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So i dont imagine there will be material he cant speak out in open session that he could in front of the intelligence committees. what is really remarkable now, i think were up to three different committees in which he will be testifying, and ive got at least two questions. number one is does he have evidence of criminal wrongdoing that for whatever reason wasnt pursued by the special counsel? and number two, this i think is going to be primarily a political event. all we know about what michael...

So he gets 60 more days of freedom. before he goes to prison, we also found out today that mr. cohen in addition to closed-door testimony hes expected to give to the intelligence committees, hes also going to testify in open session before the house oversight committee on february 27th, next week. pass the popcorn. again, this one is going to be public and the house oversight committee has listed the topics that will basically be the scope for the hearing. you ready? the scope for the cohen hear...

Sentence delayed from march 6th to may 6th. oh he gets 60 more days of freedom. before he goes to prison, we also found out today that mr. cohen in addition to closed-door testimony hes expected to give to the intelligence committees, hes also going to testify in open session before the house oversight committee on february 27th, next week. pass the popcorn. again, this one is going to be public and the house oversight committee has listed the topics that will basically be the scope for the hear...

Love for the president of the own party both would have intelligence committees. >> mcconnel, he told him about that in the election. you know, my view, as im sitting here, under any

Call out this aberrant norm busting behavior? >> there is a dramatic scene in the book you talked about also publicly about a meeting with the gang of eight. the gang of eight is the shorthand for the leaders of the intelligence committees in the house and the senate, both republican and democratic leaders. there they are, the ones who were in the meeting you were in, and the leaders of each body, leaders of the house, leaders of the senate. in this meeting in the gang of eight, youre telling th...

Like lindsey graham and others who have surprised me, mitch mcconnell has surprised me in his frailty to donald trump. is that surprising to you to see how republican senators have gotten aligned with donald trump? >> its been surprising to me for quite some time. its surprising to me the things that take place day in and day out and took place in the previous congress that provoke no oversight reaction or no critical response on the hill whatsoever. yeah, i think those are things that cause all...

But ill begin by saying, i dont put a lot of stock into what andy mccabe says. this is a guy who was fired because the inspector general found he leads. so i frankly dont know if this is a factual statement from mccabe. i want to see corroborating evidence as it was said before. a transcript, to see if he clearly informed the members of the intelligence committees, and if p they truly understood what he was talking about. i mean, we just cant take andy mccabe at his word sadsly. >> frank, this i...

Discredited. it is not a good idea to post a picture of a judge. >> she could throw thim him in for this. >> all right. thank you very much. he is a key member of intelligence committees. thanks for joining me. >> thanks for having me. >> a close friend of the president spending the weekend with the president in palm beach says the president is seriously thinkingover replacing the director of national intelligence dan coats. what concern does that raise to you, if any? >> it raises serious conce...

Briefed the president or others at the white house about what the mueller investigators told him? >> it would for me. i dont think there should be communication to the president about it. i think at this point, they should keep that separate. >> he said in his words, decisions that were made are going to be reviewed. do you understand exactly what he meant by that? >> i dont. i hope that -- first of all, the special counsels report will be made fully public, it will be available to the congress,...

Be able to see what robert mueller found about trump? >> you know, i think there will be an avenue for this somehow. i really do think so. whether thats through congress or some other avenue, i think given all the attention that this case has gotten, certainly the players that are involved, i think there has to be and i think mueller understands -- >> the transparency. >> the question is -- say the gang of eight, the top eight leaders in the congress, including the heads of the intelligence comm...