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Chris officer steele. was he working with the fbi? any conspiracy they could thread into it. and simpson went into them like a cheap carnival trick. >> this is a larger problem about what a lot of these are about. a fixation on process not substance. and a partisan approach to the process, which is what youre saying. simpson is saying, remember, this was originally funded by republicans. then picked up by democrats which is when steele came. the mandate was to simply find information, not a part...

It is blatantly not true because you can match up his twitter feed to segments he watches on television. >> it is not like there isnt a history of presidents closely watching television. lbj watched tv reports about vietnam. one could only imagine if there was 24-hour news on watergate. cant one argue president trumps twitter fixation the behavior partially a product of the times? >> i think you could argue partially a product of the times. these times were pretty similar when president obama wa...

Lock her up on behalf of donald trump. >> i remember a while back with president trump demanded the justice department look at hillary clintons e-mails. he vacillates between look at her and dont look at her, but the justice department is. >> on the podcast i asked her about the presidents fixation with her, and she said whenever there is bad news for president trump in the russia investigation he always finds three people or things to attack, president obama, me, meaning her, hillary clinton, a...

He comes out, makes a tweet about it, we have to follow where the news goes. that can be frustrating inside and as you can well imagine, outside these walls. back to you, my friend. >> its a legitimate story. the arguments they bring up. thats fine. the market is a legitimate story, too. we have time to cover everything. >> you would think we can hit on that, too. the wall, immigration reform. healthcare. you have some time? we can talk. >> neil: all right, buddy. thanks very much. stay warm. ke...

Investigators looking into crooked hillary crimes in russian relations. that shows trumps frustration with congress that they didnt do more to protect him from the russianclusion allegations. he has had a fixation on the russia investigation throughout the year. three, he spent a lot of this year relit gating a lot of election controversy. the russia collusion allegations are an excuse as to why he won. >> we had nights on huma abedin emails. we will see in the president weighs in on that on twi...

It, fake, phony and failing. so joining me is jeff mason, white house correspondent for reuters and blake. good afternoon to both of you. >> good afternoon. >> jeff, this was one of the things we saw seamlessly carry over from the campaign to the presidency. really an us versus them attitude and a fixation on pitting the media as the opposition party. why do you think trump feels like he needs to do this. >> i think president trump likes to have a foil, and i think hes used the media as a foil c...

Election whether russia penetrated trumps innercircle, whether trump as connections to russia that might if had fluence his judgment about vladimir putin and u.s. policy towards russia. if stead it republican fixation has been on the process. is the doj, the fbi totally on the level. are peepthral biassed against donald trump? and from our excellent reporting tonight what i dont see is evidence that suggests theyre really on to something here. the republicans suspect that the dossier was it basi...

Role in the 2016 election, whether russia penetrated trumps inner circle, whether trump has connections to russia that have been not been fully revealed that might influence his judgment about vladimir putin and u.s. policy towards russia. instead the republican fixation has been on the process. is the doj, the fbi totally on the level? are people there biased against donald trump? and, you know, from our excellent reporting tonight what i dont see it evidence that suggests theyre really onto so...

U.s. attorney, prosecutor and happenally a current msnbc contributor. mr. crowley, i know youre not the parliamentarian or house counsel, but the argument seems to be this is a kind of a not a fully sanctioned subgroup of this larger committee working on a politically motivated issue, perhaps with powers of investigation. >> its quite murky. its quite unusual. its a bit of a rogue operation, you might say. and it certainly is not one that is including democrats. when you have investigations like...

U.s. attorney, prosecutor and happenally a current msnbc contributor. mr. crowley, i know youre not the parliamentarian or house counsel, but the argument seems to be this is a kind of a not a fully sanctioned subgroup of this larger committee working on a politically motivated issue, perhaps with powers of investigation. >> its quite murky. its quite unusual. its a bit of a rogue operation, you might say. and it certainly is not one that is including democrats. when you have investigations like...