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In many cases we know those leakers are in the west wing itself. theyre part of the trump white house. so its a real challenge there but one of the things that got overlooked in that press conference was sessions and coats, was when dan coats says there are ways to get the information out without retaliation. and thats in going to their members of congress. its not just the intelligence committees. coats said you could go to your own member of congress and be protected from retaliation. >> amazi...

Time and put it right here on "morning joe." you were the first to talk imetch poohment. >> yes. >> i think in terms of press and analysis you got to be careful, but are we at a point where we should, given the grand jury news we have received over the past 24 hours? >> ive long thought that there was a lot of smoke, even fire. and that everything that i have learned about this president, starting with the campaign itself. that people should have understood that it was something terribly wrong w...

To protect mueller from being fired, is there, as far as you know, a similar effort in the house? >> wolf, were concerned as well, wolf. but we believe right now that the best thing that can happen is that bob mueller proceeds his team is able to chase every piece of evidence, and then, you know, if the evidence is there, report back to us, if its not, report back to us. well be back in session, in september, but i do believe that the presidents intimating that he will get rid of mueller or try ...

Cla president trump is obviously scared about what were going to find and scared of vladimir putin. what we need to do, get to the bottom of it to move on to the important work we should be doing for the american people and why i continue my call for an independent bipartisan commission to find out the truth of whats gone on between the trump campaign, the trump administration, and russia. put a stop to it and lets do the things that the president was elected on. get an infrastructure bill. talk...

As well as intelligence committees. were you briefed? did you know it was coming? whats your reaction? >> absolutely not. i worked on this issue for two years with the former administration. this was, once again, be care of our president at 6:00 a.m. in the morning and what he is out to say. this is absolutely filled with a disregard for the members of the military that have volunteered, serving our country, putting our lives on the line and we have a president that just wants to play to a very ...

Forth coming with the congress of the united states. unless, by some chance, these intercepts turn out to be braggi bragging. but well find out. mueller will find out what the intercepts are. the congress and the intelligence committees will find out what the intercepts are. but there is the question what did jeff sessions and the candidate, donald trump, discuss about russia and these conversations? >> the same question of what did donald trump, jr. and his father discuss, if anything. the just...

Going to go, but its clear the highest law enforcement official in the country has not been forthcoming with the congress of the united states unless, by some chance, these intercepts turn out to be braggadocio. but well find out what the intercepts are. mueller will find out what the intercepts are. the congress and the intelligence committees will find out what the intercepts are. but there also in the question what did jeff sessions and the candidate, donald trump, discuss about russia in the...

>> fred, does that mean its going to be easier for jared kushner? he said to be interviewed behind closed doors by senate intelligence committee staffers and because thats not an official event, he doesnt have to be under oath. does that mean the stakes are significantly lower for jared here? >> definitely. i did not know it was going to be only staffers interviewing him. i dont like open hearings on this issue in the intelligence committees. i think it distracts from their work. youre right, th...

Dont have enough evidence. i dont know who advised him on the forms. i dont know how many meetings he had in total. i dont know whether most of them were listed. those are issues that we need to review. its one reason why the intelligence committees counter intelligence investigation needs to continue. its on a separate track from the special counsels investigation which is looking at the issue of whether or not theres any criminal wrong doing. thats not in our baliwick. we need to run the inter...

Investigations continue and we get to the facts wherever they lead. this is a meeting now donald trump jr. has described in three or four ways in terms of subject matter. each day we learn theres another person there. we shouldnt forget this is now concrete evidence that a woman who has identified as a russian government lawyer who had derogatory information about hillary clinton produced as part of a campaign by the russian government to help donald trump. that was all an e-mail. and with that ...