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Testimony and whatever mueller is able to use, it will be sort of, you know, not believed by the public or not believed by some of the republicans who would be deciding, in a hypothetical world whether or not to start calling for more scrutiny of this president as they head into the next congress. >> julia, a question about the staff members in the white house right now. they see that michael flynn is potentially going to be thrown under the bus. someone who the president likes this much and car...

The budge through and were tackling tax reform as early as this next week or two, i think that indicates we can multitask. rick: i know youre in the first year of your first term in congress. is this what you expected? >> heavens, no. [laughter] no, you know, this has been a wild ride. its very busy, very intense, and the division thats in the country today is so vitriolic that im surprised by that. but we still have to keep doing our job as members of congress, and thats what im committed to do...

People close to the white house, that there is a bigger picture here. theyve achieved something strategic with these meetings that are still going on now. again, youre close to the white house. what do you think it is theyre going to point to this week as having been a success? >> i think at the surface level, we need to recognize the leadership that president trump is showing on the world stage. i think there is a three dimensional chess game going on that many folks might not realize. obviousl...

And matt miller former justice department spokesperson made an interesting point. he may be trying to set up senators tomorrow to ask better questions to get beyond some of the surface level stuff and really get to it tomorrow. >> i wondered all day why james comey agreed to have his testimony released today. in effect it seemed upstaging his testimony tomorrow. i think, my guess on this is he wanted to get it out there, that opening statement so he can hear what the critics say, so he can read ...

>> heres what he said on "new day" this morning. >> i call it political chemo their peechlt one of my friends who i always thought was really smart, he had a different viewpoint on president trump. he said, mark, ive voted for politicians my entire life. hes in his 50s. doing the same thing over and over expecting different results and so i voted for donald trump. is he poisonous in a lot of respects? yeah. this is our chemotherapy. we hope hes going to change the political system. >> so mark cu...

One of the presidents billionaire friends is speaking out -- i guess we can call him a friend, right? what he says is not exactly complementary. back now with my panel. would you call mark cuban a friend? >> probably not. >> heres what he said on "new day" this morning. >> i call it political chemo their peechlt one of my friends who i always thought was really smart, he had a different viewpoint on president trump. he said, mark, ive voted for politicians my entire life. hes in his 50s. doing t...

Tapped for national security advise one week after the president fired general flynn, and his new pick? an active duty general, and that means he could not turn the president down like his last pick. and the dow on a seven-day winning streak. >> the market doesnt see a reason not to go any higher, poppy, as you just mentioned. we are headed into our eighth day of gains. one is the surface level reason, and ceos saying they are more optimistic that they would lead to more hiring, and jpmorgan cam...

Extraordinary situation." within a few weeks, according to david corns reporting, the fbi responded to him and asked him for information about his sources in putting together this dossier so think about that for a second. this summer during the campaign while the fbi director was breaking long-standing policy in order to go public with his lengthy derogatory public commentary on the fbis investigation into hillary clintons e-mails, even after the fbi determined no charges should be brought again...

Should be brought against her from that investigation, at the same time he was doing that, the fbi, his agency, also had in its possession information from a trusted, friendly, known quantity british ex-mi6 agent which indicated at least just at the surface level that the republican candidate for president had not only been put in a position where he could be blackmailed by the russian government but his campaign was actively colluding with the russian government to basically commit espionage ag...

Possession information from a trusted, friendly, known quantity british ex-mi6 agent which indicated at least just at the surface level that the republican candidate for president had not only been put in a position where he could be blackmailed by the russian government but his campaign was actively colluding with the russian government to basically commit espionage against the united states and help russia attack our country. the fbi had that information as of this summer. and was making inqui...