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Starting to talk to robert mueller about what they know. and, as i say, there are a lot of russians running around making contacts with an awful lot of people who are very close to the president and his campaign. >> there certainly are a lot of dots. whether there are connections, we dont know. listen, and thats what theyre investigating, white house press secretary sarah sanders was asked about "the new york times" report, the presidents former lawyer john dowd floated the idea of pardoning pau...

Cooperating with the special council robert mueller, of course, this is exactly why president trump and his lawyers may have been contemplating using pardons to try to get people not to talk. but that in itself is going to get the president in deeper trouble this is a very bad situation for the president, as people are starting to talk to robert mueller about what they know. there are a lot of russians running around, making contacts with a lot of people who are close to the president and his ca...

Testimony, that is abuse of office that exactly the shy crime and misdemeanor that alexander hamilton had in mind when writing the federalist papers. >>. >> lets talk about this now. there is now, according to special counsels office, a direct link between the trump campaign and russian intel officials. so people have been waiting for dots to be connected. here are some being connected. this is a court filing from special counsels office in the sentencing of alex van der swan, a dutch lauren tan...

And i think that look at a bigger picture than presented right here. slavery is still an issue and ugly stain on american history. you were adamant about protesting against slavery, there are places where its still going on like libya or other countries. why arent they taking a stand against those places? brian: chris, there is going to be a turnout. you know they have been taking statues down around the country mostly confederate statues. dots thomas jefferson matter on the campus of hofstra un...

>> weve never believed that these detailed profiles of people that have incredibly deep, personal information that is patched together from several sources should exist. that the connection of all of these dots, that you could use them in such devious ways if someone wanted to do that, that this was one of the things that were possible in life but shouldnt exist. >> right. >> shouldnt be allowed to exist. and so i think the best regulation is no regulation, is self-regulation. that is the best r...

Biggest tech company, tim cook of apple. i asked him what he thought of the facebook scandal and about regulation. >> weve never believed that these detailed profiles of people that have incredibly deep, personal information that is patched together from several sources s sources should exist. that the connection of all of these dots, that you could use them in such devious ways if someone wanted to do that, that this was one of the things that were possible in life but shouldnt exist. >> right....

That? >> no, we cant. we cant acknowledge that because michael cohen says he was doing it to protect his dear friend, donald trump. >> from what? >> protect him from what, alisyn? >> from a false accusation. >> you can take care of that in a court of law. we know that donald trump and michael cohen are very litigious. this payment was done right before the election. obviously theres a reason for it. >> i think a lot of people would say its easier to pay $130,000 than to go through litigation. im...

Question. and its worth remembering that mueller, the special counsel, is now investigating the trump tower and moscow episode and how it fits into this broader pattern in trying to put the dots together. so michael cohen has suddenly become a very, very important player. and i think one other thing we know for certain, in a sea of uncertainties, is that a guy like michael cohen, who is your fixer, does not do anything, especially for donald trump, that trump doesnt want done or that trump doesn...

Than he had been during "the apprentice." and so what cohen has always done is whatever donald trump wants. >> ahh. so, david, all this really shows just how unique this president is. michael cohen didnt come to the west wing with the president, but the president is still financially tied to his private companies and still tied to his fixer at the trump organization. >> it certainly appears that way. and glorias reporting has been very, very helpful on this question. and its worth remembering th...

And trying to connect all the dots. so first of all, that has to be a part of the recommendation. that has to be a part of the report. i think its going to be up to the bipartisan committees to actually take that, supplement it with what theyve done and up to people in the media to make it clear to the american people how secure our elections are, how complicity or not very powerful people were in this breach of american sovereignty. >> having been rebuffed by several top lawyers in washington, ...