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Written by goldstone, the publicist for the pop singer emen agalarof, son of russian oligarch, who was trumps partner in the miss universe pageant in 2013. the trip he took to moscow where he hoped to meet vladimir putin. so, you know, it strengthens the idea or at least begins to connect dots that suggest that agalarov and his son are acting as emissaries, agents of vladimir putins government. and agalarov was a business partner with now-president trump. >> i have to ask you, michael, if donald...

This was a trip in which donald trump went to vladimir putin and talked about the things vladimir putin wanted to talk about. the president even suggested that we should work with the russians on cyber security when it was the russians who broke into the election. so i dont think the trip was a success. this came out of nowhere. and frankly, we dont know. first there were no meetings, then there were some meetings, then there was this meeting with someone affiliated with the kremlin. my question...

From this, roger stone himself claimed that he was in touch with julian assange and put out john podestas e-mails. >> are you already moving away from don jr. and on to julian assange and roger stone? i mean it seems a little early to -- >> there is a lot of dots here that arent connected. the problem is this is not anybodys problem but the trump administrations. the story continues to change. first theres nothing and then theres denials. then theres something. and then theres something more. i ...

About clinton. theres a lot of dots out there. >> yes. absolutely. the context is important. and to what you were saying before about russia and the lack of surprise, remember theres a history of russia business with the trump organization. i know donald trump has denied some of that history, but donald trump jr.s quotes about it, the relationship with the miss universe pageant, people having real estate deals here in the russian oligarch community through trump, so its not as if theyve never do...

Trump, if you knew, if your son knew russia was trying to get you elected, why didnt you do anything about it? why would your inner team even entertain any of this? >> whats your sense about the source of these stories, the leaks of these stories, whats your sense? >> it makes no sense to me. i am tired of hearing about this deep state leaking intelligence. theres only one way to get all these dots connected and you have to have someone in the center. we hear about nsa, a memo being there, the d...

>> shannon: it lawmakers back to work today after the fourth of july recess. as a return from the holiday, senator republicans are facing an uphill. moderates in the party indicating it is likely dead. still, mitch mcconnell, senate majority leader, is looking to modify the bill. one that in a moment. at the white house, pushing back against a new report connecting the dots between donald trump, jr., and russia. suggesting possible campaign collusion, but that report by "the new york times" is n...

Its hard to keep up with whats going on. initially, we saw different dots on the screen. ift was hard to see the picture. with good reporting and better investigation is going on by director mueller, you know, the lines are being drawn to all these dots. a clear picture is emerging. its alarming. >> john, would you take a meeting, during a campaign, any of them, with somebody you didnt know their name going in? >> of course not. look, at that level, the three most influential members of the camp...

Chinese bank a couple weeks ago. they can certainly connect the dots there at treasury and follow the money and aggressively go after any business that is doing business with north korea. my question is, will it work? >> i dont know. i dont think anybody in the trump administration knows either. sanctions have not worked in the past. as you noted and we discussed before, we have never applied sanctions on north korea to the degree that we have on iran or for that matter to the degree that we had...

Trump was. during the campaign it was one of his campaign promises. that said, i separate in my mind the benefits in this period of great tension between the u.s. and russia of having some context, some dialogue, some ability to speak about things that can be done in common in syria and ukraine and the larger question of russian covert action against the united states. its like during the cold war. just because theres a terrible threat doesnt mean you stop talking and i think jim mattis would pr...

Warsaw, thousands and thousands of people were waving american flags and polish flags. this was not a speech he could have given really any place else. this is an america first kind of speech. offering a stark view, actually, about the -- about migration, immigration. it wasnt a modern day speech, if you will. it was sort of a throwback speech but was offering a sense of be afraid of what is happening in the world now. this is a steven miller written speech, one of his top policy advisers here. ...