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Instance. they used his memo as an excuse as to why they were firing comey, when in fact, trump later admitted that was not the actual reason for firing him. in fact, it was the russian investigation that he wanted to get rid of. so in a way, they were using rosenstein and using his memo as pretext in order to fire comey and keep it away from the russian investigation. so just on that basis alone, rod rosenstein is a key witness in this case. >> so when you say rod rosenstein is a witness and mu...

As to why they were firing comey, when in fact, trump later admitted that was not the actual reason for firing him. in fact, it was the russian investigation that he wanted to get rid of. so in a way, they were using rosenstein and using his memo as pretext in oer to fire comey and keep it away from the russian investigation. so j on that basis alone, rod rosenstein is a key witness in this case. >> so when you say rod rosenstein is a witness and muellers russian investigation, youre saying he i...

National security advisor. i think the senate is going to be very interested in that and i think former director comey will have recounting that from start to finish. >> thank you. >> thank you. le. >> we turn to nick ackerman, a former watergate special prosecutor with quite a bit of experience in these kind of cases which are not the normal kind of case. what jumps out to you about this reporting? i think its not surprising. i would have expected that the manfort piece would have been part of ...

Memos that he would write up after exchanges or encounters that made him uncomfortable. we know, for instance, that he did this in february after an oval office meeting in which he says president trump asked him if he would consider ending the investigation into michael flynn, who was, of course, president trumps first national security advis. i think the senate will be very interested in that and i think former director comey will have interest in recounting that from start to finish. >> justic...

They dont represent a threat to our families and our communities. >> heather: linda patrick and tom, thank you for joining us. wendy, ill start with you. this is the first time the president has tested it before the highest court. what is at the heart of the case and what do you think will happen? >> the heart of the case is context or content. in other words, they look at the four corners of the document and decide on its face, as a constitutional or should i consider then candidate trumps stat...

Respond to those challenges. this is a challenge for us. >> putin does think that missile defense is an act of aggression against russia. he thinks the u.s. would continue to build u.s. defense systems simply under another pretext. >> heather: thank you. >> jon: james comey is ready to clearly heir with congress on claims that the president pushed him to drop a probe of michael flynn. gregg jarrett joins us next with a look ahead to comeys upcoming testimony. first, heres marie hart. >> we want ...

Problem, not the people having the rally. >> harris: youre going to check on the speech because you may not be able to protect everybody, like ann coulter. thats uneven responsible. we may not be able to deploy all the people we need to. if something happens, we would deploy them no matter where it goes. the >> kennedy: berkeley is a public school it takes federal funding, this is an elected official. this is a mayor. it using the government as a tool to shut down protected expression. there may...

Change, for example, look, angela merkel has no idea whether the world is getting hotter or colder. the temperatures in germany are just the same they were when she was a kid. but climate change is a pretext for these statutes governments to exercise more control over their free market economies. thats why they like it so much. and trump is just not willing to go along with it. pete: absolutely. do you see this relationship getting stronger or frostier? >> well, i think in some way as kind of al...

Clinton, is when he sent out a letter 11 days before the election about the anthony weiner e-mails. and this suggestion that this loretta lynch and cryptic e-mail was bogus and was used as a pretext to do this, i think they are going to have a lot of means to answer and comey is obviously out now but the acting director, mccabe, was also apparently involved in analyzing this and is now on the list for fbi director at the white house. >> thats right. you said it perfectly. the book was basically ...

By an iraqi photojournalist, ali arkady, expecting to document the heroics of iraqi soldiers, working with the u.s. against isis. >> they are against isis and they are very strong. >> reporter: but arkady says he soon came to learn the soldiers he was embedded with for months, from whats called the emergency response division, were no heroes. and tonight, he is revealing the graphic images, licensed by abc news, that he captured of these important u.s. allies carrying out the torture and murder ...