and specifically of the republican party, and maria butina was part of that operation. we have to remember at the same time this was when they were trying to get at least trump, his business, the business part of what he does, trying to get this tower in moscow, this trump tower in moscow. that s right. i mean you kind of have to laugh at donald trump constantly protesting, no collusion, no collusion, no collusion, no smocking gun, et cetera, when you see more and more evidence of collusion, with the fact that there were at least 16 trump aides who had contacts with the russians, a total of almost 100 contacts that we know about. and some of them incredibly suspicious, things that if they had come out during the campaign could well have sunk the trump campaign. i mean imagine if we had known that the trump high command was meeting with russians who were promising dirt on hillary clinton right before they actually started leaking dirt through wikileaks. i mean that is highly sugge
more aware of these additional contacts, you know, the plot thickens. well, that s what i want to ask you. why were they all so willing to have these meetings, these contacts, and why did some of them lie about those contacts? obviously that s the question. why did the president try to lie about not try. why did he lie about his dealings with the russians? and certainly he is aware, i am quite sure, quite confident he was aware of all these other contacts. so what was the point? was it just to make money? trump tower in moscow? i guess something he s long wanted to do. you know, was there in fact an offer of a $50 billion penthouse to putin? you know, this you know, this is not good. it s just it says a whole lot about the ethics or lack thereof of this administration and this president. director, let s talk about the former fbi director james comey, okay? he was interviewed in front of a live audience at new york city s 92nd street y, and he was asked whether he thinks i
president has failed to lead on those issues. harris: he failed to lead on prison reform? when trump took office, jeff sessions went right away to work to undo policies and procedures that would ve helped this criminal justice system. you have to do it within margins of the constitution. he did it by way of his attorney general. when you look at the economy, you talk about the economy doing so well but that s not true. harris: we are entering a holiday season where measurement of retail spending and confidence in the economy which is what real americans are feeling? the economy is good for some but not all but that is fact, not fiction. harris: we are not going to go around in circles about this but we are going to continue to talk, the panel stays. president trump insisting his administration would not have had certain victories if his tone were too low key.
donald trump trump before he was president it s such a powerful moment because everyone can identify with a family being afraid. i couldn t agree more. we believe in speaking fact, not fiction. i think that words matter and i think that the current administration should be more concerned about the rhetoric that they put out there. but i do agree with her and again, she s a mother and i think any mother can relate to ha. how frustrating was it for you valerie jarrett was on earlier in the week and i asked her the same thing regarding she was on to talk about the book, just how frustrating it was working in the administration and hearing just that lie over and over from this man when there was no proof about the birther conspiracy and on and on and then just ginning up all of this anger and hatred and racial resentment in the country. it was painful. it was frustrating. you know, though mrs. obama has said when they go low, we go
you worked for the administration when she talks about this birther lie that then donald trump trump before he was president it s such a powerful moment because everyone can identify with a family being afraid. yeah, i couldn t agree more. we believe in speaking fact, not fiction. i think that words matter and i think that the current administration should be more concerned about the rhetoric that they put out there. but i do agree with her and again, she s a mother and i think any mother can relate to that. how frustrating was it for you valerie jarrett was on earlier in the week and i asked her the same thing regarding she was on to talk about the book, but just how frustrating it was working in the administration and hearing just that lie over and over from this man when there was no proof about the birther conspiracy and on and on and then just ginning up all of this anger and hatred and racial resentment in the country. it was painful. it was frustrating. you know, tho