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Involved. listen. >> who made the decision to restore his security clearance? how did that happen? >> the intelligence community and the fbi. it happened in the normal course. it happened the way the happens for thousands of people. there was nobody in the political process that had anything to do with it. nobody who pressured it. it was just done the normal regular way. >> the normal regular way. nobody pressured for it. that was last may. abbe lowell, jared kushners attorney, stating with grea...

White house. lots of groundwork has been laid for hearings, more investigations to come. good luck with walking us through all that is happening. lets start, though, with the deadline facing the white house on monday. >> youre absolutely right, alex. follow the transcript seems to be the mantra, the update to follow the money, while the house is controlled by democrats. myriad of investigations. we saw that long testimony in public on wednesday, followed up by michael cohen behind closed doors w...

It allows you access to krrbs ia source reporting and nsa intercepts. the cia never did grant that higher level of clearance, were told. but because of the presidents orders, the white house security office did grant him a top secret clearance even though members had recommended gnsz doing that based on the fbi background check. theres two processes here. both the fbi and krrcia flagged significant concerns and it can be mitigated. but there was no such mitigation in this case. does he still hav...

Love with him, so close to him who would take a bullet from him, in the end, not so much. and i think thats a revelation for trump. and i think the closeness of this coming in, the legal stuff that joyce touches on, yes, the paper, the mounds of paper and the processes there. and he feels he can bat that back. but when it gets personal the way you saw it with cohen, thats when you realize he doesnt have as much control as he would like to have over this process. >> dovetail it with robert muelle...

Were looking at somebody in the administration who felt the need to write a memo. this happened with james comey. the fbi has done this a few times we ooefz learned. >> the news thats comes to light here as about the way he pushed back and the president overruling him. >> its significant that the white house counsel wrote memos to the record saying i oppose this. i thought it was improper. heres why. they must really have felt very strongly that this was a breach of process that endangered the c...

Real processes and institutions of this democracy. youre having the right conversation as always, anderson with jim clapper there. tonight we have a special guest. governor chris christie is coming on tonight. he supports this president. he knows the law and he knows the reality of politics. his party has been awfully shy in the face of what were learning to be facts. hes going to come on tonight and were going to take the time to layout all the major situations of potential crisis and see where...

Appreciate it. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. >> i want to check with chris and see what hes working on for cuomo primetime. >> this is all very heavy and heavy stuff. were not just talking about him lying about his weight and his height anymore. this president is calling into real processes and institutions of this democracy. youre having the right conversation as always, anderson with jim clapper there. tonight we have a special guest. governor chris christie is coming on tonight. he su...

Pertains to his son-in-laws national security, does that surprise you that they were doing that? >> not at all. everybody, whether its the career people like comey and mccabe and all those individuals at the justice department or if its john kelly, everybody knows that this presidents trampling over various institutional norms and customs. a lot of it falls within the presidents discretionary authority. he can grant jared kushner any access he wants, but there are processes and patrols that are ...

Own. but i will tell you the president has the absolute right to do what was described. >> a, nonresponsive, but b, didnt we show video of the president of the united states and his daughter and jared kushners lawyer discussing security clearance processes? we dont discuss it when were caught. is there another answer? please, im happy to accept another answer. >> look, i think this is also why there are nepotism rules across the government. of course, the white house doesnt comply with those. it...

And pakistanis say that that india is in denial about the fact that they have eliminated sections of the population in indian admans to me where militancy is homegrown. if again the reality of the situation is different from what it is in india. we are a peace loving people we dont indulge in violence as a norm we have never started a war. if you if you look at the focus of the people of india what does then meet the need is economic betterment they need is social development this is happening a...