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We treat these like they are movie scene moments, like theres a script for how someone is supposed to react. when the president or in any case i did daily intelligence briefings for a year for the attorney general a the fbi director bob mueller at the time there are times when it doesnt go well. there are times when the reaction is not what you expect. i was not surprised when director comey said in response to senator feinstein that he was stunned, and he even in self-reflection said perhaps it...

And a videotaper. it is known that before donald trump became president he would often record people on his phone when he had meetings with them. this is not -- >> what does that have to do when what were doing? >> people in glass houses should ptd throw stones. thats the point. you have donald trump accusing comey ofhings that he -- >> we are dealing wh the president in the white house with the fbi director. >> he said there also might be tapes which lordy comb my hopes exists. >> we are going ...

>> john mclaughlin and ned price, thank you both for joining us on what has clearly become the most important week yet in this senate intelligence committee investigation. thank you very much for joining us. >> thanks, lawrence. coming up, today the president did his best to distract attention from the testimony of the senate intelligence committee, and he did that by rushing his announcement of who he will nominate to be james comeys successor at the fbi. thats next. [radio alarm] ♪ julie i...

The questions that the senators asked. and the session, as weve seen become very heated because of that. it was like they thought they could get away with a session with their psychologist, just talking about their feelings and impressis rather than what had tuly transpired in the oval ofce in these discussions with the president where very clearly, according to multiple accounts, including what we saw from james comey today, there were efforts to obstruct justice. >> john mclaughlin and ned pri...

United stas was three reasons. one, loretta lynch meeting on the tarmac with bill clinton. something classified that had our imaginations running and third because she instructed him to call the clinton investigation a matter, not an investigation. so, he made it very important. >> bear in mind, he said there were three factors. >> those three. >> yes, but theyre not necessarily of all equal weight. >> all right. >> greta, the most interesting one to my mind is the one we dont know about, and i ...

To testify. im sure hes prepped many, many witnesses. he took his own advice. his answers were crisp, clean. when an answer required a yes or no, he gave a yes or no and didnt elaborate. i thought he showed gravitas and open in his answers. >> ned? >> the big take way for me, greta, was that this hearing underscored i think the washington adage that its not the crime, its the crossover up. in the context of mike flynn and president trumps hope this matter could disappear, director comey on a cou...

And ned price, former senior director and spokesperson for the national security council and a former cia analyst. he is an msnbc national security analyst. john mclaughlin, i dont understand what they meant by those conversations were classified. i dont understand what could be classified about a conversation in which the president is asking you to intervene in an fbi investigation. and how do you think they should have answered that question today? >> well, lawrence, you know, i respect both o...

Im not satisfied with "i do not believe it is appropriate" or "i do not feel i should answer." i want to understand a legal basis you. swore that oath to tell us the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. and today you are refusing to do so. what is the legal basis for your refusal to testify to this committee? >> im not sure i have a legal basis. but i am more than willing to sit before this committee and during this investigative process in a closed session and answer your question...

>> in those who are watching. and president trump actually hypes the threat. he played into this. he gave the terrorists the victory. >> the tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands in manchester was so remarkable. you know, this has just happened. and theyre out there. i couldnt think of a better response. ned, naveed, thanks to you both. did the president just sabotage his own case before the supreme court by subtweeting his own department of justice? where the travel ban stands after this t...

Immediate staff is with him. then dont you wonder, steve bannon who has been given an official waiver to communicate with breitbart news, breitbart news that has written that jared and ivanka are the globalists in the white house, i dont know, its confusing to me who exactly is on your team and who isnt. all right. were going to leave it there. thank you all so much. nbcs pete williams and kristen welker as well as ned price and lieutenant colonel anthony shaffer. you two stick around. when we c...