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Charge of this portfolio. and a lot of experts in middle east politics and the peace process found it laughable, preposterous that kushner was given this portfolio. some other people will say, kushner has the trust of the president, thats the most important thing for a diplomat, he has a fresh perspective, and you even hear some people who have a lot of experience in this world, dennis ross, for instance, has advised many presidents, saying that jared kushners security clearance is not essential...

Ahead but tell me -- >> jim comey said on february 15th that he knew that jeff sessions was going to recuse himself from the investigation. jeff sessions didnt recuse himself from the investigation until march 2nd. how could jim comey know two weeks in advance that the attorney general was going to recuse himself? its because hes the one who was leaking the information. thats the only panel scenario. >> give me 20 seconds. whats his motivation for this? >> his motive is jim comey basically wants...

Of, is he doing something to interfere with the investigation? >> michael crawly, whats your thought today about the testimony on capitol hill, the timeline ive laid out and even the whole controversy over the flynn subpoena? >> well, greta, the tide keeps rising. i think that, you know, the water overtakes each position that the white house stakes out and they have to retreat a little fartr. i think -- i agree. what were seeing is cumulative. the story, the charges become more and more credible...

Did either of you request the unmasking of mr. trump or associates or members of congress? >> yes. in one case, i did, that i can specifically recall but i cant discuss it any further than that. >> did you ever request unmasking mr. trump or his associates or any member of congress? >> no. >> two key moments from todays hearing centered on this question of unmasking. joining me is steve clemmons editor at large for "the atlantic" and michael crawly from "politico." this unmasking sensational one...

Syrias bashar al assad to go. >> i think it is clear to all of us that the reign of the assad family is coming to an end. i hope that what the russian government concludes is that they have aligned themselves with an unreliable partner. >> vladimir putin meanwhile, does not seem open to losing his key ally in that region. today, he raised the fake news flag, suggesting not only is syria being framed for the april 4th chemical weapons attack, but that future chemical weapons attacks could happen ...

Test is clearly likely, but you dont hear a lot of american officials saying a lot about it, that is a concerted strategy. the other thing to try to apply leverage on china. many past american presidents have tried it unsuccessfully. trump is framing his conversations with president xi as productive on that front and leading it as a challenge to china. are you going to follow through or not. >> hey, michael, we heard yesterday from press secretary sean spicer, once again intimating that the unit...

Manhattan and never really engage with this stuff in any detail besides what you see on tv. the combination of the team coming in and trump having this education/accountability as president, has sort of drawn him into the foreign policy mainstream that frankly he really campaigned against. so the sort of foreign policy establishment is generally pretty happy about this but i would think a lot of his supporters, ones that thought he would usher in this dramatic break in american foreign policy mu...

From bill clinton or have a fund-raiser has a lot of explaining to do. in fact, i think they should give the money back. >> man. joining me now is michael crawly, molly ball and political economist for yahoo! news. michael, ill start with you. its almost hard not to view these comments. he wants to be the 2016 nominee. hillary clinton may be the democratic nominee. >> i hate to reduce it all to politics and rand paul is a guy that doesnt play by normal political rules. he says things in politics...

Left chris christie off the list of what he calls conservative governors. its not the first time christie has been invited to the party. the gom is firing back let by mitch mcconnell who opened fire on ted cruz party in the wall street journal. in an interview. mcconnell blasts extremists for both their views and tactics and says, quote, the most important election was not the governor of new jersey or the governor of virginia, it was the special election for congress in south alabama. where the...

Floor. because the democrats are very worried about the fact that there are a number of senators of their incumbents who are running for re-election in red states where re-election is not popular. so a lot of negotiations may take place over what exactly even gets to the senate floor. because they really dont want to be putting a lot of these democrats through a vote that is really going to come back to haunt them in the next election. >> karen tumulty, michael crawly, thanks so much for being w...