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But we are not going to be able to deal with the russia problem and with russian subversion in the united states, if we cant be honest with each other or if we make it into a partisan issue. republicans and democrats never tolerate a communist subversion to this country and were not going to tolerate a subversion of this country by vladimir putins agents and we have to support our allies in europe. france is going through this experience right now. this is a critically important issue and i expe...

Taking on, it all starts to just rise our level of concern. >> senator chris murphy, thank you for your time. im joined by richard painter, the chief white house ethics lawyer under george w. bush. mr. painter, you had a tweet you said misleading the senate in sworn testimony about ones own contacts with the russians is a good way to go to jail. what do you mean by that? >> well, we are still very concerned about russian espionage inside the united states in efforts to subvert our government. it...

International relations that explains the way the trump administration is positioning themselves on russia and when you butt these contacts that seem to drip, drip, drip out by the day next to this bizarre russia policy that trump is taking on, it all starts to just rise our level of concern. >> senator chris murphy, thank you for your time. im joined by richard painter, the chief white house ethics lawyer under george w. bush. mr. painter, you had a tweet you said misleading the senate in sworn...

We have ambassadors from the foreign diplomatic corp., theyre interested in the same issues, it doesnt have knob anything nefarious or outside the context to have question he was asked in the hearing and the context of his work in the senate. we want our representatives to have a wider understanding of the interest of other nations to carry out their business for america. i really do think this is -- this is not a question of perjury, this is kind of nasty politics thats now gotten to such ex-tr...

>> russia understands this. vladimir putin understands this. he is waiting and using a brought range of means to do that. and a sophisticated campaign with information and subversion and so forth. >> he is under fbi investigation with the russian ambassador. in recent months, he worked on a review looking at how russia is impacting global security. >> this is a sophisticated strategy when russia is employing and we are doing a study with a number of partners. it combines conventional forces as c...

Commander in chief when need be. today the white house said that general mcmaster would remain on active duty as the security advisor, and that means he may face a senate confirmation. lieutenant general hr massachusetts ter has a long history of speaking up about russia and vladimir putin. >> war is an extension of politics. russia understands this. vladimir putin understands this. and, so, he is waging really a limited war from limited objectives. he is using a broad range of means to do that....

Public trust and we need do this to stop foreign criminals and foreign subversion but when that is made public selectively it can be used to destroy reputations and political revenge. thats what we associate with countries like egypt and not liberal democracies. >> eli, what do you think about that? >> i will very much agree with what he just said. i think flynn was his own architect of his own downdownfa. he was kind of a loose cannon ive been told that from a number of people and some of the t...

David gregory? the idea that the commander in chief believes or continues to pedestrian -- peddle this that there is been a shocking subversion of democracy of illegal voters when every secretary of state in every state says no there wasnt. what are we to make of this. >> theres no evidence of it and its a falsehood. its interesting, sean spicer, the press secretary said it was dmorlsing that they have to face all this negative coverage. i would say its exhausting actually to be covering this gr...

When you take the word "loyal" out, then, it is simply a position, that is a subversion of the republic. enter the talladega college marching band, 230 strong. the tornadoes are a fabulous part of a very important alabama college. talladega was founded by ex-slaves and some excellent african-american school, it creates opportunities for students, who may not have many resources. the talladega tornadoes were invited to perform at the inauguration. 99% of the band have never been to washington, d....

>> you write about this topic today in a column posted on "times" website i believe. you say "the impact on the ability of the fbi to conduct its probe of russian activity in the presidential campaign" is what you specifically talk about saying that is now, there will be an impact on it. so the bottom line is, what should be the outcome? what is the solution here to better resolve this a way that should satisfy all parties? >> two things have to happen. first with respect to the fbi, i think its...