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Russia, at that very moment he did. at that very moment, during the campaign when he was the presumptive nominee for his party, they came up with that weird plank in the platform that favored russia, he did have aspirations of having a deal with russia on a development deal where putin may be gifted a $50 million apartment to drew suitors. isnt that something the american people should know? >> we dont know when he knew about it. >> he knew enough to cancel the deal. >> he might not have known t...

Of what real exposure can be here. vladimir putin may have been gifted an apartment in this development deal maybe give him a cut of the action, it matters to you, why? >> the foreign corrupt practices act is serious. you dont have to fully transact the deal, you just have to offer it, if youre offering something of value, to get something of value, you are in violation of the foreign corrupt practices act it would be hard for anyone to argue you didnt give something of value to the president of...

All for it 100%. >> the idea that its a good idea for putin to be in syria, let isis take out assad and putin will take out isis. thats like a board game. thats not how the real world works. >> i dont know much about putin but i know hes a gangster. >> what we have to recognize right now is putin is really trying to spread his influence throughout the middle east. >> heres what im curious about, michael steele. what if you knew at that moment in time, what if republican voters knew at that momen...

>> thats important for us to know, but im saying the context of you doing that is suggesting you know how things are done there. >> thats what they did with the donald trump jr. meeting. they knew they were meeting with a russian official. they said putins attorney. you cant claim ignorance if thats what he was doing back when they were looking at a potential government deal, a development deal, and then having this meeting. they know the protocol. >> that could be a problem for them because the...

Started addressing the situation, started trying to defend it, arguing that he could do business dealings while he was running for president if he wanted to and it was all above board, but he did seem shaken up. didnt seem like the typical president trump who you see is defiant. he did seem a little bit concerned that all of this has come out about michael cohen. >> something interesting that he also said, david urban, he said something along the lines, im paraphrasing, the odds were that i wasn...

Any laws. im joined by the reporter for plo politico who has been all over this story. walk us through this. i want to pull a piece from your story. you say the arrangement suggested they will be building a long sought business. a relationship that is fraught is conflicts of interest. walk us through this. >> its significant because you have basically a company -- chairman of a company that as you mentioned a lot of business with the interior. bankrolling a development deal that cant really go f...

And vision. boost optimum. be up for life. we are on swamp watch on this friday. and were talking about two members of the trump administration. one, epa administrator scott pruitt is a veteran of this segment on the program. the other, a newbie, ryan zinke. he is now under review for his possible links to a development deal in his montana hometown. a deal backed by the house of halliburton. the company whose bottom line is affected directly by what the interior department does. politico first...

Weinstein that went beyond your lawyer/client relationship. that he was working to develop a project based on a book she wrote. have you heard any indication she plans to give that money back? >> well, its like remember hillary clinton said when asked about giving the donation back. she said there is nobody to give it back to. she may use the same excuse. how do you know when you hit rock bottom? when your own company fires you, when your company has to change the name. when the academy throws y...

Transpired. >> its your show! >> im looking at the clock at 8:43. the ultimatum is bizarre and fascinating but it belies the fundamental truth which weve been discussing on this show all along which is that the president doesnt want to do this and doesnt care about it. in fact, the last few weeks he keeps saying "i cant wait to get this done. i just cant wait to finish it so i can get to the stuff i want to do." he literally has been saying this at every event. "oh, when i get to trade, im going...

Keeps saying "i cant wait to get this done. i just cant wait to finish it so i can get to the stuff i want to do." he literally has been saying this at every event. "oh, when i get to trade, im going to crush it on trade." well, you are doing this. so, a, not surprising. b, i mean, what is so shocking and, joy you mentioned this at the top of the show is the white house does not care what the content of the bill is. >> yes. >> they dont care whats in the bill. the bill isnt some abstraction, its...