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Washington has lowered the threshold. these would have been big scandals. >> i think hearings would have been called for by now. >> probably would have been. you have the president of the united states over briefings hes given on russian oligarchs as shocking as it is to say. >> people gary this. i have heard when trump was going to mar-a-lago during the spring. i heard from pollsters that kind of thing sticks with people. it is real. i think russia is rae important and people need to pursue it ...

Mike emanuel on capitol hill with what is happening here. what is this all about? >> neil, essentially lawmakers are looking to see if they can take a last swipe to pass this healthcare reform bill by the end of the fiscal year. time is running short in this fiscal year and in the end of this calendar year. when you look at september, they have a couple of must-pass items to get done. children health insurance. when you consider the jewish holidays, time is returning short before you get to sept...

About this health care plan and been very focused. the news cycle and the elected officials, the white house, everyone has been distracted, if you will, and focused elsewhere, but not on health care. north korea, hurricanes. is there a benefit that the eyes of the country may not be on this debate to getting this through? >> i think the eyes of the country have been on the health care debate for seven years now. we have been heard that republicans have been unable to do anything. they are right....

All of a sudden the threshold changes dramatically. this is not a proposal thats ever going to get 60 votes in the senate and im going to have to run in a second, because chuck schumer is about to come to the microphones, but i want to underscore the point about lisa murkowski, she is the one to watch here and what she signals is going to send messages to a lot of other republicans in the conference. with that, kate, im going to toss it back to you because were about to see the senator from new ...

Shows said time actually had run out. nikki haley, the u.n. ambassador, basically said the same thing maybe in a little bit softer language. its really stark how theyre talking about how weve got to go to much more coercive option lz. i think that keys into what mattis was saying about military options that dont hold seoul at risk because everyone says, well, were not going to do anything because of seoul. but mattis is saying, no, we are going to do things. and i think what hes going to do is b...

Doing tests. i do think that trump administration knows that north korea is not going to actually attack us. >> do either of you think we have a threshold in mind? do we have a number in mind for miles outside of guam? >> well, im sure we do because it was launched at guam, whether its at that band of water 30 to 40 kilometers or the island itself were not going to know at fist exactly where that is going and at that time were going to make a decision -- >> hes not going to be stupid enough to a...

Nikki haley basically said the same thing, maybe in a little bit softer language. but its fairly stark talking how weve fwot to go to much more coercive options. i think that keys in to what mattis was saying. everyone says well, were not going to do anything because of seoul but mattis is saying, no, we are going to do thing. i think what hes going to do is basically start inspecting north korean ships on the high seas. and i think that the administration is going to start to look at that and a...

>> good morning, guys. this is all new to us and it broke last night and there are different versions that we are learning about. one version is that the fbi was surveying paul manafort back in 2014 before i was involved in the campaign. steve: for what? >> good question. if it was a fisa warrant they were listening to his conversations because he was speaking to agents of foreign governments. it may have been perfectly legitimate. he may have been working for them and he reported it or he may n...

Respect to electronic surveillance, the threshold for obtaining an electronic surveillance warrant is purposefully very high and can only be obtained by persuading the judge that theres sufficient cause. so if this story is true, you have an independent judge who would have signed off on that. >>. and youre now talking about a fisa court operating on two occasions the wiretap for mr. manafort, right? >> im talking about if electronic surveillance was conducted, of course a search warrant was als...

To do a test, and im not sure exactly what that threshold is going to be. but i do think trump administration knows they are not going to attack us. >> do either of you think we have a threshold in mind? do we have a number in mind for miles outside of guam? >> im sure we do, because, you know, when a missile was launched at guam, you know, whether its at that band of 130 to 140 kilometers out or the island itself, were not going to know for at least three or four minutes exactly where that thin...