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>> art, jeff told snaen the 50 shorts sort of reported initially he thought were an understatement to what happened there today. we know two firearms were recovered, sks rifle, a nine millimeter pennsylvania. if you didnt have people shooting back, what could have happened here? >> when you look at it in an sks rifle with an effective range up to 300 yards easily and its a high caliber, high-velocity type weapon, i dont know if he knew this was a soft target or thought it was a soft target. in r...

>> reporter: of course, members were all together in a meeting before house speaker paul ryan and nancy pelosi spoke on the floor. there was concern expressed about security going forward, including death threats some members receive. rank and file members dont have protection, and members privately are saying over and over again, just how lucky they feel that those two capitol police officers who are protecting steve scalise, happened to be there. that scalise had showed up at practice that day...

Combined with the most wifi hotspots. its a new kind of network. xfinity mobile. swroirks were following multiple breaking stories including the white house hinting that attorney general jeff sessions may not be able to answer some questions tomorrow when he testifies before the senate intelligence committee because of executive privilege. lets bring in our political and legal specialists and chris cillizza, we know that the testimony that comey gave before congress on may 3rd certainly wrangled...

Were making sure that when we do it, we do it right. >> reporter: on wednesday the senate moved forward with legislation to place new sanctions on iran, but the bill isnt necessarily finalized. senators are also talking about adding an amendment to sanction russia. so, liz, thats another thing well want to keep an eye on this week. elizabeth: elizabeth allison barber, thank you so much for that preview. leland: add this this week, the house appropriations committee begins debating president trum...

Bad guy myself. >> anthony: did you become a bad guy? >> alex: oh, i did, yes. >> anthony: how bad? >> alex: i became very aggressive, beating people, losing control, and using excessive force when there wasnt really any need for me to do that. i mean, i worked the most infamous police station ever known. it was called rampart. won best picture for denzel washington for his portrayal of this really bad police officer. >> denzel: "im the police. i run shit here. you just live here." >> anthony: w...

Now? its got him into trouble. phil nutt, the president is a newcomer to politics, yes, so you should give him a pass on how he interacts with the fbi director. does that fly with you? >> nope. no. what is with chris taking the polite pills today? lets be clear -- >> ha! >> this is nuts wrapped in silliness, stuffed in idiocy. >> come on, phil. >> mr. nutt always one for understatement. >> come on. >> no, let me give you the conversation, kate, seriously. so, youre going to walk into a 70-year-o...

Thought required some careful reading before hearing it from him directly. also, he thought it the would ensure the commit he time to formulate probing and useful questions, unquote. cnns phil mattingly has been look at the full statement from director comey, and, phil, these are not the types of conversations one would expect any president to be having with his fbi director. >> reporter: yeah, jake, unorthodox would be an understatement here. unsettled is probably a great way to characterize ho...

Spades by the time we get to thursday. this is going to be the only issue this weeks and the only issue the next few weeks until we get how many meetings there were, who said what, lets get it out on the i believe at that. until they can level on all the russia issues its going to carry on being an issue. >> aeesh audio wrasse coyou were briefed by the administration for their plans for their ongoing agenda, which of course rebound as strong as the presidents weakest tweet going into the next bu...

Is reporting for your newspaper ill read the headline as trump lashes out republicans grow uneasy. that may be the understatement of the century, is it not? >> yeah and its something you could have had that headline every week of this presidency. its an ongoing problem for president trump in dealing with this congress and on capitol hill. the republicans have the majority there. there is a substantive agenda of legislative items the republican party would like to advance in the majority. its som...

Responsible for but wrote himself. >> as a journalist and someone who has to write headlines, im not going to come down on this them with a ton of bricks but were not reeling. there are tons of times that the british press has written about other places reeling. >> the british press is known for its understatement. >> they really are. >> im not blaming you guys. >> on a serious note, the president of the united states -- >> here is the thing, mika. this is what "reeling" means in british english...