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>> president trump says there was nothing wrong with his son picturing a purported offer from the russian government to discuss information that could help them win the 2016 election. the scrutiny comes -- continues for the trump tower meeting in which donald trump junior gathered top campaign aids jared kushner and paul manafort after being promised information that would incriminate hillary clinton. asked if he wishes his son had not taken the meeting the president said i think many people wou...

There was cyber hacking, potentially these bots you described earlier and these efforts to support donald trump directly by the russian government. >> i think another important word the president kept calling his son transparent, he kept praising done jr. for being trance parent. what this episode proved they are not being transparent. they knew the e-mails existed. they knew they were omitting information. the only reason they would do that rationally is they thought the e-mail would never come...

>> and he would defend the president unequivocally in the most extreme language. over the course of the last coupling of months when he was still doing that job, he was saying a lot of times he sarah walsh will say i dont have that information yet. its race. >> its not like this never happened in previous administrations but the degree to which it happens as a rule and not the exception max pa mockery of what the daly event is supposed to be about. the governors. >> but what has not had before i...

A sudden willing to believe the story he is currently telling which is that they met with this agent, that they didnt get any good information. if hes lying about it for months and months beforehand, why do we believe hes telling the truth today. >> a lot of conservative writer are saying the same thing. we shouldnt make the mistake of believing that nothing happened in that meeting. all right. >> senator chris murphy. >> thank you. >> coming up, much more on the new reports raising fresh questi...

>> thats right. they had a company called cambrid cambridge a cambridge an lit -- analytico. its going to take into account the technology theyre using and what is the data. whats the information being put in the pot with the secret sauce. if that information is hacked material from the russian source, the trump campaign has a collusion situation right there. >> and the subpoenas are flying. >> the subpoenas are flying right now. so cambridge is going to be opened up? >> i think theyre going to ...

The leaks off the hill are going to be big. now that the house and senate and democrats and republicans are cooperating that means democrats have access to the information and they will leak it. >> mueller has ramped up his investigation but you look at your story youre reporting this morning, the mcclatchy story that there may have been digital evidence, it seems there are not enough investigators to follow all the trails out there. the money. you followed the money, great. now follow the digit...

Them. we spend all this time talking about how sean hannity is telling trump to shut down the briefings, theyre thinking of moving us across the street, maybe into a starbucks. >> that would be good. >> he has jay sekulow, he has kellyanne holding up little pictures. why wont he let the white house press secretary go on camera? >> this dont have any information to impart. >> why would they have a briefing then? >> thats a good question. i think reporters are waiting for a briefing to unexpectedl...

Saying i used the authority of my office to find out what happened and heres what happened? >> wow. >> and it being repudiated within the news psych snl. >> -- cycle. >> they didnt construct a lie about health care. they didnt construct a lie about cbo numbers and fudge things. the lie that was constructed on air force one with members of the staff and the president of the united states had to do with lying about covering up the real intent of a meeting that had been sold to donald trumps campai...

We are bound by the dictates of our institutions and by -- >> youve got to be there in case news does break. >> the biggest am of it hate is why we dont record this. i am less alarmed by the video aspect of this than the fact that, as you said, we have three straight days shes not answering questions. >> im less alarmed by the video aspect of it, too. obviously the tv networks would like to have the pictures but at the same time, its about the information. nobodys getting information from the wh...

2020? republicans are being so shortsighted here but not being extraordinarily concerned that a foreign power may have used information, and microtargeted people in michigan, wisconsin, and ohio to swing a presidential election. >> one of the things we cherish is everyone has an opportunity to participate. and russia has exposed that as a significant vulnerability. there is a way to use information and run it through a model and develop a strategy to go and communicate with them even information...