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We had? the comey firing. lester holt interview. white house meeting where he said he was fired because of the russia investigation. attacks on sessions, rosenstein, mueller, chris ray. many of whom he appointed. pressuring congress. calling for hillary clinton investigation. >>gillian: sounds like the present has put a total in the water. its not so much if hes going to get involved as whether hes going to insert himself into the process. thanks for joining us. be sure to tune in at 11:00 a.m. ...

Iran contra. >> the facts have been so hard to find because, at least the accusations are that the vatican is stonewalling.you wrote a great book on the vatican and have a mac interacts with the vatican. these were american kids. these were american boys in the end. does congress have a responsibility if the vatican wont tell us what the pope knew and when he knew it for congress to find that out for us? >> id like to see the advice of the conference of catholic bishops and the american perspect...

We mustappreciate the limits of our power but we cannot allow ourselves to question the rightness and goodness of the west . >>gillian: that was senator john mccain in 2017 reaffirming the u.s. commitment to its nato allies. he was a staunch supporter of nato and there have been calls to rename the alliances russell headquarters after the senator. here to weigh and is former nato secretary-general andrew rasmussen. thank you for being here. what happens now in the wake of senator mccains laws, w...

Again on wednesday. the presidents tweets surely are not making an easy task for those over at the u.s. trade department. on twitter the president said quote, there is no political necessity to keep canada in the new nafta deal. if we dont make a fair deal for the u.s., canada will be out. congress should not interfere with these negotiations or i will simply terminate nafta entirely and we will be far better off he added quote, we were better off before nafta. should never have been signed. we ...

Citizens. they want them on the way out of this country. so where does this go? >> well, i mean, the law is the law, and theyre not here illegally, because barack obama gave them temporary legal status. >> deferred action. >> thats right. thats the d.a. of daca. >> thats right. and were now getting to the point. dreamers was a clever political title. i think these people, if they want to be american citizens, i think thats great aspirational goal. and were going to see if congress, which is the ...

Of the things the memo does. >> but youre already concluding it was wrong, steve. >> i know whats wrong. >> but how do you know its wrong if you didnt see the application. >> chris, the data will come out. the data will come out. i want it to come out. i want it all to come out. i dont know that we ever goetz to the bottom of this unless we do. and if were going to have a congress that does oversight, we cant accept the fbi or the doj or any other branch of government from closing the gate in fr...

Democracy or just good for political expediency? lets take on this question with somebody who has a very strong opinion and a voice in the matter. republican congressman steve king, member of the house judiciary committee. before we get after it, whats right is right. thank god you are okay. you and the other congress members who were on that train, horrible what happened to the driver of the truck. horrible that any of it happened. but thank god youre all right. its good to have you, congressma...

Particular plight. i think the line is fight. americans are dreamers too and dreamers are americans too, in every way but one. i think we should not get hung up on one line. we should not get hung up on the semantics. and the focus for anybody who wants this issue solved should be on pressuring congress and pressuring this white house and doing everything that you can in the next several weeks and several days, so that they reach a bipartisan deal that can pass muster and get the votes necessary...

Of congress and that team launched into action and did the right thing. we all got together and did a ceremony and a prayer session tonight and prayed for the families. were grateful than it wasnt worse than it was, and our prayers are with the families who are grieving tonight. >> it is good to hear that people stepped up, and it is horrible that they had to at all. well keep track of what happened to the people on that truck, and well tell their story. congressman, thank you for relaying that ...

He does this at his peril because if he seems like he is getting wobbly on russia by vetoing this bill, it only adds to the ongoing very serious, almost kris pcrisis provoking h the federal legislators. >> thank you both for a taking time for us this morning. thank you. >> thanks. >> today on "state of the union" with jake tapper, the new face of the trump white house, anthony scaramucci is talking one-on-one with jake and could this signal a new direction to the presidents? senators rand paul a...