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Show off in the past. julian, what do you make of stones obsession with richard nixon? >> he worked for nixon many decades ago. this is a person whos been playing dirty tricks for the republican party since richard nixon. he loves nixon. i think he really still embodies the kind of politics he practiced in the early 1970s. stone will do anything to win. he will send out disinformation. he will play tricks on the opposition. and i think thats why a lot of republicans shudder to see him back in th...

Listening to the same person i interviewed for this story that we published about her. she presented this to me and i wondered how she would do in the face of this incredible pressure, under intense scrutiny by not just the senators in front of her but really millions of people around the country. she came across just the way she did to me. >> i am not asking you to reveal your sources, but i think that many americans do want to know how the letter to dianne feinstein that was supposed to be sec...

Ultimately of signing statements in terms of the final recommendation to the president. >> and just a few months later, you, under oath, told us you were not involved in any of the questions about the rules governing deattention of combatants. >> senator, i understood it then and i understand it now to be referring to the program we were talking about that was very controversial that senator feinstein spent years trying to dig into, and i was -- i was not read into that program. i told the truth...

Credibility issue. in fact, he does. don junior testified under oath about this. the president talked about it. we havent heard michael cohen talk about it, and so theres no way right now for us to measure his credibility. and in terms of the phone call, i would expect that don junior and his dad are probably talking multiple times a day about lots of different things. so, you know, the first point is maybe cohen is telling the truth, or maybe hes not telling the truth. but were not in a positio...

About it. we havent heard michael cohen talk about it. so no way for us to measure his credibility. and in terms of the phone call i would expect don junior and his dad are probably talking multiple times a day about lots of different things. so the first point is maybe cohen is telling the truth or maybe hes not telling the truth. but we are not in a position yet to be able to judge that. >> but heres how you would know, ross, if this part is true, that it was a meeting with more people than ju...

Is -- essentially there was no contract. so unless there was a contract that was issued between the presidents son and the foreign entity, they dont really feel that this is going to stick around. regardless, this does open up a new line of questions for robert mueller and his team to dig into. >> i spoke with one of the reporters on that story for "the new york times" yesterday. he said to me on air that while he was reporting it, he was struck by how close he felt to where bob mueller has been...

Response or agreement, even if it doesnt actually get taken. were sort of making judgments too early because we dont know all the facts. but this looks bad, it smells bad and it may be criminal. we dont know all the facts yet. theres also this question about the contracts. everyones saying why would at&t, this customer, sign this contract with this ridiculous consulting company? i dont know what they were promised. that can be a basic kind of fraud claim or crime. and we dont know whether that w...

Into, dig into, dig up dirt on american citizens. what is your reaction? >> well, first of all, if it is true, it evidently didnt go anywhere because the allegation is that it started last year. we havent heard a peep out of the people that were undertaking this, assuming that they were. secondly i think frankly pretty sadly, poppy, it is a great big giant flashing neon exhibit a and how low politics can become in this country where people resort to the demonization and character assassination o...

That there were necessarily any other payments, but that does seem like more for mueller to dig into. >> well, one of the issues that the trump legal team has had and cohens legal team is understanding what was actually in the documents that were taken from cohens office. and i think that at least in the week or so after the raid in new york, the lawyers didnt feel like they were getting a fair idea from the clients about what actually is in these things. they were acknowledging that they were m...

Seem like more for mueller to dig into. >> well, one of the issues that the trump legal team has had and cohens legal team is understanding what was actually in the documents that were taken from cohens office. and i think that at least in the week or so after the raid in new york, the lawyers didnt feel like they were getting a fair idea from the clients about what actually is in these things. they were acknowledging that they were more concerned about the new york investigation than they were ...