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Trump. i think president trumps failure is that he hasnt moved any sort of agenda. the russia piece that will take care of itself. im confident in mr. mueller. im confident in the committees investigating him. and the people back home feel that way too. they want to see that investigated. but they want us and they want the president to focus on the things that they actually worry about. i mean, representative collins and i probably share that. he said people are concerned about jobs and the econ...

Trump. i think president trumps failure is that he hasnt moved any sort of agenda. the russia piece that will take care of itself. im confident in mr. mueller. im confident in the committees investigating him. and the people back home feel that way too. they want to see that investigated. but they want us and they want the president to focus on the things that they actually worry about. i mean, representative collins and i probably share that. he said people are concerned about jobs and the econ...

The concerns i had with the original proposal. so i remain a no vote. >> so do you think -- heres one thing that chris collins i think said this. i believe hes from new york state. his point was, look, hey, i dont like this, but its not going to affect my people. were new york. new york is never going to go for these state-based waivers to get rid of these protections. if the freedom caucus and the folks in alabama want to screw their people with pre-existing conditions, so be it. why dont you h...

Im not privy to the whip vote. i was a no on the original proposal to replace the affordable care act. the amendment that was proposed this week, the mcarthur-meadows amendment that dealt with and allowing states to opt out from providing essential benefits to people and the pre-existing condition clause that you just spoke of earlier didnt address the concerns i had with the original proposal. so i remain a no vote. >> so do you think -- heres one thing that chris collins i think said this. i b...

But not this time. you have no questions about who knew. you have no curiosity even though it deals with the heart of national security? >> to be honest, i just live in a world where i always move forward. in a busy world you dont dwell in the past. >> come on, congressman. its valentines day and for love the truth, you cannot say that you just want to move on and if there were the obama white house, if we were talking about president hillary clinton and you found out her counsel knew weeks ago ...

He decided that the situation had become unsustainable for him. >> lot of questions this morning. like, why did president trump wait weeks after being told by the justice department that flynn had communicated with a russian ambassador about sanctions and was potentially vulnerable to blackmail. joining us now, we have cnn terrorism expert phil mudd and bar ra starr. david zdo you believe that its possible that michael flynn went rogue and had conversations about sanctions without the permission...

>> republicans in congress beginning the process of repealing obamacare. the party has yet to coalesce around an alternative plan. two senators on monday unveiled their idea for how to replace obamacare and they join us now. good morning, senators. >> good morning. >> senator collins, let me start with you and just see if i can get my mind around your plan, at least the main tenets of your plan without getting too far in the weeds. as i understand it, you would leave it up to the states. the sta...

Advance their own financial interests or those of others in the trump administration. >> his defense, senator, offered in part by fellow congressman chris collins who suppose thely gave him the inclination to want to invest in one of these companies, one, it was all legal. two, he never had legislation that directly affected that company. they are not in the u.s. market. is that about well it could have affected someone but it didnt and if it doesnt affect anything that he was legislating on, is...

Were participating in a private placement offering. >> it was lower than was available to the general public, correct? >> i dont know that it was. it was the same price that everybody paid for the private placement offering. >> well, congressman chris collins, who sits on president-elect trumps transition team, is both an investor and a board member of the company. he was reportedly overhead just last week off the house floor bragging about how he had made people mill on airs from a stock tip. c...

Were participating in a private placement offering. >> that was low are than was available to the general public, correct? >> i dont know that it was. it was the same price that everybody paid for the private placement offering. >> well, congressman chris collins who sits on president-elect trumps transition team is both an investor and a board member of the company. he was reportedly overheard just last week off the house floor bragging about how he had made people millionaires from a stock tip...