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There. let me bring ned price back in here, too. this is a somewhat unique committee. this is the senate select committee, a little different than most of the committees generally, at least traditionally. theres a bit million bipartisanship. theres a bit less of the polarization we see on capitol hill. how has this committee in particular, the senate select committee on intelligence been working on the question of russia, the question of threats not just from 2016 but looking forward? >> well th...

President and undermine the russia investigation and it may not all add up to that. >> let me bring in nick. nick, i think your mike is back working with us so thank you. talk through a little bit, is it legitimate? because paul ryan, other republicans have raised concerns. they have said, yeah, its not about the special counsel, it really is about fisa surveillance and this program put in place to basically protect americans here. do they have legitimate concerns that could potentially be addre...

Whether the president will stay on script tonight, he probably will, theres also a question of what is happening in the backdrop to the state of the union. you have the administration potentially preparing to release this controversial congressional memo. you know this memo. this memo was written by republicans, accuses the fbi and doj of basically abusing surveillance powers, specifically against an associate of the presidents campaign. house speaker paul ryan who is getting ready to hold his w...

This one does. >> that gave it heft in the presidents mind? >> i dont know that it gave it heft. but what it did tell you is he is misrepresenting the process. >> trey gowdy? >> trey gowdy is. what theyre all upset about politically is the dossier, the intense in the dossier was part of the process. we dont know what part of on it. >> they make it sound like a lot. >> to understand the process, this is an application where executive branch officials go before a judge who has to make a determinat...

Through search warrants, through affidavits in support of title iii eavesdropping warrants on telephones. in the fisa process, its a similar sort of process. from time to time, defense lawyers take their shot at trying to say the entire investigation is impugned and should be shut down and arrests arising from it should not have happened and charges should be dismissed because of an argument of a lack of candor with the court. i understand the argument. it happens all the time. with respect to w...

Apparently they are not happy about this. but the president is expected to sign off on the memos release saying americans deserve answers top ranking officials using fisa law to spy on the trump campaign in 2016 ultimately leading to the mueller investigation. house speaker paul ryan saying its congress duty to get to the bottom of it and take action, if necessary. >> what it is is the congress legitimate function of oversight to make sure that the fisa process is being used correctly and if it ...

Overall russia investigation and expose what trump has felt all along has been political motivationbehis behind what he s a witch hunt here on russia. its a pretty extraordinary moment, though, because traditionally the white house shouldnt have anything to do what the department of justice is doing and what the fbi is doing. but its a very political situation and quite tenuous and has a lot of longtime law enforcement leaders quite upset and bothered by what they see. >> peter baker, i just hun...

The democrats who we have been talking to and holding out on this, what is the main concern here? one of them is the daca plan, the proposal here. they want something mcconnell says perhaps will bring it up and maybe get something later after that three week extension. they want something before the three week extension. they also want a commitment that president trump doesnt interfere in this process. that is a hard commitment for anybody to say that that is not going to be the case. they also ...