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Dismayed that it took the president three days to come to that conclusion? >> andrea, you know, i dont know how to answer questions like that. my focus now is on whats happening around the world, the threats that are facing the american people, threats that undermine our democracies. thats what i was hired to do. i cant focus -- you know, when i was a policy maker in the congress, i -- we like to think, you know, as senators, we have an answer for everything even though we dont. but we like to t...

Cunning has always understood that its much more defensible to say russia did nothing than it is to say russia did something but it didnt matter. thats what paul ryan and the others are now. russia did something but it didnt matter. this administration is heading toward a legitimacy crisis because what were about to learn is more and more about what russia did. were about to learn more and more about how important it was. and the argument that donald trump would have been president even if russi...

Welcome back. if president trump says jump, do republican lawmakers say how high? an if president trump says he misspoke about russian election interference while standing next to russian president vladimir putin, do republican lawmakers take him at his word? here is some of what weve heard so far from capitol hill. >> oh, i think its a big step forward when anybody in public life or anybody in private life admits they made a mistake. its good to confess it and say youre sorry. >> well, he said ...

Ones speaking out yesterday at capitol hill. >> president trump tried to squirm away from what he said yesterday. its 24 hours too late and in the wrong place. if the president cant say directly to president putin that he is wrong, and we are right and our intelligence agencies are right. its ineffective and worse, another sign of weakness. >> i give these comments about 24 hours before he once again slams the investigation, before he once again sides with authoritarian like vladimir putin. >> i...

Thats what paul ryan and the others are now. russia did something but it didnt matter. this administration is heading toward a legitimacy crisis because what were about to learn is more and more about what russia did. were about to learn more and more about how important it was. and the argument that donald trump would have been president even if russia hadnt helped him, that argument is going to disintd grait. >> marco rubio yesterday tweeted a kind of forceful objection for marco rubio to watt...

For me, as a policy maker, what matters is what we can do moving forward. 2018 is around the corner and our job is to ensure what happens in the future. >> how do national security hawks come up with stuff like that? >> there are steps that we can take that should be bipartisan. and the explanation that donald trump today to the nation was totally backhanded and half hearted, was too little, too late and too far away. and does nothing to undue the damage. and we ought to not only require those s...

Perspective and from my perspective as to what is meddling and what meddling? >> im glad he clarified it. i cant read his intentions for what he said at the time. as a policy maker is what we do moving forward. >> all right. it looks like thats all well get from the republican party on this presidents disastrous performance on the world stage. here to help me understand on what republicans could do if they want to of welcome to all of you. let me start with you. you are a republican who has done...

Foreign relation committee. i think we need the translator notes and the translator herself come and brief us. as important what that press conference was, where president trump was a complete patsy, a push over, and appeaser. equally what he said privately. >> which we dont know anything about. we heard from senator rand paul who is going to russia himself, i was surprised to hear from senator rubio on his reaction to the presidents attempted correction this afternoon. lets listen together. >> ...

Collusion. what i here is there is a difference from the presidents perspective and from my perspective as to what is meddling and what meddling? >> im glad he clarified it. i cant read his intentions for what he said at the time. as a policy maker is what we do moving forward. >> all right. it looks like thats all well get from the republican party on this presidents disastrous performance on the world stage. here to help me understand on what republicans could do if they want to of welcome to ...

Put out a statement. i guarantee what theyre hoping is they say one thing and this goes away and they dont have to answer for it again. >> how dz thoes this go away -- late charles hammer said in his book, if you get the politics wrong nothing else matters. there is a reference to the former soviet union. if you get the russia question wrong -- if vladimir putin picked our president, does anything else matter? how do you move on in a week if youve got the most stark evidence to date that donald ...