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Inoculates him while making him look, perhaps, you know, not super powerful and inoculates him -- >> this is the only white house where looking stupid is preferential. you prefer looking stupid and out of loop to looking criminal. thats just an amazing -- i worked in a white house. this is an amazing statement or commentary on where we are. >> well, the problem that the vice president has, we dont know what he knew, what conversations he had, what the nature of conversations he had were, but the...

He was participating in it in some way. >> i have so many questions for you. im going to boil it down to two more, carol. how, i remember during the mueller investigation, there was a real effort among sort of pence-aligned republicans that i came into contact with just sort of wall him off to preserve him for whatever reason, should he end up, i dont know, maybe they -- maybe they knew donald trump would withhold military aid for dirt on burisma, hunter biden, could be convicted and needed some...

They dont want to see a green is no impeachment proceeding new deal costing trillions of that the white house can dollars and a wealth tax. obstruct because the house hasnt voted on it. all of that is in the soup of >> those scholars have history uncertainty. >> sandra: a lot out there. and tradition on their side. >> by and large things are what they dont have on their side is the text of the going really well even with that uncertainty. constitution. and the text of the >> sandra: mondays with...

Top democrats were left out of the loop, but not top republicans, or russia, for that matter. why? the president says he has a defense. first some breaking news involving a lawsuit over the russia investigation. more on that in a minute. stay with us. johnson & johnson is a baby company. but were also a company that controls hiv, fights cancer, repairs shattered bones, relieves depression, restores heart rhythms, helps you back from strokes, and keeps you healthy your whole life. from the day yo...

Leaders weigh in on president trumps decision to keep democrats out of the loop ahead of the isis raid that killed abu bakr al baghdadi. remembering the late congressman elijah cummings, how his life and legacy were honored over the weekend. we are back in a moment. chevys the only brand... to earn j.d. power dependability awards... across cars... trucks... and suvs. four years in a row. since more than 32,000 real people... just like me. and me. and me. took the survey that decided these awar...

New details on the impact and political fallout from the u.s. raid that led to the death of isis leader abu bakr al baghdadi. no u.s. forces were killed or seriously hurt during the operation. it was carried out saturday in western syria about 100 american troops were brought in and out by helicopter. were going it break it down now with peter alexander at the white house. erin mclaughlin is in turkey. and courtney cuby is in iraq. lets start with the white house. the president asked this mornin...

$391 million of aid held up for these investigations as we understand it at this point. it would seem to me that its just obvious that pompeo knew about it. >> i think it is obvious. anything is possible, but it does not seem likely. both given his role as secretary of state, the fact that he office that call, as you mentioned and the fact that he seems to be very close to the president and the president seems to rely upon mike pompeo for an awful lot. so the idea that the president would be pur...

Cigars in warsaw. while they are spending so much time together, parnes and fruman are also funneling russian money into campaigns, making illegal campaign contributions and setting up meetings with ukrainian officials and former officials to try to help him get these investigations started. >> the reporting youre doing suggests that giuliani making an out-of-the loop defense might be more difficult? >> it would be difficult. also when you look at the evidence, including phone records and possib...

With foreign policy. i have news for everybody. get over it. >> he put out a statement just hours later trying to say that he never said that or didnt mean that, which is a hard case to make when you put it in the context of two weeks of congressional testimony, documentary evidence on the question. two thursdays ago, lawmakers released text messages among the key players outlining this aid for dirt deal as well as one diplomats sharp objection to what he recognized as a quid pro quo. he called ...

News to us. and seems like the president was left out of the loop, as well. >> are you aware he suggested a quid pro quo? >> somebody said he did a very nice job. you know what ive been focused on today? i look at all of this and turkey and the great thing that happened in syria. mick is a good man. i have not heard anything about it. i have a lot of confidence. >> a source close to the president tells cnn, mulvaneys acknowledgment to a quid pro quo angered mr. trump later in the day. one white ...