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Mob folks. i thought it was interesting, chris, in this investigation about russian collusion, it kind of sounds like an espionage case. they are a little more like mob types than spice because the bling, the bragadocio. so he talks about a mob organization, that also has a ring of truth to it. >> one more beat on this if you would indulge me, and then we will move on in terms of the confirmation process and you know what im going to ask you. >> i do. >> everybody will take it through their own ...

This might run really slow. for mueller, it will run quicker because he has worked with all these people. >> could they get the presidents tax returns if they wanted them? >> i would assume so, if they go through the proper legal authorities and is ups, they could do that. >> as bob woodward always said about water kls gate, you follow the money. here, quite a few players have been under financial duress. paul manafort is very comfortable in sort of wading in piles of money around russia. it see...

Soon as you turn your back. so trump isnt the first president to try this. it is just that he is different in the fact we arent seeing seasoned professionals understand how russia plays the espionage case. >> lindsey graham says he is ready to subpoena the intelligence agencies. do you think thats a smart move? >> i think at this point it needs to be in the hands of doj and an independent investigator. im not sure if subpoenaing is the right move but i think we do need some kind of forth right i...

Communications. normally, those are targeted at foreign diplomats, spies in the united states, but they can be targeted at u.s. persons, at americans, if theres suspicion that those people are cooperating with foreign intelligence or involved in an espionage case, for example. >> as we talked about spy, lets talk about what we know on your reporting about the former british spy who allegedly put together this dossier last year. he was going to be paid by the fbi. they didnt come through with tha...

Convicted. can you walk us through the charges, ian? he really has faced a number of court hearings, but this one it appears, could even result in the death penalty. you can explain to us whats happened? >> reporter: thats right, atika. theres actually five separate cases against the former president mohamed morsi. hes already been found guilty on one which involved the deaths of protesters, outside of the presidential palace while he was in power. he got 20 years for that. theres two cases, sam...

Media-manipulating president. len downey of "the washington post", supervised a panel that concluded that this administration has been the most secretive, the most manipulative of the press of any since richard nixon. that is quite an indictment. but by and large the mainstream media tended to give him the benefit of the doubt. they gave him the benefit of the doubt on benghazi. the only time they kind of finally rose up, said, wait a minute, when this administration started targeting us. and th...

This august recess, theres a lot on the plate. >> thats right. >> do you think immigration reform will be put on the back burner? >> very tough, heather. especially with a looming shutdown potentially with the budget. were having to come up with a budget compromise. its going to be very hard to get this done. it doesnt mean it cant get done, but republicans around the house are going to have to compromise if were going to get to a bill. >> all right. well see if plan b. is an option. thank you s...

Their position precludes that, they need to resign and that will call attention that they are not getting the support that they need. but the problem with starting out from the assumption that you have to have a special council, that has led to them being very lengthy, very expensive fishing expeditions. so i think its an appropriate step. i am confident that the gentlemen will do their job, but having prosecuted an espionage case myself, these are very tough cases. it is very difficult to get t...

out front a major terror plot on u.s. soil foiled. a senior administration official tells me this was international murder for hire. heres what weve been told. two men charged in an alleged plot to assassinate the saudi arabian ambassador to the united states. one is a naturalized u.s. citizen in custody and identified as 56-year-old mondaysor ar bab si ar. he appeared in a courthouse this afternoon. he did not enter a plea. according to the complaint that we read, he planned for someo...

What are we looking at, aiding the enemy, espionage, treason? >> if you look at the substance of the allegations, i think the two main charges that are going to be triggered under the uniform code of military justice, which is the militarys version of our penal law, spying and espionage. now, i think theres probably a good defense with respect to the spying charge, because under the ucmj, before you can be convicted of spying there has to be a congressionally declared state of war, and we had th...