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Turf war between the house and the senate. the senators want answers before the 20th because the senate hates being in the dark when house lawmakers are getting answers. what we know for sure, fbi director comey and mike rogers from the nsa whose agency does surveillance have agreed to testify next week on the russia investigation and three former obama administration officials are tentatively scheduled on march 28. >> shepard: catherine, when russians are surveilled, like the russian ambassador...

On our victory. brian: one the most shocking u.s. electric results in modern political history. but what was going on inside the clinton machine as it fell apart? and what happened with trump tower as they won the presidency? presidential historian doug reid the author of this brand new book doing extremely well game of thorns inside the hillary clinton failed campaign and donald trumps winning strategy. joining us now. doug, you started getting all this inside information you said i have got to...

>> no inside information. most of my professional career has been as a supreme court litigator and i know the court well. i think the odds are good we will see a vacancy this summer or next summer. i think were going to see another vacancy. justices dont like it when people nudge them out, so they will go when they decide to go. the next vacancy, which is going to be the opportunity to shift the course of the court, to put a five justice majority of constitutionalists, its going to be armageddon...

>> no inside information. most of my professional career has been as a supreme court litigator and i know the court well. i think the odds are good we will see a vacancy this summer or next summer. i think were going to see another vacancy. justices dont like it when people nudge them out, so they will go when they decide to go. the next vacancy, which is going to be the opportunity to shift the course of the court, to put a five justice majority of constitutionalists, its going to be armageddon...

Look, this is by far the most difficult job in washington. sean isnt just the press secretary you have to remember. is he doing double duty as communications director. seans job as the press secretary is secure. i think he is growing into that job behind that podium. its a very, very difficult job. for a president who understands the media better than any president in the history of our country potentially, he understands. and you know that job that sean has is one where the media doesnt like hi...

Thats why we shouldnt have this person as a secretary. thats not the reality. >> im saying look at it. >> economists have studied the portfolios of members of congress and find they systematically outperform the stock market. maybe our members of congress are super good investors, or maybe there is a systematic habit of trading on inside information. no accusation against tom price, we dont know. its not just any one congressman. its a collective activity. yes, it is legal, but it shouldnt be. b...

Right? he set the bar, has done everything completely different. if the president-elect and eventual president can get away with some of the things, like david said, the taxes, whats $15,000? >> he also said drain the swamp. what do you want to project with this team? not talking to obamas national security council. rick santorum on here as a cnn contributor saying, you know what? we dont know russia did the hacks. what are these strategies about? why push back on the obvious? >> chaos probably ...

I didnt say that. >> its the implication -- >> im just telling you weve got 17 intelligence agencies who have already said the russians hacked. >> they were behind the hacks. >> now we need to find out more information about that? we also need to find out how they did it, and we need to have recommendations -- >> do you think its even possible where you would get to a place where what you learn legitimately calls the outcome of the election into question? >> i leave that to the future. chris, i ...

Two, the classified briefings that i have been to, and if the public knew what members of congress know -- >> why dont they? arent you there for the people, arent you supposed to be relaying information? >> chris, you just heard me say its a classified briefing. >> if its that important that its going to make people not go to the inauguration -- >> youre making the very point that ive been trying to make, and that is that we need to be doing more, number one, to investigate this hacking and also...

Him. i know some people have different reasons about why theyre not going. either they have proof to show what theyre talking about or -- >> chris, let me tell you. information will come out later at some point where i think the public will fully understand. my situation is i want to be a witness to history. my forefathers worked hard to give me and others these opportunities. so i want to be there to be a witness. but i also want it understood that this is our watch. we have to protect this dem...