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Don, and how we go about doing that. i happen to believe that disproportionate pain requires a disproportionate response. i believe, and i think dr. west agrees, that the black agenda has always been the best of america because the black agenda is always about democracy, looking out for those who are socially, politically, economically disenfranchised. so this conversation today is how can black people exercise their agency and how do we get black leaders to understand the urgency of the pain th...

This is the thing he campaigned on. to sort of basically punt and say, you know, im -- never mind what my principles were on this, never mind what were my campaign positions. just give me a bill and ill sign it. >> how do you think the "build the wall" crowd will deal with it -- >> i dont think theyre pleased. i think they thought, why did we elect this guy in the first place if he was going to do that. now, you saw, you know, mccarthy trying to pull hymn back and some of his supporters trying t...

Lindsey graham, another hawk of the committee. you heard clapper. he said does anything happen in russia without vladimir putin knowing it? certainly not something sensitive in another country. certainly not. we dont node a dictionary. he said putin directed this. this was about putin. lindsey graham spoke to the president-elect and said dont do this. republican and republican and intelligence agencies versus the incoming president of the united states. thats where we are. director clapper took ...

Being made to draw conclusions. here is the director of national intelligence, james clapper, being asked about trumps skepticism today. >> think there is an important distinction here between healthy skepticism, which policy-makers, to include policy-maker number one, should always have for intelligence. but i think there is a difference between skepticism and disparagement. >> kasie hunt is on capitol hill. the skepticism that donald trump has aired on this, you have heard him invoke the examp...

>> you think a lot happens in russia big that he doesnt know about? >> not very many. >> yeah, i dont think so. >> certainly none that are politically sensitive in another country. >> reporter: testamented to an implicit rebuke of trump who has rehe petedly slammed the intelligence community, praised putin , and downplayed russias role in the elections. >> who benefits from a president-elect trashing the intelligence community? who benefits from that, director clapper, the american people, them ...

>> policy maker number 1. he was spoking to donald trump, too. a difference between skepticism and disparagement. he said, mr. president, youve disparaged us, which he has. so its the intelligence community and its leaders and all 17 agencies and the fbi against the president-elect. donald trump has suggested the united states intelligence officials are not certain that russia carried out the attacks and they have been trying to build a case against russia ahead of his briefing tomorrow. clapper...

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