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Shane, columnist of "the daily beast" and author of "nuclear north korea takes down the world." do you agree this missile launch was driven by paranoia over south koreas new government? >> i think the message was to south korea, but more important, it was a message to russia, because that missile landed within 60 miles of the russia coast, and also it was a message to china, because xi jinping right now is conducting his belt and road summit where he has 70 or so countries represented in beijing...

You cant be cute about tapes. if there are any tapes of this conversation, they need to be turned over. i doubt if there are, but we need to clear the air there also. >> and joining me now is tim winer, expert on the inner workings on the cia and fbi, author of "enemies a history of the fbi." welcome to you. i want to get a sense of how soon before director comey speaks, whether its behind closed doors or a public setting. what do you think is his thinking right now? >> i think it will happen so...

Being people within the fbi are unhappy with president trump, that they will be leaking information that could be damaging? >> this is not a question of mood swings among fbi agents. the fbi is involved in a huge international investigation involving an attack on our country by hostile foreign powers. they are gathering evidence. they are gathering evidence and theyll follow the trail wherever it leads, including up to the door of 1600 pennsylvania avenue. >> so, tim, the president says he could...

Probably fewer than the fingers on my left hand. >> which means that everybody -- meaning everybody thats being interviewed is not, you think, appropriate for the job? >> i think very few people are willing and able to do this job, particularly if a loyalty oath to the president is part of the price of the nomination. >> so, not just for optics, tim, is it worrisome from an ethical perspective that attorney general jeff sessions, his deputy rod rosenstein, they are the ones conducting these inte...

Rather be with russia than where they were and you have to look at that also. >> well now in light of more recent developments, trumps past behavior toward russia raises serious questions. im joined by malcolm nance, msnbc sbenls analyst and author of "the plot to hack america" and tim winer is an investigative reporter and author of "enemies: a history of the fbi and legacy of ashes." the history of the cia. gentlemen, i want you both on to tell us what you know. act like youre being investigat...

S intervention in our political season? >> well first let me tell you, tim has written two of the most -- the seminal books on the fbi and intelligence collection and what he said is absolutely right. but im going to take this one level further. i think that this scandal is unique in all of american history. this would be the equivalent of the british, you know, running abraham lincoln or actually funding jefferson davis to take over the united states. this is -- there has never been anything li...

Theres so much discrepancy here. >> chris, there are two people in this government who have the power and will to address those questions and get answers under subpoena. and they are jim comey, the head of the fbi, and senator john mccain, the last cold warrior left standing in the senate. >> well, were watching mccain. tonight mccain is out there. well see how far he goes. i agree with you, if mccain stays on this front, things are going to break open. thank you, malcolm nance and tim weiner. ...

Cia assessment and this was done to improve trumps chances. that shouldnt be treated as a blockbuster. because that was the worst kept secret in the town. >> joining me to discuss is tim winer. security correspondent for the new york times and author of the national book award winner, legacy of ashes, the history of the cia. the president is going out of his way to make sure he is not saying there was any cooperation between donald trump or his campaign and russia. he is not painting a pretty pi...

Have a dream speech, the fbi circulated a memo summing up their reaction to the event and how they plan to respond to it. tim winer turned this up for his fbi history. the fbi memo two days after the speech said, in the light of kings powerful demogoging speech, we must mark him now, if we have not done so before, as the most dangerous negro of the future in this nation, from the standpoint of communism, the negro and national security. that memo, the most dangerous negro memo was circulated all...

For decades at that point, j. edgar hoover in many ways hated the civil rights movement, and hated dr. martin luther king in particular. he was convinced the entire movement was a communist front manipulated by russia to overthrow the united states of america. david korn at mother jones magazine published a reminder that two days after the march on washington, two days after the i have a dream speech, the fbi circulated a memo summing up their reaction to the event and how they plan to respond t...