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Single signal theyre sending is one that brings -- on themselves. the presidents conversation with comey, the calls to the intelligence chief to ask for them to back him up, the weird strange handling of the general flynn appointment, the information that they got from sally yates that they didnt act on for a couple of weeks, all of this. and you know, i havent mentioned the presidents intermittent tweets, all of this has created a great deal, more suspicion. they are not acting like people who ...

Trouble now in terms of the special prosecutor, special counsel and why he leaned on jim comey to let this flynn thing go. and so, you know, its still sort of a mystery as to why donald trump, so attached to general flynn, getting to many warnings and then ignoring them. >> is that eric or david? >> i did. i did. this is the point i wanted to make about that "time" story. who was the head of the transition team? it was the vice president, mike pence. this is the first story that ties him closely...

Your job as a member of the senate intelligence committee is to oversee our intelligence committees. im curious about two things. have you sensed a demoralization concern in these agencies as these events have unfolded, firing of director comey, criticism of the cia? first, have they been worried? second, do you sense they were relieved by the appointment of robert mueller, well known to the intelligence service community? >> i think everybody is relieved, whether openly or secretly, that robert...

Washington as they called them in the 60s and 70s. >> sam is sitting right here. >> im here. >> the appointment yesterday proved that to be wrong. even republicans that came back pushing hard against this appointment said, but, we have complete and total confidence in the fbi director. >> absolutely, who became fbi director practal the eve of 9/11. i think one of the things that is most crucial here and might be getting overlooked a bit is how broad of a mandate he has been given. he has explici...

Of his special prosecutor, special counsel, and why he leaned on jim comey according to "the new york times" and some of our own reporting to let this flynn thing go. it still is sort of a mystery as to why donald trump so attached to general flynn getting so many warnings and then ignoring them. >> is it a mystery, who is that -- who said it? eric or david? >> i did, this is a point i wanted to make about "the new york times" story? it was mike pence, this is the first story that closely ties h...

>> sam stein, the one thing that i think republicans take comfort at that are supportive of donald trump who may have pushed back a little bit says, but mueller has nothing to prove. when i say nothing to prove, i mean nothing to prove. its very unlikely hell go in the direction of lawrence walsh. you werent even born he was impacting the 1992 campaigns. >> i was born. >> but there is no that fear, that hes going to try to make his reputation on this investigation. hell just go where the facts a...

Forward and make this pick, what does that tell you? >> looking in the rear view mirror, i dont think anybody would say, given what is on the table now, that this is an appointment that should have been made. >> but nobody was saying it then. >> but in real time -- >> in real time, that was being said. >> donald trump did not win by listening to conventional wisdom. conventional wisdom was telling him dont hire general flynn. he was loyal to him and he loves loyalty. >> this was the perfect exam...

Of general flynn prior in his initial, just brief appointment as head of a transition committee. that would be interesting. >> well, i dont think, if my memory serves me well, i dont think chris christie was anymore of a fan of general flynn than most everybody else. he had real concerns for t right reasons. its interesting, also, well get to it with general flynn, but again, he gets paid $500,000 and actually influences policy on where u.s. coalition forces attack so as not to offend the turks....

Impeccable credentials, storied history, ten years leading the fbi in both the bush and the obama administration. it couldnt be a better choice. he is at the latter part of his career, has nothing to prove. i think hell do a fabulous job. >> chairman of the house oversight committee, congressman jason chaffetz, speaking with the "today" show moments ago on the appointment of robert mueller as special counsel on the russian probe. joining us now, congresswoman maxine waters. were very excited t...

To donald trump, right? when he asked james comey for his loyalty, we saw what eventually happened to comey. theres a story well get into that shows why this decision to make flynn the nsa despite what they knew about his ties to turkey had real world impact, and that flynn talked to susan rice ten days before the inauguration. they talked about going into raqqa with the kurds. flynn said hold off a second. why? perhaps because the turkish government didnt like the idea of the united states work...