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>> this was to determine what the russians were doing to penetrate political campaign. not to spy on the campaign per se but what the russians were doing to infiltrate and gain access and leverage. the institutions and values and standards i spent 50 plus years of defending are under assault. im so bothered by this, i felt a duty to speak up. >> the presidents claims about the existence of the deep state directly contradicted by his secretary of state. here is mike pompeo testifying before the h...

Didnt interview hillary clinton before writing the exoneration letter is when you have an investigation by time you get to the interview you know all the facts. you you just try to lay a perjury trap. thats what theyre trying to do. >> bill: rudy giuliani said well challenge the subpoena and take it to the supreme court and is he right about that? >> they have very strong legal arguments. a combination of legal arguments. the perjury trap, executive privilege, beyond the scope of the investigati...

Defending ms-13. >> jon: jill with the associated press. thank you for being on. >> we want to tell you the president tweeted on north korea saying sadly i was forced to cancel the summit meeting in singapore with kim jong-un. a very tame tweet by the presidents standards. also coming from the white house right now car and trucks imported into the u.s. may be the next tariff target with the trump administration launching an investigation into whether or not they are needed. the president invokin...

>> was the f.b.i. spying on trumps campaign? >> no, they were not. they were spying on -- a term i dont particularly like on what the russians were doing. trying to understand were the russians infiltrating trying to gain access and leverage. >> i like how he does this. spying. like he doesnt like the term. he is the man who oversaw massive surveillance and intel collected by spies. he has a problem with the term "spying"? are you kidding? the laughing making it very believable. none of this was...

>> was the f.b.i. spying on trumps campaign? >> no, they were not. they were spying on -- a term i dont particularly like on what the russians were doing. trying to understand were the russians infiltrating trying to gain access and leverage. >> i like how he does this. spying. like he doesnt like the term. he is the man who oversaw massive surveillance and intel collected by spies. he has a problem with the term "spying"? are you kidding? the laughing making it very believable. none of this was...

We can use our leverage not only against the north koreans but more important its sponsors russia and china. china left itself open because all four of its biggest banks look like they have been money laundering for north koreans. because we can throw them into turmoil we could probably get them to back away from the north koreans. i know its not easy but it seems we have the power to do that. >> what do you make of the context that the tone seemed to change after that meeting between kim jong-u...

Up to pyongyang. will there be a return to hostility and tension? north korea had already promised south korea that it would stop testing missiles. but it has made no promise it would stop building them. and even with the dismantling of that nuclear testing site today, it still wont be verified, perhaps never will be verified, and it will change nothing about north koreas nuclear capabilities. >> no.s janice mackie frayer. thanks very much. for more on this im joined by daily beast columnist and...

However, clap ker very clearly said just the opposite on tuesday. lets watch him. >> was the fbi spying on trumps campaign? >> no, no, they were not. they were spying on a term i dont particularly like on what the russians were doing trying to understand were the russians trying to access and leverage and influence which is what they do. >> seth what, do we do about our 0 judicial system to keep it whole where you have a president who has been able to push his way into the actual investigation i...

Going forward. from being -- from countrys inception. but again, you know, the players know what the nfl has -- is doing here. theyre cow 2000ing to the president. the president has a beef with the nfl for decades now because they wouldnt let him buy an nfl team. hes done as much as he can to attack nfl players. but again, you see sterling brown, what happened to him, the milwaukee bucks rookie where he was tased by police officers. that is precisely why nfl players have chosen to kneel. >> you ...

Latest reaction. >> reporter: this caught the region by surprise, in particular the south korean president moon jae-in. a proponent of engagement with the north who was just in washington meeting with president trump about the summit. it appears there was no communication with seoul before this letter dropped. now there is no official reaction yet from japan but shinzo abe is likely to be relieved that this has been called off. he was uncomfortable at the pace with which the diplomacy was moving...