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Promised dirt on hillary clinton from the russian government. but theres this other thing that happened with this donor, who said he was close to the campaign, looking for hillarys e-mail from russian hackers and saying hes close to general flynn. what does it say that muellers team is now looking into that? >> it means theyre taking it seriously and it will be interesting. the other interesting aspect of this is that mr. smith committed suicide shortly after talking to "the wall street journal"...

And his colleagues would take action. hes worried about the fact, something i guess happening over the holidays when nobodys in washington. so he was trying to alert people that they were still going to be watching even though it was the holiday recess. >> don, one point, though, to be made for sure, is that ty cobb, the white house counsel, has said categorically, again, that there is no plan to fire mueller. so hes trying to push back and say, you know, stay calm here, and well see, but it is,...

This is the public relations artillery designed to soften up the beach before they do something. >> what do you make of the senators comments, john? >> well, it didnt strike me as were at the same point where nixon fired cox, for example, the special prosecutor. that the rumors have more to them than we might otherwise think of rumors. so he thought it good cause to go to the floor of the senate and put out there that this, indeed, was a red line and he and his colleagues would statak action. he...

By president trump, appointed by george w. bush at one point. is he anti-trump? >> i wish what rod rosenstein would do is answer our questions. >> is he anti-trump? >> i wish he would answer our questions. i wish mr. wray would answer our questions. i wish we could get the documents that were entitled to so the american people can get the answers and so you can get the answers, john. were not getting that. were going to keep pushing. andrew mccabe is scheduled to be deposed tomorrow. well be doi...

>> were talking about bias, congressman. you said -- >> i am not saying bias -- >> you said muellers team is anti-trump. >> john, i said this. i said, look, if all we were focused on was anti-trump, there wouldnt be anyone left on the mueller team. thats not my focus. >> congressman -- >> the focus is what peter strzok did and what he wrote. >> rod rosenstein was appointed by president trump, appointed by george w. bush at one point. is he anti-trump? >> i wish what rod rosenstein would do is an...

"nos" during this process? >> that was a lot of nos and obviously an embarrassment here. this administration, they are involved in this phonetic push, brooke, to get the nominees out here. its the white house and senate and outside groups. clearly, the vetting hadnt gone well here. they hadnt done enough work with this candidate. but, brooke, one point thats worth noting. this one may very well be a failure, among other ones, too. but while this administration might be losing the battle on a cou...

Conference there. the democratic womens working group is the name of that collection of female lawmakers that you just saw there. we heard from congresswoman lois frankel. brenda spear. and jackie speier at one point. senator kirsten gillibrand said his tweet to her was, quote, grotesque and it represents conduct of a person whos ill equipped to be president of the united states. this group is calling on this oversight committee to, quote, conduct a full inquiry into the truth of these allegatio...

>> well, it would make explicit something ive experienced as a part of american politics since ive come of age, you know, since the 80s. theres a sense, i mean, pat robertson is known to have traded in 9/11 conspiracies about this is gods punishment. weve heard -- >> but wheres pat robertson now? >> i know, but he used to -- he ran for president at one point. theres arguments that theres been this kind of faustian bargain that americans have made somehow with the republican party that theyve eng...

He was tweeting during the presidential debates and i think robert mueller likely said -- >> martha: he was texting to his girlfriend. people are allowed political opinions. im curious to see exactly what he was saying. you are allowed to have your opinions. >> we said this is all about getting rid of robert miller. the point is is the president going to say mueller, you were fired? >> martha: what we have an honest and aboveboard investigation? >> we go forward with no evidence of collusion. >>...

Much about the deutsche bank investigation or donald juniors decision to say he could not discuss something yesterday? >> mueller is turning these things over. you want him to fire people because of their all borrowing bias against trump? its extraordinary and this is what people worried about in the beginning. he was hiring people who had donated to hillary clintons campaign. i understand people are allowed to have political biases, but this has been an extra ordinary point where weve now reach...