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I have no illusions about iran. ive been detained there and threatened with imprisonment there. and the people of iran i think would welcome a change of government. but when the u.s. government engages in this kind of behavior, so pompeo and bolton think theyre undermining the regime. in fact dissidents there say this just causes the country to rally around the government, because people are nationalistic. >> im glad you said that, because this is what "the wall street journal" is reporting toni...

And the natural way it would respond is to try to raise the cost of shipping through the strait of hormuz, raise insurance costs, make oil prices rise. i think that was a predictable outcome of our behavior. likewise, when we pull out of the iranian nuclear deal, its predictable that they will be enriching uranium again. and that does seem to be whats happening. >> if this is all a big misunderstanding, nick, i dont have you the trump administration saying trust us, right, on intelligence. which...

>> huge movement in the suburbs, which is a segue to the house. >> lets talk about what the house is going to look like a few days from now. here are some new committee leaders that will be coming in. jerry nadler on judiciary, obviously that carries a lot of weight because that will begin the task of deciding what to do with the mueller findings. adam schiff on intelligence, similarly can subpoena people. elijah cummings on oversight, maxine waters financial services, richard neal ways and mean...

That hammer and tongs. you ready? plus there is the lawsuit about whether or not the attorney general and everything he does as attorney general will be annulled and erased and all the chaos that will bring. weve already seen three of those lawsuits. we may be about to see thousands of those lawsuits. and now the top democrat on intelligence, top democrat on the intelligence committee in the senate has weighed in with a serious objection, specifically with matt whitaker overseeing the mueller in...

Vetted by the senate, just installed by the president, you sure thats legal? you sure hes the acting attorney general? so theres the fraud stuff, like oh that looks bad. and its an fbi investigation. and the democrats are like, you know, were going at you on that hammer and tongs, you ready? plus theres the lawsuits about whether or not the attorney general and everything he does as attorney general will be annulled and erased and all the chaos that will bring. weve already seen three of those l...

The democrats are like were going -- were going at you on that hammer and tongs. you ready? plus there is the lawsuit about whether or not the attorney general and everything he does as attorney general will be annulled and erased and all the chaos that will bring. weve already seen three of those lawsuits. we may be about to see thousands of those lawsuits. and now the top democrat on intelligence, top democrat on the intelligence committee in the senate has weighed in with a serious objection,...

You nbcs andrea mitchell. coming up, the russians are downright giddy after todays summit with their foreign minister calling the whole thing fabulous. no wonder theyre so delighted. in the past 48 hours our president has labeled the eu a foe, thats the european union, all while cozying up to the man in moscow. what else could vladimir putin have asked for? plus president trump today once again sided with putin over his own intelligence community, casting doubt on whether russians even interfere...

As dan coats, the director of national intelligence, said today, and there is unvarnished and objective evidence. those are his words too. that it is continuing. we need our allies now more than ever because theyre under attack too and there are actions we can and should take on a bipartisan basis in this congress. >> what do you make of this harmonizing? its one thing to say my opponent here, my competitor, whatever, i agree with him on one or two points. he harmonized with him. like the everly...

Resolve. >> youre the ranking democrat on intelligence, senator. youve got as much clout as any democrat. its not as much as, say, richard burr, your chairman, on intelligence. how would you -- if you and richard burr got together on that committee, could you insist on seeing those notes of the translator today in that two-hour meeting? >> my hope is we could get a look at the notes in a classified setting. my hope as well is that the senate will act. the senate did act before trump went off to ...

Something to do with illegal actions on the territory of russia. >> what he did is an incredible offer. he offered to have the people working on the case come and work with their investigators with respect to the 12 people. i think thats an incredible offer. >> joining me right now is governor john kasich of ohio. governor, what do you make of what you saw today? helsinki? >> chris, unbelievable. right? i mean, so sad. i did some interviews earlier. and look, you and i come from the same stock. ...