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The russian dossier. he has stated through lawyers he would not testify next week. he would invoke his fifth amendment privileges if compelled to testify. the committee has sent a subpoena to him. but at least for now, paul manafort and dianne feinstein and chuck grassley said they reserve the right to issue a subpoena if they dont get the answers theyre looking for this the future, jake. >> phil, were also hearing tonight that the house intelligence committee will interview jared kushner, the p...

People at the staff level, they will tell you one of the elements here is the shadow of merri merrick garland. neither side will come to fix this. >> the garland effect is the same. well from justice kennedy what he may or may not do. at least theres been a greater education around medicaid. medicaid has had this stigma as something that poor people teak advantage of. weve learned that nursing homes, middle-class americans e rely heavily on medicare

Security and perhaps the long jeft of this administration. i think its really frustrating inside the white house over the last week, the president has been felt, you know, sort of penned in, doesnt know what to do. is frustrated, and has blamed his communications team even though the communications team -- you know, messaging here is not the problem. its the president, his indiscrimination when it comes to what he says out loud, what he says in other settings. is constantly surprised when these ...

All the people out there and all the ways in his which his sort of managerial style is not really a great match for what he is trying to do. >> eli its your reporting that he has been warned again the tweets. is that just from a comes, a staff level or legal or both. >> both. going back to the first tweet when he said president obama wiretapped me. there was what one person involved called an intervention in the oval office saying you cant keep painting yourself into corners politically and prop...

Because what theyve seen so far is someone who instance after instance gains no knowledge as he goes along. that i think is what motivated senator corker to say theyre on a downward spiral. he has a standing among his colleagues that is really impressive. thats a definite signal to the white house. we could see major changes based on expectations on capitol hill that theyre not capable of pulling their act together under the current configuration. the problem there is, its not a staff problem. t...

Drones, i dont know wild coyotes with cameras on their heads. >> am i the only one thinking -- when i say mulvaney, he says one thing and the president of the united states says another thing. >> and sean disseminates it. >> its almost as if theres a staff level basically saying, no, theres not going to be a wall right now. the president saying theres going to be a wall. >> like nikki haley, she speaks a completely different language. >> im miming it. >> shes pretty good at that. >> you cant rea...

Ordering the investigation. he wants answers on what happened before he leaves office. it does seem like barack obama is very mindful of who his successor is, and trying to get certain things on the record before he leaves office on january 20th. >> an interesting point. you played sound bite talking about his concerns with how this transition is going. other reports on this staff level, the transition isnt proceeding as it typically would. a little bit, maybe not atypical but notable, the steps...

Suggesting, promising he will take when it document russia ordering the investigation. he wants answers on what happened before he leaves office. it does seem like barack obama is very mindful of who his successor is, and trying to get certain things on the record before he leaves office on january 20th. >> an interesting point. you played sound bite talking about his concerns with how this transition is going. other reports on this staff level, the transition isnt proceeding as it typically wou...

He was referring to i would think deserves an apology as well. manu, who has his ear behind the scenes here? do we have any indication of who slipped this and how willing donald trump was to shoot this apology? >> we know that the trump team and trump himself really huddled behind closed doors for several hours. they were in crisis mode. having a number of conversations with republican party officials. with reince priebus. the republican party chairman. also, im told one person he did not speak ...

Defense of john kerry, his secretary of state. so, that clock is ticking toward the june 30th deadline. and also i think another headline out of this, richard, is going to be him talking about his former secretary of state hillary clinton expected to formally announce for president. he said he wasnt going to talk very long about that, but i actually thought we got more extensive comments than we have had in the past including saying im not on the ballot trying to give her room to run her own cam...