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Planes have been taking off in atlanta. and people who were supposed to travel today from that airport. stay tuned. we have a live report from atlantas airport in just a few moments. its a very busy night of news. first, president trump saying he has no intention of getting rid of special counsel robert mueller. listen. >> no, im not. >> so the presidents insistence, however, comes as his own transition team launches new attacks against the special counsel. it accuses robert mueller of unlawfu...

It is dangerous to our democracy for the president and members of congress to attack the credibility of law enforcement just because they dont like where the investigation may be heading. its demeaning for the agents many of whom who risked their lives for the nations. we are not robots, but to suggest that fbi agents cant do their jobs because they have exercised their first amenitiment right to make political contributions, thats an offendive notion. >> lets talk about the e-mails that the t...

But you cant look at it without asking these questions about exactly what putin has up his sleeve to publicly announce with great detail exactly what the cia gave him. >> in addition, i spoke with malcolm nance, our msnbc terrorism analyst last hour, and he said it is most unusual to have the president of the united states call the president of russia or vice versa. in this kind of a regard, and to make a tip-off. this would be done through typical channels, you know, cia, fbi. they have very fa...

Not be felt until 2018 returns are filed. time that may carry a price in midterm elections. >> so there is a lot of risk for republicans down the road. >> and of course, the tax cut package will be a big issue in the upcoming campaign season. literally were only just weeks away from it officially being a campaign year. just to review the schedule, tuesday the house votes, the senate would then follow but that is not yet scheduled although expected to cokocome quickly and if that passes, the pres...

Course of our ongoing criminal investigation, we have secured either the account owners consent or appropriate criminal process. president trump and vladimir putin appear to be gaining a close relationship. today the two talked for the second time in four days. first to these transition e-mails. what are the transition team and the white house saying about this? >> reporter: the trump transition team is making the case that robert mueller obtained these e-mails unlawfully. this winds down to a d...

Dismissing the claims. >> have you seen good cause to fire special counsel mueller? >> no, i believe based upon his reputation, his service, his patriotism, and his experience with the department and the fbi, i believe he was an ideal choice for this task. >> the fbi taking another hit on friday with president trump criticizing the agencys role in the russia investigation, once again casting a shadow of doubt over the intelligence community. joining me now is ned price, msnbc contributor and for...

Late as november 30th, 2017 matter of fact and a colleague ghost writing an editorial in english regarding the political work for ukraine. manafort worked on the draft with long time russian colleague of manaforts based in russia currently and assessed to have ties to a russian intelligence service. the filing also says on the evening of november 30th, the government alerted defense counsel to the defendants efforts and were assured that steps would be taken to make sure it was no longer going t...

Special prosecutor robert muellers office says paul manafort has violated a court order by ghost writing an editorial about his political work in the ukraine. according to court filing as late as november 30th, 2017 matter of fact and a colleague ghost writing an editorial in english regarding the political work for ukraine. manafort worked on the draft with long time russian colleague of manaforts based in russia currently and assessed to have ties to a russian intelligence service. the filing ...

He can review the question. theres the fisa court itself. go directly to the fisa court and file a complaint. why arent they doing that? this is like these other smears. its a pattern. remember the transition e-mails. that was also a big occur if you have fell for a weekend but they didnt go to court when the trump team had concerns about it because they knew they would lose. and thats whats going on here. the president for once actually spoke the truth. he wants to use this memo as a blujen aga...

Jill, i want to go to you first. what do you make of the trump lawyers claim that the special prosecutor had no right to obtain those transition e-mails? >> i think you have summed up todays news quite well. and that it is a hollow complaint of trumpss lawyers. if they had a legitimate complaint they would have gone to court. they wouldnt have gone to congress who can talk about it but cant do anything about it. and it seems to me that it is possibly one more step that is being taken to undermin...