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When the intelligence community and the law enforcement community raised objections to jared kushner and ivanka trump getting security clearances and the president ordered that they get them anyway and then lied about them, there is a lot of concern about what is going on here. the lesson is cooperate and furnish the documents so we can do our oversight because there are whistle-blowers sharing the information because theyre concerned about the national security of the united states. >> that is ...

Cohen and asking whitaker to bring back berman. i think this is just more evidence of a president who really doesnt understand the separation of powers in this country. he cannot ask people to do things personally for him for his own benefit. these people work for the united states of america. they do not work personally for donald trump. >> theres also some fascinating details. david, you read the article in the "new york times" about the rollout of the firing of michael flynn, the presidents n...

Justice allegations against president trump. "the new york times" reports the president tried to influence the investigation of michael cohen by asking his acting attorney general to put a trump supporter in charge of the probe. that supporter, the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, had already recused himself from the case. tonight, mr. trump is denying the report which offers a very detailed portrait of a president at war against investigators as they close in on him and his ...

Lets get more on the major new revelations by the former acting fbi chief andrew mccabe. mccabe is confirming, david, that he has been interviewed by robert mueller, the special counsel, and has said he has given mueller and his team all of the contemporaneous notes about his meetings, his exchanges with the president. how significant is that ? >> its significant. it means theres more information potentially coming from mccabe than we know from his his interview and his book and statements he ma...

Its not even under campaign financial. number two, even if it is, its not a violation. number three, its a civil matter. >> you have to remember at what point in time this matter came about the, two weeks or so before the election, post the billy bush comments, so, yes, he was very concerned about how this would affect the election. >> cohen was sentenced to three year in prison for this week payments that were not reported to the federal election commission. joining me now is congressman david ...

But americans who are traveling and working, doing business in the middle east. it is the presidents obligation to ensure that we use our policies that further americas national security. >> dana: secretary of state mike pompeo on the killing of washington post columnist jamal khashoggi. joining me now is david sicilini. hes also a member of the judiciary and foreign affairs committee. sir, good do have you here with us today. this news just broke at the top of the hour. i wanted to get your ini...

President. >> fruesh off their performance yesterday, florida congressman gaetz, a surprise. the president is holding a campaign rally taking place across the border from alabama. theyve got a special election coming up there. might have heard about it. desantis and gaetz, components of the conspiracy theory and next week get nor shot attacking those institutions when deputy attorney general rod rosenstein oversight of the russia probe appears before a house judiciary. >> joined by a democratic ...

Driving what. >> fair point. >> absolutely trying to with at least one of the women, she took a -- wanted her to take a quiz to show she was in love with him in respect was definitely something sexual going on. it wasnt just, we have to do it this way because god says. its doubly creepy to me from whats come out this afternoon. >> and what do you make of this week, weve now, amazing. three members of congress stepped down this week. >> right. >> and it almost feels like a sea storm. its a big st...

What these institutions are uncovering in terms of the operations of this administration, the decisions theyve made, the people theyve hired or the possible collusion with the russians. and so we just have to continue to fiercely protect the ins stoon stugsing of the media, our courts, the rule of law and independence and integrity of the fbi and rely on them to bring the facts wherever they lead. the american people have a right to know. >> david sicilini, congressman from rhode island, thank y...

States. we have 18 states that have closed the background check loophole despite congress inaction. we have 12 states that passed laws to keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers. we are getting corporations to pass policies that make sense for their customer safety. so we are winning this. we are creating momentum in the field. the issue is congress. what you just heard are nra talking points. >> what would you say to folks that would look at this and say well, california already has toug...