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Terms. so hear them. we assess russian president vladimir putin ordered and influenced -- and influenced campaign in 2016 aimed at the u.s. presidential election. russias goals were to undermine public faith in u.s. democratic process, denigrate secretary clinton and harm her electability and potential presidency. we further assess putin and the russian government developed a clear preference for president-elect trump. we have a high confidence in these judgments. are these conclusions familiar ...

Usually speak in such absolute terms so hear them. we assess russian president vladimir putin ordered and influenced campaign in 2016 aimed at the u.s. presidential election. russias goals were to undermine public faith in the u.s. democratic process, denigrate secretary clinton and harm her electability and potential presidency. we further assess putin and the russian government developed a clear preference for president-elect trump. we have a high confidence in these judgments. are these concl...

Obama administration, first rule of business of this administration is to unwind it. >> and some feel and attempt to divide further along racial lines. but we shall see. >> lets bring in zach wolf. good morning. lets talk about this intel committee finding here. fascinating report here. let me read to you from it. we assess russian president vladimir putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the u.s. presidential election. russias goals were to undermine public faith in the u.s. democ...

This system. but instead of talking about that story that really matters to real americans -- >> weve been talking about that torre a few times. what i want to talk b about now is kirsten nielsen. knows who threatened the united states democratic process. it matters and is significant. >> it matters because -- >> she said she didnt say it. >> she didnt recall. this is the biggest national security. of our time. and she is sitting there saying she doesnt recall. thats scary. >> she claire if rifi...

The american democratic process, damage hillary clinton and help trump. beginning with ki beginning with kirsten nielsens comment -- >> she saw the bear trap in the room and stepped around it. shes not the person in charge of overseeing school testing. this is the secretary for homeland security and not just the physical integrity of the homeland but important systems, electromagnetic systems and voting systems. for her to say this, its a

Senate leaders today, what in these documents would support the investigation that the russia matter should continue? or is there something there? >> i think the most operative point is the presence of the lawyer. she was a thinly veiled cut-out, intermediary for the russian intelligence services and the kremlin and not simply for the intelligence services and that we know that the russians were trying to mess around with the u.s. election. her presence there doesnt necessarily indict the trump ...

Were long way off from that, but its a bright spot in the future to help. leland: dare to dream you might say. but thats what were taught to do at the state department. heather from the state department. thanks for joining us on a saturday. elizabeth: all right, we have general keane standing by and we will a talk to him, but we have holly mckay in syria. can you it will us whats going on on the ground there? . >> absolutely, im further north, and syrian democratic process, so its a long ways fr...

Has directly interfered in democratic process. and he as sanctioned the poisoning of a russian on the soil of an ally. the more that people tell president trump you are flouting convention, youre not doing what presidents should do, youre not behaving toward our allies the way that you should and not treating our enemies like enemies, the more hes going to get his back up and the more he is going to dig in. >> two of the great writers we lean on from time to time here, jill colvin and jeremy pet...

I mean, hes talking about now rewarding a man who the intelligence services have told trump, apparently to no avail, has directly interfered in democratic process. and he as sanctioned the poisoning of a russian on the soil of an ally. the more that people tell president trump you are flouting convention, youre not doing what presidents should do, youre not behaving toward our allies the way that you should and not treating our enemies like enemies, the more hes going to get his back up and the ...

And when you think about the nature of this conspiracy, the size of the conspiracy, and also the stakes of the conspiracy, unlike a lot of scandals weve had, this actually will matter if, in fact, this happened. if this was true that, in fact, you had a conspiracy to undermine and interfere in the american democratic process that might have compromised the president of the united states. i mean, this is stuff out of "homeland," this is stuff out of can t the "americans." were living this in real...