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With a free and fair press you would expect they would do basic things like journalism and say something like hey, is there a predicate crime we are investigating here? >> tucker: yeah. >> what was the actual crime? i dont believe the collusion story at all. but the fact is even if there was collusion, collusion is not a crime. there was none of that. this is an embarrassment. journalism completely failed us. this is their most embarrassing moments in a series of embarrassing moments in the last...

With a free and fair press you would expect they would do basic things like journalism and say something like hey, is there a predicate crime we are investigating here? >> tucker: yeah. >> what was the actual crime? i dont believe the collusion story at all. but the fact is even if there was collusion, collusion is not a crime. there was none of that. this is an embarrassment. journalism completely failed us. this is their most embarrassing moments in a series of embarrassing moments in the last...

I get it. with a free and fair press you would expect they would do basic things like journalism and say something like hey, is there a predicate crime we are investigating here? >> tucker: yeah. >> what was the actual crime? i dont believe the collusion story at all. but the fact is even if there was collusion, collusion is not a crime. there was none of that. this is an embarrassment. journalism completely failed us. this is their most embarrassing moments in a series of embarrassing moments i...

Rosenstein appoints him as the special counsel when there was no predicate crime. maria: yeah. >> there was a conflict of interest as long as the jersey turnpike and speaking of rosenstein, he signs one of these orders. the deputy attorney general signs one of these fisa orders. now, did he, is he claiming he did not know that this was bogus information? that he did not know the court was not giving the information about the whole, you know, the dnc and is he playing dumb to all this stuff? mari...

>> melissa: seems like no doubt. >> harris: americans he being one of them was caught up. >> let me point out three quick things here if there was a fight warrant why did james comey. why did jim clamp on the record on meet the press say there was no fisa warrant and number three what was the predicate crime that started the largest spying separation in u.s. history? >> melissa: what would it be? >> the obama administration needed to dirty up trump officials in a set up in the event he was elect...

Had his wires tapped. im not sure what the president meant by that, but it looks like people in his orbit working for his campaign were being surveilled by the administration. why is that not aul huge story? >> tucker, it should be. were only looking at what i believe to be the biggest political scandal of our lifetime. you know, chalk that up that up to hyperbole. if youre a liberal who is scared by this, i couldnt care less about your opinion on this. we know some things for fact right now. th...

How had his wires tapped. im not sure what the president meant by that it looks like people in his orbit working for his campaign were being surveilled by the administration. why is that not a huge story? >> tucker, it should be. were only looking at what i believe to be the biggest political scandal of our lifetime. you know, alcoholic tha that yot up to hyperbole. i couldnt care less about your opinion on this. we know some things for fact right now. use of the word wiretap may be poorly worde...

Relationship? >> im a criminal defense attorney, im not an anti-pot person at all. but this is not the way to change law in the united states. the proper way is an amendment or to withdraw the legislation. or the proper way is through the legislative branch. its not states acting in open defiance of federal law. because what happens is you have exactly these problems. the only reason that the doj isnt enforcing it is because of the coal memorandum issued under a prior administration. and the pre...

Executive editor at the national consortium for the study of terrorism and response to terrorism at the university of maryland. paul just walked us through how well known amri was to the authorities. for months on end he was on the u.s. no-fly list. he was on this list of the most dangerous people in germany, the islamist terror spectrum list. at the same time, you have these porous borders in europe. he was able to cross at least two borders to get into italy from germany. a lot of criticism co...

Might take that as honest. another juror might take it as not honest. its not a good idea, especially if he doesnt plan to testify. >> what are the factors in considering whether or not this is a hate crime? >> when it comes to hate crimes, the important thing is to remember you need a predicate crime. we shouldnt put the cart before the horse. for him to be convicted of a hate crime in the sense of murder, he has to first be guilty of murder and this undoubtedly will be a self-defense case. now...