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Straighter with the american people as soon as this interference campaign happened. but because candidate trump had put it out there that the election was going to be rigged, that got in the head of obama administration officials and they felt like if they said the russians were interfering, that that would prove donald trumps theory right. so theres a lot to be learned here. >> well, you raise that example with criticism of your own party to some extent and that goes to whether working the ref ...

This doesnt sound like it relates to the russia investigation. >> no, it apparently relates to the clinton e-mail investigation, which is a subsequent investigation that your chairman, devin nunes, wants to investigate next between the e-mail probe, reopening it and having another special counsel. >> the inspector general of the fbi, who is independent of the leadership of the fbi, is looking at this. i think we should wait and see what comes out of that. i dont think we should mix this with the...

Of life. but does that passage sound different to you than other comments that we have heard from the president about russia? >> well, i agree with that passage, but i dont have any reason to believe that donald trump read that or actually has signed off on that. because everything he says is 180 degrees in the opposite direction. he actually acknowledged that when he saw vladimir putin at the asia summit, that he took putin at his word, that putin was not responsible for the interference campai...

American foreign policy. whats your view of that? does russia have leverage over our president? >> well, they certainly were able to get a response from general flynn right after president obama had put sanctions in place for what they did in the interference campaign. an immediate response by general flynn. and then of course the stipulation of facts in his guilty plea shows that he was talking to individuals, senior transition team individuals at mar-a-lago. so i think when you look at the num...

Frequently calls a hoax and something made up by the media. sessions answered very forthrightly that he trusts and believes the intelligence communitys report that was published and that indeed russia has a very active interference campaign in 2016 and going forward. >> thats more of a policy issue. he said he believd our vulnerabilities included the defense department and missile system. thats a pretty sober, everyone will focus on russia investigation. thats a sober comment from the attorney g...

You think youre going to be done with your work in some form or fashion in a few months? is it a couple years? if im a voter, when do i get an answer from you? >> ideally before the first ballot is mailed out for the 2018 midterm election. we need unity right now as a shield against future attacks, and i think this disunity only allows the russians to sharpen their swords and be emboldened to come at us again. thats the x-factor. christen talked about -- chris talked about having all the factors...

Can you tell us, one if its your sense that any indictments are imminent and, two, if its your sense that those congressional investigations, the one that your committee is undertaking and others are closing in on any of the subjects of these investigations? >> it appears that former director mueller is making tremendous progress and is closing in on senior white house officials. and this is a classic bottom up investigation where you start at the outside individuals and start to work your way c...

The medical examiner for broufrd county takes the extraordinary step of bringing that person back from the funeral home in order to determine whether they died from heat-related issues as well. eight people, so far, under the 39 have been admitted into memorial hospitals here. i want to make very clear, memorial has no relationship with the rehabilitation clinic, 39 patients are at memorial right now being treated. it is possible the death count could go up. just an awful, awful situation, jake....

Worked with russia, we want to understand the degree that the personal financial and political relationships that existed between donald trump, his family, and his team with russia, whether that was just a bunch of coincidences or was it a convergence of russias interference campaign? >> cnn has learned, congressman, that potential leads about trump associates are also being referred to the special council. even if they have nothing to do with russia, investigators hope that that will encourage ...

For manafort? >> we have an agreement that we dont go into who is coming and when. generally, what we want to know is who met with russians during the interference campaign. what was the purpose of the meeting. what information was exchanged and why werent contacts reported to the fbi. why have they only been reported once reported in the press. those are fair questions and can tell what the trump campaign was up too. >> is there an urgency in light of the e-mails to get these individuals before...