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Ran against the status quo of 30 years. i can understand people feeling betrayed by his victory last november, but theres three points i would really like to make on this. number one, were not at war with russia. mitt romney was mocked for suggesting that in 2012 in the presidential debate by other networks. and so, you know, we do have policy differences. so when president trump lays out a vision for america, and all of a sudden, we seem to be undercut by insiders without any proof, i think tha...

About what could happen to donald trump. theres a question being raised by a prominent republican should treason be part of this discussion. my next guest is former republican congressman tom cole, and he says, yes, arguing that there are questions about treason now that have been raised by the evidence that are not just, quote, liberal fantasy. in fact, theres talk about this across the spectrum. on the right, steve bannon quoted in fire and fury saying the russian meeting at trump tower was ac...

Evidence in already in the public record. thats what i based an op-ed recently on, was the public record. first of all, i dont lightly use this term. as you just noticed, the president himself misuses the dermand a lot of people do. i went to the constitution. to commit treason a person has to be at war with the country and provide aid and comfort to the enemy. now, the question is, are we at war with russia? because the russians were doing the hacking. and if so, then are they our enemy? i subm...

The russian hackers themselves said that they were in this country hacking into our system because they were having informational warfare against the united states of america. >> dont you risk painting a pretty broad brush if anyone in america who talks positively about those kind of groups, a lot of people have talked about wikileaks depending on what story they have out on a given day, that youre raising the most serious charge you can raise of treason? >> the president was briefed by the fbi ...

Open. >> its interesting. i did a story actually for "wall street journal" on treason. the word is being used so frequently by both sides, and law professors when you talk to them will say treason specifically was so narrowly defined because the founding fathers didnt want to be used as a political weapon. you cant just throw the word treason around when its like you said, one of the most serious crimes you could ever be charged with. >> you think it might be a misfire? >> its an interesting poi...

Russia may have tried to interfere with the election, but thats still trying to be vetted out. we should start focusing on how we prevent that in future elections for our democracy. >> eric and congressman coleman with a civil discussion. thank you, both. as promised now, we turn to the "wall street journals" shelby haul hollida holliday, and liz plank. its a heavy lift for democrats to go from collusion to treason. >> absolutely, but i have to agree with mr. coleman. if donald trump doesnt like...

Donald trump actually, and i dont want to use the c word, colluded, but by his actions, you can prove treason. he suggested not only suggested, he called on the infamous statement, russia, if youre listening, hack in and create a crime on hillary clintons website. >> ill pause you. we have that. lets all revisit that evidence. take a look. >> i will tell you this. russia, if youre listening, i hope youre able to find the 30,000 e-mails that are missing. i think you will probably be rewarded migh...

Democrats who didnt applaud during the state of the union. >> they were like death. and un-american. un-american. somebody said treasonous. i mean, yeah, i guess why not. can we call that treason? why not? i mean, they certainly didnt seem to love our country very much. >> somebody, somebody said treason. it might have been one of my two guests whos going to speak to the politics of this in a moment, but first, we turn to republican congressman tom cole and for an opposing view point, which we a...