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Making this decision. >> reporter: the source close to flynn con confirms he intends to not respond to the senate intelligence committee doing a broad investigation into russian meddling into the election. the deadline for him to comply with the subpoena was wednesday. they are a couple of days early in sending this letter over and letting them know. there had been a little bit of back and forth with the chairman of that committee, richard burr, last week that this was potentially the course of ...

Him throughout his career in business, in the campaign, spectacularly, which is breaking and pushing the rules of the game, doesnt work quite as well in the white house. there are lots of limits on the most powerful person in the world and they dont always just work through courts. they sometimes work through leaks as well. >> e.j., quickly, before we go, i said at the top of the show that this is the "nixon, im not a crook" point today. did it feel like that for you? >> very much so. also felt ...

Be able to do inside the fbi? >> i think trump is coming to terms with what has worked for him throughout his career in business, in the campaign, spectacularly, which is breaking and pushing the rules of the game, doesnt work quite as well in the white house. there are lots of limits on the most powerful person in the world and they dont always just work through courts. they sometimes work through leaks as well. >> e.j., quickly, before we go, i said at the top of the show that this is the "nix...

Your vantage point? >> no, i think that the observation is that we have not done the basic block and tackle, right? of thinking of the internet of something that the american people benefit from. i think what weve done is focus on the federal i.t. portion of it. i think that a lot of progress was made in the last administration, but not nearly enough. i think were going change that. and i think looking at this from the perspective of a deterrence strategy, to be honest, yes, i think the last adm...

Vantage point? >> i think that the observation is that we have not done a basic blocking and tackling. thinking of the internet as loving that the american people benefit from. i think what we have focused on is the federal i.t. portion of it. i think a lot of progress was made in the administration previous but not nearly enough, we are going to change that pre-looking at this from the perspective eight deterrence strategy, yes, the administration had an obligation to do it but did not do it. >...

They are looking for the president to provide that leadership and free them to win the wars that he said that the united states would win. >> shannon: he has had very strong language on that and made that promise and has taken some decisive action on that front. steve hayes, always good to see you. thank you. >> bill: while you folks were watching that, we were watching this. nsa director michael rogers speaking about the unmasking of u.s. citizens caught up in foreign surveillance. what is his ...

Addresses places like iowa and virginia? we just had the governor from colorado on. he acknowledged there are problems in his state. >> the republicans control the house, the senate and the white house. they are going to have to extend the olive branch. the same thing they wanted president obama to do, theyre going to have to say, democrats, were going to need you on this. democrats are saying, im not going to throw a drowning person a lifeboat or a life raft. this is on you. >> is it so big a p...

Off site, you are going to balloon the deficit and you also promised not to do that. we havent heard very much from the white house on that point today. >> martha: they addressed it to some extent, charles. because you will lose a lot of deductions, that will balance it. also, growth, economic growth. >> absolutely. i love it whenever i hear democrats talk about worrying about the deficit because that is not something they worry about. mo is right. thats a great opportunity. you put these tax cu...

Focus on whether or not russia has us in their sites. no matter which party. one of the witnesses today says that they intended to tell the intelligence committee that marco rubio suffered as well. >> sandra: theres so much to get to, we want to stay on track here. as mercedes just mentioned, and the house, the russian investigation is essentially on hold following days of turmoil surrounding the battle of devin nunes. adam schiff plans to meet with nunez at some point today. he has previously c...

Time. but even general flynn was a volunteer of the campaign. obviously there has been discussion of paul manafort who played a very limited role for a very limited amount of time. but beyond -- >> jonathan hold on. can you stop interrupting other peoples questions. -- jn than, somebody is asking a question. its not your press briefing. julie is asking a question. please calm down. julie. >> are you saying the president is aware of contacts that manafort. >> no, no, nothing that hasnt been previ...