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Well, after sparking intense backlash by admitting that he would again accept foreign dirt on his political opponents, the presidents campaign says it is actually now a directive to the campaign, to be all ears, when someone comes calling, even as the chair of the fec slams those remarks. joining us now to talk about this, and so much more, we have democratic senator from minnesota, and 2020 presidential am candidate senator amy klobuchar. >> great to be on. what a great day to be on. >> i want ...

Thats a day if the life of public official. he wasnt fazed by that. the restaurant thing, that ted cruz doesnt care about that. he doesnt take off his senator hat when he has dinner with his wife. i think reasonable people look at that and said would i want to be in that restaurant with the people? its uncomfortable to see. when mitch mcconnell is talking about this backfiring hes talking about the kavanaugh hearings. 20 million people seeing protestor being hauled out. interrupting a hearing pe...

Let me ask you this. how -- isnt there -- isnt there a way you could codify the protections that the obama justice department put in there? >> there is. certainly, chuck, something we continue to look at. i gathered about a dozen of my colleagues in the senate in my office yesterday. we had a sdfrdiscussion how to forward. approach through the appropriations process, whether its looking at long-term negotiation, adopt that federalist state-by-state approach is something to consider. frankly, thi...

Breaking the rules so that you can in effect look the other way in the face of strong evidence, serious ethical problems for two nominees is exceptionally troubling. senator hat said he gave you notice at about 9:00 a.m. this morning. can you confirm that? >> i believe the staff did. i was in a meeting, as i said, that begin at 9:00 a.m. in the capitol talking about rural health care and the rural health care providers, talking about the problems that they would face on a day-to-day basis if the...

The former senator hat a million in the bank. now its the millionaires and billionaires behind the candidates super pacs who have become the real power players in the gop race. none as much as sheldon adelson whos on the latest issue of the "forbes" magazine. steven is here. did i say it right? adelson. >> adelson. >> its like tomato, tomato. if gingrich has gotten the bulk of this money and the bulk of the headlines out of this money, do we have an accurate figure of really how much hes investe...

>> part of it depends on what happens here in new hampshire just as iowa gave senator santorum some wind at his back, i think a significant win here can help mitt romney. i also know he has a good organization in place in south carolina. but again, anybody who starts taking these primaries for granted, ignores the lessons of history. voters understand how important their vote is and a lot of them arent making up their minds so i wouldnt be predicting but i do believe a very good victory here is ...

>> reporter: the attorney general seems to want to draw a line now between conversations he had with his senator hat on and those as a campaign surrogate. but the real issue here is transparency at this point. in his judiciary committee questionnaire earlier this year senator patrick leahy wrote, quote, several of the president-elects nominees or senior advisers have russian ties. have you been in contact with anyone connected to any part of the russian government about the 2016 election either ...