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Before yesterday, including obviously russias malign influence on the 2016 elections and countermeasures that we need to adopt against them. also whether individuals in the current administration including the president and his affiliates might be vulnerable to foreign influence or whether foreign actors are trying to exert leverage over them financially. also whether there are any linkages between the trump organization and the russians with regard to the 2016 election and then finally, whether...

They are launching a braufd investigation into president trumps finances. and theyre looking into whether any foreign actor has financial leverage over the president, his family, his business, or his associates. way back in july of 2017 the president acknowledged to "the new york times" that looking at his money would be crossing a red line. so, yeah, its happening and the presidents not happy about it calling it presidential harassment. >> thats how he sees it. house speaker nancy pelosi has ma...

To the extra savings from the tax cut. theyre actually getting a smaller slice of the pie than before. lets pick another measure, lending. did you get more money from the banks? we know youre playing with leverage again in the financial institutions, so what did you do with it? did you help those in need? yes. bloomberg reports they increased their loans by 2.3%. but thats slower than the year before. be clear of my criticism. its not about what businesses and banks did or what the wealthy did. ...

Theyve had leverage with the saudis. there is a great deal here. donald trumps business practice is, with the exception of the scandalous trump university. he never puts dollars into anything. he gets fees up front from people. those fees in many cases may have nothing to do with normal business practice. >> that will be a crucial point, right? if they can find that. gloria, trump says adam schiffs investigation is presidential harassment. >> that is unfortunate. schiff said he wont be distracte...

Law experts in there to say how important it is for the president to release his returns. jim? >> we should remind people presidential candidates from both parties going back to the nixon days have voluntarily done so. this is truly uncharted territory. jessica schneider, thank you very much. democrats arent stopping there. kara skinell has more on the plans to launch another investigation into the presidents finances and russia. its a lot for folks at home to keep track of here. you have the ...

Looking to investigate russia beyond to do an investigation beyond russia. what are they going to be digging into? >> i think its quite obvious that this is going to be all about money at this point. adam schiff making it clear theyre digging into a lot of the financial background of the president, trump the organization, as well as his family and other associates. the theyre trying to see, they say, if there was any kind of leverage that perhaps companies may have had over the president or his ...

Its on me. for two years devin nunez was off the rails, not pursuing facts. is there now a risk the democrats are doing the same thing if russia still has leverage over the president? where is evidence that russia has leverage over the president? why get to the end of the score before we play the game? >> there is a lot of tension between the pressure on democrats from their base, from the partisans who are so angry with what trump has done over the last couple of years who want them to finall...

The secretary of state admits threats remain. live in the middle east. and former top editor of "new york times" now says that she will review passages from her new book after being accused of plagiarism. good morning, well can cocome t start." sglo a sg . house democrats starting to gleks their new power in earnest. adam schiff announcing an aggressive investigation into whether president trumps business and financial interests are driving his decisions. the probe will beyond contact betwee...

Responsibility to stop. >> there are between 20 and 30,000 members of isis, clearly theres still a threat there. >> the idea that the behavior to be acceptable in the modern democratic party seems untenable. >> they need to say the democratic party has no place for racism full stop. >> we have a stain on us but we can kim out of this can come out of this in a positive light. good morning and welcome to your new day. alisyn is off. poppy harlow joins me this morning. great to have you here. >> ...

Though? >> chief -- legal -- analyst. >> i love it. >> adam schiff isnt just crossing the red line. hes trotting on it. >> he is. whats different now is when the president introduced the phrase it was about the mueller investigation which he ultimately has the authority to stop. he can fire mueller. he cant do anything about adam schiff. absolutely nothing. adam schiff is a representative of a coordinate branch of government who is answerable to the voters in los angeles and to nancy pelosi and ...