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Timid. i would have liked to have seen more. >> fast forward to now and the question, some variation of which i ask you each time youve been kind you to come on our broadcast, and that is how real is the threat right now tonight from an ongoing electronic attack from russia? >> its very real, its very serious and were not doing enough to be more resilient. and thats why i admire the vice president for writing the article he did and others that are now weighing in. and this is not a partisan issu...

Actually, i was saying this in realtime in 2016. but i would have said more. even the way you say it, brian, could have changed. remember on october 7th, thats when this he released their big report. they didnt do it at the white house. they didnt have the president give a press conference. they didnt even have it come out of the white house. those are the kind of things you can do to shape the news, to talk to reporters. i think it was just a little too timid. i would have liked to have seen mo...

Tweet which was interesting and if anybody thought he was blinking, what was the fact? >> i think it will be a very bad idea to end the filibuster. >> harris: democrats no doubt took them seriously. >> they did and he said this before and i think mitch mcconnell end of the republicans on capitol hill have resisted this and they dont want to -- conservatives everywhere should feel its a good idea to have the filibuster because it has been a break on the expansion of government but democrats broug...

>> the proposal mitch mcconnell put forward, is it the same one you guys brought to him or is it some iteration on that? >> its a variation on the same but it is -- it does reflect to the we suggested. which is that government would be reopened, we would all continue to work on the global issues that are still out there such as budget caps and if those issues were not resolved, by a date certain he would bring to the senate floor a vehicle for the immigration issue to be resolved, including bord...

Get votes on certain things but we have to open this government up and move forward. >> senators, the proposal that mitch mcconnell put forward, is it the same one you brought to him or is it some iteration on that? >> kind of. >> its a variation on the theme, but it is -- it does reflect the approach that we suggested. which is that government would be reopened. we would all continue to work on the global issues that are still out there such as budget cap, and if those issues were not resolved,...

Conservatives, was calling around after it happened, bragging about using the words that senator cotton now denies that he used. white house officials even said that the word or variation of the word was used. and so -- thats, thats bad. obviously thats concerning. but then you have the secretary of the department of homeland security testifying that she remembers everything in the meeting except for this one thing that everybody remembers in the meeting and she even remembers lindsey graham usi...

Responsible for the way he conducts himself and so am i. >> i think somebody on his staff gave him really bad advice between 10:00 to 12:00 on thursday. >> joining me now is one of the authors of the "washington post" article robert costa. two points, one was the word s-hole used in na meeting? >> "post" stands by its reporting that that kind of language was used, that specific word was used. theres been spin out of the white house it was a different variation of that vulgarity. but the bigger p...

Collusion. he actually said a variation of new collusion eight times during this news conference. but, of course, that has not been determined as of yet, as the special counsels office has yet to conclude its investigation. tried to ask the president about that at the end of the press conference, but he did not respond. it should be noted, wolf, the president said he was 100% willing to testify in the russia probe last year. doesnt sound like anymore, wolf. >> jim acosta over at the white house....

Following breaking news, president trump refusing to clearly answer an important question about whether hed agree to be interviewed by the special counsels team in the russia investigation. the president reverting to one of his pat lines, saying theres no collusion or a variation of that eight times in one 95-second answer alone. lets get some republican reaction to all of this. were joined by congressman lee zeldin. hes a member of the foreign affairs committee. congressman, thanks so much for ...

Business. you guys will be out of business. but the boom holders are still going to be there. so thats good. those are the people i like. >> reporter: now, near the end of his press conference, the president said, quote, it has been determined that there is no collusion in the russia investigation. he said that there was no collusion or a variation of that eight times. thats right, eight times, but, of course, that has not been determined as of yet, as the special counsels office has yet to conc...