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About it and they basically told us we were told by the fbi that we didnt need to do this, that this was just -- >> thats what sessions was told. >> thats what sessions was told. that he wasnt required to put in all of these contacts. obviously created a bit of kind of some noise, because again, were hearing about contacts that administration people had with the russians, which they have not always been forthcoming about. so now its raising some concerns on the hill and folks over at the hill no...

Not all aware of the news when it broke. that tells us one thing. there was no preliminary damage control going out wide to all senior officials here at the state department. thats not to say some didnt know about it. but those i spoke to, a few didnt know that the news had broken when it did. then the statement that came from the white house -- i mean the officials i spoke to werent sure what to say at that moment. later when i spoke to other senior officials, they didnt know that their own sec...

World has nothing to hide. happy to come forward and speak. i think at a certain point well get rid of this wild goose chase. >> let me ask you, the house intelligence committee, right. thanks in part to director comey today, theyve got their list, theyre sending out their full invitations. susan rice was asked to testify, right, the former national security advisor for president obama and she declined. and the president tweeted about it this morning. he said susan rice is refusing to testify be...

Game. all im saying, neil, having done it once under reagan and it didnt work, having done it again under bush 2, and it was a disaster, why are we doing this again? it just doesnt make any sense to me. weve got a big federal deficit. weve got a national debt of $18 trillion. what is this? and its not going to work again, i can tell you. >> neil: i will give credit to you you bemoneyed the bemoane debt. when you ran your campaign, you were notoriously a cheap guy. of course thats how you claim -...

>> lets talk about democrats for a minute. the dnc chair is out on a road trip with bernie sanders of theyre talking about transforming and unifying the party. heres the clip. >> youre on this road trip now with the head of the dnc. youre talking about reforming, revivin reviving, trans forming the party. do you consider yourself a democrat? >> no. im an independent. if the democratic party will succeed. and i want to see it succeed. it will have to open its door to independents. there are probe...

The president feels a need to x ex-mae explain a military situation? clearly he is sensitive of how this is being perceived by the public. >> yes, and what was interesting is the secretary of defense came out in a statement this afternoon and said the strike had eliminated 20% of the operational syrian air force. that was much more specific information. because it was in some ways an in-your-face move by the russians and the syrians the next day to fly off the very same air base and to show th t...

Recruit americans for spying and got out a few months early. is that suspicious. >> i dont know if suspicious but the statistic i like for people accused of espionage go they get out earlier, it is the golden egg, if you get someone for espionage, remember, if he pled. so thats the comparable statistic to determine whether this is routine or not. >> thing is, given all the intrigue and investigation surrounding the trump administration, possible collusion whatever is happening here, isnt it odd ...

Investigation surrounding the trump administrations connections or possible collusion or whatever with russia, whatever is happening here, isnt it odd that the u.s. would release a spy who tried to recruit someone who is tied to the administration? >> it really -- that really does turn into more of a law enforcement and corrections issue. ill take folks at their word when they say 85% of his time seems about right. if memory serves, he was convicted of not reporting his status as an agent of a f...

Him as part of the kushner family. >> and theres other circumstances that make it odd. the head is a russian intelligence officer and the whole thing gets to a much larger issue. theres nothing illegal or bad and the risen were having this conversation is there are a half dozen people who had bazar set of -- id be surprised if any people in my committee had cone with russia pch and they were not entirely up front, to put it nicely, about the nature of those contacts. >> squr thathats just a quic...

Looked up to the trump corporate server some 2800 times. >> the current health care system is a monstrosity. >> we meade to get health care reform right, we dont have to get it fast. >> this is the closest we will ever get to repealing and replacing obamacare. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> good morning, welcome to your "new day." its friday, march 10th, 8:00 in the east. up first, fbi director james comeys meeting with eight powerful lawmakers who have access to t...