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Of those policies. it will involve organizing. this goes to a question i want to ask you, reverend. what do you expect to hear from bernard. hes been getting flack over his inability to bring that economic populous message speaking to how race intervenes. what do you expect to hear from him. >> bernie sanders challenge, and i said to him, you cannot deal with saying kill identity politics, economic pollism and not deal with the racial problem in even dealing with economics. because when he caucu...

With vladimir putin in 2015. then again, mika, who hasnt done that? >> and he got more than half a million dollars to lobby for the turkish government last year. the leaders of the house oversight committee chairman chaffetz and democrat elijah cummings said from what they have seen flynns application for security clearance did not report the funds he received for the russia trip or show that he asked for permission to be paid by a foreign source. last night chaffetz rebuked flynn and raised mor...

Theyre talking about. >> couldnt be more clear in that interview. >> he watches "fox & friends." who is he sayingali at "fox & friends"? that is unkind. it really is. theyre very supportive. theyre nice. >> the triggering issue here which was the border wall, that triggered the conversation. on monday trump says im not going to let the border wall hold up this issue. the next morning the white house scrambles and says the border wall is still a priority. trump comes out yesterday and says the bo...

Flynn, michael flynn is a point of entry to broader question of russias role in the election and trumps connection to russia. >> i also say, peter, baker, very concerned about turkey. this is obviously a country thats been creeping towards autocratic rule over the past five to seven years. the fact that he would during the election receive -- during the campaign receive money. >> half a million dollars. >> half a million dollars and lobby for one of the most dangerous leaders, certainly that use...

About these cuts, how do you see the most underserved, the poorest of us, how does that impact have on communities that oftentimes are left out of that conversati conversation. >> were not going to see and what we havent seen from this president yet from his economics hes set out, any real specifics, any effort to focus on the least fortunate. thats also the case in the health care plan. theres a lot of fear out there. its part of the reason that republicans had a lot of trouble gaining consensu...

Really doesnt make sense unless they intend to fight every single battle along the way, and thats a recipe -- what a year were going to have if thats the case. >> thats what i dont understand. if flynn made a mistake, just help the people investigating that mistake. they dont need to cover up for michael flynn. the government is set to run out of money on saturday, but there are signs the risk of a shutdown is abating, the white house possibly delaying the timing on the main sticking point, fu...

Done, which is weve got to get rid of flynn in this case. i think its important to note flynn has done great things for the country in iraq and afghanistan, but his ties to russia have always been a question from even the beginning of the campaign. >> are you confident that the president did not ask flynn who was then his national security advisor to contact the russians to discuss rolling back the sanctions? >> well, im not confident of any of this because i dont know. i think its one thing. if...

Facing as a result of those comments? >> truthfully, not very much from the people who they care most about, their constituents. you know, these are republicans and pretty much across the board except for a handful in the house who are in very red districts, very -- districts that donald trump likely won with a very large margin. the question i think is the senate, which, of course, is also controlled by republicans where the republican majority leader sang a different tune today and was much mo...

You react to information they already know. for example, in this case they would have reviewed the transcript to see if there were conversations with the russian ambassador about sanctions. they might then ask an open-ended question. general flynn, did you ever speak about sanctions? if his answer is, no, not only do they know that hes not telling the truth, thats a federal violation. lying to a federal investigator. so, be clear about what these investigations are about. theyre not just fact fi...

Us, a member of the foreign affairs committee. congressman, thanks for joining us. >> you bet. thanks. >> the white house is pegging this on a trust issue. why didnt president trump lose trust in michael flynn on january 26 when he found out from the justice department that flynn had lied about the call to the russian ambassador? why did he only lose trust in him once this all became public? >> i think thats a question only he can answer. obviously i havent talked to him about this, so, why the ...