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I think this is more just about sort of trying to get everyone blae basically in line. she gets why they would vote for or against these things. >> is there any indication if message was received from the moderate lane? >> i mean, im sure they have heard it. i would tell you alexandria ocasio-cortez saying i would put you on a list and give the list to people who want to primary you guys. that would go over like a lead balloon among moderate members. that is her brand. we need to embrace being l...

Dead end street. >> and to be clear, youre referring to mr. berman, who has the job you used to have. he recused from part of this, which is why weve seen kazami step up and take part of the trump probes. what trump is trying to do in the accounts of the "new york times" is trying to get berman back in charge. youre saying even if trump was successful at that, you dont think he would bend to trumps will? >> no, i think it would float like a lead balloon. i really trust that if he had made that a...

Pointed -- its worth noting as mr. brennan did earlier that he also, while he said he didnt know much about the collusion issues he did talk -- he did remind us that hes speaking with prosecutors in the manhattan southern district. so theres more to come potentially. >> that fell like a lead balloon in the middle of the hearing several times, i noted. >> kim, you may have already shared this with your listeners on wbui. you can share it with our audience. and that is where do you see the story g...

Clearly went over like the proverbial lead balloon in the room. and you can see there what we couldnt see in the room, the close-up of his face as he sort of absorbs the fact there will be no applause so he just moves on with the rest of his address. but it was -- it really notable in the room. i will note the next day when he addressed the conference proper, there was a large contingent of members of congress there putting a lot of republicans who applauded as if to make up for the lack of appl...

Halt. >> just two months later, whitaker was named chief of staff to then a.g. jeff sessions. later taking on the job of acting a.g. when sessions was fired by the president. speaking to an audience of one just like he did today on capitol hill. this is whitaker trying to act cute when chairman jerry nadler wanted to know if hed been asked to approve any of muellers actions. here it is. >> now, in your capacity as acting attorney general, have you ever been asked to approve any request or action...

Staff to then a.g. jeff sessions. later taking on the job of acting a.g. when sessions was fired by the president. speaking to an audience of one just like he did today on capitol hill. this is whitaker trying to act cute when chairman jerry nadler wanted to know if hed been asked to approve any of muellers actions. here it is. >> now, in your capacity as acting attorney general, have you ever been asked to approve any request or action to be taken by the special counsel? >> mr. chairman, i see ...

Want other people to know what was said. okay. then the question is why dont you want other people to know? and, you know, don, this is the, you know, 900th question on top of the, you know, 899th question of why are all of his people lying about the contacts that they had with russia? why is the president, every time he gets around vladimir putin, most notably last year, saying exactly what vladimir putin would have him say? you know, i get asked all the time, is there evidence of collusion? wh...

Time, is there evidence of collusion? when is this investigation going to wrap up? i dont know the answer to that question, but there are just hundreds of puzzling questions that we need to get to the bottom of in this case. >> listen, youre on the intelligence committee. do you think your committee should subpoena that interpreter? >> well, yes, i do. now, i know exactly how that plays out, and of course chairman schiff, when we actually -- when this first came up, when the reykjavik summit so ...

Trump presidency, but the prosecutor is not doing anything unethical, as of now there isnt anything on trump as to what the fundamental charge of the investigation supposed to be which is coordination and links with the russian government. the most weve seen as to that is most recently with the trump tower in moscow and the putin penthouse and that got about far off the ground as lead balloon. >> when the president says this is a trap, trap insinuates theres truth underlie to go it, youre protes...

Classified briefing as you noted without anybody from the intelligence community here. they are not going to get those answers. that is frustration heading into the hearing. you also have the wall street journal opinion piece secretary of state mike pompeo. you mentioned it already. im told by several republican officials including one who said it landed like a lead balloon on capitol hill today. its not so much that they disagree with the administrations policy on saudi arabia at least on the r...