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Look, there is a reason, sned right, there is this old adage, its not the crime, its the coverup. a lot of reasons people cover things up. thats because getting it all out, being transparent would be fatal. look, if there are underlying crimes that donald trump knows about or things that are criminal acts, such gross abuse of power they would lead to his impeachment from office, he is everycoing it up,ed a bass as id looks as painful as it is is worse than the alternative. thats why these invest...

The public, if you will, and answer some of the questions that so many people have about some of his interactions with russian officials, which werent initially disclosed, chris. >> i also want to bring in ned price, here with me, former spokesman and national and senior director at the national security council under president obama. and you and i were talking earlier, trying to find something that had this kind of drama, frankly, during the obama administration. very different set of circumsta...

That fake trump dossier. why is its founder glen simpson now apparently planning to plead the fifth in the russian probe. ned ryun is a former speech writer from george w. bush joins us from our capitol to weigh in. good morning, ned. >> good morning, steve. steve: what is fusion g.p.s. >> they claim opposition research firm. i call them disinformation firm. they have been around since 2009. because of this fake dossier, the steel dossier or some know the golden shower does way 35 page memo that...

Also joining us -- we still have ned price with us and ambassador mcfaul is with us, as well. joining us is bill crystal, founder and editor at "the weekly standard." so it was brief, succinct, as kristen welker said. he talked about, you know, working on everything from middle east peace to reinvigorating america. but he said i did not collude with the russians and i dont know of anyone who did. was he effective? >> i guess so, in the very short term. but what ive learned watching these things ...

Forefront say we are going to tolerate this anymore. we respect privacy, civil liberty, and we dont want domestic spying, week to bring we have to bring these intelligence communities and agencies to heal. >> tucker: to heal. because its not about term comments about civilian control of the government. that is worth defending. thanke you, ned. sorry to get all worked up. stories like that are scary. youre can see where it is going. >> its deeply troubling. >> tucker:ro thanks. when historians lo...

Forefront say we are going to tolerate this anymore. we respect privacy, civil liberty, and we dont want domestic spying, week to bring these intelligence communities and agencies to heal. >> tucker: to heal. because its not about term comments about civilian control of the government. that is worth defending. thank you, ned. sorry to get all worked up. you can see where this is going. >> its deeply troubling. >> tucker: thanks. when historians look back at the trump administration, a likely poi...

Forefront say we are going to tolerate this anymore. we respect privacy, civil liberty, and we dont want domestic spying, week to bring these intelligence communities and agencies to heal. >> tucker: to heal. because its not about term comments about civilian control of the government. that is worth defending. thank you, ned. sorry to get all worked up. you can see where this is going. >> its deeply troubling. >> tucker: thanks. when historians look back at the trump administration, a likely poi...

>> the pressure is still this morning. you can wind up lashing at the people around you, especially the ones trying to help you the most. thats probably whats going on. and yet, attacking jeff sessions was still a useless, self-destructive act. the first rule and politics as a more and as a lead, dont shoot the friendlys. sessions is the closest ally trump has in this administration. >> sandra: tucker carlson disagreeing with trumps criticism of attorney general jeff sessions. the presidents rem...

Ford white house after 30 some days. that was in protest. this was similar. it was in protest for the pardoning of richard nixon. there was a tragedy of jim brady 69 days after he was shot and grievously wounded when he was press secretary to ronald reagan. during the assassination attempt on reagan. other short tenures were not at the beginning of administrations, they were simply press secretaries who came in at the tail end of administrations to fill out lame duck presidencies. michael steele...

Communication is actually in the nonverbal cues. am i rolling my eyes? do i have a smile on my face? do i look angry? maybe its not a big thing. maybe transcripts get you 70% of the way there to satisfying what we need to have a robust democracy. but the reality is look, if youre not willing to subject yourself to the scrutiny of your constituents before town hall meetings, if you cant stand up and defend yourself by facts and persuasion, maybe you need to find another line of work. thats not a ...