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That, you know, there were contacts from russian officials encouraging both cohen and also donald trump to come to russia and thats actually not the only line of communication where we see russia inviting and calling donald trump over there for a meeting. we also saw this in the pop doppler list situation. someone on the official level in russia really wanted to meet with donald trump. >> hunter walker, thank you very much. >> thanks for having me. next, the unfolding insurrection in the senat...

Promised big information about hillary clinton at a press conference that then never took place. >> thats right, that never took plis. a and whats interesting the russians set this up saying they wanted to talk about adoptions, and they say, well, we want to talk about hillary clinton and dirt and all these different things that were happening in this meeting and whether or not anything that was going in on in that meeting whether it was add any time to them the candidate donald trump -- even th...

Republican leadership to put a vote on that. >> reporter: republican arizona senator jeff flake wants his colleagues to inoculate robert mueller from presidential interference. flake needed the blessing of all 100 senators to protect mueller. the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell blocked flake. flake hell try again on wednesday. better luck this time? >> i know theyve been trying to get the votes for it. well see. >> reporter: mcconnell isnt a concerned about muellers future. he doubt the p...

Flake saying hes going to vote against judicial nominees? >> since that bill came out of committee i think its legitimate that the bill be brought up. i dont think its going to do any good or any harm. and if it satisfies me if it became law because i voted for it. >> lisa graves, it sounds like chuck grassly would just as soon get the jeff flake problem solved by having a vote in the senate on this protect mueller bill. >> thats right. thats interesting given how much protection grassley gave t...

>> since that bill came out of committee i think its legitimate that the bill be brought up. i dont think its going to do any good or any harm. and if it satisfies me if it became law because i voted for it. >> lisa graves, it sounds like chuck grassly would just as soon get the jeff flake problem solved by having a vote in the senate on this protect mueller bill. >> thats right. thats interesting given how much protection grassley gave to trump over the kavanaugh nomination. here you him singin...

Overseeing that kind of investigation. apparently matt whitaker, as far as we know, does not see the need to recuse. outgoing republican senator jeff flake whose senate seat in arizona was just won by kyrsten sinema, senator flake pushed a bipartisan bill to try to protect special counsel robert mueller from getting fired. republican senate leadership quickly blocked the bill. senator flake then announced that his fellow republicans cant count on his vote for any more judges or anything else unt...

He could make it his premier legacy. >> youre identifying topics there. let me ask you this. would you be willing, going back to this mueller bill -- thats the other issue on the table. would you be willing to vote to shut down the government if republicans dont come on board and vote for the bill to protect robert mueller? >> when i know i can stay here and work through my differences, why do we even talk about shutting it down? keep us here seven days, 24/7 until we fix it. >> okay. senator jo...

Justice department for anybody overseeing that kind of investigation. apparently matt whitaker, as far as we know, does not see the need to recuse. outgoing republican senator jeff flake whose senate seat in arizona was just won by kyrsten sinema, senator flake pushed a bipartisan bill to try to protect special counsel robert mueller from getting fired. republican senate leadership quickly blocked the bill. senator flake then announced that his fellow republicans cant count on his vote for any m...

Him for obstruction of justice. >> sean: let me go to david schoen, i agree, this is juvenile. the idea that maybe the president thought, okay, i have a lot of thoughts about some people. a lot of which are meaningless if they do not follow any actiod whatsoever. >> the questions are problematic on a number of levels, what they make clear is the following that we have said over and over and over again. if there is one agenda here. that is to get the president before mr. mueller to charge him wit...

Dreamed about firing the special counsel, mueller would prosecute him for obstruction of justice. >> sean: let me go to david, i agree, this is juvenile. the idea that maybe the president thought, okay, i have a lot of thoughts about some people. a lot of which are meaningless if they do not follow any action whatsoever. >> the questions are problematic on a number of levels, what they make here slim and clear is a following that we have said over and over and over again. if there is one agenda ...