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Quill yam have made valuable contributions to public discourse promoting pluralism and condemning both anti-muslim bigotry and islamist extremism: good when you see the good guys fight. i dont agree with much the southern poverty law center. there is work to be done to fight hate. in this case when they step back and say we were wrong. >> i recognize that this is a weak moment for them. they paid me millions and it would be undignified of me to put the boot in at this stage. i do want them to un...

They revealed what our president is thinking, how he feels and where his loyalties lie. so i think the startling reality for all of us is that we are faced with a situation where our president, the person quhom we have entrusted to lead this country, isnt all in for our nation. >> do you believe we will ever know whether the president is not just russiaphyllic, shes not just in love, but hes compromised? do you believe that that will ever come out, that that truth will ever be known? >> i dont k...

That special counsel mueller is conducting now so it is hard to know. >> as a citizen? as an observer of these processes? not asking about any special information you might have come across in your role. youre a private citizen. you have the feelings watching helsinki. do you feel optimistic that this will come to light? if there is something to come to light? >> sure, if there is something to come to light, i think all americans, republicans, democrats, everything in between, ought to want it t...

Trump should have been embarrassed and humiliated and trying to put distance between himself and putin, he came out and said hes going to invite him to washington and give him a big, fat reward for hacking with our election and messing with our democratic processes. theres no one in the country whos not impaired or a moron who doesnt see that donald trump is in the bag for vladimir putin at the end of this week. thats why people like david ignatius and other people have been saying something tha...

Thought on side and then i want to play, you have heard this i am sure, what senator rand paul has said. i want to try and see how we reconcile those. >> trump derangement syndrome has come to the senate. the hatred of the president is so intense that partisans would rather risk war than give diplomacy a chance. this is crazy partisanship that is driving this. we dont have to have war. we can still have engagement. >> im puzzled by the line that says if you believe that russia interfered and att...

Finished the damage control from that first meeting. >> i want you it hold that thought on side and then i want to play, you have heard this i am sure, what senator rand paul has said. i want to try and see how we reconcile those. >> trump derangement syndrome has come to the senate. the hatred of the president is so intense that partisans would rather risk war than give diplomacy a chance. this is crazy partisanship that is driving this. we dont have to have war. we can still have engagement. >...

In dealing with president putin. >> you actually think -- thats really an intelligence operation that -- if thats true, that they were running in this summit in helsinki. >> i think its a possibility. its -- its a subjective -- >> right, i understand that. >> -- hunch i have. but heres the reason im concerned about that is after the meddling and with the degree to which the russians clearly meddled, and to the degree to which theyre still interfering and trying to destroy democratic processes an...

Between the u.s. and russia in our bilateral cooperation, you go back to the reagan years and even earlier, are based on -- was based on two principles. number one is we came at the russians from a position of strength, not supplication. and number two is we developed very strong processes and mechanisms by which our two governments were able to negotiate for years to achieve the results we achieved in the cold war. i dont see how you can do that with the approach that the president just took in...

Of cooperation there might be, and then walking out the meeting and say it went great and were going to pursue a lot of things and no one knows what that means. and remember, if you look back over history, all progress made between the u.s. and russia in our bilateral cooperation, you go back to the reagan years and even earlier, are based on -- was based on two principles. number one is we came at the russians from a position of strength, not supplication. and number two is we developed very st...

More, but that is a presidents prerogative. if he had asked me how that ought to be conducted i would have suggested a different way, but thats not my role. thats not my job. so it is what it is. >> is there a risk that vladimir putin could have recorded it? >> that risk is always there. >> is there a risk that the soccer ball could have been wired? >> was that a world cup soccer ball? we have the ability to measure those kinds of things to determine whether or not they are at risk. >> i had a f...