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>> congressman, do you echo that or do you think part of the problem is president trump seems to no no boundaries. i believe we have in our control room some of the footage and the photograph of the general john kelly who is expected to be some sort of source of discipline but has not yet been that way. theres a photo of him behind the stage during what was supposed to be there. there it is him with his arms folded, if you want to read the body language, you can read it f for yourself at home wh...

Nations, nikki haley, says the information is classified. >> we cant talk about anything thats classified, and if thats in the newspaper, its a shame. its incredibly dangerous when things get to the press like that. youre playing with peoples lives. >> democratic congressman ted lu called the information startling. >> the president should not be tweeting classified information just because hes the president. >> just minutes ago president trump said, quote, north korea best not make any more thre...

This is very short-range stuff, very close to north korean shores, in their waters. important for the south koreans, because theyre always looking for some north korean provocation at sea, but again different. so it would be interesting to know when the president retweeted this what he really had in mind on about they. was it something that perhaps he thought was not serious enough -- seriously classified enough that he could out there and retweet it? and there some mixing up of the threat here...

Should have been done differently, but having said that, none of it is violation of the law. >> he was on the sunday shows and clearly the mess achbage fre personal attorney of the president that the secret service let them in, so nothing bad could have been happening. it is through the president had secret service protection, but the secret service said it had nothing no responsibility to check out participants in the meeting because don jr. was not under its protection at the time. >> yeah, yo...

>> you can -- i hear information from people all the time on the many things. and i think you need to understand in a campaign, ive been in many campaigns, particularly in a national campaign. donald trump probably had 25 meetings a day. you run through a lot of people during course of the day. >> i get it. a lot of hangers on and people who come through your door. i know that first hand. >> when you get the son of donald trumps attention. ive got something for you. >> have you personally ever m...

Give you dirt about a political point? >> never have. no. >> i appreciate you being here. >> good being here too. thank you. >> im joined by ted lu from california. it strikes me, is this an okay thing to do is something that people would have had a clear answer four days ago. >> not only is it an okay thing to do. it is a violation of federal law. donald trump jr. clearly violated the federal election campaign act by conspiring to solicit something of value from a foreign national. as a foreign...

And shared across the government, so its not a bad thing to have multiple communication lines to any government. i would just say that any line of communication to a country particularly a country like russia is a good thing. >> this is off the man i know no other experience like this in our history, certainly within my life experience. >> all right. it really depends on how you interpret that back channel because adam schiff said they should review jared kushners security clearance, ted lu sugg...

To breaking stories. we are joined by ted lu, thanks for joining us. >> thienk you, honored to be on your show. >> tell us why we are just now finding out about the fake russian intelligence memo that was leaked out there that clearly had an impact on the fbi director even though comey knew at the time it was fake. >> first of all, this goes to show that russia is not our ally. they actively try undermine u.s. elections last year. still trying to do it now and it is important that we take all st...

Documentation surrounding this inquiry. senate intelligence asked the white house to preserve documents on that. and the white house has now gone to its staffers, lawyers have, and said, look, if its anything pertaining to russia, you need to make sure youre keeping those records, kate. >> sara murray, thanks so much, watch out, sara, theyre coming to get you, we heard the ambulance behind you. just kidding. our big story, a growing list of democrats are calling on the attorney general jeff sess...

Believer in states rights, and that would be a sensitive issue as far as this supreme court decision is concerned. >> it will be. its not just whether the federal government should have a role, or is this a states rights constitution which would be a constant battle between federalism and different administrations. thats the theory, but when it comes down to it title 9:00 does guard against sex discrimination. gender identify is about sex discrimination. its a civil rights issue. >> we we know a...