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>> that is white house in full damage control mode, craig. no doubt about that. this complicates the narrative weve heard from the president and his top officials on down say nothing one with his campaign met with or knew about russias efforts to try to intervene in the 2016 race or tried to collude with them. look, this is the highest level person, one of the within the presidents inner circle who essentially released e-mails today acknowledging that he met with someone who he thought had infor...

Liberation. weve seen him roaming the streets, talking to the normal residents here in the east of the city. appealing to them to go back to work, to go back to their jobs. and really, i think iraq is in full separation mode. you see -- full celebration mode. you see people dancing with soldiers. a sense that after enduring an eight-month slog in novel rid themselves of isis, iraqi troops have now reached the river that runs through the city that marks the back end of isis territory here, raisin...

Have been trying to understand whether there was collusion or cooperation. i mean, obviously theres smoke, but hard to pin things down. but one aspect of the questioning is, was the trump campaign in a receptive mode? >> yeah. >> not actively colluding, but being willing to have information that was helpful to them as it was being leaked publicly? >> from the russians? >> right. from the russians. >> thats the case. >> and testimony from john bren a nen, an active effort by the russians to u.s. ...

Mosul. prime minister al barkabadi has started congratulating soldiers on the great success of their eight-month push to drive isis out of the countrys second-largest city. the prime ministers office putting out a statement saying the remaining pockets of isis are encircled in the last inches of the city. it is a matter of time before we declare to our people the great victory. al abadi says the iraqi soldiers are fighting to free civilians whom isis has been using as "human shields." nick paton...

Are all spinning like tops talking about this one real work needs to be done. >> eboni: when you hear people talking about words like treason and whats illegal, it makes you wonder if these people understand the elements of treason and whats required to be illegal because that takes the air out of the tires. i would say this, for those who are in resistance mode and their goal is to take down the president, i think you have every right to do that. this type of overreaction undermines that effort...

He has been learning from the push on health care. what lessons has he learned? >> they learned they need to figure out exactly where republicans stand on this. speaker ryan has been committed to this, senator hatch who chairs the finance committee on the senate side has been soliciting feedback but unclear what all that feedback has led to and what specific contours could be present in this reform. so, were still in a wait and see mode here. >> lessons they learned that different republicans ha...

Because of the tweets. >> i think whats going on here is the president believes, not unreasonably, that a lot of focus on the russian narrative is from people who want to undercut him and undermine legitimacy of his election. this is a guy that doesnt make concession against interest so hes just not going to get into that. the problem is now hes in a position where he is implicitly accepting the bald-faced lies that vladimir putin told him in this one-on-one meeting. >> marco rubio said partneri...

Declaration. the nation is already in full celebration mode. its a bird that iraq has carried for the world to some disagree. they launch attacks in european capitals. enough being done for the global community. a recognition. even though flags are being erected. a big task is still ahead of iraq. isis spread out of the nasty sectarian divide the sunnis around the country. now the shiite find themselves as the majority in charge of the government and the military. they are with great suspicion, ...

Iraq is declaring victory in mosul, announcing its retain the city from the terror group. iraqi state tv says fighting is still going on in one neighborhood cnn international correspondent nick payton walsh has more from iraq. >> its an historic moment for iraq. the body of the prime minister arriving this afternoon local time, saying he would announce the liberation of that city, we know fighting is still ongoing in parts of the city. havent yet heard that awaited announcement. iraq is in full ...

Relationship with russia. the key haley has always day one have this message. >> to get the sense that it planned out by the administration or do they say he plays good cop, run toward someone and talk to read republicans and president trump local little more good cop in this relationship or does everybody do their own thing. >> its tough to know. the state department has maintained that they will sort of criticize russia if they feel they are going in the direction that coincides with what the ...