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Ukraine is having with russia. >> absolutely, ali. and one of the most striking things i think going back to the deposition released yesterday as top state department official george kent was when he said that the ukraine aid that the u.s. gives to ukraine in order to fend off russian aggression is actually more in the national security interest of the united states than it even is in the national interest of ukraine. and he said i cant get into that in an opening setting, i can only get into th...

Component to this. so while there are some people who will be frustrated, horrified, disgusted with what it is alleged that president trump has done because he may have done something for personal political gain, the more important part of the testimony from vindman and fiona hill was the risk at which the united states in holding back this $391 million was putting ukraine at in the midst of a remarkably important confrontation that ukraine is having with russia. >> absolutely, ali. and one of t...

Thoughts, rudy giuliani getting invited by lindsey graham. interestingly, the senator is spinning it saying he wants to get to the bottom of the ukraine thing without a one-sided investigation. hes actually inviting rudy giuliani to come and give his testimony, more or less. what do you make of that development? >> other than it being a larger circus than anything else weve seen yet in this whole probe, if it were to happen in an opening setting, i think the senate democrats, having seen with wh...

She joins me live from capitol hill, and i want to get to the resolution were working on in a second. first i want to talk about robert mueller. you heard about his hesitancy about testifying. your reaction to the concerns that he may have right now. >> well, i wont switch my view about robert mueller. robert mueller is a former fbi director and as a member of the judiciary committee ive had mr. mueller before my committee and me as a member of that committee many, many times. hes a former marin...

Name. >> hillary clinton. >> hillary clinton. >> clinton. >> clinton. >> hillary clinton. >> hillary clintons name came up 34 times and she wasnt the biggie bogey man of the hearing. the words russia or russian were mentioned 140 times. >> lets talk now about the general russia investigation okay. >> russia. >> russia. >> russia context. >> russian spies. >> the russia investigation. >> i was fired because of the russia investigation. >> its like the new marsha marsha. how many questions could t...

Himself. what was it about the attorney generals interactions with the russians or his behavior with regard to the investigation that would have led the entire leadership of the fbi to make this decision? >> our judgment, as i recall, is that he was very close to and inevitably going to recuse himself for a variety of reasons. we also were aware of facts that i cant discuss in an opening setting that would make his continued engagement in a russia-related investigation problematic. so we were co...

Director, was asked whether or not the fbi is investigating this. and he wouldnt answer that question directly. explain that situation to us. >> well, thats right. and thats, i think, what drew a lot of attention yesterday at this intelligence hearing. the senate intelligence hearing on capitol hill. comey was testifying along side the senior officials, the officials who actually briefed donald trump and president obama last week. he was asked by ron wyden, the senator, when he was indeed lookin...