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Gps, the democratic opposition research firm. they were behind the dossier, had ties to the meeting, running interference for the company involved in sanctions. it >> bret: hes not going to testify. he is taking the fifth. >> told the senate intelligence committee he will refuse to answer questions about his dealings with russia. >> bret: chuck, the president tweeted today after one year of investigation with zero evidence being found, chuck schumer just hated the democrats should blame ourselve...

Admitted the meeting everyone led by him came around to so what, its not a big deal. you meet with a russian foreign adversary. to me its how theyre going to deal with new revelations which is whatever is revealed isnt a problem. >> exactly. thats been the trump m.o. what struck me about don, jr. making that admission is it seems like hes getting some legal advice. i had this meeting. this is what we talked about. she didnt give me any useful information. thats a pretty astonishing statement to ...

Me, the ten nor or of questions firing jim comey after he recused himself from the russia investigation, that becomes quite important. listening to the house speaker, for example, gently chiding the president is an example that republicans are still on board with this president and, therefore, this ey will not cal the president out. we get a window into where that patience level is. >> and some of the splits. there are some moderates on this committee. people like susan collins have been more cr...

Way all of this is playing out on the house side? i talked to one committee member yesterday, a democrat who said, we can have multiple meetings in a week. there shouldnt have to be just one meeting. >> its very odd. its bizarre, actually. i think that most people that you talk to in washington who know congressman nunes would say that he up to this point, prior to this, was considered a straight shooter, man of integrity. the way he is behaving is not really consistent with what a lot of people...

I talked to one committee member yesterday, a democrat who said, we can have multiple meetings in a week. there shouldnt have to be just one meeting. >> its very odd. its bizarre, actually. i think that most people that you talk to in washington who know congressman nunes would say that he up to this point, prior to this, was considered a straight shooter, man of integrity. the way he is behaving is not really consistent with what a lot of people would have expected. i dont think he has been ver...

Statements with the fbi director comey last week they were all about this idea of incidental collection and now hes talking about unmasking, and that is part of why he had to go to the white house and some people see that as again nunes running interference for this white house in trying to give donald trump something of a fig leaf around his story about wiretapping claims and obama which, of course, have been proven false, so, again, this -- phil muld hits it -- phil mudd in terms of where it i...

Is very much against. one of the things that people are suggesting is possibly the united states might not do that any more in certain measures. what would the effect of that be? >> well certainly during the time i was there, we spent a lot of time just as you say, running interference for israel. protecting it to the best extent we could in the general assembly. where almost every day there was some kind of resolution condemning israel and we tried to mitigate the effects of that. and in the se...

>> not really. there are so many questions that are not being answered. and you have to note that the state department and also the white house, theyre in this odd position of running interference for hillary clinton. she isnt saying anything. her staff has said very little. she is likely a few weeks out from her campaign really getting off the ground. she doesnt have a team in place that can handle this controversy as effectively as a campaign. today at the state department you had reporters as...

October. the facts around the disappearance are under investigation but per her mother theyre, quote, the happiest people on earth. time now for the gut check. a new california law will completely change how kids, their practice football. the law signed by governor brown on monday will limit the amount of time young athletes can practice tackling and other hitting plays. willie geist has more on the story. >> reporter: california governor jerry brown is running interference for middle and high...

Now, what ive asked the state, are you going to add more staff for this? they havent fold told me anyth >> does the state have the capacity -- the reason you hire a contractor for this, ive been around as a reporter and actually when i was young worked for a public con sults firm that dealt with contracts like this. generally states dont have the capacity to do that. >> right, especial sly after a major disaster. running interference on programs, grants. this is just the grants for homeowners, r...