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He will invite the president to come to israel to cut the ribbon for the new american embassy in jerusalem. these are all side shows. theres nothing thats going to stop the attorney general in israel from doing what hes going to do because of symbolic photo-ops. >> ambassador, i want to bring in anna here. you have to talk about jared ku kushner. his security clearance has been downgraded so in some instances he cant even be in the meetings he would necessarily need to be in. the white house say...

>> all right, congressman, stay with me. i have more questions for you but i do want to have our law enforcement analyst josh campbell, whos a former fbi special agent, weigh in on this. this really puts the onus on the president to in a full throated way admit that this is a problem. one wonder if hes going to do that. its so imperative that he does. and these indictments drive that home. because the president has a very important role in shepherding a coordinated effort on meddling. >> youre e...

Investigation in this country, such as we had in watergate, to determine that the president of the united states is or is not above the rule of law, we need to have the precedent and the continuation of the precedent that the president is not above the rule of law, and what were seeing here is a desint grags of that precedent, by trying to smear these legitimate investigations and take us into these side shows. this is not about the fbi. this is about donald trump, his family, his organization, ...

Know, to understand where trump is coming from. what that also does is raise questions and doubt about american institutions and the intelligence community. >> it raises doubt. he also sparred with his new fbi director who did not want this memo declassified. you have the -- the russian election meddling was designed to undermine confidence in u.s. political institutions. all of this is playing out, mccain who is home recovering with brain cancer, said putin wins. the latest attacks on the fbi a...

Derail or problemize the mueller investigation were not going to buy that. theyre protecting the white house and sending a signal and say you can spin all you want but dont take any actions that really, you know, put yourself in jeopardy. >> i suppose theyre not saying we dont support the president and if there is nothing to hide then let the investigation play out is what i get from some of that. jack, being a former kgb spy, i want to get your take on what senator john mccain said about this w...

Discredit the genesis of the russia investigation, that notion itself discredited by the memo itself. and even setting that aside, its being criticized for more than just internal inconsistency. the fbi, run by the presidents handpicked director, a republican, says the document is marred by, quote, omissions of fact that fundamentally impact the memos accuracy. a leading and highly respected member of the presidents own party goes beyond even that. the statement from john mccain is frankly scath...

Deserve to know all the facts surrounding russias effort to subvert our democracy which is why muellers investigation must proceed unimpeded. mccain concluded with this, our nations elected officials, including the president, must stop looking at this investigation through the lens of politics and manufacturing political side shows. if we continue to undermine our own rule of law, we are doing putins job for him. back now with our panel. interesting wor ining words. speaker ryan let this happen ...

Only putins. he added the american people deserve to know all the facts surrounding russias effort to subvert our democracy which is why muellers investigation must proceed unimpeded. mccain concluded with this, our nations elected officials, including the president, must stop looking at this investigation through the lens of politics and manufacturing political side shows. if we continue to undermine our own rule of law, we are doing putins job for him. back now with our panel. interesting word...

The department of justice serve no american interests, no parties, no presidents, only putins. the american people deserve to know all of the facts surrounding russias ongoing efforts to subvert our democracy, which is why special counsel muellers investigation must proceed unimpeded. our nations elected officials, including the president must stop looking at this investigation through the warped lens of politics and manufacturing partisan side shows. if we continue to undermine our own rule of ...

American interest, no parties, no presidents, only putins. the american people deserve to know all the facts surrounding russias ongoing efforts to subvert our democracy, which is why special counsel muellers investigation must proceed unimpeded. our nations elected officials, including the president, must stop looking at this investigation through the warped lens of politics and manufacturing partisan side shows. if we continue to undermine our own rule of law, we are doing putins job for him. ...