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Obamacare or obama era regulation that wouldve basically made it harder for somebody who had a severe mental health condition to purchase a gun by putting it on those background checks. the other issue here is that its really tough to be put on that list where you cant buy a gun if you do have a severe mental health issue. you have to be put in the hospital against your will or court ordered and that is really difficult -- >> not clear that the shooter would have even been on that list. >> if th...

President trump says it vindicates him in the investigation of possible russian collusion. the presidents opponents, people who never wanted this memo released, say its full of misleading information at best and worst, does real damage to the american system of gathering intelligence. joining us now, the former fbi assistant director and now cnn senior law enforcement analyst tom fuentes, and former fbi special agent james galliano. does it appear to you on its face there was some abuse of the f...

When jim comey was the deputy attorney general running the corporate fraud tax force and i was running the criminal division, we played hardball in those investigations. you use grand jury process. you didnt just ask for records and you didnt give them an opportunity to hand over what they wanted to hand over. and if they did lawyer up, you went through the trouble of o throwing them in front of the grand jury to put their statement on the record, or they can take the fifth and then you can make...

>> no. when jim comey was the deputy attorney general running the corporate thought tax force and i was running the criminal division, we play hardball in those investigations. you use grand jury process. you didnt just ask for records and you didnt give them an opportunity to hand over what they wanted to hand over. and if they did lawyer up you went to the trouble of throwing them in front of the grand jury to put their statement on the record, or they can take the fifth and then you can make ...

And there was the firing of every advisory member on the council for hiv aids. lets welcome in todays panel. welcome all. i want to unpack the meadows interview in a minute. quickly, lets go through this. ramesh, it seems as if passage of the tax bill has now allowed everybody to sort of look at the first year of the trump presidentsy and look at what he has done on the executive level now and see big changes. and this reshaping of the federal government as an institution is something that hasnt...

Contestants, this was reported by huff post before christmas and now the ceo is out and gretchen carlson coming in. she was miss america in 1989. this is the first time one of the actual winners will be running the organization. kind of think that should have happened a long time ago. here is carlson taking over. also gives her a high-profile position as she is helping to lead this charge. all the stories that are really related, the "today" show pointing hoda kotb -- >> first time weve seen -- ...

Three have done tremendous damage to the reputation of the fbi, possible tremendous damage to ongoing investigations at the time that this was occurring a year ago and that part is true. the part that the fbi itself needs to be rebuilt, i dont think its necessary. i thinks o its one of the mos effective organizations in the u.s. government. its reputation worldwide is very important and im not saying that because i had 30 years in the fbi. buzz but i know the inner workings and the personnel tha...

President trump done to try to protect the american people against a similar type of massacre? does he think anything has been done? what is the administration trying to do? is there anything at the executive level he thinks needs to be undertaken. >> >> look, i think that there are a number of different ways that we look to protect our citizens. every single day, one of the areas that the president has been outspoken about, not necessarily to those two instances but more broadly speaking in ter...

People against a similar type of massacre? has anything but none? what is the administration trying to do? is there anything at the executive level that he has undertaken? >> secretary sanders: look at, i think there are a number of different ways that we look to protect our citizens. every single day. at one of the areas that the president has been outspoken about, not necessarily to those two instances, but more broadly, speaking in terms of national security and protecting individuals, certai...

Eclipsed by what happened in las vegas which is the most tragic shooting on meramerican soil. since then what has president trump done? is there anything at the executive level that he think needs to be undertaken? >> look, i think there are a number of different ways that we look to protect our citizens every single day. one of the areas that the president has been outspoken about, not necessarily to those two instances but more broadly speaking in terms of national security and protecting indi...