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Day. so lets discuss this. first, in terms of the legalities of this, counselor, am i right, if they wanted to declassify this, the executive branch, the president, is has ultimate power of classifying and declassifying. and congress members have immunity for any speech or debate on the floor of congress so they can go on there and read the memo and put whatever they want into the congressional record. carr carrie, thats you. >> sure. got it. certainly the president is the ultimate classificatio...

Aides was expected to testify tomorrow before the house intelligence committees, russia meddling investigation, and now it looks like the highty anticipated testimony is being put up. stand by. we have new information.

Now, this all being said, what we have continued to see from a number of republicans, not all, but a number of them has been an undermining of director muellers investigation. and that really has concerned all of us because that is a place where he has the ability to get to the bottom of the facts while we have the ability to get things out to the public were never going to be able to do the kind of work hes doing. and thats why while im glad that chairman grassley wants our work to continue and...

What the chairman was saying, while we like to see hr hearings and hope we have more coming up is that hes not going to take direction from the president. now, this all being said, what we have continued to see from a number of republicans, not all, but a number of them has been an undermining of director muellers investigation. and that really has concerned all of us because that is a place where he has the ability to get to the bottom of the facts while we have the ability to get things out to...

>> he gets points for jumos. i think this buys him a lot of trouble on capitol hill. lawmakers leaving the investigations, the intelligence committees, senate judiciary committee, they are going to want to hear him say why he has characterized donald trump jr.s behavior as treasonous. he wasnt in the campaign at that time. the meeting took place but he joined in august. did he learn something during his time in the campaign from the inside? that gave him an insight into what was going on with th...

And maybe ultimately in the house judiciary committee and as well, the president reaffirm his affirmation of confidence in the federal bureau of investigation overall. and special counsel mueller. a vietnam vet. and a director who was appointed by two presidents. president bush, george w. bush u and president obama. that has not been the tone from the white house. and i might argue that what you hear is that as the republicans continue to taint this investigation, both the special counsel and th...

Shutdown so republicans will have to do it on their own again. another story we are following, car dealership in virginia busted as suspected money-laundering for a hezbollah linked in lebanon, the owner the same it aide who was paid 7 million taxpayer dollars to provide it services to democratic members of congress. joining me is be investigative reporter luke roseback. this seems like something that would be out of a movie. doesnt seem like something that would be actually happening. take us t...

Hesitate to hold people accountable after there has been an appropriate investigation independent and objective by the inspector general into the handling of the prior matter. based on that i will look at all available remedies depending on what the facts are when found. as to the access to the dossier, that is something that is subject of ongoing discussion between my staff and the various intelligence committees. >> there is nothing prohibiting you director. is there anything from preventing y...

His reputation and legacy. i think this tarnishes it definitely. i think thats why he moved to distance himself quickly. i think there needs to be a full vetting of this. what exactly this individual touched and where he was involved. daylight is the most effective ant anti-septic. senator grassley asked for this information already. if he pushes and puts more space between this individual and his investigation. >> ana, senator dianne feinstein said judiciary chairman senator chuck grassley, she...

Rejected. in an interview sunday sunday with me abbe lowell, kushners attorney, pushes back against those accusations. >> the committee investigations unfortunately are devolving into political gotcha games. if committees selectively leak parts of interviews or send me letters through the media or turn jared kushners very clear e-mail that there should be no contacts with anybody in a foreign country into what they call is a missing document, then theyre undermining their own credibility. the is...