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>> the meeting at first was only about russia, immigration policies, then adoptions. then he said there were 3 or 4 people. now we know there are many more people. im not sure why we take anybody in the senior level of the trump administration at their word. thats why its important to question these individuals. reporter: very strong words from mark warner, the snore from virginia. now the implication is this is a serious matter that has to be managed very carefully. we are only at sunday and i ...

The plan. >> it does not make sense to do a major rewrite of a vital entitlement program without having any hearings or consideration of the implication. >> reporter: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell cannot lose any more votes if he hopes to get the bill through. he tweeted four times about health care friday morning writing quote, republican senators are working hard to get their failed obamacare replacement approved. i will be at my desk, pen in hand. vice president mike pence made a sim...

Have been other contact that we dont have context? >> theres certainly the implication in the e-mails that donald trump jr. released, theres very much the suggestion that there was a phone call between him and the center of this, that they had a phone call. tried to set a phone call up. there was this period there was supposed to be this phone call, donald trump says thanks for your help in this. the next day, donald trump jr., i think you know were going to try to set up this meeting. that sugg...

Democrats. since when is being bipartisan such a bad word? i hope at some point rather sooner than later, they get to the point where they can work together in the senate. >> leland: that brings up an important question where mitch mcconnell is saying that they may have to reach out to democrats. the implication in that is that it would be a much less bill for republicans if they have to essentially buy votes from democrats by watering down their version of repeal and replace. whats the judgment...

Analyst. so much to get to, but this is defense we have heard from some republicans. you have to put the don jr. meeting into context. they were getting op-ed research, politics is cut throat, it happens all the time. is there any there there in these e-mails? >> well, absolutely. the context is 17 different intelligence agencies concluded that russia interfered with our election for the purpose of helping to elect donald trump. >> but as you well know, the trumps dont buy that. >> well, and the...

Times," and even tell them earlier about this -- about this meeting. >> theres an implication here that at least some of these leaks are coming from within the white house or right around the white house. and "the new york times" has said as much. advisers to the white house. >> thats how the times described it. >> just four days in a row of bombshells to the "new york times." we hear president trump praising his son as being transparent but as yall have mentioned, it was only because the times ...

Back in june. but since then, there were a number of other meetings between the campaign and various russians. all of that obviously is going to be looked at by the special prosecutor. all of it will be looked at to determine whether, in fact, there was deliberate collusion here. but i think what were seeing is obviously two things. one, theres a dangerous pattern that developed during that campaign. two, theres been a withholding of information from the american people about the fact these meet...

Meeting about adoption. >> in the campaign context, if you get a random tip about possible opposition research, you send a loyal, trusted, third tier staffer. you dont get the troika who is about the takeover the campaign and tooting the brother-in-law and the son. and detailed dealings with the russians via the ukraine. this is all a terrible story because it lines up with the narrative, reenforces the narrative, rooted in reality that this campaign had inappropriate contact repeatedly with the...

Not trust russia, and so nothings changed in terms of our relationship. there are the russians, sergey lavrov, suggesting that donald trump has accepted putins claim there was no russian involvement in the election and then thirdly and finally, the presidents view. ambiguous and shifts from day to day. one day, as in polpoland, russi definitely hacked, next day, he wants to work with the russians or cyber security. the most strange to understand is the presidents, but it makes a bit more sense i...

What does this mean? whats the implication that the one person out there challenging the way donald trump and his family and close associates were doing business is walking away from the job. >> the office of government ethics is not a powerhouse agency in the government but it was founded after the watergate scandal to try to monitor and bring light on these various issues. and the fact this this director of it who has been a thorn in the side of this white house is stepping down, removes one m...