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Bring in the panel. matthew miller is an msnbc justice and security analyst, also former spokesman to president obama. natasha bertrend. and ned price, analyst, also former spokesman under president obama. president trump, is he asking the doj to investigate jim comey? >> he appears to be. its not the first time or even i think the second or third time that weve had to discuss the president calling on the justice department to go after his political opponents. its no less inappropriate, no less ...

One, the justice department bends to his will in some cases. weve seen it before, for example, the attorney general, deputy attorney general, signeded off on the firing of jim comey under false pretensions. or when the attorney general started to look into whether there should be a special prosecutor to investigate this uranium one deal left over from the obama administration. theres a problem, a larger problem that the american public starts to lose faith in the credibility of our institutions ...

Out because he was drinking and talking to someone that was apparently not really close enough to him, such that he couldnt trust him to go talk to other people and report him, gives us an idea, a little indicator into papadopouloss character. >> and thats a very good point made there. ned, to you. is the protocol that was used or not used in this case by papadopoulos, does that say that potentially who else did he speak with? what more might he have said? >> thats the core question. it doesnt l...

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Amendment right to speak to people, or even get opposition research from anybody, even including possibly foreign nationals. does that violate the law? and i think reasonable legal minds and citizens could come to different answers, depending on these facts and the law. >> and where is that line that you bring up, danny. ned, to you on this. thinking about papadopoulos and his role, clearly not necessarily the definition that the president has described him having. and in this report, clearly no...

Jury, im president, i have a right to know whats going on in the grand jury. he used that information to warn potential witnesses before the grand jury. that was part of his prosecution. so, if donald trump wants to take absolute control, he could be facing early retirement and a suit with stripes. >> ned, the president, once again, appearing to try and distance himself from his former campaign chairman, paul manafort, now under indictment. this is what he said about manafort. paul only worked f...

Said in the course of that conversation, ned. what do you make of the presidents absolute right comment about the doj? >> well, craig, i think many people will and have disagreed with the president on this score, but most importantly, i think the constitution would disagree with him on this score. look, whether its me when i was a junior cia officer taking my oath of office or the president of the united states, the thing we swear allegiance to when we hold up our right hand is to protect and de...

His former national security adviser. >> thank you very much. joining frus the white house this afternoon. and president trump tweeting out that he knew flynn lied to the vice president and the fbi. but lets take a look at the time line. january 24th manufacture v investigated by the fbi. a day later asks comey if he can let the investigation go. two lays later president trump says in the first and only solo news conference hes had the white house, that he did not direct michael flynn to discuss...

Investigation. according to "the new york times," the fbi has warned hope hicks, the white house communications director, about repeated attempts by russian operatives to contact her during the transition. meantime, a key member of robert muellers investigative team has revealed to have close ties to hillary clinton and the democrats. a development that is generating huge concerns from many republicans of a potential bias in muellers office. lets bring in our panel, ned ryan is the founder of am...