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Well turn to our team of reporters for the latest in just a moment. but lets discuss the legal implications of these revelations. benjamin wittis, senior fellow in governance studies at brookings institution. here in the newsroom for once finally, joyce vance, a former u.s. attorney and professor at the university of alabama school of law and an msnbc contributor. that is lot to take in what we just went there through. but it was a big story that was broken yesterday. all of these companies payi...

Administration. they did no legal or lobbying work for us and the contract ended in december 2017. according to these financial documents, novartis paid cohens company $100,000 a month for a year totaling over $1 million. novartis told nbc, quote, any agreements with essential consultants were entered before our current ceo taking office in february of this year and have expired. according to avenattis report, cohen paid himself with three checks from essential consultants. those payments totale...

The one person who gets a summit is kim jong-un? when does it get it? he gets it after hes tested a thermonuclear weapon and after hes tested a icbm that could hit the united states. >> thats precisely why there is not going to be a deal. just think about what that series of historic events, why if youre kim jong-un would you want to go down those paths that were just described. >> after writing this book, does the relationship we have with russia and the way donald trump is interactions with th...

Vekselberg. there was first the, according to reports, him coming off the plane in the new york area a few months back and the fbi and muellers team questioning him there. also reports from the "new york times" that muellers team has now questioned him again last week having to do with this payment. so what specifically might they be asking? >> theyll want to know whether there is a connection between vekselberg, the american firm thats run by his family member, and whether or not they were real...

>> senator, my moral compass is strong. i would not allow cia to undertake activity that i thought was immoral, even if it was technically legal. i would absolutely not permit it. >> you would not follow order if you felt it was -- >> no. i believe that cia must undertake activities that are consistent with american values. >> haspel served as the base chief at a secret cia prison in thailand where a terror suspect was waerd boaterboarded in 2002. one of the committee members questioning haspe...

And return power to the american people he signed an executive order imposing strict post employment rules on all federal political appointees including a five-year lobbying ban and a lifetime ban for foreign government lobbying among other restrictions. the president continues to make it very, very clear that if you want to be part of a trump administration, youre going to be serving the country, not yourself. the president also signed a memorandum modernizing the structure of the national secu...

To his own credit he writes his own show, dictates his scripts and he thinks about the issues and comes up, and you may agree or disagree with what he says, thats how he has the most powerful show in all of cable news because of the creativity and riding in your car, i find myself doing it, on the way home. its gorgeous outside, the sun is shining, youre not taking anything in. >> absolutely. i agree with what bill side. i agree with what youre saying, the bottom line, that these things do, they...

Oligarch viktor vekselberg. a man who also has close connections to vladimir putin, a man who, we should note, was sanctioned last month by the u.s. government over russias interference in the 2016 election. a man who, according to "the new york times" been was questioned by muellers team just last week and was asked about those payments to michael cohen. but has not yet been accused of any wrongdoing in the investigation. vekselberg has not been accused of wrongdoing in the mueller investigatio...

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Them, and god bless you all. jillian: the president also honoring jennifer riordan the mother of two who lost her life after nearly being sucked out of a window when an engine exploded. those are your headlines back to you. steve: a busy day in washington. brian: there were three key members of the obama administration and our next guest says they are doing putins dirty work. really? dr. sebastian gorka on how they are helping russia undeunderunder mine us. >> never take your eye off the ball. >...