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Rationale for what the president did in freezing the aid. and remember too, this aid had been appropriated by congress and had already gone through some reviews to determine that ukraine had met all the conditions necessary for receiving it so when the president decides in july to put this freeze on, theres no clear, at least stated reason for the record, as to why hes doing it. that appears to be whats being described in those emails now. >> lis, how damaging could this be to the republicans in...

But adam schiff is right. the democrats dont have that many documents to go on, although there may be some more coming forward as were seeing today. >> lis wheel and shane harris, thank you both. appreciate it very much. well look forward to the new developments that are about to come even next hour. thank you. >> you go tt it. michael bloomberg has made it official, why the former new york mayor says hes jumping into the presidential race now and well find out what his fellow candidates think...

The president did. >> lis, i believe that schiff went on to say that this investigation is not going to end. thats actually what republicans have always said, that the investigations never end. democrats will always be coming up with something else. do you think that this really could just bog down as far as the complicated legal and political consequences? >> i dont think so. i think whats going to happen now is that a report is being drafted. its going to be sent then and hopefully it will be ...

Joining me is lis wheel, and back with us again, shane harris, national security correspondent with "the washington post" and cnn national security analyst. thank you both for being here. shane, tell us more about these reported emails. >> its very interesting. we see the timing thats sort of taking an interesting shape here as well. after the president decides that he wants to freeze the aid to ukraine we see this effort by mick mulvaney, the white house chief of staff acting and the omb direct...

Oreilly had apparently been dealt with. and by that i mean he was permitted with managements advance notice and blessing to go on the air and attack the companys harassment victims yet again. >> msnbc contributor dave sherman is a special correspondent at vanity affair who exposed roger ailes. the big news is the allegations of repeated harassment, nonconsensual sexual relationship, a term im having a hard time getting my head around, sending of gay pornography to lis wheel who is a former fox n...

Ailes mess to begin with. >> bill shine called me in response to my e-mail promising to deal with oreilly. by 8:00 p.m. that night, oreilly had apparently been dealt with. and by that i mean he was permitted with managements advance notice and blessing to go on the air and attack the companys harassment victims yet again. >> msnbc contributor dave sherman is a special correspondent at vanity affair who exposed roger ailes. the big news is the allegations of repeated harassment, nonconsensual sex...

In january. kate snow has been tracking the story for us through all the developments. kate, bring us up to speed here. >> reporter: so bill oreilly says hes hamstrung because help cant comment specifically on any case that has been, as he put it, resolved. he said that he resolved three cases while at fox news. thats half the number of settlements "the new york times" is reporting. >> am i mad at god? yeah, im mad at him. i wish i had more protection. >> reporter: overnight, bill oreilly firing...

According to "the new york times," lis wheel was alleging harassment and a nonconsensual sexual relationship with oreilly. we dont know what she says exactly happened because she is now sworn to secrecy. but "the new york times" obtained details of the settlement and published them over the weekend. oreilly says he has never mistreated anyone. he says this is bogus, and he is vowing to respond on monday. but the "new york times" story was a shock to the tv world. i spoke with former fox news anc...

And a long-time legal analyst at fox news named lis wheel. she was a regular on oreillys program, "the oreilly factor," until the end of last year. thats where the story gets really complicated. in january of this year, she went to oreilly and threatened a sexual harassment lawsuit. oreilly settled out of court. he grid to pay her $32 million. a few weeks later, fox news renewed his contract for an incredible $25 million a year. now the next part of this story, youve probably already heard about...

Until the end of last year. thats where the story gets really complicated. in january of this year, she went to oh really and threatened a sexual harassment lawsuit. oreilly settled out of court. he grid to pay her $32 million. a few weeks later, fox news renewed his contract for an incredible $25 million a year. now the next part of this story, youve probably already heard about. its when bill oreilly was fired by fox news in the midst of a sexual harassment scandal. this happened in april afte...