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In the country, creates a huge hole in the budget, and whos going to fill the hole in the budget? not the lobbyists walking in and out of senator mcconnells office 100 feet down the hall. theyre not going to pay for it. theyre not going to have to pay for it. its going to be the nurse in newark that has to work until shes 70. >> so there we have it. this is what we know were going to hear heading into 2018. ned, paul ryan has made it very clear that he believes the results are what are going to ...

Dismissing the claims. >> have you seen good cause to fire special counsel mueller? >> no, i believe based upon his reputation, his service, his patriotism, and his experience with the department and the fbi, i believe he was an ideal choice for this task. >> the fbi taking another hit on friday with president trump criticizing the agencys role in the russia investigation, once again casting a shadow of doubt over the intelligence community. joining me now is ned price, msnbc contributor and for...

I wouldnt talk that way if i were the president. hes already got himself exposed on the obstruction of justice charge because of his firing of james comey and attempts to fire robert mueller. -- or talking about firing robert mueller. i think talking about pardons in the middle of an investigation, thats not a good idea. its going to look like hes basically trying to bribe a witness, use a pardon as basically hush money. >> i want to ask you about jared kushner, ned. there are reports hes hiring...

House it was about two sentences and it said as you mentioned that president trump called to thank president putin for mentioning americas great economic growth during president putins year-end press conference so far from president putin, president trump called to thank him on a day when this is headline news and i think thats telling about this administration. >> ned price and evan mcmullen, thank you for joining us tonight. >> thanks a lot. >> thank you. coming up, "the new york times" has ...

Predicament, one from which we should remove ourselves as quickly as possible. >> and, ned, we have very little information about a phone call today between president trump and vladimir putin. president -- white house saying that the president thanked president putin for acknowledging americas strong economic performance, the two presidents discussed working together to resolve the very dangerous situation in north korea and it would seem that you need a well briefed president to make -- to be i...

Stake here for him. he fired a fbi director over this. hes threatened special counsel mueller. hes also -- mueller whos indicted or obtained plea agreements from total of four trump team officials. this is something that presents real legal and political risk and jeopardy to the president. and that is why he doesnt want to walk into what the report says that trump calls a trap. he says its a trap for him to acknowledge this threat from the russians or russia interference. it is a trap because if...

Russias meddling but in the end the readout issued by the white house it was about two sentences and it said as you mentioned that president trump called to thank president putin for mentioning americas great economic growth during president putins year-end press conference so far from president putin, president trump called to thank him on a day when this is headline news and i think thats telling about this administration. >> ned price and evan mcmullen, thank you for joining us tonight. >> th...

Brief or dpb is often structured to avoid upsetting him. russia-related intelligence this might draw trumps ire is in some cases included only in the written assessment and not raised orally said a former senior intelligence official familiar with the matter. in other cases, trumps main briefer adjusts the order of his presentation and text aiming to soften the impact. if you talk about russia meddling, interference, that takes the pdb off the rails said a second former senior u.s. intelligence ...

To avoid upsetting him. russia-related intelligence this might draw trumps ire is in some cases included only in the written assessment and not raised orally said a former senior intelligence official familiar with the matter. in other cases, trumps main briefer adjusts the order of his presentation and text aiming to soften the impact. if you talk about russia meddling, interference, that takes the pdb off the rails said a second former senior u.s. intelligence official. joining us now, ned pri...

Protect his ego. i think theres some truth to that but theres much more at stake here for him. he fired a fbi director over this. hes threatened special counsel mueller. hes also -- mueller whos indicted or obtained plea agreements from total of four trump team officials. this is something that presents real legal and political risk and jeopardy to the president. and that is why he doesnt want to walk into what the report says that trump calls a trap. he says its a trap for him to acknowledge th...