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Clear evidence that russia is still at it. in fact, has gotten better at interfering in not just our elections, but elections around the globe. the last time around in 2016 they did a lot of glot of clumsy things. they bought ads on facebook in rubles. theyre better at hiding their tracks, if anything. i think the lesson they took from 2016 was that that was a high-impact, low-cost operation. look at the impact its still having each and every day here in the united states with the investigations...

Sources as if someones tracking your phone calls. now, please, your version of that story. >> that was dead-on, brian. you captured it perfectly. in this book we retraced a lot of the great post reporting and reporting by other news organizations over the course of the past year and a half, two years. that was just a stand out moment for us, the way that information came to me was unusual. efforts it took me to try to protect the sources that were providing this information, i try to layout in t...

Justice department and the fbi. >> it is reminiscent in that way of 9/11 which the cost of which there is a monetary figure. box cutters, plane tickets and the like. they certainly got the return on their investment for what they launched against our system. im going to show the book again. it is called "the apprentice." it gets its title from a television show that originated from this building for 14 seasons, however, the cover image is unmistakable and that foretells the story inside. the aut...

At the end of the day, if they support kavanaugh of supporting a president who really has such -- so little regard for women. >> as we say to all of journalists on our broadcast, we realize were getting you at the end of your workday. cant thank you both for coming back on. nancy cook, eli stokols. really appreciate it. coming up, a pulitzer prize winning journalist is out with a book the apprentice. well let you guess who is at the center of it, as people are learning what is in the book. wer...

Again. it is called the apprentice. it gets its title from a television show that originated from this building for 14 seasons. however, the cover image is unmistakable and that foretells the story inside. the author greg miller, pulitzer prize winner with the washington post. very happy to have you on tonight. thank you so much for being our guest. >> much appreciated, brian. thank you. >> and coming up for us, what the vice-president tried to normalize today in a speech that did not get much a...

Their reach, whats it about, what does it go back to, how do you answer that question? >> its kind of a two-part answer you have to give at this point because robert mueller is not finished yet, and presumably he knows a lot more than we do. were going to learn more by the time hes done. but we do know a lot already. we know that trump for years has sought business deals in russia, has tried to develop properties in russia. we know that his family, his own sons have referred publicly to the larg...

We know that his family, his own sons have referred publicly to the large amounts of cash that have come in from russia or his -- the trump organizations dependence on money from russia. theres been a lot of terrific journalism that i got that ive reviewed in working on this book, financial journalism, how trump properties in florida, for instance, condominiums are purchased by buyers from russia. its a deep connection. of course, trump himself has gone to moscow, held the miss universe pageant ...

Effort to influence american public opinion, the 2018 elections and the environment leading into the 2020 presidential elections. china is meddling in americas democracy. as president trump said just last week, we have in his words found that china has been attempting to interfere in our upcoming midterm elections. >> and when president trump trotted out that plot line last week, ran it up the flag pole to see if anyone would salute, we asked our expert, veteran fbi agent clint watts who has wri...

Came to me was unusual. efforts it took me to try to protect the sources that were providing this information, i try to layout in the book. give you sort of a glimpse of how we go about doing our jobs. journalism is under scrutiny and under attack these days. that was the most scary moment of that episode. were in a conference call with white house officials. theyre screaming at us over the phone trying to intimidate us and convince us not to run this story. and as they hang up, one of the offic...

Its the fake news. fake news. they said with russia, he was too nice. he was too nice. with north korea, they said he was too tough. he was too tough. and let me tell you, if i was really rough with russia, theyd say he was too tough. he was -- these people are loco, ill telling you, loco. >> uncanny imitation there of a television anchor. one controversial issue that has not been dominating the headlines is president trumps friendly approach toward russia as you heard him just say, and russian ...