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Influenced by the russian government or controlled by the russian government, which was kind of an extraordinary line of questioning because none of them seem particularly interested in the actual interference that did take place. >> the republicans yesterday really tried to turn that hearing into a kind of sideshow, but this attack on our democracy is really deadly serious. robert mueller is a modern-day paul revere. now the question is, will the nation listen? >> what more actually needs to be...

Serious. robert mueller is a modern-day paul revere. the question is will the nation listen. >> what more actually needs to be done? what the white house is saying is they didnt address whether or not the president has actually received full briefings on the upcoming election and possible interference, and there are certainly reports that, you know, mick mulvaney said dont brick this stuff up, dont talk about russia with the president because it makes him angry. >> the president refuses to hear ...

He knows russia is a problem in syria and he know what is they are doing in ukraine sunt seem he needs to take personal relationship with putin as if somehow is trying to do it, he tries to disarm him and tries to disarm kim jong un, a way to get guys balance and maybe get advantage. >> the taliban said sunday, latest round of peace talks with the united states is critical, theres a professional deadline for gaffe gain peace settlement, thats september 1st, what do you think happens between now ...

President. i think that gets to the core of his fear of why he doesnt like talking about this and why hes sided largely with russia instead of the intelligence community. i think the reason there isnt more outrage is because mitt romney is one of the only republicans talking about this and because people have kind of gotten used to this. i was in london when there are all these times where the president is clearly focused on other things and bashing democrats all the time when hes abroad. >> kas...

>> after overcoming resistance from opponents within her democratic caucus, nancy pelosi officially received the speakers gavel on january 23rd, 2019. >> the second speakership for pelosi has been the truly important one. it has pitted her against president trump as leader of the democratic party. >> the fight started the month before she was sworn in. when she and senate minority leader chuck schumer met with president trump about a deal that would include building the wall he proposed on the m...

Actions that a president could take that would violate the law. he could order a u.s. attorney to indict one of his political enemies when there was no evidence to indict them. that would be a crime. he could accept a bribe in exchange for an appointment of a supreme court justice. im just making this stuff up, but that would be a crime. his power is not limitless and he is accountable under the constitution to both the executive branch and the courts and ultimately to the voters. >> joyce vance...

Surprise with bots, russian trolls, misinformation, these researchers are trying to prevent a repeat with this new technology. >> its huge. the implications you could imagine, first of all, on the one hand people could just make stuff up, on the other hand real stuff folks could say and you can imagine the president doing that thats a deep fake, i didnt actually say that. lets get to the technology companies involvement and response. facebook refused to remove that doctored nancy pelosi video la...

There werent people dancing on the buildings after 9/11. he lies all of the time and you know it! and this stuff with otto warmbier. >> i dont know it. >> i dont know it. he says. i just wonder, bill crystal, your reaction to this. because two-plus years into the trump presidency, and if approximawe all cant agree he makes stuff up, how are we able to have conversations? >> matt does know it. hes not a foolish person. he doesnt want to say it. and in some way, hes now rationalizing it, and this ...

An allegation because michael cohen is saying, in retrospect i think they were talking about the trump tower meeting with the russian government lawyer but hes not 100% sure, but that is a rather explosive allegation if president trump knew about it ahead of time which of course he did not. >> its an expressive allegation. it is also a defense to the charge that michael cohen is just making everything up, because if he was making everything up, hed make up a hell of a lot better story than that ...

Be really unfortunate about this is that i think its important that the rule coming out of this is we dont sort of adopt a suspicion when it comes to hate crimes. i still feel like after this, after the rolling stone uva hoax, you still want to i think default to not believing victims credibly, not accepting everything they say, but treating their accounts with respect. and sort of assuming by and large people dont make this sort of stuff up, even if in like occasional high pressure cas, high-pr...