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Investigation are, to use his par parlance, rape. >> the statement itself, apparently this agent helped draft was itself an outrage. the fbi director is not alud by justice department guidelines to take an innocent american, one he has decided not to charge and call a national press conference and trash her. it was a total violation of justice department guidelines and an outrage and hurt hillary clinton politically. the fbis job is to investigate and refer. they do a great job. they have so man...

To the presidents pretty tough anti congressional language in that signing statement. >> well, chris, right off the bat, democrats jumped on this, pushing back. house minority leader nancy pelosi saying president trumps signing statement raises serious questions about whether his administration intends to follow the law or whether he will continue to enable and reward vladimir putins aggression. talking to senate republicans about this, they see the sanctions themselves as the congress sort o...

>> well, i think the statement itself, just that one sentence is sort of a hold the line statement. theres not much you can say at this point till we know more about the test. that said it, did come across as relatively terse. not the type of rhetoric you would get from obama in terms of what a next step might be, a diplomatic step, for example. so you know, trump is still feeling his way. whats more important than just jumping on the initial statement is the probably the context of the entire v...

Coverage gave us in some real ways a front row seat. i dont know that i can agree with the jurors. i do think it is very obvious that these jurors were hard-working, one thing to remember, the statement itself, we ought to remember before we let one persons narrative, whoever it is, dominate. and i was not surprised to see this persons statement, relieved, but not surprised that one juror should not tell the world what happened, as such. the second is, part of what were all struggling with. the ...

To do. and they dont sound especially happy about having to have done that. but they do sound like those jury instructions as they heard them and as they understood them tied their hands. >> maybe theyre still struggling with this. and you know, usually you say i was not there. in this case, actually, the coverage gave us in some real ways a front row seat. i dont know that i can agree with the jurors. i do think it is very obvious that these jurors were hard-working, one thing to remember, the ...

Theyre going to have to be thinking that the nra isnt just holding fort, but it is also that were going to be there fighting against them. >> okay. congressman yarmouth, is this victory an illinois momentum for gun control? for instance, or is this chicago speaking out against gun violence? how will this play in kentucky, and will it be a factor? >> im not sure that the chicago election will make a difference in connecticut. but kentucky has already made a statement itself. we have polls recentl...

Holding fort, but it is also that were going to be there fighting against them. >> okay. congressman yarmuth, is this victory an illinois momentum for gun control, for instance, or is this chicago speaking out against gun violence? how will this play in kentucky, and will it be a factor? >> im not sure that the chicago election will make a difference in connecticut. but kentucky has already made a statement itself. we have polls recently 75% of kentuckians support background checks. 65% of kentu...

Congressman yarmuth, is this victory an illinois momentum for gun control, for instance, or is this chicago speaking out against gun violence? how will this play in kentucky, and will it be a factor? >> im not sure that the chicago election will make a difference in connecticut. but kentucky has already made a statement itself. we have polls recently 75% of kentuckians support background checks. 65% of kentuckians actually support gun registration with a state, not the federal government, but wi...