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He is having success in primaries. we will see if that success extends to the general election in november. i think thats a huge open question if he will endorse candidates that actually beat democrats. so its a little bit dynamic. katie is right that president obama and our team did not invest in the state parties in building a bench thats part of the reason we are in this problem we are in now. there are other reasons, too. but, i dont know if donald trump is building a bench or if he is just ...

A lot of people dont trust him. would russia actually live up to these agreements? an open question. i think the bigger question here is is whether or not with all of this white noise, all of these things were talking about, the way the russians have been acting, the terrorist attack in britain, there are activities in syria, in ukraine, clearly the meddling in americas electoral process, is it possible that washington and moscow could set that stuff aside and keep to the very traditional approa...

Each side. it included an appeal to start talking about an agreement that could limit or prohibit weapons in space. in some ways a very traditional kind of russian diplomatic overture. the u.s. and the russians have been signing these kinds of agreements for decades. and obviously its in vladimir putins interests to try and get some of this moving. a lot of people dont trust him. would russia actually live up to these agreements? an open question. i think the bigger question here is is whether o...

Counter proposal last week of what parameters could be in a potential interview with the president. and guiliani told me that as soon as today, maybe tomorrow, they are going to give another proposal. now, the back and forth has been going on for months and the question really is, big open question, whether theres going to be any resolution. whether at the end of the negotiations the president is really going to sit down with robert mueller in any way, shape or form because as we have been heari...

Part of russias strategy in trying to elect trump. now we will see laid out the relationship between bernie sanderss senior strategist and donald trumps indicted campaign chairman. we will see whatever it is that tad devine is offering prosecutors about his work alongside paul manafort in the former soviet union which, of course led to this litany of felony charges against manafort, the manafort trial is due to start early next week. so wow. right? that just happened tonight. and that news came ...

U.s. code 30121 i believe is what it is that says if youre a foreign national, you cannot offer or donate money or a thing of value to an election campaign. if you are working for that campaign, you cannot solicit, accept or receive. solicit, accept or receive. and when you think about this, as embarrassing as this episode was, this was not instigated by the trump people. that e-mail came from the russians and they sat down with them for 20 minutes and left. so i think in terms of criminal expos...

Clinton connection because now lanny davis is membershhelping cohen? >> i suppose but i suspect thats more of an inside game than anything. i think the presidents attacks more broadly are the thing that are threatening to undermine mueller and threatening to undermine the whole investigation. >> sol, final question for you. the other thing thats sort of been sort of gnawing at me this week, is it possible mueller has already said no to sort of a queen or king for a day meeting with cohen and tha...

I believe is the name, the question is was he duped or was he in on it? he did her homework for the grad school. that seems to be the open question? >> yeah, absolutely the open question. i mean obviously he hasnt been charged with anything, not accused of any wrongdoing. but when you look at the evidence that the government has started to submit in court, there are e-mails and the like in which it certainly seems like he had some knowledge that she was working with the russian government and wa...

Perception. >> and the $12 billion band aid fund doesnt address. >> our affiliates in california say none of that assistance is given to those farmers. >> in those areas of the midwest, he still has a lot of support among the farmers who are getting -- >> he does. will the republican party in 2018? >> thats a good question. but one thing we can see from what hes doing already is he is going to be a very aggressive advocate to try to elevate beyond, you know, the local candidates to the larger me...

Classmates that she had worked for the russian government. so not really a secret agent, maybe a not-so-secret agent. im joined now by roslyn helderman from "washington post" whos been covering this story and has done an unearthing of who is maria butina. lets start with that simple question, who is maria butina? how do you feel like you now can answer that question after doing your extensive dive into her days here at american university? >> yeah. shes just a simple gun rights activist from sib...