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Front runner. >> do you think america should have known or would it have been of interest to republican voters to know that the leading presidential candidate, which he was almost the entire time of the republican party had financial interests with russia? >> given everything else that was going on i dont know how high it would have risen on the list. at that time in october of 2015, think everybodys biggest concern was isis and there were terror attacks going on around the world. isis was on th...

After -- after donald trump for one thing or another. >> its hard for me to believe that you or someone else wouldnt have brought it up. >> or they would have brought it up on the pan pell. theres no doubt it could have been a topic pit dont know how important it would have been. now were look at. in retrospect of everything else thats going and its hard to tell. >> you said you want to see the evidence of the mueller report. you said youve seen no evidence of collusion yourself. why have so man...

Trump tower. the thing thats mentioned there, remember, with that statement that donald trump jr. dictates the statement to donald trump jr. why did he feel the need to a, be so involved that he had to put words in his sons mouth and b, not tell the truth. they did not, when asked about it they insisted he may have seen it. maybe a word here or there. thats not the case. it was his statement through his son. so there is so much smoke. is it possible all of this doesnt mean theres a fire? sure. i...

Sanctions. you havent seen that happen when theres just been a missile test. the odds of sanctions being levied because of this one particular test, probably pretty small. you never know what can happen. and it will be a good test to see how much the trump administration will push for sanctions in this first real instance it has to deal with the north korean situations. >> indeed. es sfspecially after coming in saying they were going to get tough on north korea. >> well take a short break here. ...

Break the story. he mentioned the high-profile figures. michael flynn, the russian ambassador to the u.s., sergey kisly kislyak. mike mention, sean spicer. reince prebus, sally yates, john bren b, and james clapper and fbi director, james comey. adam enders talked with cnns anderson cooper. >> this came to a head on the obama administration, the last full day obama was in office. there was a depate between the intelligence community, the justice department and the fbi, you had sally yates and th...

General flynn, do you think this is it? or is it far from over? theres other investigations going on into the links between russia and the u.s. election. and one imagines democrats want to make some hay out of all of this. >> the democrats dont have majority or the house or the senate. and to some extent, the republicans are going to continue to compartmentalize this story for flynn and move on with their agenda. in the absence of other revelations, flynn will probably be fine for the next coupl...

Theres no way he could be go after someone under the statute. nobody has bothered to prosecute in 200 years. only the most partisan of advocates, would suggest that some statute has been violated. this would be a case of first impression, on a law that appears to be unconstitutional on its face. i dont see it happening. >> you worked in the justice department some years ago. you know how this all works. what was your reaction when you heard that the justice department actually warned the trump a...

Story will end with flynns resignation. the questions, the broader story of all this, the questions of potential links between the trump administration and russia, the question of why the trump administration is willing to take a much different line on russia than other republicans, has ebbed and flowed. until flynns resignation, it seemed to be a low-ranking story, given everything else thats going on. this brings it back up to the top of the headlines, to refocus attention on it. >> the concer...

20th. given everything else thats going to suck up the new cycle, confirmation hearings, supreme court picked, are republicans going to be able to do this with repeal? thats a daunting task. this code consumed the first 100 days if not beyond. youve got to ask the question, does he have the discipline to stay focused on this through march, april, if it takes that long? i think this is going to be a herculean task. >> hhs cabinet nominee tom price has a plan. he pushed forward the idea of the fix...

20th. given everything else thats going to suck up the new cycle, confirmation hearings, supreme court picked, are republicans going to be able to do this with repeal? thats a daunting task. this code consumed the first 100 days if not beyond. youve got to ask the question, does he have the discipline to stay focused on this through march, april, if it takes that long? i think this is going to be a herculean task. >> hhs cabinet nominee tom price has a plan. he pushed forward the idea of the fix...