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Ukraine, not russia, maybe even rudy giuliani comes in. i think hes got some issues if he gets up there because hes going to have to explain his relationship to the president. but your managers will matter. how do you deal with all of that information coming in that you kept out on this level? >> el witwell, we think that th president and his defenders are really bluffing. lindsey graham said were going to have a hearing and bring rudy giuliani. what happened to that? giuliani is no where to be ...

>> but your friend and former work colleague, john bolton, he left, insinuating the same kind of things, telling people he thought this was like a drug deal what was going on in ukraine with rudy and others and he didnt want to be a part of it and you got to tell the lawyers and get away from it. now hes sending these cryptic tweets about how national security is under attack from within. what is he getting at? >> i dont know. i havent discussed it with him. but i havent seen mr. bolton criticiz...

Decision-maker on this and the mining company, but the epa is insisting that there was no advanced notice on what they called the timing or content of this decision. they said that those meetings, including meetings with those opposed to the mine are quite common. the epa fighting back on this with us saying there was no tip. >> so where is this complaint going? the sec is not investigating at this point, right? >> el witwell, we dont know. this complaint was just filed. we talked to about a hal...

So theres something more to this, fred. theres something more to it. but under these circumstances, i dont believe her defense, her phone call. i dont think its going to be sufficient. they catch you lying. a defendant gets caught lying, the jury crushes them. government witness, they can get caught lying, still okay. a defendant lives, its over. and i think this particular person is going to get convicted. >> avery, because somehow this defendant has to establish how -- its one thing that all t...

Of justice. thats number one. now you have a porn star, as you noted, sounds so glamorous and its not, who received $130,000 from the lawyer of donald trump, who just decided to do it out of the goodness of his heart. and to add to that, you have a white house right now that is embroiled in unbelievable amount of controversy around defending somebody whos been alleged of domestic abuse. any other president, don, would not be able to survive one of those attacks. and for donald trump, he seemed t...

Determination. but as you pointed out, my views about it are already known. >> are you aware of any prior efforts by the judiciary committee, this committee, to unduly restrict the ability of the intelligence community to do its job of our protecting our national security? >> im not personally aware of any, no, sir. >> are you aware that this committee has primary oversight of the foreign intelligence surveillance act, due in part to the significant constitutional and legal questions that govern...

That there is actually some progress made. and thats why, for example, one of the things that weve proposed, any politician running for office has to avow whether theyve engaged in sexual harassment or sexual assault. >> ed, to you, the president in the same breath as his other statement which weve just discussed said, quote, women are very special, i think its a very special time. look, this is someone who has a woman very close to him in terms of policy and being his adviser, ivanka trump, who...

Gilany cobb called for actually on this broadcast last night. >> we had thought we had reached a point where these sentiments were universally rejected. and now within eight months of him being elected, of him taking office, were now questioning this. and i think that the only fitting response, perhaps, would be if the five living presidents were to make a statement, maybe jointly, that naziism is contrary to american values. >> donna, does this rise to that level? >> el witwell, i think, alread...

I have no problem of the president of the united states going to nato pressing the american cause there and ruffling some feathers and saying we have a new leader in town. i think he had an incredibly successful trip. hes going to go back to washington right now. we should take a moment about the president being over seas and talking about trades and commitment of fighting war on terror. thats what he came back to do in europe. >> tim, what are the measuring steps here? >> el witwell, i think it...

If sanders wins iowa and new hampshire, one things going to happen, his fund-raising will explode even more than it already has. >> but the people are going to give him another look if he wins those two. >> well talk more about the republicans in the next break. but i want to ask you a baseline question, youre working to help kasich and there are some indications that kasichs in this mix now. is it a foregone conclusion to you, that cruz and trump, given their current resources, is it a foregone...