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Benefits from those imaginary decisions. we need a democratic majority in congress to put on his desk all the things that he has said he would sign and see if hes serious, because right now he just benefits from a congress thats not going to step up and stand for these families. >> let me ask you about the i.g. report and some of the findings in here, because the president this morning tweeted, quote, it doesnt get any lower than that. hes talking about the text messages exchanged between two fb...

Personal lawyer? >> i always liked michael and hes a good person. >> are you worried if hes cooperating. >> do you mind if i talk. >> i just want to know if youre worried that hes going to cooperate with prosecutors. >> i did nothing wrong, nothing wrong. [ overlapping speakers ] >> did you dictate the statement about don jr. -- >> lets not talk about it. you know what that is, its irrelevant. its a statement to "the new york times." the phony, failing, "new york times." >> clear it up. >> thats...

And those exchanges are disgusting to read. americans are allowed to have political opinions, but we expect the fbi to hold itself to a higher standard. now, of course theres no evidence this influenced the investigation and bob mueller removed mr. strzok from his team immediately but i dont like that one bit, poppy. >> and you know that in the i.g.s report, the i.g. does assert at the end of the day after a year of investigating this that they cannot say conclusively that the steps that were ta...

Believes that whatever he has said and done with regard to kim was worth it because he believes it has stopped nuclear weapons from coming to destroy americans. he pointed at me and another reporter saying coming toward you. the president was really this morning adamant that on multiple fronts, not only was he exonerated by the i.g. report, his summit with kim was an unequivocal success and that he basically is presiding over what he believes is the best time for this country and that his critic...

War. although, as everyone has pointed out this morning, theres nothing on paper that says that, theres nothing concrete that we know about as of this moment. the president said that details on verification are being worked out right now, poppy. >> abby, thank you. david chalian, our political director, back to you. just to be very clear here, and laura makes a good point, did the president even read the i.g.s report before making those assertions this morning. its very unclear to say the least....

Continue challenging the credibility and integrity of each other. and, you know, theres going to be stuff in here thats going to be pulled out and used for purely partisan reasons. i dont think there is any avoiding that. you know, the notion that the average american is going to read 500 pages of this i think is a little farfetched so its going to be another political weapon as we go forward. >> develin, were glad you read all 500 pages and gave us this first draft on history. thank you so much...

Ally the president very likely to overplay his hand with todays findings. >> so, a couple of reactions. first, im relieved. im relieved that the i.g. has determined after going through all the legal decisions that indeed the final outcomes are not something that needed to be changed and so, therefore, we dont have a fruit of the poisonous tree. were not in a place right now that we shouldnt be. thats a relief for me. i am disturbed, nicolle, to hear about the texts and the e-mails and this new a...

But under his terms of something that was important for the american public to know. >> its vastly different, a foreign power trying to meddle with the most sacred part of our life versus a child molester with a few e-mails on his laptop. >> frank, i saw you nodding. >> this is what comey spent a lot of time in his book and now addressed in the i.g. report, the disparity with which hes treated the hillary case in terms of feeling compelled to go forward to congress and public and not feeling com...

That press conference, why didnt you tell him not to send that her? i dont think they have a good answer. >> devin, you write a good story. you and your colleagues, i assume you read the whole thing and had this first draft of history of today apartments s the i.g. report. the conclusion is jim comey basically acted -- was in subordination to loretta lynch. there is an answer this this report, right? >> right. that is a pretty serious charge. i think one of the things the report really exposes a...

The tarmac to the whole russian involvement. so, really good people, people who had spent their entire careers making good decisions in very difficult situations faced challenging circumstances. and the i.g. concludes that they didnt get everything right. i think comey is certainly on record as respectfully disagreeing with that. the real problem moving forward is that we live -- and i say we as a country, were now living in this hyper-charged partisan environment where everything has to be abou...