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So, in many ways, these agencies cannot act effectively without him getting on board and without him creating a coordinated strategy and tell them exactly what he wants them to do. >> did it jump out to you that hes not fully aware what happened at the summit or talk about it? not understanding or having been reliably been briefed by the president exactly what he said to vladamir putin, i find that surprising. >> it is. let me make this real to you. if there is a conversation between the preside...

Its important to national security. so, in many ways, these agencies cannot act effectively without him getting on board and without him creating a coordinated strategy and tell them exactly what he wants them to do. >> did it jump out to you that hes not fully wear what happened at the summit or talk about it? not understanding or having been reliably been briefed by the president exactly what he said to vladamir putin, i find that surprising. >> it is. let me make this real to you. if there is...

It has been two weeks. we the american people and trumps own administration dont know what was discussed, what representations may have been made, what deals the president might have made. the little information that has trickled out about that meeting has been pretty worrying, the president being open to the possibility of russian authorities interviewing the former u.s. ambassador to russia. i do think this touches on a larger theme of the trump administration, which is that president trump in...

>> this was something i heard a political analyst talk about recently. he said you kind of were -- i use the word chilling out. he said you were pulling back. you had been instructed not to say as much or be outspoken. no? >> ive heard that, but i never know who says it. its wishful thinking on the part of some people. >> guess who suggested to bill to do the arsenio hall show if you want to get a younger demo? hill-dawg. ♪ >> he attracted a lot of people who werent fans before that night. ♪...

Criminal conspiracy. >> it is shady, unseemly, and probably legal on the part of trump if all he is doing is paying hush money to people like karen mcdougal and stormy daniels. what would be a criminal issue is if in fact that is to aid the campaign, which the tape make clearly it is. >> how does it make it, it was a campaign contribution to shut her up. >> very concerned about the period before the election. cohen is now an agent of the campaign. and no longer just mr. fix it, and mr. trumps la...

The president? >> i think any reminder of why was manafort in the campaign and why were these people, these five that were disclosed today, seeking to help manafort essentially lie on these documents? they all wanted to work on the trump campaign. he was making reptd representations about his role on the trump campaign. i thought even though it will be narrow what mueller seems to be doing at least in this stages the manafort case is not about the collusion, at least in this stage. but to the ex...

What specifically did the president know about these payments? what did he know about where the money was coming from? what did he know about how the payments were going to be reported if or not reported to the federal election commission? and what -- you know, what -- does he know anything or was he involved at all in how the money was obtained? because michael cohen claimed at one point -- now theres au ee sorts of stories that keep changing from the president about these payments. but at one ...

Libbed in part isnt worth the paper it was written on. >> what concerns do you have that what happened behind close doors in helsinki when president trump met alone with putin. >> this is the thing. we dont know. if he was willing to say things so damaging to the united states in public, you have to imagine that what he said in private was a lot worse. and i would say two things about that. the russians are likely to have a recording of this. they would have been foolish not to make one, and i h...

Own partys representations in that moment. i think what theyre really trying to do is undermine the investigator in order to undermine the investigation, in order to undermine the larger fbi. you know, that really was the entire goal of what really was sort of political theater today. you know, and i dont think any of the american people can walk away from watching this exchange with any degree of confidence in the ability of the u.s. congress to actually conduct meaningful oversight. >> phil mu...

Views that were expressed by republican members of congress at the very same period if you look at comments made by ted cruz, lindsey graham and others so strong really isnt di parting from the own partys representations in that moment. i think theyre trying to undermine the investigator in order to undermine the investigation and the larger fbi. that was the entire goal of political theater today and i dont think any of the american people can walk away from watching this exchange with any degr...