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They believe happened. so the president and i think the white house and the republicans have all sort of stuck to this tune that the dossier is discredited. it is not discredited. it is something the fbi has used in its investigation. so thats what adam schiff is getting at. hes concerned what the republicans are trying to do is discredit the basis for the investigation. >> evan, appreciate it. tensions continue to escalate between the u.s. and north korea. today, north korean state media repo...

Intelligence committee. >> thank you very much, evan. lets go to john dean and former presidential advisor. so let me start with you, john. your reaction? house investigators have subpoenaed fbi and justice department records over the russia trump doccile that alleges those things. >> we all know that there is an elicit copy floating around that was published on the internet. so they dont know the contents. they just want to see what else is there and i think theyre exercising their muscle to sh...

Home and the documents seized. apparently some of them had to be returned? >> right. were told by sources that the fbi agents in that raid ended up taking documents that the manafort legal team considered to be protected by attorney/client privilege. that prompted a warning from the manafort law firm that was representing him at the time. and these investigators werent authorized to have these documents. the documents were returned. but this happens from time to time in these fbi investigations....

Do, the moral thing to do, but its the smart thing to do long-term politically for their party. this is where they are right now. i do think it is up to congress now, if the president comes out and makes this heartless decision, which i do think will be heartless if he does, and if he puts it on congress table. if they come back with a solution and a bill, will he sign it? or will he continue to kowtow to the most anti-immigrant supporters that hes been doing thus far? >> go ahead, evan. >> kats...

Sheriff clarke is expected to take a job inned. s -- under increased scrutiny while four people and a baby died at the milwaukee county jail. back now with the round table. evan, this is one of those political characters. sheriff arpaio kind of falls in this category, i think, too. he had prominence before but who had gained a new level of national prominence through donald trump and probably wouldnt if any other republican would have won last year. this is a guy, sheriff clarke who speaks to a ...

>> reporter: okay, i just talked to dan miller, the pilot. the word from evan on the ground is the person they were talking to, they said theres another person inside the house. we believe its the persons wife. evan, the rescue swimmer, the rescue diver is going down into the house now to check on that person and to see, a, to see if they need to be evacuated and how to get that person downstairs on to the roof. its critical for them to get hoisted up on to this chopper. its not something that -...

Harvey. anderson cooper is inside a u.s. coast guard chopper for a firsthand look at the rescue missions take k place there. i understand you are over the beaumont/port arthur area right now? >> reporter: thats right. we have been flying over this area for about 20 or 30 minutes. its a coast guard crew who launched about an hour and a half ago. they just believe they have somebody waving to them. its a confusing situation, though. they cant tell if this is somebody who wants to be rescued or not...

They have room for six or eight people on this chopper. obviously, if there were more people to get rescued, we would get off. now, the rescue swimmer, evan, is down there. he is going to try to ascertain what the situation is. we are going to move up to try -- so we are not creating more of a water -- we are not upsetting the water or the area around there, just hovering the area. evan will communicate with the chopper to say whether or not they need evacuated. >> when we looked again, maybe my...

They give them a thumbs up or thumbs down to get an indication of whether they need to be rescued. right now, there are hovering low over this area thats extensively flooded, trying to get a sense of exactly what to do. they were going to send down evan, the rescue diver just to see and talk to this person. the other concern is, as you can see, with the helicopter until the air, theres another helicopter in the air nearby. thats another concern for the coast guard crews and the helicopter crews ...

That does not happen here. so for once im proud to say im rooting for president trump here. eric: and the federal judge found that was the army corps of engineers in katrina with the levees. >> right. eric: youre right, our thoughts and prayers are with the good folkses of houston season and that whole area down there on the gulf coast. it could be a very tough night as we watch. don and evan, thank you so much. >> thank you. arthel: yeah. and stay tuned for more continuing coverage of tropical ...