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They wielded more power than last week. do you think we will vote for a debt ceiling increase when mick mulvaney used to be a member of the caucus and never voted for an increase? no, no, no. this plan, this planned parenthood battle. this precedes any mileage on their feet under tax reform. this is a tough couple weeks and months ahead. i think the freedom caucus has dug in. i dont see them backing down. >> phillip, everybody likes tax reform. they should hit that one out of the park. of course...

Out that they are monitoring and providing oversight of the executive branch investigation. that is when it gets confusing. phil is right. it is better if there were clear distinctions to do all of the investigations and the associate relationships and collusion while congress focused on cyber security. that is a pressing bipartisan issue. >> we have not heard anything of russian interference from the committees. they are talking about is trump dirty on this. the trump side is saying are these l...

An overly partisan way. you know, it is on both sides, like you said, chris. you heard senator schumer yesterday on abc. he was saying before we start confirming gorsuch, lets wait a few more weeks on the russian investigation. that is political as well. it has to be taken out of that conte conte context as much as it can. >> elizabeth warren tried up that trial balloon last week. she said no supreme court until we figure out the russian thing. phil mudd, it has been reported that donald trump h...

Independence in all of this. he cannot be a cheerleader for the white house. he cannot be out there ahead of the committee trying to, you know, win the political arguments in the fight. he has to pull back and use the independence he has as chair of the committee and go where it takes him or it should be taken out of his hands. there should be some select committee. this is where the integrity of their committee, the intel committee and house leadership needs to take hold. if you want to get to ...

Individual is intercepted that is occasionally approved depending on the circumstances by a u.s. fisa court. when that interception of a foreign individual takes place, occasional occasionally theyre talking about a u.s. citizens. >> they dont get unmasked. >> thats correct. >> they dont get unmasked, though. >> yes, they do. yes, they do. >> jack, let him go ahead and explain please. >> the fbi is obviously going to say who was that russian, chinese, iranian official talking to? as part of the ...

Damning. im just guessing here that maybe the white house should know about it. maybe he went to white house first. ive got to get to pul manafort here. pushing back against the associated press report that he used millions to help vladimir putin. heres what the white house said on that today. >> nothing on this report references any action from the president. the report is entirely focus on actions that paul took a decade ago regarding hes a form advisor of the campaign, and the actions that ca...

Collusion with a foreign power that is illegal? in other words, not going to name names because throwing out a theory. if you did have prior knowledge the russians were going to release those e-mails, is that illegal? maybe phil has a sense of that. when do you trip into outright collusion and espionage? if i was a journalist, if we had published famous e-mails, i dont think anybody would have said its chargeable offense. as we get closer to figuring out exactly what is going on here, tricky are...

>> let him explain then go in. >> when theres investigation under way for example by fbi against that foreign official, fbi obviously is going to say who was that russian, chinese, iranian official talking to as part of the investigation, we have to know. that process is formal, called unmasking. i now need to know the name of that u.s. person. that happens all the time. >> philip, but why would they need to be unmasked if it had nothing to do with russia? because supposedly this is about russia...

I appreciate it. cnn political kmenitator and philip mudd. my goodness, so much to impact here. david, why dont i start with you? the lingering question now on all of this is afghanistan did the president, president trump know and when did he know it? >> well, theres are certainly two key questions that well sort of be going at for the long duration of this regz. theres no doubt about that, don. but it is a significant story tonight because this entire story since its started has been about has ...

Lot at fbi that says more fire here and not just smoke. i would be worried if i were at white house. >> thank you well continue to talk. philip mudd, got to get out of here. well continue our conversation when we come back. nitrites or artificial preservatives. now its good for us all. like introverts. extroverts. (cheering) and even bert. man you gotta try this sandwich. whos just overt. oscar mayer deli fresh. so good! even if youre trying your best.be a daily struggle, along with diet and exe...