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General william barr on impeachment and his own departments inspector generals report which debunk the presidents claim that the fbi spied on the trump campaign. but he is not backing down. >> do you stand by your statement that the campaign was spied upon? >> it was clearly spied upon. i mean, thats what electronic surveillance is. >> the full exclusive interview with nbcs pete williams coming up. and will lavrmr. lavrov com washington, the russian foreign minister returns two years after the...

It was israeli intelligence. very easy for them to discern sources and methods. the israelis were furious. it was very disruptive to a number of close u.s. allies who share intelligence and expected to not be blurted out by the president of the united states by a russian adversary in the oval office, no less. >> it seem ts to me watching th it was classic sergei lavrov. something that happened with you and him when you asked him about the firing of james comey. >> sure thing. >> does the comey f...

While the president answers questions about firing the fbi director who was leading the investigation into his connections to russia. you know, the day after he fired the fbi director who was leading the investigation into trump and russia, the day after that firing the administration welcomed to washington the russian foreign minister so he could throw the firing of the fbi director in the faces of american reporters with a sneer. >> welcome. >> thank you very much. i want to welcome foreign mi...

Director james comey. take a listen. >> breaking news. jim comey is out at the fbi. >> is this a cover-up? is this a cover-up? >> of what? of what? >> does comey firing cast a shadow over your talks? >> was he fired? youre kidding. >> there was one newsgency allowed in the trump lavrov meeting and itelged to vladimir putin. >> you cant make this stuff up. >> regardless of recommendation i was going on fire comey. >> they keep changing their story. >> did you drop him to drop the investigation? >...

As i reminded rachel at the beginning of this hour, one week ago tonight, we were reacting to the news that donald trump had just fired fbi director james comey. >> breaking news. jim comey is out at the fbi. >> this is a cover up. is this a cover up? >> of what? of what? >> does the comey firing cast a shadow over your talks, gentlemen? >> youre kidding. >> there is one news agency allowed in the trump/lavrov meeting and it belonged to vladimir putin? >> you cant make this stuff up. >> regardle...

As i reminded rachel at the beginning of this hour, one week ago tonight, we were reacting to the news that donald trump had just fired fbi director james comey. >> breaking news. jim comey is out at the fbi. >> this is a cover up. is this a cover up? >> of what? of what? >> does the comey firing cast a shadow over your talks, gentlemen? >> youre kidding. >> there is one news agency allowed in the trump/lavrov meeting and it belonged to vladimir putin? >> you cant make this stuff up. >> regardle...

Arent prepared to do that. i think theyre in effect bec e becoming accomplices after the fact to the trump administration. >> look at these pictures, pictures like this with the foreign minister lavrov, joking about director comeys firing. listen to this. >> does the comey firing cast a shadow over your -- >> what would a white house russian policy even be at this point? >> well, i think its not completely impossible to get the focus back on policy and away from these scandals and investigations...

Before, it was hard. >> the russians know that general flin mlynn misled the president and others. >> why did they wait 18 days to fire mike flynn. >> you dont just go jump the gun. >> and we begin with that important decision facing donald trump. >> war sometimes doesnt give you all good options, thats the nature of war. >> breaking news, jim comey is out at the fbi. >> he was not doing a good job, very simply. >> president trump made the right decision at the right time. >> he considered lette...

For his position that there was no russian meddling in the election. awkward timing for the white house. russias top diplomat visiting washington only hours after president trump fires the fbi director investigating possible links between the trump campaign and russias election hacking. >> does the comey firing cast a shadow over your talks, gentlemen? sergey lavrovs joking response before heading the the white house where all reporters were barred but just official photographers let in. russias...

If youre the president of the united states and you just fired your fbi director while he was leading the investigation into your campaign for potentially colluding with russia, and after you had just asked for more resources to conduct that investigation, what would you do the very next day? if youre donald trump, you meet in the oval office with ruias top diplomat, foreign minute store sergey lavrov, a man who standing next to secretary of state rex tillerson reacted with mockery when our own ...