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Steele dossier, which was paid for by democrats, written by a former british spy, was the fundamental basis to get a warrant to spy on carter page, the former trump campaign adviser. democrats dispute that. they say there would have been a fisa application and there would have been probably a warrant given without this information. democrats are sort of approaching this with one hand tied behind their back. theyre saying the information in this memo is incomplete, its distortive. but there is ot...

>> not provide forthcoming truth? >> the reason im makinging it a new answered statement, muellers objective is to figure out whether a crime has occurred. and whether or not somebody is impeding his ability to do that very thing. and so part of the inquiry will always be whether or not someone has played some relevant hand in trying to undermine his ability to do so. if somebody is saying, that id like you to not be forthcoming, not to disclose the truth, even though we know that the fbi probab...

Going through this book. joining me now is michael lighter. former head of the national trer richl center and nbc news. the tweet goes farther than any other one i know of in the united states, talking about his nuclear button being bigger than kim jong-uns nuclear button. first of all, there is no nuclear button. there is a procedure, but there is -- it is true that the commander in chief has ultimate authority over the nuclear arsenal. >> this is clearly infan tile dairn it a very odd where ...

That is an investigation thats ongoing by robert mueller, by the special counsel. well see where this ends up, but its not really about the dossier, this is a much bigger deal than just this simple document. >> very good. all right. even perez, thank you so much for that report. joining us now to talk more about this is senator ben cardin of maryland. he is the top democrat on the senate foreign relations committee. happy holidays to you, sir. thank you so much for being with us on this day afte...

Investigation. i think bob mueller for his own good should dismiss andrew wiseman, top deputy, antitrump e-mail and jeff sessions should bring in an outside district attorney who has independence to look into the entirety of how doj and the fbi handled 2016 and to get to the bottom of it. but if donald trump takes from all this a permission slip to fire bob mueller itll be catastrophic mistake and the irony, as far as we know mueller is not turning up evidence of collusion. if trump could sit ti...

These documents would be a final answer, where americans could look at this case and say, okay, this is what happened. but realistically, thats never going to happen. >> and tom llamas, one of those reporters waiting all day. hes at the national archives tonight. tom, the president promised the release of documents, and then today, the concern that some of the material could jeopardize national security? >> reporter: thats right, david. and we know the vast majority of the documents that were bl...

Quote, public health emergency, and why the words he chose could determine how much money the government will spend to fight this. abcs senior white house correspondent cecilia vega tonight. >> reporter: with the stroke of a pen today, president trump declared the opioid epidemic the worst drug crisis in american history. >> i am directing all executive agencies to use every appropriate emergency authority to fight the opioid crisis. >> reporter: the declaration means -- patients in rural areas ...

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Announcement, but its a little window into paralyzed the policy had become. do you have any insight as to whether the departure freed up the policy process or is it a coincidence? >> it was one of the components that freed it up. as you pointed out at the very beginning of the show there had been a clash of ideas between steve bannon and mcmaster. i think what youll hear the president say tonight is that this decision, this strategy, that he rolled out, came after a lot of discussions with his n...

Constructive relationship with russia based on mutual cooperation and common interests. but the president in our congress are unified in our message to russia. >> and a real dump? thats how donald trump described the white house living quarters to members of his golf club. one former first daughter is taking issue with that. well explain. >> good day. a im andrea mitchell in washington. the president is lashing out at congress. the president signed the bill into law this morning without any fanf...