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Republic -- behind closed doors. youve been very clear in your feelings towards russia. you say obviously russia is not our friend. russia has never been a friend the u.s. they continue to pose a threat to america and our allies. youve been very clear in your support for the intelligence service. i have the utmost faith in the u.s. intelligence community and their assessment that russia interfered in the 2016 election process. are you satisfied with the presidents explanation of his feelings a...

Weekend. >> your dni dan coats said that americas digital infrastructure is at a critical point right now, similar to what it was like in some ways before 9/11 that were susceptible to a large-scale attack. do you agree with that? >> i dont know if i agree with that. i have to look. >> i dont know if i agree with that. joining us now matt miller, ruth marcus and eugene robinson. they are all msnbc contributors. and gen, i want to start with you. the game is up. saying that on january 6th, 2017, ...

One of the statements you refer to, his clarifications, he said i accept our intelligence communitys conclusion that russias meddling in the 2016 election took place. could be other people also. could be other people also? what does he know that you dont know? >> well, could is not a definitive word here. could someone else be looking at how to do this relative to our elections? possibly rogue states, whatever. we know others have potential capability. but its undeniable that the russians are ta...

Launched a cyber war against the united states interfering on our election process. attack on our sovereignty. this is what george washington warned the country about. remarkable to play out this week and to see over on fox, stay tv, all the excuse making, gymnastics going on trying to excuse trump on this. >> the president, as a candidate promised to put america first. no more taking crap from everything. why is he taking everything in the face from putin, everything. the attacks, the suggestio...

>> your congress defeated a bill that was going to increase funding for cybersecurity today. >> i think we have a lot of cybersecurity money out there already. the $380 million is enough to work on the election process. and certainly, you know, engaging with our friends at the military in doing more cybersecurity acts as well. i think we are putting a lot of money in the right directions. >> we are going to be talking to somebody who says that congress should call upon the interpreter who was in...

Election process in order to sway the election. >> yeah. >> for the winner of the electoral college, donald trump. donald trump has known this far beyond a reasonable doubt since weeks before he was inaugurated. >> right. and, so, lets be clear. what we are seeing and what we have been seeing is collusion in real-time. >> yes. >> the word collusion is what springs to mind. this was a criminal act and an aggressive act by russia. the president knew about it. the president has colluded in covering...

Already. >> i think we have a lot of cybersecurity money out there already. the $380 million is enough to work on the election process. and certainly, you know, engaging with our friends at the military in doing more cybersecurity acts as well. i think we are putting a lot of money in the right directions. >> we are going to be talking to somebody who says that congress should call upon the interpreter who was in that meeting to testify. would you support that? >> i dont think that is necessary....

As he was leaving with the prime minister, he said yes. did the president tell vladimir putin at their summit in helsinki to stay out of u.s. elections? >> certainly the president, as both he and president putin said, discussed election meddling. i think weve made it very clear what our position is on that front. >> not saying they discussed election meddling, but did the president of the united states tell the president of russia to stay out of u.s. elections? >> the president has made clear to...

In congress, in the appropriation bill on the floor at this moment, the republicans are stripping out $300 million that was supposed to be for the local elections around the nation to protect themselves from cyber hacking. what in the world are you guys thinking? we know, dan coats hasnt said very clearly, the russians are still trying to penetrate our election process and now youre taking the money out, makes no sense at all. >> harris: we are running out of time, i would want to circle back an...

Meddling actually happened. as a democrat, as un-american, as you watch this from the armed services committee, what do you say to the american people about the fact that this went on under a president of a different political party and that it is bigger than our party? >> it is much bigger than the democratic or the republican party. president obama did know it was going on but it was in the midst of an election and of any major decision was frankly -- >> harris: why didnt they let people know?...