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Trumps ability to lead our country. >> did this development, as someone who has been on a committee investigating this, did this development today surprise you? >> no, no, but what i hope we can obtain from this as well, and i hope the mueller team is able to learn, is not just paul manaforts relationship to donald trump and what he knows of donald trumps knowledge at the time as to what the russian intentions were, and what donald trump gave as far as orders, but also how the russian intelligen...

I would imagine that conversation really back david pecker into a corner. >> the associate press reporting that the national inquire kept a safe containing documents on hush money payments and other damaging stories, it kills as part of the relationship of donald trump leading up to 2016 presidential election. what can you tell us o f the safe and other stories that have not been yet made public if you can. >> certainly that safe was something well known to a large number of national inquire emp...

A signal to others that you might want to cooperate. you know what, you might want to take a plea deal. you know what, you may not want to go to trial. so i think not wiwithstanding t fact that this is not related to campaign activity, it is highly significant to mueller, to the probe and to just the general competence of the prosecution team in the first instance. >> john kirby, at the same time russia apparently is still doing what they were doing in the 2016 presidential campaign correspond t...

>> shepard: its 3:30 in new york. theres word north korea has started to take apart one of their missile engine test sites. thats according to 38 north, a website that analyzes all things north korea. satellite images appear to show a construction crane dismantling parts of the facility. heres a video of a rocket launch in 2012. north korea said then that it launched a satellite into near orbit. mike pompeo says he wants inspectors to see whats going on first hand. >> weve seen the open press re...

Specific in my mind to new york. >> okay. let me ask you about this. in a report -- in that same report, attorney general loretta lynch recalls a conversation with then director comey in the final days of the 2016 election. quote unquote, he, referring to comey, said its clear to me that theres a cadre in new york that have a deep and visceral hatred of secretary clinton and he said it is, quote unquote, deep. are you aware of this concern? >> i was aware of some of the press reporting and some ...

Suspect, is he sits up and says, look, this will be portrayed as an event. he knows washington. he is saying a guy is trying to impress his girlfriend. what am i supposed to say? son, youre out of here. let me prepare for the political heat afterwards. im sure he looked at this and made a quick judgment that there was not a lot of there there. >> should we have, and we are only hearing through leaks of the committee hearing. should he have asked questions, what did you mean when you sent these a...

Policies. i think it is extremely misguided and morally unconscionable. >> we will see where it goes. the protection is are something that has been universally popular. we will see where it heads to court and politically. you are involved in a court case right now for gifts for payments to the president right now. you have your name on a lawsuit. explain to me what you are trying to do here. >> in this lawsuit, blumenthal versus trump, ive been joined by 200 of my colleagues in seeking to enforc...

Independence of the department of justice trumps any persons interest in a case, youre going to see more trick plays from the president. bob mueller, it looks like though from press reporting, continues to make progress and, hopefully, he will be able to bring this to a close soon. anderson, just one thing. as the president complains about how long this is taking, remember, when you lie to investigators, it takes longer. when you have a lot of russians to count because you drew your campaign so ...

>> the fact that devin nunes and trey gowdy did not get the documents they requested, where does it go now? is this going to be the last we hear of this or do you think theyre going to let go of this? >> no, anderson. im afraid until republican leadership speak up and say that the rule of law and the independence of the department of justice trumps any persons interest in a case, youre going to see more trick plays from the president. bob mueller, it looks like though from press reporting, conti...

Democratic national committee filed a lawsuit today against the russian government, the trump campaign, and the wikileaks organization for the alleged far-reaching conspiracy to throw the 2016 election to donald trump. im serious. im surprised they didnt sue cnbc for airing "apprentice" reruns. and the frantic search for anything to explain why hillary clinton lost has become a total obsession. they thought collusion would invalidate the election. >> there is, however, extensive press reporting ...