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Some russian efforts to try to influence the election. theres been indictments against some russian individuals. troll farms, people who did minor efforts, playing around with social media but to the core question of whether or not the trump campaign was in any way communicating with the russians in an active effort to try to swing the election one way or another, there still remains no public evidence of that. >> paul: mary, anything to add on that, in the sense weve got the trump tower meeting...

Transmitting the information they wanted to rely to flynn. later, jared kushner and another questionable meeting. this tyke, with russian banker sergei gorkov who had ties with putin. what was discussed is a mystery but at the same kushner was still ceo of kushner comes which was trying to attract financing for a building project in manhattan. still, the white house says there was no discussion at the meeting about kushners company or sanctions. >> my dash board warning light was on and i think ...

House that was so valuable that muellers team is willing to give him a dramatically better break than the break that his business partners are getting. and thats the question. we do know that he was communicating by phone with members of the transition team right before and right after he met with kislyak. thats one thing we know, but we dont know is did they have an overarching plan, was he part of that plan and who else was part of that plan? was kushner part of that plan? was pence part of th...

What are two or three subjects or hearings you want to hold in the first six months that are about oversight of the trump administration in the white house? >> well, we want -- you know, we have control over security clearances. that comes under our jurisdiction. we noticed that there were a lot of problems with security clearances with regard to mr. porter, mr. flynn and other, and kushner. so we want to take a look at that. more importantly, we want to take a look at this whole effort of voter...

What are two or three subjects or hearings you want to hold in the first six months that are about oversight of the trump administration in the white house? >> well, you know, we have control over security clearances. that comes under our jurisdiction. we noticed that there were a lot of problems with security clearances with regard to mr. porter, mr. flynn and others, and kushner. so we want to take a look at that. more importantly, we want to take a look at this whole effort of voter suppressi...

Of jams. is there any evidence, to your knowledge, that the enquirer hushed up dozens, maybe hundreds? >> you know, certainly, you know, david pecker kept a pretty long inventory of president trumps foibles, romances, infidelities. donald trump led a pretty reckless life for someone that ultimately was going to be elected president. i think looking back, probably president trumps biggest regret was accepting donald trumps offer to help pave the way to the white house. >> there was a relationship...

Russia. so thats a lot of activity in a small amount of time. then, of course, it culminated in the trump campaign and continued during the time up to that campaign and afterwards. they have not stopped. they have no shame. >> absolutely. in the last block we talked about the fact this for the russians is about one thing, removing sanctions. i want you to listen to adam schiff who will soon have more power in the house. take a listen. >> theres a common denominator about a lot of these issues an...

And, second, just talk a little more about the ways in which this investigation opens up a can of worms that a foreign can of worms that goes well beyond russia. >> first, you are correct. and the -- its particularly bad when youre taking money from and a quid pro quo involves foreign governments. so this now really signals that it was -- people were on notice that this president, this white house were for sale. why is this important? for a myriad of reasons. but there are also trump family memb...

And warren? >> no, i dont think so. someone has to step aside. bernie sanders has been persistent and consistent around building movement around health care and other issues. hes never stopped campaigning. hes ready to go. if he truly believes elizabeth could do it, i think he would step aside. >> chris christie was meeting with the president last night, talking about the chief of staff position. now saying he doesnt want the job. im not sure if that comes as a surprise to anybody, the fact that...

A quid pro quo. at least as i understand it. first, am i right about that and, second, just talk a little more about the ways in which this investigation opens up a can of worms that a foreign can of worms that goes well beyond russia. >> first, you are correct. and the -- its particularly bad when youre taking money from and a quid pro quo involves foreign governments. so this now really signals that it was -- people were on notice that this president, this white house were for sale. why is thi...