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act. some of what we know about the suspect now. he worked as an i.t. specialist in the air national guard and held the highest level of security clearance granted by the federal government. harsh criticism coming over how any of this could have happened. >> how did a massachusetts national guardsman get access to this kind of classified and sensitive information? >> what general will lose their job? >> there ought to be bipartisan condemnation. >> the idea a 21-year-old kid can expose...

Function of the presidency, especially in those rare circumstances in which the president has abused his power. and when the president has abused the power of the office and the only legal remedy is impeachment. so when senator mcconnell says this is a political act, a political procedure, thats flat wrong from a constitutional perspective. its legal and the remedy is impeachment. under the constitution, every senator is required to be impartial. and he has already said hes going to violate that...

Im curious to get the reaction to how your op-ed has landed both in kentucky and, you know, among your legal pieers. >> ive gotten a lot of positive responses today, many more than i anticipated i would get. i got texts from folks in my hometown of kentucky, who were applauding what i was saying. im hardened by this. i think kentuckyians take it seriously. and my hope is that this op-ed will encourage mitch mcconnell to be the impartial judge and juror he is required to be in the constitution. >...

For a second, the president says theres no evidence, he doesnt understand it and yet "the new york times" today is printing an article in which it says, heres what articles under impeachment might look like. what do you make of this? >> greg: the times op-ed has showed you how the media has essentially become bathhouse. the twitter activists are tweeting to get the attention of "the new york times." the rest of the world goes on. when you look at historical unemployment, you see progress on vari...

Theres no evidence, he doesnt understand it and yet "the new york times" today is printing an article in which it says, heres what articles under impeachment might look like. what do you make of this? >> greg: the times op-ed has showed you how the media has essentially become bathhouse. the twitter activists are tweeting to get the attention of "the new york times." the rest of the world goes on. when you look at historical unemployment, you see progress on various fronts, you can talk about ta...

Staffers and the bad blood and the distrust in the administration will become even more. very unclear if those documents will show what he wants them to show, but this is a white house in chaos right now. >> we will talk more about carter page and bruce orr in a little bit. it seems to me that it has a lot of spin to it, if they are down to one or two names you would think they would be marching these people out the door if they are suspicious of them. its hard to believe they have an idea of wh...

Exactly, but for their part, they are only saying that they dont con on firm or deny investigations. kaitlan collins, cnn, the white house. and natalie, clearly there is a hunt within the white house to find the author of this op-ed, but now were also hearing from kellyanne conway who says mr. trump believes the author is not inside the white house but instead a member of the national security team. >> conway also denies that the op-ed has made the white house staff more paranoid. here is what...

>> were going to see what happens. i think its a national security matter. they should look at it strongly. why should we live with somebody in the white house who is really sub versive in a sense? >> and donald trump is certainly living with it. christina, hes making the case this is a national security matter. theres been tons of reporting about how the search is on, how much this is contributing to or adding to the paranoia within the white house. what changed as a result of the publication o...

An outside visor told "the new york times" that the white house has even drone up a list of about a dozen possible suspects. of course, all that is happening behind closed doors. in public, the president is trying play it out as someone insignificant, while at the same time suggesting it could be a part of a coordinated deep sea effort to bring him down. >> we have thousands of people that, in theory, could qualify. they take one person out of a thousand. it may not be a republican. it may not b...

That it was not them. on capitol hill, republicans have weighed in. senator rand paul suggesting forcing white house staffers to take a lie detector test. majority leader kevin mccarthy said the administration should launch an investigation. mark meadows said congress should get involved, telling "usa today," quote, were looking right now at what the appropriate action is from a legislative standpoint to view what has happened. speaker paul ryan says thats probably not going to happen. it unders...