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President hasnt been launching the star fleet out there to get to the bottom of this russian thing. this was a one-off, and the workforce is going to view it as a one-off, for, again, its own political top cover. >> just to argue the counterpoint, is there a -- couldnt you make the argument that if there is an alternative theory out there, members of the intelligence community should entertain it? >> yeah. but the fact is, anderson, they knew the alternative theory. mr. binney had published a pa...

And, anderson, you know, the president hasnt been launching the star fleet out there to get to the bottom of this russian thing. this was a one-off, and the workforce is going to view it as a one-off, for, again, its own political top cover. >> just to argue the counterpoint, is there a -- couldnt you make the argument that if there is an alternative theory out there, members of the intelligence community should entertain it? >> yeah. but the fact is, anderson, they knew the alternative theory. ...

You still cant repeal obamacare. >> youre exactly right. and i think in an odd way probably the only way that this russia/donald jr. controversy helps trump right now is its deflecting attention away from whats happening in the building behind me and thats that the health care bill is falling apart. there a -- while theyve delayed their august recess by a couple of weeks and theyre going through these pant owe mime negotiations, a lot show the base, show their reporters that theyre working. if. ...

Drip very rarely is there a, quote unquote, smoking gun. this may be the closest thing to a smoking gun. as a partisan hack as some twitter followers call me, this looks like a house of cards plot run by the three stooges. no one would imagine this would be a bumbling and incompel family organization and structure with a few others involved in it that would have this level of incompetence. ana said it best. no one can take joy in this moment. my hope is that you have more people not just lindsey...

While they will have been very emphatic, and i think will continue to be emphatic that there is nothing to see here, that new stream of information is going to present a challenge for them from a response standpoint. >> bakari sellers, you say this problems the investigation is just getting started and theres a lot more to uncover. explain. >> theres no question. my background as an attorney says these things drip, drip, drip very rarely is there a, quote unquote, smoking gun. this may be the cl...

Calling for a 120-day pause. and now 132 days later, its heading to the supreme court. >> reporter: what do you say to the folks who say nothing is getting done. therea lot still to do and we look forward to working with congress. the signing of 36 executive orders -- >> its dawning on a lot of republicans that unless things change radically, you can go through this entire first year without any major legislative accomplishments. >> reporter: heading into the summer, the pressure to deliver heat...

>> she hears him cry. she feels his agony. and somehow knows that this is all for love. >> i didnt think that anyone wants to die alone. and i know that jesus didnt want to die alone because the stories of the crucifixion asking god why hes been abandoned. so, having mary and the other women there, that has to be a comfort. that has to be reassuring. it has to be good to know that when youve been a ban dodd there a -- abandoned, there are still people there who care.

Russia. $54 billion would be just a 10% spike for the pentagon, but its more than the entire defense budget in moscow. now, generals there asking the kremlin for more cash. cnns diplomatic editor nic robertson live in moscow. nic, whats the russian reaction here? >> reporter: dave, the perspective from here is certainly for the generals and russian military, for the last few years they have been going through a massive overhaul and spending more an new tanks and aircraft and on new cruise missil...

>> it started under them, it was wrong now, its wrong now. >> its not an example of an entitlement president, welfare excess, its a good program started by a republican president that had some fraud and has to be addressed. >> its not the point of the government to provide people with all their wants and needs. i know people who have a house phone, a cell phone and this obama phone. therea lot of waste, fraud and abuse going on, and were paying for it. >> its not we the taxpayers, its a separate...

American people. >> greta: ill switch gears a little bit. the jennifer griffin reported yesterday that there are 18 people the white house is aware of, that are in libya, and theyve not yet green lighted to go in and seize them with military action of any sort, or any action. i dont know what they should do. >> ive heard there are people we know were involved. we know where theyre at. ive heard that the leader of this al-qaeda affiliate, we know where that persons at. and one of the arguments is...