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American foreign policy. whats your view of that? does russia have leverage over our president? >> well, they certainly were able to get a response from general flynn right after president obama had put sanctions in place for what they did in the interference campaign. an immediate response by general flynn. and then of course the stipulation of facts in his guilty plea shows that he was talking to individuals, senior transition team individuals at mar-a-lago. so i think when you look at the num...

Throw mueller off the trail and it didnt work. >> i can make one point here? i think what a lot of people are saying is maybe the trump campaign didnt know the rules of the road. these are political amateurs who didnt understand -- >> weve been hearing that for a long time. >> but someone like michael flynn is not an amateur. i mean, he does know whats appropriate and whats not appropriate in dealing with other foreign powers. i mean, you can make a case that maybe jared kushner didnt know what ...

That. that belies all what weve heard for months and still were hearing today we didnt know. whatever he did, he lied to us. vice president pence said he knew nothing about it. that those stories have all been blown up about what we see in the statement of offense, and thats a real problem going forward. this was a small transition team. the president was a micromanager, involved in many things. does it stand to reason that the president had no knowledge of these conversations? and crucially, no...

Things. does it stand to reason that the president had no knowledge of these conversations? and crucially, now that flynn is cooperating with the special counsel, is he prepared to say that the president told him to have these conversations? open question, we dont know. but a very reasonable question. >> when people lie so much, you dont know what to believe. but usually what you end up believing is none of it. so evan perez, walk us through this. what did flynn admit to exactly? >> he admitted ...

Trillion-dollar problem with their tax bill. can they compromise and make changes and get it passed? lets invite david axelrod, cnn political commentator. always good to see you. >> good to see you. >> can they get this done? >> well, you say i know the process. i know a mess when i see one. they have a mess on their hands. mcconnell said its a rubiks cube. they have no room to spare. now the deficit hawks are at war with the radical tax cutters, and reality is setting in and whether they can so...

17.4% to 20%. is that going to be enough? thats still an open question. then you talk about people like jeff flake, bob corker, there issue has been throughout the deficit. this is where things are most complex where negotiations as i speak are ongoing with staff and those senators whachlt they are trying to do is implement some type of trigger mechanism. if the rosy projections dont end up panning out in the near term, this would trigger immediate tax increases. who you that tax increase would ...

Expansive investigation, its going to require somebody with the know-how and capability. >> sean:lo a follow-up. the fbi informant knew about putins plan to get a foothold in the uranium market, by the way, we need uranium allowing someone to control it is beyond stupid. but bribery, kickbacks, extortion, money laundering. is there evidence of any money-laundering? in other words, the people in canada, is there any evidence -- where did they get all of these millions to donate to the clinton fou...

Marginal good will of enough republican members so that it affects everything from the course of legislation whether you gragree to an amendment of which there are active ones. there are implications. >> the open question of whether you will lose a republican senator when alabama votes and whether you will have a democrat in that seat. we will not discussing the specifics that was right now, but im fascinated by the moment. speaker ryan and leader mcconnell doing the right republican thing sayin...

At this point what i am voicing publicly is what every single private citizen is saying across america, why are the rules for politicians in washington different than they are for everyone else? >> rice wants conyers to resign. she wants him to lose his job just like people in the private sector have lost their jobs over similar allegations. how likely is it that conyers resigns? >> i dont know if he resigns. depends on the ethics investigation. certainly at 88s an open question whether he would...

Thought on bannon versus the establishment. >> bannon is talking to the trump voters. trying to call into the question of reputable news sources and investigative journalism. reframing the truth. you have a bannon call to trump voters to play on the gray area. and try to reframe the truth. the question really becomes what does the republican party do with the information. they have several accusers against moore at this point. do they take the moral high ground and do what is right? bannon is ap...