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Investigation. hes tried to discredit the fbi, hes tried to discredit the intelligence community. hes wanted this investigation stopped. and so, there has to be a reason for that. >> paul, if you were an investigator, if you were working in the public corruption unit, part of justice, and you saw something like this, just a local race, where a campaign aide met with a foreign -- the promise of a foreign attorney, to provide oppo, what would go through your head? >> i would think, this is really ...

Is even a remote possibility here. treason involves times of war. this is not, under any circumstances, treason. however, there are campaign finance laws which do potentially carry criminal penalties which say it is illegal to solicit or receive government in a campaign.foreign that usually applies to money. >> yeah. >> but if the thing of value is intelligence, hacked e-mails, that potentially could be a crime. its not something that im aware has ever been prosecuted as anything other than mone...

Foreign adds va sar and use it against a political opponent. >> this isnt a government person. >> on a dnc and like the rnc on a republican campaign, it is entirely different. your comparison is offensive to the american public. >> its not offensive. >> you guys can continue this, we have to go. there are disclosures. jared kushner was in the meeting. he needed to disclose it and he didnt. this isnt the first time. that is a big question mark for me. >> a russian lawyer. working on behalf of the...

Point, and at that point whatever the nature of the conversation was, you need to go to the fbi. you have a foreign govern, soon to be foreign using a proxy and its what the kgb does and this is coming out a year later and the trump administration has been saying we had no contact which is patently false,s and this is what disturbs me. until we come clean on this russian connection and the possible collusion, were going to be tied up in this. watergate is starting to look simple. >> david, you h...

>> i dont know. i actually disagree that, yes, campaign people say, hey, ive got bad information about your opponent, but to have foreign actors come in, and thats the big question to me here is, did he know this was a russian foreign -- was it a russian that hes meeting with. because that is absolutely illegal. that is really bad. >> what you just said is correct. but the mere fact that were talking about him meeting with a russian lawyer. i am an american lawyer. when i meet with people from o...

>> the failure of imagination is the thing we are most worried about. the events on 9/11 on what the threat means foreign nations borders. they continue to evolve and get more creative and be prepared for it. leland: the colonel here at the 113th d.c. air national guard wing and a set ready alert 24 hours a day, seven days a week. since 9/11, the big changes that planes are now armed as they are at hangers around the country to confront both foreign, perhaps russian bombers flying too close to t...

And i think the bill is inadequate. >> we all have our preferences and opinions on these things. but it is important that we have a score keeper. it is important we have a referee. >> obviously it is not good news. >> and all the presidents tweets, meanwhile, two tweets and six retweets from the president, none on the most pressing issues of syria or health care. and good day, everyone. im andrea mitchell in los angeles, where we are on top of two major stories today. one foreign, one domestic...

I think it would have hampered him -- it would have hampered him geo politically as it has since the story broke. hes helped install this guy in the white house thats friendly to him, but hes tied down like a friend of the russian foreign might be center said, now trump is tied down. he cant make maneuvers toward russia toward reconciliation without everything being questioned and decried and scrutinized. >> josh, i dont know if you can go back in time and speak for your old boss or obama world,...

From tel aviv to jerusalem and sort of quietly under the radar today he gave a six-month extension. as every president has since 1995. >> right. >> but now theyre saying he kept this one. >> which is partly why he brought out the vice-president and also the epa administrator to book-end this very dramatic rose garden scene. he mentioned in the clip you played the united states is getting laughed at. look at the bigger picture of this. he went to europe last week and said, all of you european lea...

Of the most dangerous neighborhoods in chicago, its time to do one of my favorite things, hanging out with people who make me feel stupid. im meeting with dr. javon johnson at the black-owned business sweet cafe. he is a poet, author and professor of race and gender studies. his most recent book is a collection of writings from kids on the south side of chicago telling their own stories. the doctor agreed to school me on the current situation. talk to me a little about the term chiraq. for most ...