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>> as he stated in his e-mail. >> lets not forget that paul manafort was at the meeting too, somebody who had extensive political experience, you know, worked on bob doles 96 campaign, somebody who presumably should have known that this is outside the norm of what happens in political campaigns. so, if nothing else, it just sort of bespeaks, perhaps, that something deeper about this administration, which is that -- which is that people who work for the trump administration know that you cross th...

You think jim comey who was then fbi director would have done? >> i think they would have considered, you know, certainly looking at the background of this russian emmissary, this woman who is representing herls as herself as a representative of the government. looking at that from a criminal perspective, a counter intelligence perspective, digging into her background very quickly, evaluating whether they should wire one of these folks or all of these folks or the room up for consensual monitori...

After lie. he wont say, well, i say this. we hear experts, this is whats happening with the russians. its disgusting, so phony. >> so tonight, we know that several weeks before making that statement, he had the meeting with the russian offering dirt on the opposition. we also know this is the late nest a string of trump associates who have had contact with russians and lied about it, as did michael flynn. jared kushner has had to amend his security clearance forms. donald trump, jr., has no secu...

Campaign is really hard to believe. >> betsy, you seem to agree with that, do you? >> i think -- yes, i think without a doubt. whats important to bear in mind with the jared kushner side of this is that any possibility that he could be prosecuted for omitting those meetings from his form system a bit of a stretch. as of where were at right now. i spoke about this just a few minutes ago with a former federal prosecutor who explained that just the fact that he omitted those statements doesnt mean ...

Officials of a campaign would meet someone who they dont know about something that theyre not aware of in the heat of a campaign is really hard to believe. >> betsy, you seem to agree with that, do you? >> i think -- yes, i think without a doubt. whats important to bear in mind with the jared kushner side of this is that any possibility that he could be prosecuted for omitting those meetings from his form system a bit of a stretch. as of where were at right now. i spoke about this just a few min...

Amend his filings about forgotten meeting with us the russians but this is a pattern we have seen since election day. and it doesnt include just jared kushner and paul manafort. it doesnt include just donald trump jr. it includes general flynn and attorney general sessions, it includes a series of other individuals that i find that in itself is a pattern thats troubling. >> have you seen jared kushner -- >> thank you so much. >> sir, can you give me a short summary of what you want in your state...

Back. hes been at the center of controversy over meetings he had with former security adviser mike flynn. jared kushner, senior adviser and son-in-law, meetings did not disclose on security clearance forms. there are other meetings as well. with me peter ernest, spent more than 35 years at cia, over 0 in the agencys spy service. hes now executive director of international spy museum in washington, d.c. peter, good to have you here. thank you for being with us. >> good to be with you. >> i want t...

On the house side to say his security clearance, kushners clearance ought to be reviewed. >> so speaking of that, youre seeking documents as to why michael flynn was allowed to keep his security clearance, even though the white house was warned he could be blackmailed. should he have been allowed to go to top secret briefings? >> there is no way he should have been permitted in the same room with the president of the united states when the president was briefed by the cia director about classifi...

Comments before he and leaders of the senate judiciary committee met with special counsel robert mueller on wednesday. also new, acting fbi director andrew mccabe says his agency is providing a, quote, substantial number of personnel to support special counselor muler in the russia probe. and democrats on the house oversight committee are questioning why the white house has not suspended the security clearance for top adviser jared kushner after he failed to disclose his contacts with the russia...

And new questions about fired national security adviser michael flynn. why did he fail to disclose trips to the middle east on security clearance forms? we have it all covered. lets begin with cnns jason carroll live in marietta, georgia. the president already tweeting about that race this morning. >> reporter: you knew he would be. when you see about how important this race has been and how many people have been paying attention to it. the most expensive race of its kind so far. $50 million spe...