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The u.s. state today on the hill. >> first, brian, i think they made clear that investigating the ties between the trump organization and the russian federation is not a republican thing. its not a democratic thing. its an american thing and its an american imperative that we get to the facts. second, i thought it was interesting they said collusion is still open. theyre still looking at it. they are also looking at business ties between the trump organization and the russian federation. and i t...

From the mueller investigation. this word of caution comes from sally yates who youll recall was fired for not enforcing the travel ban. she says mueller is going to determine whether theres proof beyond a reasonable doubt that floens were committed, that crimes were committed that can be used for prosecution or impeachment. mr. mueller is not going to answer the question of whether anything bad happened here, she said. which brings us to our lead-off panel here on a wednesday night. jeremy bash...

It in a moment. >> to the steele dossier, unfortunately the committee has hit a wall. we have on several occasions made attempts to contact mr. steele, to make with mr. steele, to include personally the vice chairman and myself as two individuals making that connection. those offers have gone unaccepted. the committee cannot really decide the credibility of the dossier without understanding things like who paid for it, who are your sources and sub sources. >> michael, what should we make of that...

Commentary with which they believe trump would be most familiar. the role that the military, intelligence officers and diplomats play in making the world safe for american businesses like the trump organization to operate and expand abroad. with us tonight, the coauthor of that article, january anthony la mere, white house reporter for the "associated press." michael kroully is with us as well. gentlemen, welcome to you both. jonathan, was this just short of using emow jazz, this briefing? >> so...

Critics would call it out right nep tichl. she was somebody regarded as a sign of her being loyal to her family and she seize herself as part of a team to support trump, to help her father. and yet at the same time she clearly has different views from her father on a number of issues. its also become clear that she cant control her father. so shes trying to contribute and be part of the team as a loyal daughter and yet also keep some distance. and on charlottesville, no, she did not come out and...

Prompting president trump to berate the attorney general for recusing himself in the first place, calling him an idiot according to the times and asking for his resignation. the times reports here, quote, ashen and emotional, mr. sessions told the president he would quit and sent a resignation letter to the white house according to four people who were told details of the meeting. mr. sessions would later tell associates that the demeaning way the president addressed him was the most humiliating...

Russians. but its become obvious that the president does not want an objective investigation about collusion. >> all right. now, lets pick up where michael left off. if youre mueller, whats your reaction to reading this kind of play by play, kind of pathetic as it is in "the new york times"? >> so, again, trump opened the door to the appointment of mueller when he fired director comey. and so now hes been running scared. and prosecutors like puzzles. so mueller and his ace team of some of the co...

Because that will exonerate me. and so when we see the kind of increasing tentacles of the special counsel, "first look"ing at collusion, then obstruction of justice, real estate, tax and so forth, again, its trump who is tell dprafg that theres a there there and this ace team of prosecutors aims to find out what it is. >> michael, the times piece is a hell of a yarn. it tells of other aides coming in and saying to the president not a good move to lose the attorney general and start again. so ul...

Demonstration in charlottesville, virginia. the financial times writes this, for ivanka trump, the document remained charlottesville hit home in a way that other white house controversies have not. seeing those images and hearing her name invoked later on obviously made it very personal. someone familiar with her thinking told me. still, she made no additional public comments. were still joined by jillian, michael and clarence. jillian, what was your overall take away from what was a big package...

Instead, he spoke in a way that seemed to equalize the two. and he cant get past that. thats why he could very comfortably sign this bill that condemns the raiseist, the ku klux klan, the neo-nazis, et cetera, but has a hard time saying it. he just is able to do it on paper. so i think this is something were going to have to live with because president trump is the kind of guy that can never add many it that he makes a mistake or articulate something. so he keeps making the same mistake over and...