying tonight? >> well, exactly. i mean, these are details -- theres two things, don. so our sources were not wanting to compound the mistake here by revealing information that they believe trump should not have revealed to russian officials. and then there are other decisions we made as a...

Strong track record, should we say, in charming american presidents. who can forget in 2001, when george w. bush looks into his eyes and caught a glimpse of his soul, got a sense of his soul, i think he said. president obama when he first met putin, as well, was equally kind of bulled over. so putin does this. he is really good at getting american presidents, at least initially, to like him and to see a future in the relationship. then, you know, maybe it wont go as well as hoped in the years ah...