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>> the president essentially said he didnt believe the north koreans had the capability to hit us here and he did not believe that because president putin told him they did not. he told him that the north korean s dont actually have those mislsilmissiles. the intelligence agency said that does not match any of our intelligence and he said i dont care, i believe putin. >> the intelligence community seemed to know this, but the president apparently refused to believe it because of putin. it leads ...

Prison sentence. the obvious question is why manafort lied and whether its a part of the connection between donald trump, his campaign and the russians. john brennan offered his theory on this network earlier today. >> if he werent the sitting president of the united states, would you think hes a russian asset or agent or unwitting russian agent? >> there are individuals that the russians have been able to manipulate and exploit because individuals are concerned of what the russians might expose...

Inaugura inaugurals. the person that ran george w. bushs second inaugural, he said quote they had a third of the staff we did and a quarter of the events we did. and they spent at least twice as much as we did? so the question is the obvious question is where did it go? obvious question, good question and now the trump inaugural committee has been broadly subpoenaed by federal prosecutors who presumably will get answers to the questions and if you regularly watch this show, youll remember we hav...

Inauguration. the numbers, whether or not you have feelings about them, they just didnt make sense. i mean, for the giant inauguration for obama, the biggest ever, they raised and spent, again, about $50 million. for the comparatively tiny one that happened after that, they spent twice that amount. they spent more than twice that amount. i mean, given what actually happened at the trump inaugural, how on earth do they account for raising and spending over $100 million on this? i mean, if you tak...

Question is, where did it goer if obvious question. good question. now the trump naug rat committee has been broadly subpoenaed by federal prosecutors who presumably will get answers to those questions. if you regularly watch this show, youll remember that we have reported on this trump inaugural story for a long while. just because from the very beginning it seemed like something was mathematically wrong, something was fishy with the trump inauguration, and the numbers that we could observe aro...

Probes into trump from the beginning which is did people get anything exchanged for money, for favors, for other things they sent into the trump organization, into the trump campaign. >> this inauguration was far more expensive than any inauguration in history. more than obamas in 2009, more than bushs in 2005. i want to hear what bushs committee chair said when he heard how much money trump spent. >> so they had a third of the sta staff and a quarter of the events and they raised, what, at leas...

About wikileaks. obvious question, who is higher within that campaign apparatus? especially when we know that stone talked corredirectly to t >> you remember what you say, you are in regular contact with the president. >> i think i said occasionally. i dont speak to him every day. >> two of trumps closest advisers both messing with those that would enable russian interference. maybe its being named in an indictment as potus was in the cohen papers but by every standard, every shady moment from t...

Now stone is in trouble for trying to get the fruits of the dnc hack at the same time the president was singing wikileaks praises. the indictment makes it clear that the president is relevant to stones activities, by all indications, except being named. a senior trump campaign official is directed to contact stone about wikileaks. obvious question, who is higher within that campaign apparatus? especially when we know that stone talked directly to trump. >> you remember what you say, you are in r...

Millions of americans and yet he refuses to hold a vote on the two bills that house passed more than a week ago no that would reopen the government and as you know those bills were picked by the house because senate republicans had already supported them in different ways, right? one by a voice vote, the other by a vote of 93-7. the other in the appropriations committee on a bipartisan basis. so right now mcconnells obvious question, why arent you passing bills that youve already supported? and ...

Irs to deal with refunds and those are all sitting on mitch mcconnells desk met forically. >> thats right. and hes essentially been awall through this whole discussion. he know as shutdown is a really stupid idea, a waste of taxpayer money, knows its hurting millions of americans and yet he refuses to hold a vote on the two bills that house passed more than a week ago no that would reopen the government and as you know those bills were picked by the house because senate republicans had already s...