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Something substantial -- and i think it is doubtful -- she knows or at least she has information on how she communicated back home. let me give you a real basic. how did she get paid? who arranged for her travel back to moscow? she is a gold mine of information about how the russians operate and what we call out-of-embassy operations in the united states. >> david, how significant do you think it is? >> i think it is significant. i dont think it tells us as much today about what connections were...

Decision today, erin, it was a very narrow ruling here. the judge found that jim acostas due process rights were likely violated when the white house revoked his pass so suddenly. he said that since acosta didnt have any notice or an opportunity to challenge the decision, and as a result, the hard pass must be instated -- reinstated, which it was. you know, but this was just round one, and by all accounts, it looks like the white house is going to move forward with this fight. the justice depart...

Phil, let me start with you. that appearance before the press pool today was stunning and for everyone who thinks that donald trump shows his hand every time, he certainly did so once again today. >> first of all, he said hes not agitated, but wrote in all caps on twitter yesterday. about the, the probe. and sort of an outburst on twitter. thats clearly a sign of agitation. we know from reporting hes been spending all week with his lawyers preparing those answers. i thought it was interesting th...

The press conference or the press availability earlier today, he said three separate times, i wrote my own answers, my lawyers did not write them. i dont need lawyers to write my answers. but we know thats just not true. the lawyers have been helping him draft those answers. theyre being very careful so that he does not somehow perjure himself in the answers or create other legal questions or problems for himself. and its one of the reasons why theyve not submitted those answers back to the spec...

Arm on the intern that was trying to take that microphone away from him. so the judge delved into that, asked why where these shifting explanations from the white house and who exactly made the decision to revoke the hard pass, because it did seem to come perhaps directly from the president. so quite a lively two-hour hearing. no decision just yet, but cnns attorneys did talk just after the hearing. here is what he had to say. >> were waiting for that sound. unfortunately, we dont have it, jessi...

Professional journalist. its a real shame what we see happening here. one of the most interesting things the president said at that press availability this morning was, he gave that lecture about the white house being a sacred place and how you have to respect the white house, respect the office of the presidency. and people who have observed trump a long time will say he likes to project, and that hell project onto others the criticisms he faces himself. and you have to wonder, how can he expec...

With these women. these are women of esteem being taken down publicly. >> yeah, abbey philip was a colleague of mine at "the washington post" until she joined cnn. we covered this white house together. she asks smart questions. ive never known her to ask a stupid question. as you mentioned, she went to harvard. shes an intelligent, professional journalist and its a real shame what we see here. one of the most interesting things the president said at that press availability this morning was he ga...

You know april and yamiche and abby. youve worked with these women. these are women of esteem being taken down publicly. >> yeah, abbey philip was a colleague of mine at "the washington post" until she joined cnn. we covered this white house together. she asks smart questions. ive never known her to ask a stupid question. as you mentioned, she went to harvard. shes an intelligent, professional journalist and its a rile shame what will we see happening here. one of the most interesting things the...

>> well, that was quite a press availability from the president, as you see him leaving there with the first lady, melania trump, for the trip to paris to commemorate armistice day. a few to tick through here. one, just within hours, a couple days after matt whitaker being appointmented the acting attorney general, the president more than half a dozen times there in those comments notes he does not know matt whitaker, although he went on to say that he is a very, very highly thought of choice. b...

>> it was a rough moment for the young aide as well. just trying to get the microphone back after the president had entertained a question from the reporter and was moving on. the reporter from nbc was already standing, ready to ask his question, she was just doing her job, which was to reclaim the microphone that belongs to the federal government, and obviously i dont think anybody should have any young woman particularly should have us wiping away, grabbing the microphone back. thats very unfo...