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People who call collusion. what the cohen documents show is there was a direct channel between the trump organization and vladmir putin. it raises the question of what else cohen was talking to them about. the dossier lead that cohen was a key go between the russian t effort and the trump campaign. hes always denied that. >> you dont know if cohen was talking about this. he could have not had a single conversation about russia dirt but he was talking about a financial deal. a deal for a property...

Influence the election which rachingts up the typical lying thats done in political campaigns. but then its used to obtain a fisa warrant to spy on incoming president. >> this is done by fbi director who, remember, democrats were calling for his removal when he intervened by the way i was very critical of his intervention in the political process. i thought it was absurd when he did that three stunt maneuver in the summer and the fall in the election against the fbi where he conflated his job as...

People, to influence the election, which ratchets up the typical lying done in political campaigns, then its used to obtain a fisa warrant to spy on an opposition party and incoming president. >> this is done by an fbi director who democrats were calling for his removal, and by the way i was very critical of his intervention into the political process. i thought that was absurd, what ed in the summer and fall in the election, which is against the fbis role where he became the super attorney gene...

Dossier lead to this -- create this investigation? and that question is a real question i think has got a significant legal consequence. that is the underlying question. did this in this case fisa warrant start this investigation? and, again, i cant opine on that. im not going to. i will tell you this it raises serious questions. >> sean: i believe it did. it gives justification. if i was general flynn tonight and my lawyers, i would be in a room tonight coming up with strategies. same with paul...

Sanders live from the white house 8:30 eastern time. brian: andrew mccabe seems to have a lot of conflict of schedule fbi. led him to postpone ago few appearances. andy will be up there to answer some questions. like, for example, what were those text messages referring to between peter strzok and linda page where they said talked about a strategy that andy put forward possibly an insurance plan? the "wall street journal" has a theory. i would say the "wall street journals" source about the theo...

Ongoing criminal investigation. you know, the fbi does -- and the doj dont typically tell congress what theyre doing in criminal investigations because, frankly, thats how you ruin a criminal investigation in many instances. >> bill: yeah, there are hypotheticals that one can start to wonder about now. b that is robert mueller runningru an independent counsel right now without this dossier? did the dossier lead investigators to this point where they were so suspicious of the trump team and poten...

But, frankly, thats not that unusual for a ongoing criminal investigation. you know, the fbi does -- and the doj dont typically tell congress what theyre doing in criminal investigations because, frankly, thats how you ruin a criminal investigation in many instances. >> bill: yeah, there are hypotheticals that one can start to wonder about now. that is robert mueller running an independent counsel right now without this dossier? did the dossier lead investigators to this point where they were so...

You have a judiciary committee who asks you a question. give them the answer. ainsley: yeah. instead of pleading the fifth. did the dossier lead to surveying the president while he was candidate trump at the time? thats the question that you want to know. meantime hand it over to jillian who has headlines for us? jillian: thats right. good monday morning to you guys and to you at home as well. the hunt intensifying for whoever is behind a string of freeway shootings. police in detroit says the s...