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His government and then that is relayed to the fbi. and that is one, as we said, of the driving factors that leads the fbi to launch the investigation, the end of that month. now, its around the same time as we of course remember when these dnc e-mails are leaking out on the eve of the democratic convention. so, it is possible that we havent confirmed this yet that this becomes public and the australian government realizes what it is sitting on and it notifies the u.s. government. >> because wha...

Blanks, that is certainly an open question. heres the lead of it. "during a night of heavy drinking at an upscale london bar in may 2016, george papadopoulos, young foreign policy adviser to the trump campaign, made a startling revelation to australias top diplomat in britain, russia had political dirt on hillary clinton. now the "times" is sourcing this to four current and former american and foreiforeign -- am and foreign officials with direct knowledge of the aust r5i8 y australians role. the...

A night of heavy drinking in an upscale london bard in may 2016, george papadopoulos, a young foreign policy advisor to the trim campaign made a startling revelation to australias top diplomat impression. it russia had political dirt on hillary clinton. the story then goes on into more detail. "how much he said that night at the kensington wine room is with the australian is unclear. but two months later when leaked democratic emails began appearing online, australian officials passed informatio...

From the get-go has been were covering this up. theyve done nothing to try to really dispose of it. the whole attitude has been were hiding something. and so they -- i can only conclude they are hiding something. >> recent report big "the new york times" reveals that the trump campaign adviser george papadopoulos played a crucial role in the fbis decision to open an investigation last year. into the trump campaigns contacts with russia, opening that investigation while the campaign was still goi...

The timeline in perspective. this is may 2016. papadopoulos is talking about e-mails coming out. a couple months later, youve got these dnc e-mails. thats july. in october, youve got these podesta e-mails that come out. theres also this question of this 30,000 deleted hillary clinton e-mails that the trump seemed to be convinced were out there somewhere. which e-mails does papadopoulos think hes hearing about in may? >> 2016, it was the year of the e-mails. >> right. >> yeah, we dont know from t...

Invitation to testify publicly remains on the table. new details confirmed by fox news raise questions about whether a may 2016 meeting between an australian diplomat and a trump campaign aide kick started the probe. the former director of national intelligence had this week the campaign aide was not on his radar. >> george papadopoulos is not a name on my scope when i left almost a year ago. i think it probably wants one of several stimulants for the investigation but was not the only factor. >...

Fusion was paid by the dnc and clinton campaign for campaign research from april of 2016 until just before the election. prior to that, it was hired by the conservative "washington free beacon", both it and the clinton campaign denied knowledge of the dossier, itself. the document details alleged russian efforts to help the trump campaign, including salacious and unsubstantiated destales which cnn has not reported. american investigators have corroborated portions of whats in the dossier. we and...

Im not sure that the papadopoulos explanation is really any better. in fact, its probably thinner than even the dossier. >> australian media is reporting theres anger and frustration over leaks by u.s. officials revealing australian diplomat shared intelligence that may have kick-started the fbi russia probe. the australian ambassador to the u.s. personally steered australia idealings with the fbi in the 2016 campaign after a meeting earlier that year between a senior australian official and a t...

We havent seen that and ed gillespie from virginia was in a tough spot because its a purple state in a good year for us right now, but aside from that, everybody from alabama and other races and georgia, for example, and the other congressional races, they all clung to president trump and said -- >> those are safer areases. >> they are -- im talking about -- >> arent they looking at a virginia as opposed to the -- >> and the northeast. what im saying is -- >> you have 24 house districts where hi...

You for that. >> i think there is that risk, but i see it more as a leverage point. i mean, the wall and chain migration. i think hes trying to push as far as he can and see what he pulls back on. as you pointed out, it could be a fence or some other type of border security. he is having these conversations privately. hes saying some type of border security with protections for the d.r.e.a.m.ers. i think its potential. you still have the bannon wing of the party that youre going to have to fight...