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Someone who is independent of the justice department to get to the bottom of this. i say one more thing. the silence of my republican colleagues on this issue is sort of deafening. this is not an issue of party, this is an issue of country, foreign interference in the elections is a very, very serious thing, and we should get to the bottom of it. wheres the howard baker of 2017? we desperately need one. >> one of your democratic colleagues, sheldon senator whitehouse, said the following why hes ...

For him. hes one of the great lawyers around. you can easily -- and there have been many instances where a special prosecutor comes in, theyre in charge, theyre the shield so theres no outside interference or direction, but at the same time, the same investigators who have been working on this continue to work on it, and thats how i imagine it will work. lets remember, special prosecutor has four abilities an internal justice department doesnt. first, he or she makes the decisions day to day on ...

I think the two are linked because theyre both involved in one of the most serious investigations weve seen in a very long time. >> theres eight candidates interviewed yesterday. two have an electoral background, sitting senator, john cornyn, former member of congress, some have bipartisan backgrounds like a fran townsend, served in the clinton and bush administration. anybody jump out as a favorite of yours you could foresee supporting? >> you know, ive generally made it a practice, chuck, of n...

Be done? as you know, senator ben sass indicated if you do that it is sending a message you dont trust the intel committee to do their work, a vote of no confidence there. shouldnt you let them do their job to see if they can do it without a special prosecutor? >> well, there are two separate lines of activity here. one is the oversight function of the intelligence committee, theyre doing their job. mark warner has done a very good job. i had some differences it would senator burr and in the las...

The lester holt interview and decides to blurt out what sounded like a confession to a lot of people to objestruction justice. i think your point, jim, you have no idea when this is going to happen or might happen. it does feel different. it feels like something has to give in this white house. >> the other part the more somebody gets talked about getting fired the less the president wants to do it. >> the more we bring it up. matthew, you wrote a great column on friday that may summarize this w...

A thinly veiled threat that could be a violation of federal law. democrats are asking the president to hand over any recordings. >> president trump is dangerous. dangerous because he may be obstructing justice in terms of the investigation. >> joining me now is senator lindsey graham of south carolina. senator, welcome back to "meet the press." >> good morning. >> youre laughing. i assume its dark comedy these days. >> why did i agree to do this? >> oh, because youre a glutton for punishment, si...