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Interfering in americas electoral process and that 2020 will be a prime target. congresswoman, whats your reaction to that? >> well, i think its a stunning exposure once again of how russia has been very successful at intervening in our elections, getting into our electrical grid, and i think its yet another example of how we are asleep at the switch. the president of the united states has a far too cozy relationship with vladimir putin, and the sanction relief is just yet another example of how...

Dragged away, terrified. all the evidence she once had, she told me, was confiscated, and once behind russian bars, she was given a stark warning before being unexpectedly released. >> i have some talk when i was in jail, in russian jail, and they explain me very clear what should i do, what should i say, and what i shouldnt say. >> who explained that to you? >> russian -- russian agents. >> what did they say to you? >> they said to me, dont touch oleg deripaska anymore. >> dont touch him, she a...

They explain very clear what should i do, what should i say and what shouldnt i say. >> reporter: who explained that to you? >> russian agents. >> reporter: what did they say to you? >> they said to me, dont touch alec anymore. >> reporter: dont touch him or risk replacing that thai prison with a cell in russia. she faces prosecution. shes a suspect in a prostitution case in this country that is ongoing. she cant leave the country. shes under that kind of threat. again, all because of these clai...

>> they said to me, dont touch him anymore. >> when i asked whether she regretted being out ot public, a limelight and making these claims in the first place she said absolutely not. the media attention shes gained through making these claims about what she knew about collusion she says may have saved her life given the very brutal environment in russia. and of course people in the thorns in the sides of authorities can often meet sticky ends in this country. back to you, john. >> what a fascina...

Him by the guilty verdict against his former campaign chairman for crimes that dont touch him. and for michael cohen, implicating him in a crime that may not even exist. i dont think donald trumps in a corner at all. i do like to see when people say he is, booze real when i to me, its quite entertaining to watch limb slip out of their grasp many. >> i was going to say look, got to agree with you. this guys a survivor. no matter how you look at it. michael ka pult t michael caputo, very good to s...

And theres more. hes adding horses. his legal team is in disarray. some have threatened to quit privately and now hes running the show and it will be a show in which he fights back. >> and republican leaders in this house and senate, theyre finally basically telling the president, dont even think about firing mueller. >> they are. if he does fire mueller, the problems will rest on the shoulders of the members of congress. we only heard mitch mcconnell speak the nail. he said dont touch him. when...

Controversy can help elevate an issue. and controversy can stir the pot and can buy time. and he never -- and if you think about his career, thats how -- thats been his philosophy. and thats how hes worked. so this is why conventional political advice, he would get it. he usually shuns it. because the conventional political advise, dont touch him. you need to wait. you need to wait until theres more cause. you need to create a process and you need to know who youre going to replace him with. all...

That feeling permeates the place today. >> pete williams, our justice spo correspondent. pete, thank you. andrea mitchell, 1:16 p.m. were coming up on a scheduled 1:30 start for the white house briefing. because its germane in this new world we live in, you have a snippet of an interview today with vladamir putin, who is very much a part of the news, and a part of the conversation in this country. >> well, of course, the irony of the russian foreign minister being in washington, seeing the presi...

Phillip, former deputy attorney general, be the new fbi director. but i believe every argument in there because theyve been made to me by former prosecutors since last july. the fbi does not make decisions about prosecuting. he overstepped, and in that memo there is a rebuke to him, you ought to have admitted it by now. >> professor, you heard the man. it doesnt appear this is about the russian investigation, but he was mean to hillary clinton. do you buy it? >> absolutely not. if this was reall...

When you try to understand what happened here, do not try to make sense of it in the way our brains would. hes an in an altered state. just like the aurora shooter. its a very psychotic state. but again, thinking is the problem when theyre in those states. >> so is there any scenario -- we talked about nancy lanza and people who knew her. they said well she -- he wanted to go into the military. she realized he couldnt. she encouraged this obsession with guns because she wanted to be close to him...