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Was there a collusion here or are we looking at, you know, independent actors who are doing things that perhaps arent known about or arent directed from the center of the campaign? >> you raise a really good point and from the beginning of this investigation, ive been trying to say that collusion can occur along a pespectrum. it doesnt necessarily need to be an orchestrated plot. it could be that independent actors were engaging in this, russian operative perhaps if the story proves to be valid,...

Connection to him, to ambassador kislyak, direct connection? >> he has allowed the possibility that he might have spoken to the ambassador at the republican national convention. its a little unclear, his point when hes asked that question is usually, you know, if we spoke, it was very briefly. its not anything that was an important conversation. and while the investigation is long raising this question of, was carter page some kind of go-between, between the russian folks and trump campaign, hes...

East. its huge airbase houses thousands of u.s. personnel. ceo of meridian international. welcome they were at the peace treaty between israel and egypt. the modern-day version set in d.c. its not on the books yet, but whats the likelihood of that happening and can such a summit tone down the rhetoric? >> right now kuwait gulf state in the region is acting as a go-between. thats probably not going to be enough. the presidents visit to the region really set the stage for this commitment to double...

Of seeing flynn as a villain in all of this he may have been used by others. and that is why i think these investigations are so important. you cant make conclusions about anybody until we know more. >> used by others how, david? >> what is that? >> used by others how? >> you said he may have been used by others? >> he may have been carrying out orders from donald trump, he may have been carrying out orders from someone very close to trump. they may have been using him as a go-between on various...

Of seeing flynn as a villain in all of this, he may have been used by others and i just -- thats why i think these investigations are so important. because you -- >> you cant make conclusions about anybody until we know more. >> used by others how, david? >> whats that? >> you said used by others how? you say he may have been used by others. >> he may have been carrying out orders from the donald trump or somebody very close to trump. they may have been using him as a go-between on various thing...

>> surcertainly his history of blackwater. theyre interesting, relevant, maybe not. but how did this come about? >> so there are aspects that we still dont understand completely. what we understand is that this was arranged and brokered by the united arab emirates. uae makes this introduction. erik prince is close to the ruling family, has made a great deal of money from that ruling family. so might be logical he would be ideal to function as a go-between in this scenario. >> and the people you ...

Arrangements. >> the crown prince of abu dhabi, in terms of motives for him, besides being, according to your reporting, a potential go-between, uae would like moscow to basically separate more from iran and be more in the orbit of saudi arabia and uae? >> absolutely, in that scenario where the uaes interests and the trump administrations interests appear to be aligned. there is just lots of discussion during the trump transition among senior officials about how and whether it was possible to tr...

Is that this was arranged and brokered by the united arab emirates and it was serving as establishing a back channel between the trump campaign and russia. prince has lived in the uae, is very close to the ruling family, has made a lot of money with the ruling family. so it would be ideal for him to be a go-between in this area. >> and the people you talked to believe that erik prince was standing in for people in the trump administration? >> he presented himself in that way. he presented himsel...

Times, alleging ties between the trump campaign eight russians. schiff referencing specific campaign officials, including former policy adviser carter page and former campaign manager paul manafort. >> according to steele, it was manafort who chose page to serve as a go-between for the trump campaign and russian interests. >> manafort, who served as the campaign chairman and who unlike the other campaign officials categorically denies wrongdoing was at one point trumps campaign manager. at the w...

Russian sources, the campaign is offered documents damaging to hillary clinton which the russians would publish through an outlet that gives them deny ability through wikileaks. the hacked documents would be in exchange for a trump administration policy that deemphasizes russians invasion of ukraine and focuses on criticizing nato countries of a fair share. policies of which even as recently as the presidents meeting last week with angela merkel have now come to pass. in the middle of july, paul...