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Third party u.s. presidential candidate like jill stein. you were making that point, mie mieke. >> i think its difficult in our system the way the electoral college works to have people diverted off the two-party system. >> it kills the mandate for the winner. its diffused. ken dilanian, thank you and chuck rosenburg, mieke eoyang and john cipher. >> todays news is like the moment barack obama produced his full length birth certificate. now that will mueller has indicted 13 defendants, trump can...

Member of the senior intelligence service. john served multiple overseas tours as chief of station and deputy chief of station. he is a recipient of agencys distinguished career intelligence medal and other than that, hes done absolutely nothing over the past three decades. john, why dont you talk about what concerns would you have, would any intelligence professional have about people roaming around the white house who are seen at times as de facto secretaries of state not able to get a securit...

Heard is that, oh behind the scenes hes really upset. behind the scenes the president is really upset. we heard yesterday from david brody who wrote a book about the presidents faith. i talked about how he said he didnt need god to forgive him. yeah, but behind the scenes he says he does. its the same pattern. >> the president believes the women, believes the former wives privately. >> why wouldnt he say it on the record? >> that i dont know. hes been asked several times as you saw yesterday. >>...

♪ well, we await to hear the fate of the democrats rebuttal memo, many are dissecting the nunes memo. one writing, the smears against christopher steele are unfounded and could have severe consequences. he writes, "needless to say the nunes memo and breathless public statements hurt our standing in the world. our intelligence collectors will have a harder time convincing potential sources or foreign liaison partners to trust us with their information. whether or not steele was an fbi source,...

Intelligence community. here is how trump attempted to clarify his remarks yesterday. >> i believe that he feels that he and russia did not meddle in the election. as to whether i believe it or not, im with our agency, especially as currently cuted with their leadership. i believe in our intel agencies, our intelligence agencies. ive worked with them very strongly. >> however, as three former cia officers pointed out in a "new york times" op-ed, quote, it was only after a public outcry that pres...

Wikileaks, russia, release these e-mails, which she actually said, evelyn, suggested might have been actually a direction to them. is that a little step too far? >> i dont -- i dont think it is impossible, chris. i mean i know it sounds crazy. this is like something -- >> it all sounds crazy. >> like not even a john lecarre novel, i dont think he could have imagined this, but it is possible. i have heard lawyers talk about the possibility of cooperation or collusion happening right out there in ...

On someone who has the kind of criminal defense attorney background adding to his team. we dont have any expectations that theres something imminent with the president. obviously the work of the special counsel goes on quietly, methodically, and this weekend, fathers day, happy fathers day to you, the president is spending this time with his family at camp david and thats the first time they have visited the retreat in maryland since the president took office. >> my little man cant talk yet. i a...

Investigation. that being id, you heard the president very clearly talk about the concern that he has about unauthorized disclosures of classified or sensitive information and the threat they pose to national security. while i dont want to comment on anything specific, i think it is important to note that any disclosure of classified or sensitive information can clearly threaten the national security. john? >> thanks so much. you said it is presidents tweet speaks for itself. in a series of twee...

There is too much classified information. i dont think that should condone the leak here. this is sensitive information. i think what is particularly sensitive is the potential source or method of gathering this intelligence. if this was gained through nsa intercepts of high level russian intelligence officials discussing their operation back during the election and this leak now gives up that source because they realized the nsa has access to these communications that is a big problem. >> john,...

That she is accused of leaking the document. winners attorney tell nbc news that the his client is looking forward to putting this behind her. joining me now john cipher who ran russia ops for the cia. i want to put reality winner on hold here and talk about what we actually were able to find out from that document. michael, it says that they were trying to hack election systems. in laymans terms what does that mean? >> election systems can be any number of things. they are the systems people vo...