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Implement sanctions, hes not exactly been a hypercritical leader on the world stage of vosh in that sense russia lucked out but if you take, for example, the steele dossier at face value or take that as any kind of guide, there was internal dissent within the russian government about whether or not and to what extent the russians should interfere in the u.s. election and coordinate with donald trump and there were some saying that it was too ambitious, they were going get caught, it was just not...

Thing on all this elect president trump but they were also saying in the facebook ads vote for bernie sanders and it was an effort to pit us against one another and vladimir putin has succeeded. theres all this finger pointing and the great thing about this indictment by robert mueller and his team is that they have refocused if americans will listen if they will read that 36 -page indictment they will see my goodness the real enemy is not within its the enemy without. maria: but do you know wha...

Saying to special counsel mueller now hes a cooperating witness. or what rick gates may say as were reporting as he consummates a deal with the special counsel. todays indictment which are significant in their own right say nothing about that. they only add to a body of evidence of whatever else this investigation adds up to, its certainly not over. it certainly doesnt clear anyone certainly not the president and its certainly no hoax. jessica, just walk us through exactly what is in this indict...

And uranium, pay close attention here. take a listen. >> russians also recruited and paid real americans to engage in political activities, promote political campaigns, and stage political rallies. the defendants and their co-conspirators present tended to be grassroots active interests. the americans did not know they were communicating with russians according to the indictment. after the election, the defendants allegedly staged rallies to support the president-elect while simultaneously stagi...

>> thats right. i mean the short answer is no, anderson, it does not appear theres an appetite either in the white house or among those who run congress. we are talking about republicans. it wasnt just the president who didnt mention guns or gun control or gun violence in particular, it was also the house speaker who was actually asked about it and said he doesnt -- basically punted and said he doesnt want to deal with this. the other thing we should keep in mind is the nra, the national rifle a...

The russians also recruited and paid real americans to engage in political activities for political campaigns and stage political rallies. the defendants and their con conspirators pretended to be grassroots activists. a cording to the indictment, the americans did not know they were communicating with russians. after the election, the defendants allegedly staged rallies to support the president-elect, while simultaneously staging rallies to protest his election. for example, the defendants orga...

Will be looking at this and of course nothing happened. >> thats right. i mean the short answer is no, anderson, it does not appear theres an appetite either in the white house or among those who run congress. we are talking about republicans. it wasnt just the president who didnt mention guns or gun control or gun violence in particular, it was also the house speaker who was actually asked about it and said he doesnt -- basically punted and said he doesnt want to deal with this. the other thing...

Election and 2020 and their concern that not enough has been done. at least according to the members of the senate intelligence committee, republican and democratic. but the significance to your mind of this first indictment from the mueller probe which specifically deals with interference in the 2016 campaign. >> i think two things. first, the fact of when this interference started. the indictment lists the first activities taken by the russians took place in 2014. of course, a year before dona...

Detailing a meeting that she had with then president obama and other high-ranking officials. they want to know why she wrote this email to herself specifically saying how a meeting done with the president was done by the book and she says it twice. they are still waiting for an answer about that. what are your thoughts on this? >> i think its a very odd thing to do just as you are leaving the white house. that was probably one of the last things she did while she was in the white house. trump te...

Look from washington, jake sherman and also stephanie ruhle. jake, ill start with you. what exactly does this agreement have in it? >> so it keeps government funded first and foremost, which is an important element until march 23. it increases federal spending by roughly $400 billion, $300 billion in addition, $100 billion in disaster aid, most importantly, it lifts the debt limit until 2019, so it allows the government to keep spending as much as it wants frankly until march 2019 after the elec...