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People around kushner are saying hes still involved privately. hes still trying to push the saudis towards something. but publically he flew up to new york this week. he wasnt even in the white house at some key moments during this. he did not go to saudi arabia with mike pompeo, and hes let the state department take the lead on this because there is a perception problem in this white house when it comes to jared kushner who, as everyone knows, does not have expertise in this issue, using a frie...

This nominee. they will require wanted to hear for a moment. to your point you are saying president trump gets the final edit. but there are still questions as to what could be in those 100,000 pages and why would a white house want to keep certain information from the public. and if there are no ethics violations, could there be a perception problem? >> there has never been a practice for the senate to demand everything in a nominees governmental records. you have had supreme court companies wh...

>> zeke, i want to play something of what president trump said, this is july of last year. >> take a listen. congressman chris collins. right from the beginning he said trump is going to win thats why i like him. i didnt like him that much before. now i love him. one would assume someone working all on the campaign ad is featuring that. >> you can assume that as this jake mentions that this brought into the narrative right now for republicans and the problem that they have of the perception prob...

We are republicans who stand together for free and open inquiry, and with some independence as well. otherwise we are going to lose the ability in this country to see the rule of law prevail. thats what this hearing was about, was insuring that the rule of law was undermined. >> i want to play and exchange also between congressman gowdy, another one and stzok. lets listen. >> mr. gowdy, my understanding of why i was kicked off was that based on the understanding of those texts and the perception...

>> mr. gowdy, my understanding of why i was kicked off was that based on understanding of those texts and the perception that they might create is the thing that -- >> hang on a second, agent strzok. hang on a second. youre saying it was the perception the 13 democrats on the special counsel probe, including one who went to what he hoped was a victory party. thats a perception problem, too. they werent kicked off. you were. why were you kicked off? >> mr. gowdy, i cannot speak to special counsel...

Embarked on a moral train wreck. >> you still have the same failed policy. i think there is a lot of other things we can do before we get to that point. >> what has to change are the policies and the people that are making these policies are making horrendous decisions like separating kids from their parents. we are a major country with major borders so, to me, the issue is what are those policies and please lets get comprehensive immigration reform. ainsley: president says they are all saying t...

>> i thought it was interest issing. you have pointed a bleaker picture of what you think the rank and file are going to think there than i would have expected. he really got into the leak issue. and the four of us around this table were talking about, okay, the fbi needs to stop leak iingo the press, but sometimes they are communicating with congress and its members of congress that do the leaking issue that comes with fbi information. that, to me, is a part of this perception problem that i do...

Concerns youre hearing from the south corps seen side of things. >> reporter: if there is one person whose tied his fate with this meeting was moon. this is tricky for moon. hes trying to balance loyal toys to both u.s. and the north korea and he wants it to work. hes nved personally and politically, but there is a sense of unease here at what appears to be a lack of readiness on the part of the united states heading into this. an official told me that when moon went into his meeting with kim, t...

Investigation of the facts, which is what gang of eight investigations is supposed to be. >> and this is too rich. i mean if you look at the underlying allegation here, that the fbi sent someone into a scenario in order to gather information inappropriately, i think thats what you saw today. like when you take a conflicted party like the presidents lawyer who was hired to refute these allegations of russian collusion, hes obviously going to report back. i spent the better part of today giving th...

Benefit of the doubt. i described this as a perception problem. they dont understand this just looks bad to send someone in. but rudy giuliani to come out and say this is strategy, were going to learn what he said and incorporate that into the investigation thats the definition of inappropriateness. >> dana, what are you hearing in washington that flood was brought in for a possible impeachment fight was there for at least the beginning of the briefing today as far as we know. >> look, weve seen...