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June 1, 2017
The secret channels within that foreign embassy to communicate, outside of all normal other channels, before theyd even been set up. theres no comparison for that going back to john adams. >> so youre saying to me that when jfk used his brother to deal with whats his name, georgie bollchikov with the russians, there was something wrong with that? >> it was certainly not a normal manner of proceedings, but that was building on communications that was going on to establish two different channels. ...
May 28, 2017
This, four investigation, we have mueller and his investigation as well. what is the reaction of the staffers that are part of the investigations? >> i think that richard, they really dont know what to expect is going to happen next. i mean, you know, just literally waiting for one shoe after another to drop. i think they feel out of the loop. i think they feel like theres a lot more out there they dont know about. one thing i would like to circle back to, general clapper when you look under the...
May 27, 2017
15th. the then vice president-elect mike pence with chris wallace on fox news being asked about potential communications between anyone with the incoming administration and the kremlin. lets watch. >> was there any contract in anyway between trump or his associate and the kremlin. >> of course. why would there be any contacts with the kremlin. >> we knew that to be untrue after the truth came out about michael flynns conversations with sergey kislyak. but this further illustrates how a, the vice...
May 25, 2017
Friend, john mccain. >> thats why i love john mccain. >> john and linsey unfiltered. >> let me ask you something that bothers all three of you, this question of russia. donald trump today at nato refused to affirm or commitment to article 5. i know you, john, lindsey, three amigos are known to travel to americas allies, most vulnerable from russian aggression. how do you feel we have a president today who refused to confirm or commitment to our most vulnerable nato allies? >> i was disappointed ...
May 24, 2017
Election, governments around the world who had failed to make contacts with the trump team, suddenly start falling over themselves to pick up the phone to get to washington to talk to someone who knows trump. these guys were already on the inside. very smart move. skillful or -- >> ive just been told last word. do you have a quick thought? >> well, i would just point out that theres so much we dont know here and that this is not -- as sabrina said, this adds a little detail but we already knew t...
May 22, 2017
Petty crimes in several states. to beverlys son carl jr., he didnt look like a kidnapper. >> he just looks like a regular guy. so it was like what did this punk want with my mom? like it didnt make sense. i almost was like are we sure we have the right guy? >> detectives believed they did. but the roller coaster ride for beverly carters family and friends was far from over. >> i can remember the feeling when he was captured, we were just all like, yes, where is she? come on, where are you? were ...
May 21, 2017
Iran-contra investigation, george h.w. bush famously claimed to be out of the loop. special counsel investigation that led to charges against scooter libby caused major tensions between george w. bush and vice president dick cheney. its one of the many interesting subplots to keep an eye on. thanks for sharing your sunday. hope to see you at noon weekdays. next, live coverage of the presidents speech to the big islamic summit in saudi arabia. enjoy your sunday.
May 19, 2017
Fbi director jim comey had told senator diannes i -- senator dianne feinstein as t true. they perpetuate this false conspiracy theory, and we need to focus on facts, not rumors, innuendos. it is good to get someone with a good law enforcement background, like rank eating who worked at the fbi and would understand management -- from the president says the new fbi director will be coming very soon. thank you for both of you to coming on. he was once a democratic powerhouse, but his deterring actio...
May 19, 2017
And it runs people over every afternoon between 3:00-5:00. if i was mike pence, being slightly removed from that locomotive track would be okay. >> sandra: point taken, alex. so much going on, but you read the write ups. bloomberg come up pence take steps to build more chest as white house stumbles. is there any truth to any of this? >> no. i know for a fact that this political action committee he started that his aides were starting to work on back in december, so totally unrelated to all of th...
May 19, 2017
Integrity, widely respected on capitol hill. the more time that pence can spend time in the oval office advising donald trump and be part of these decisions, the fewer mistakes as a administration is going to make moving forward. >> sandra: if he is purposely keeping him out of the loop, is that a big mistake? >> no question that its a mistake. i have served vice president gore, who was a very close advisor to president clinton. its not clear to me, though, exactly how far our loop could possibl...