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President was in on, but he also recognized and this person presumably has two eyes and two ears and presumably knew this was a big deal, and it was a big deal because this flew through congress, flew through both houses. it takes an act of god for many acts to do that. and this is time the white house should have been spiking the football. >> right. >> instead, the guidance that came not from the state department but from the white house was essentially, keep this low-key. theres nothing to see...

Speaking english. so theres been a lot made of the fact when you actually read the transcript, it doesnt amount to 30 minutes, it amounts to 15 to 20 minutes and i think that simultaneous interpretation explains that. when we were on the nsc and we would refer to the transcript, we would actually refer to the document that the white house w appears to have released.ha i think there have been some theories out there theres maybe more, there are ellipses, that there are oddities in this transcript...

Disagreement. this is about illegality. this is about crime. this is about fraud. this is about a vital and betrayal of the oath of office. and the oath the president swears to the american people. >> and ned, i want to get your thought on something else. as i noted at the top you worked as a spokesperson for the national security counsel. we have the new reporting from bloomberg the president and administration plans to substantially reduce the staff of the national security council. what does ...

People are afraid of perhaps being propertied. if theyre caught engaged in criminal wrong doing. but who is it that authorizes prosecutions? its attorney general bill bar. so that is what injects so much uncertainty into this scenario. there may be people -- >> its a safety net for so many. >> there may be people laying back knowing theyre covering up a crime but theyre like attorney general bar has my back. >> youve been saying justice is coming. is it still coming? >> its slow and painful and ...

And wrote them up for the in respect general. >> ned, give me a sense of this. wheres the bar? in your experience, what does it take necessarily for members of the intelligence community to sound the alarm on what they consider to be wrong doing by the president? >> right. so there is a cardinal rule within the intelligence community. the intelligence community is not a policy organ. the intelligence community, intelligence analysts provide to the president, provide to the other policy makers th...

Counsel is going to forget that remark. okay, since youve got them, lets see them. so its not within the normal rules of political combat, congressional procedure, certainly jurisprudence to see the targets confessing in plain sight. >> havent seen that before. well take a break. michael schmidt, thank you for joining us with your breaking news report. we really appreciate that. ned price, thank you for joining us. hal raines is going to stay with us. well hear from him later. and as weve been...

Is partiesing itself, this house -- is asserting itself, this house is asserting it says as a co-equal branch of government, and dont trifle with us. that to me is one of the watershed developments in the series of events that you mentioned. >> and were also having reporting from nbc news, theyre reporting that the cias top lawyer made a criminal referral about the whistle-blowers allegations to the justice department, and ned price, that story came earlier today from nbc news that shows you tha...

Obsessed with loyalty since long before he came to office. and being president has just brought that more to the forefront for him. he wants loyalty from the people around him, and he wants them to keep things, you know, closely held. and that rarely happens, and things often spill out. but that is -- a preoccupation that he has. he wanted jeff sessions, his first attorney general, to go after leakers. leakers were a problem. they needed to be investigated and gone after. and, you know, that is ...

Closely held. and that rarely happens and things often spill out. but it is a pre occupation that he has. he wanted jeff sessions, his first attorney general, to go after leakers. leakers were a problem. they needed to be investigated and gone after. and you know, it is a recurring issue that he has had throughout his entire presidency. >> please stay with us. were joined now in the conversation by ned price, a former cia analyst and director and spokesperson for the national security council in...

Certainly jurisprudence to see the targets confessing in plain sight. >> yeah. we havent seen that before. thank you for joining us with your breaking news report. we really appreciate it. ned price, thank you for joining us. hal rains will stay with us. well hear from him hear. and as weve been talking, rachel maddow has been making her way to this studio. she will join us next. she will join us next. even though i live with a higher risk of stroke due to afib not caused by a heart valve proble...