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Blackmailed by the russians. did you act upon the attorney generals warnings to the white house or were you aware of the concerns behind the morning? >> i dont have any comment on that. >> were you aware of the concerns behind the warning? this is a global threat. this is a global threat question, its a global threat hearing. >> senator, tell me what global threat it is youre concerned with. i dont understand the question. >> the possibility of black male, black male by an influential official, ...

Concerns behind the warning? >> i dont have any comment on that. >> well, were you aware of the concerns behind the warning? i mean, this is a global threat. this is a global threat question. its a global threat hearing. were you aware? >> senator, tell me what global threat it is youre concerned with, please. im not sure i understand the question. >> well, the possibility of blackmail. i mean, blackmail by an influential military official. that has real ramifications for the global threat. so t...

The american people. some people said they feel like he gives vladimir putin the benefit of the doubt and not his own intelligence community. >> i can tell you that im not giving him advice. hes giving me advice. his advice is the stinconstitue he has he knows. hes going to do what he said on the economy and health care. he wants to reach out to the constituency who didnt support him and say talk to me. im going to talk to you. its not about supporting vladimir putin. its about sensibility. if y...

Arizona." now turning to the united nations. despite the u.n. security councils vote on friday condemning israeli settlements, israeli is not backing down and announced plans to build thousands new homes in east jerusalem. israels government is warning countries against any further action saying israel does not turn the other cheek. those are the exact words. joining me, bob franken, syndicated columnist. hi, bob. in our last hour, senator george mitchell who served as special envoy for middle...

Do that, he zruz the bully pulpit or will have the bully pulpit of the presidency. and as steve schmidt certainly implied and i think was saying, thats a powerful thing. if you get a phone call from the president of the united states saying dont do this, you know, you have to pay attention, even if that president is donald trump and even if the decision is already made. enough of those phone calls and that just becomes a frkt. it becomes another data point. it becomes something thats in a ceos m...

Saying dont do this, you know, you have to pay attention, even if that president is donald trump and even if the decision is already made. enough of those phone calls and that just becomes a frkt. it becomes another data point. it becomes something thats in a ceos mind that, okay, were going to do this, or im going to get a phone call. or maybe theres another way to, you know, another way to handle the issue were trying to deal with here. maybe we can compensate by creating some jobs in the u.s....

Inelegant in what he said, but i do think, if its whats in his head and his hard, i would rather know that than not know that. but i want to play something is that i think illustrates the wrong way to talk about race. >> is there any accountability left in washington? are we supposed to hold the bar really low for president obama, simply because hes half black? >> i do not believe you are granted favorable treatment in this country because you are white. you have to work for success. >> rather t...

So, its complicated issue, guys and one that i thought might come up after president obama was safely re-elected and it is. its coming up. i think its worth getting some of the issues out on the table. one, there are the humanitarian concerns, of course. hundreds if not thousands dead. many children, many innocent civilians. two, the legal issues. whats happening with due process here? how are we now killing sometimes american citizens without due process, without bringing them back charging the...

>> this was going to take place earlier but she had health issues. this is going to be a big spotlight on hillary clinton. you have a policy implication of who knew what when. did she talk to the president, did the president watch the video feed. did hillary clinton watch the video feed as this attack was going on. in the backdrop you have politics, you have 2016. a lot of people think hillary clinton will run, a lot of people want her on the democratic side to run. these are key hearings for hi...

Be that you have this solid democratic constituency that is forged by that reform. i think you have a long-term policy implication and a long-term political implication in the short term. >> how do you get to the republican skeptic who says we tried a balanced approach back under reagan with simpson and the teeth were never used. all the good stuff was in there but none of the tougher stuff. how do you convince them there will be an enforcement mechanism which will be true to the purpose of the ...