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>> they continued to talk on twitter. he wrote iran is playing with firement firement. here is what sean spicer today. >> i think today's action speaks for itself in terms of the sanctions. he made it clear the deal they struck was a bad deal. they going to continue to be tough on iran in a way that was notice done in the last eight years. in the way -- >> the associated press notes "the new sanctions represent continueuation limited punishment for iran ballistic activity over nuclear deal itself. it was drawn up before obama
left office. the new president sounds a lot like the last one. according to the times this is a quote, barack obama embracing key pillars including warning israel to curve settlement in the west bank and threatening sanctions for ballistic tests. i'm glad we have heavy weights because i'm nervous. we have had a number of presidency destroyed about that issue. whether iran contraon hostage -- why is he pushing them on this
ballistic tests? >> their words are bigger and much more bellicose. >> -- behave yourself. >> yes. the actions are important, they are good -- >> the sanctions are like obamas? >> like the previous team. the twitter feed and the sta statements are tough. >> what's on notice mean? it sounded like something like tuck man in world war i. why are we saying you're on notice. >> they are preparing the battlefield for military action. i think they are going to -- >> to what effect? >> to deter iran and prevent
them from destabilizing syria, and the other countries. >> couldt be he trying to humiliate them to drop the deal? >> if you look at what they done, you cannot say that. they could have made this part of the nuclear deal, they close not to. i think the question is this is where they are going to talk tough or do things to upset the regular order or is it something of moing into military action. i don't they we know yet. i don't think -- >> it's opposite of teddy roosevelt and the big stick. >> at the moment it is. >> words matter. >> donald trump is entering the twilight zone aka the middle
east. don't forget within the last few days he had long conversations wi with persian gulf, king abdue la, i covered trump, i know he charged up by about the last person he talked to, he was talking to sunni, be tough on aran and having netanyahu coming, that's what they want to hear. they are going where we just heard he was going. they worry that trump is preparing for military action. >> donald trump's language sounds like -- when he states
that a strong positn against stupid wars and accused hillary clinton of being trigger happy. let's rep mind ourselves how trump won. >> obviously, the war in iraq was a mistake. >> the war in airaq -- iran is taking over with the second largest in the world. they said there were weapons of mass destruction, there were none. they knew there were none. >> times it seemed like there wasn't a country in the middle east that hillary clinton didn't want to invade intervenor topple. she trigger happy and unstable. >> let's talk politics. he talking my language there, the dove language. we knocked over jokes -- than
new region we don't know where they are heading toward. now israel if you want to be pro-israel. you think it was strategic off when it had buffers. they are willing to fight. my question, does trump know what he doing when he doing this saber rant when offering the -- >> those are not the characterization that we see with -- responding to political situation. i'm not sure if he adjusted yet to the reality of being the commander in chief in terms of how much his words matter. in the cases of australia not a country to invader have
military action -- >> let's talk to reagan for a minute. during the cold war, it could have been a cause for war. we l the korean plane shot down, all of these incidents reagan would say it's bad, it should not have happened. does trump have the temperment to see that. >> i don't see that's his view. this team including bannon and others is radical jihadists. they believe it's sheik extremist.
>> what is there plan? >> their plan is to racket up the pressure and -- >> they want us in there. we get drawn in there on their tem territory and you come home wounded. >> they want to collapse the region. >> i think that's what's going on. flynn the new national security visor and bannon think the way to defeat two headed force is somehow islamic state in iran is going to crumble. >> wow. >> that's what they think because they are being told by iranians in united states who hate islamic republic but have different theories how to fight it. >> this sounds familiar. >> this is -- this is iran version. >> right. >> they have telling flynn and
bannon if you put enough pressure on these people, in the people will rise up and overthrow them -- >> we have been hearing this from -- here is what module ating force. >> we don't believe the existence is impediment to peace but existing settlement is not going to be helpful moving forward. >> tmay be that was the last conversation he had with the king abdullah over there. the only alternative is for is ram decide between democracy.
cannot have people having kids and non-israeli people living in israel. >> he has to be concerned about the fate -- >> absolutely. >> did you think trump is responsive to king abdullah situation if they move embassy to jet strerusalem? >> i think they are thinking about it. the settlements is everything but all of nothing. >> but they want more, bb. >> they will get more. >> i think he will get more. >> it may have been a little bit of everything it may be -- the ones there are there, a future ones may be a problem. he had been unwilling in the
past to entertain the idea the u.s. -- >> you made bb is coming where there's a list of requirements. back in may he had this to say. let's watch. >> i think u.s. have to keep going, have to keep moving forward. i done think there should be a pause. missiles were launch into israel. you know how devastating that is. >> abdullah and the gulf want something from the donald trump -- the statement about the settlements not out of donald trump's mouth it was sean spicer's statement. the sunnis want something before
net raw h netanyahu. trump is triing of the world like a real estate deal in manhattan. he thing he understands how complex the stuff is. >> let make one point here. we have arab world. we have the sun nis, there's a difference. with the seven-nation ban, that nails most of the she ads country, we are making a point of making a message to arab country that we're not on your side coming from donald trump.
>> i don't think it should be thought of as going down into the arab world. we're going to take their oil, that does not go down well on the arab street. >> can you american soldier dying so grab oil well and hold them. >> it's not american. >> it's colonial. thank you all. coming up it's been -- it's only been two weeks. is there a method to all of this stuff. we're diagnose going to get to the story that's intiesing. nyc in protests on the right. what's happening to free speech on campus. why is president still dancing
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it there are four chiefs of staff and that's three too many. the trump administration have generated leaks from the white house and other branchs. trying to nail down the leakers is like to -- who covers the white house for political koe. thank you. first of all, everybody watching now, you sense there's a occasional quiet moment where he does something normal. the way he brought out neil gorsuch, a speech written and he read it and everything was charming in the way it was done. the way muslim man on seven countries who cannot come here
have aspect of crazy. >> there are other things that are more moderate. he has a rang of people he needs to work with so he is -- he tap dancing in between two group, agos lt right and center right. >> he drives him toward this nationalistic fer ver. there's reince priebus who is republican he represents the way things are normally done. are they fighting it out every day? >> are they fighting for the
last person to talk to him before the oval office, that's what's going on? >> exactly what's going on. the last person who speaks to trump -- he follows the last person who churped in his ear. >> churped. >> in the last white house joe biden made an agreement he said i want to be the last person to say with the in the meetings and i'll join if you can promise me that. >> he knows how bureaucracies work. >> exactly. you have steve bannon a loyalist
with him. he a moderate who paul ryan and mitch mcconnell can work with. you have four people competing to have the last word and bannon and reince are staffing up with own loyalist. >> bannon and who? >> reince priebus. >> i have never seen so many leaks with impunity. you pick up the paper, it will say a confidant says he doesn't like the clothes that sean spicer wears to press conferences. is this how he talks to his people through the press? >> this is high functioning
people. it starts with trump. he has been using the media for 40 years. the fact is this is a group that has sharp elbows. they are talking to the press -- even though they profess to hate the press, they use the press. it's fascinating thing to watch. the part of this beginning of the administration where everyone trying to figure out what their roles are. -- the muslims saw it that way. >> he got beyond the skis. that strengthens reince who have
charge -- >> i agree. so many top cabinet officials and lawmakers were blind sided by the whole thing by limiting the information inside and outside of the white house, he doesn't trust -- bannon is one tough customer. he was a war buddy. he was the trenches with trump. he has the street credit to go up torumpo say i got you buddy. >> bannon is looking for own communicati communicati communication consultant. >> right. >> how did he get own seat? >> he has his own clout.
policy a lot of it is flowing from bannon. reince is not a policy guy like bannon is. >> the president of the united states factions building empire building. i thought they are here for me. >> you would think that. you have been at this, you find out when you make decisions, you get into a small room, and people like to make decisions in decred decisions in secret. you have things that do not get implemented or get implemented poorly. if you are donald trump you want to see competition, you want to see people on the -- you want to see the survival of the fitness. >> that sound like he nooeian.
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msnbc news a federal judge has temporarily block president trump executive order that bans immigration from 7 muslims countries. the restraining order is effective nationwide while he considers a lawsuit against the order. that order is being challenged by the attorney geral in washington state and minnesota who say it's unconstitutional. president trump tweeted this. we must be evil out of our country. for now, back to "hardball." >> we have tremendous success on the apprentice and had i ran for president i had to leave the show. they hired a big movie star arnold schwarzenegger to take my
place and we know how that turned out. the ratings are down the tube, it's a total disaster and mark never bet against trump dwen again. i want to pray if we can. >> that was the president trump taking swipe at successor on the variety show "the apprentice." it took governor to respond on this important issue. >> he donald, i have a idea. we switch jobs, you take over tv and i take over your job and people with finally sleep comfortably again, hmm. >> this morning the tweeter and chief was back at it. even worse on the apprentice but
he tried hard. this is president of the united states talking. it would be impossible for -- mr. schwarzenegger former governor would face roadblock including the fact he was born in australia. it dates back in early january when then president trump was x why on god's earth is he distracting from -- some hope in this new administration why is he distracting from a important supreme court nomination that may succeed. here he is focusing on a fight
with a guy who he got the job for. what is the mo motivation. what is it? what could it be? >> he doesn't let anything go, so we start there. you remember how parent and teacher taught you, you don't bring someone down to bring yourself up. no one taught him that. i'm going to rise above you and shove you down too so i look better by comparison. >> but that fight over the ratings for the "celebrity apprentice" are not important to 99.99% of this country. he has a mixed career, it's tough to succeed anybody. anybody cares in that sense who
wins the competition. why did he go to prayer breakfast to do it. this is shooting fish in barrel. why did he go to prayer breakfast to say i'm praying for arnold, had he is not. >> he wants his score to be higher. the apprentice wasn't doing well when donald trump decided to run for president. now if it fails -- >> our network nbc are larger network did try to get much to stick around and do that. they were succeeding with the show. >> it was in the 70s and he likes to go around saying he is number one. it's a challenge to be measured and found lacking.
also, arnold schwarzenegger is a vibrant attractive guy. if he feels arnold's ratings are higher in terms of public acclaim he is not going to like that. >> throughout the campaign donald trump showed understanding and appreciate of optics and appearances. here he goes. >> every place i go, we have thousands and thousands this was only restricted by the size of the room, we have -- it's packed. >> see how beautiful those hands are? >> here is a company i built and started with without a loan now it's worth over $10 billion. that's the kind of thinking the country needs. >> 285 drive. he doesn't say where the ball
landed. what about the hand size things. it's always metrics. >> i don't know how his hands compare to anybody else. they seem normal to me. i think it's about sensitive to being compared. if someone else has some sign of favor with the public especially with celebrity and you have to remember celebrity was his first interest, he promoted empire through celebrity he going to compete with that person. i love that quote of him saying this i don't say this to brag, but all he does is brag. >> i have a theory, one he be f behaves like a guy who doesn't have much money.
the gold tower, it's -- it's a fantasy. this other thing. he is like frank sin na tra. there's something about the guy is ready to put up the dukes. >> thank you. up next, another night of protests. the "hardball" roundtable joins us now in the age of free speech in the age of trump. you're watching "hardball" where the action is. nt. that's why i have the spark cash card from capital one. with it, i earn unlimited 2% cash back on all of my purchasing. and that unlimited 2% cash back from spark means thousands of dollars each year going back into my business... which adds fuel to my bottom line.
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protests against president trump and initiative. he accused protests of being thugs and paid -- four c categories. the resistors like those from the women's march. the real question for the opposition is which way to go. joining me is the roundtable. kevin paul scott, republican strategyist. >> let start with ann about this, the women, democrats and the people burning cars and
everything else. >> absolutely. if there's one thing that undermines the legitimate protests movement is having guys burning burning limos or -- it gives anyone a reason to think that's face of people who are protesting trumt's election or the executive order. >> i don't think they care what they are sayg. it causes tuble for the political process, so what. >> an ark kiist don't care about anything. with hundreds of thousand of people with -- but over the country that's lead leaving out
the people all over the world protesting about specific things he has done since being president. the president and his administration can say look at the anarchist, look at the anarchist, but people are protesting about real things. >> they will stop for dinner and can drive for another ten hours. there's a jackknife on the beltway inner loop or outer loop. that's the way it is. y you set a fire, we late it. but setting a fire gets you in the news. >> that's right. right now the face of the opposition is these professional anarchist, college students, these are fair weather free
speech, they don't like this. the rest of the america looks and says if that's what opposing donald trump, maybe i'm a little closer, it makes crazy things he do not as crazy. >> what portion, give me a number? >> 70%. >> 70% of the country. >> if you're talking about cal berkeley, when you say -- if that's the face of the opposition that riles people up. >> you're a news person, straights straight down the middinmid middle i don't think it's fair to say 70% of the --
>> it's easy for a lot of people to hold up to berkeley as an example of a lot of things, the left coast, it's all of those things, that make it a symbol beyond the black ski masks. people are arrested in ohio too, this is happening this a lot of different places. >> you know this is a dynamic. these people are going to keep giving their speeches, rich spence who got sucker punched. >> that's is their freedom. people want to protests those people speeching, that is their right too. where i get off the train is when people decide to break windows.
>> right. >> do they represent the movement, no. >> let ask you, if your opinion, what percentage of the opposition wants to negotiate with them try to get the best you can, even bernie sanders, says i want to get a goo trade deal out of this guy, how many want to make sure want to be known as total resist err. how is that dividing politics? >> i don't have a percentage for you. the names you mentioned are the ones i would have too. you see in the -- you say your interesting in infrastructure, i'll write an infrastructure bill and dare you to say no to it it. that's a way. that's an negotiating tactic.
>> all we're dealing with -- >> how many people were saying i want to screw this guy, undermine him, like mitch mcconnell did with president obama. >> it's 50/50, we're dealing with a president executive order -- >> he sent nominees up. >> sure. ann is talking about infrastructure bill. >> if he wants to be enticing, he can make it -- he can put capitalization bill. up next,
. >> it's a temporary restraining order on president trump immigration executive order which bans muslim from -- this coming into us. what do we know about it. >> richard the judge grant a request two states this order would be unconstitutional and illegal he put temporary stop on enforcing a executive order. it sounds dramatic. anyone who applied for visa those visa are no longer valid the executive order issued last week render them invalled if you want to km to the u.s. from the kunt kuns have to go back and reapply for a visa.
early they can do that is monday. in the meantime, the government will go to appeals court and try to get a stay on the judge's order. it's a uncertain area. it's a bit of a gray area but for now, in the immediate day or so, it's going to have no practical effect. >> no practical effect here, pete. last weekend when the stay came down from the court, the federal court in brooklyn and this happening almost a week later, the differences between the two, you're saying, effectively are very little. what about legally? >> there's something like ten different lawsuits in ten different courts around the country. today a judge in boston declined to put a stay on the executive order. this judge in seattle agreed to put a stay so this is probably going to be fits and starts in the courts for the next several weeks until this gets worked out and it may eventually go to the supreme court but this judge's
order today is round one. >> round one. and the words used, stay was the word we saw often heard last weekend. this week we're hearing -- today within the last couple hrs "restraining order." any difference between those two? >> no. it's a temporary restraining order is -- was applied to just specific people that they wanted to try to stop from being deported. what this judge has ordered today says is the government can't enforce this executive order and -- for now. but as i say the immediate practical effect is zero. >> with all the efforts happening across the country, are they vastly different or very similar in effect here as you're describing what the last two are? >> basically similar lawsuits in all these courts, that i basically say it's unconstitutional because it treats people differently depending on where they come from. it's illegal and some argue it's
religious discrimination, richard, back to you. >> pete williams, thank you so much. also joining this hour is katie fang, msnbc legal contributor. katie, this just coming down to us at msnbc. anything that stands out from what you're learning about this particular restraining order? up with of the notes that has been made is that they were reflecting, at least the attorneys general, on statements made during the election process and then bringing it forward to this effort they were bringing to a federal court in washington. >> sure. i don't disagree with a lot of what people said in terms of the no practical effect statement pete just made but from a legal standpoint a temporary restraining order is such a high standard to be met, as a lawyer when you're seeking this typef injunctiverelief, it's a big deal to get it, even in a temporary sense. it has a declaration by a federal court judge that this underlying lawsuit that's been brought by the attorney general
in washington and minnesota, that it has the likelihood of succeeding. whether or not it does we know is left to be seen but ultimately there will be some type of determination by perhaps the highest court in the land, our supreme court, as to whether or not this executive order issued by donald trump actually has the teeth and legs to continue to be enforced throughout the united states. >> so practically you and pete williams are saying nothing different. the stay versus the restraining order, how are the two different goal pests different for those against this executive order? >> it's six of one, half dozen of another in terms of the stay having the application, the temporary restraining order has the same. they have to battle it out in but but the arguments that were made were the statements asserted during this election process proves the intent of parties, people like trump and the administration in terms of why this executive order was issued and whether or not it has legitimate bases versus just being a ban against muslims.
>> katie, 30 sektsdconds. what's next for the trump administration? >> trump is going to try to go and the trump administration is going to try to go and seek whether or not they can overturn the temporary restraining order but frankly the amount of time upon this temporary restraining order is not going to be very long there will be an immediate court date, yet another evidentiary hearing and why is that important? because there's the presentation of evidence, subpoenas, people that will testify regarding this. >> thank you so much, katie fang, msnbc legal contributor, for stopping by on this breaking news. again, a restraining order coming out of the state of washington related to the executive order that president trump signed one week ago. we'll continue to follow what's happening with this particular news item, for now, "hardball" will return after this very short break. thanks for staying with us. i have asthma...
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country who care about the world and care about people who have made this country their home. what did trump do about the sense he had gone overboard and had been too held bebt about meeting the campaign promise, he carried forward with a first rate made for prime time presentation of neil gorsuch, his nominee for the supreme court. so what's going on? are there people in the white house acting as stabilizers, shock absorbers or know when the leader has gotten too far ahead that it's time for him to rejoin the troops, that even his own supporters are getting jumpy or is it some self-corrector in the guy himself, something that sounds a quiet alert that alerts him to the fact that the let trump be trump thing has run its course. that he's banging up against a wild barrier and better show people he has things together and can, if necessary, run things the normal way, the way that calms people down and makes him seem like he's been on the job for more than two weeks. we'll no know soon enough whether or not it's the people that bust in or some internal alarm system that tells trump to
IranFirementSanctionsActionDealTermsSean-spicerWayNotesAssociated-pressEightActivityhackers were targeting the dnc and other democratic operations. by the way, as candidate trump was publicly calling on the russians to publicly hack hillary clinton's e-mails. we don't know the contact or motive before the conversations, but the word they happened is a big real development. we should note the kremlin and donald trump this morning are calling it fake news. cnn's jim sciutto has been working sources all day, all night on this story. jim, bring us up to speed on where we are right now at 9:01 eastern time. >> i should knnote calling it fe news without the president or the white house responding to the substance of the reporting which we've asked them to do. let's get to what the reporting is. one, two things caused alarm, raised red flags in u.s. law enforcement and intelligence. first, the volume and frequency of the communications between trump advisers and the russians. communications happen during campaigns, typically at a much lower level and much less frequent than what they saw
>> not for me to judge. i it depends on where the investigation goes and what his party and the democrats hold him accountable for. i think on the collusion, no evidence of collusion. the context is important and this is what officials keep reminding us. these contacts were not happening in a vacuum. it's not like they were contacting a u.s. ally repeatedly or china, another country. these were repeated contacts at the most senior level in the midst of an unprecedented cyber attack on the u.s. election system, political organizations, parties, individuals, et cetera. that context adds to the alarm and concern why. why have those contacts in the midst of what was going on. that's something that's a legitimate question. it hasn't been answered yet, and it's the kind of thing that the white house and others have to give a substantive answer to, and they haven't done that yet. >> i hope people are listening to you, jim.
you're talking about the frequency of it and the high level of the conversations. that is true li remarkable. if i can take another step back and talk about, again, why this all matters when we're 27 days, 28 days into the administration. general tony thomas who runs special operations command, he was speaking, and he said something that i think raised a lot of eyebrows about the overall situation 28 days into this administration. he says our government continues to be in unbelievable turmoil. i hope they sort it out soon because we're a nation at war. as a commander i'm concerned our government be as stable as possible. >> kimberly dozier, you're incredibly well sourced in the community. i'm not sure i've heard a general speak like this before, talking about the stability of our government. >> in fairness to general thomas, we did catch him off guard at a conference where he was speaking yesterday and asked him what do you think of the turmoil. he answered honestly. that said, he also said from his
perspective, special operations raids, missions, et cetera, were going forward without delay, without hiccup. but he expressed disappointment with what happened with mike flynn. and others in that community are saying they can handle this for a while, the wheels will keep turning. but if there's a major sustained crisis, the wheels could start coming off in terms of the decision process which is why they say they need somebody in charge at the national security council as soon as possible, to keep this on the level. we have a russian spy ship now off the u.s. coast. there are going to be questions about, okay, what is the u.s. strategy and policy for that, and who is guiding the ship? >> philip, to you, senator john mccain echoed a little of hat the general said. to sum prize what he said, when you see you don't know who is in charge, he calls it a dysfunction of the trump administration, significant
dysfunction in the country's national security apparatus. obviously important note to that, john mccain doesn't exactly love the president, but this is significant. >> that's exactly right. we have to consider this russia situation is not happening in a vacuum here. you have a lot of other factors that are coming into play to create this feeling of upheaval in the administration. just over the weekend, president trump was dealing with the north korea situation in an open air dining room at his golf club in front of an audience of all sorts of people who could hear what he was saying. he's had very testy conversations with world leaders including our allies like australia. you have a lot of foreign leaders, ambassadors i've talked to over the last few weeks who are very concerned. they don't know who is in charge, they don't know who to talk to, they don't understand what direction this administration is going. so i think it's incumbent now four weeks in, on the trump white house officials, to really take control of this situation and project more an air of
competence and confidence. >> great reporting, jim, to you, pamela brown and evan perez. coming up, the trump administration facing many questions this morning. will congress ask them? >> lindsey graham raised the possibility of a select committee. will others follow suit? a key member of congress joins us next. this happens as the white house awaits the arrival of benjamin netanyahu, due to arrive shortly. the two have been effusive in praise for one another. you can bet or you can hope president trump will face questions about this new report on russia. i suppose we'll have to wait and see who he calls on. we'll discuss coming up.
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trump campaign and russian intelligence officials outside the norm, that's not only big league bad, that's a game-changer and i would change my view as to what congress should do. if there are contacts between trump officials and russian intelligence operatives during the campaign, we need a joint select committee in congress to get to the bottom of it and also look at trump's business ties to russia if it is true. i can tell you this, congress is not fake. there are real members of congress up here, republicans and democrats who love our country and are going to make sure that checks and balances that have been in place for 200 years work even when the president's in your own party. >> here to discuss with, republican congressman ron desantos, member of the house oversight and foreign affairs committee as well as the freedom caucus. he join us us from a loud capitol hill. thank you for being with us. i hope you heard senator lindsey graham raising the possibility of a joint select committee in
congress to investigate the russians connections between the trump campaign. what's your take on that? do you agree with the senator? >> i think what we theed to do is let's get the transcript from the communications and also get the 302, if the fbi did interview him so we can see what the truth is and what's simply innuendo. a select committee is used when there's overlapping jurisdictionment we did it in benghazi because you had four different committees investigating it. i think this matter falls squarely within the intelligence committee. it should be very easy to get this transcript and get some of the information from the fbi to see what did flynn does, did he do anything wrong and obviously how did he communicate that to the white house. >> what would you have to see then, congressman, in that transcript that would tell you, okay, a select committee is needed. as you noted, in the benghazi investigation, you called for a select committee, a special
council to investigate hillary clinton's e-mails. what do you want to see in the transcript to tell you what's needed. >> benghazi we had four dead bodies, we had susan rice go out on the sunday shows and concoct a false store richlt we weren't getting any information from the administration. it was in the middle of the campaign. you clearly had a terrorist attack there and the stonewalling. some of the stuff about the russian contacts, i read "the new york times" article, and they said there was no evidence that there was coordination. it undercut the splash she headline a little bit. >> congressman, with all due respect, you don't have answers from the administration today. they're not even responding to jim sciutto's reporting and calling it fake news and saying the leaks are the issue here. >> one more point, as recently as january 15th we had mike pence saying there were no conversations. yesterday we had sean spicer denying conversations. that doesn't appear to be the case. the story from the white house
doesn't appear to be based on reality. >> i think we would get, if you get the transcripts from flynn's conversations, you can see what they discussed. on one land, discussing the sanction, although i'm opposed to decreasing sanctions on russia, i want to increase sanctions. if they discussed it, that's not a criminal offense. they're an incoming administration and can say hey, here is where we're looking to go. if that's what they discussed and flynn wasn't honest with people in the white house, that obviously will be an issue. how then the white house handled it, i know supposedly the doj went and reported there could be an issue. i'm not sure how that checking out either. they may have done investigation. i think those are a lot of questions that the white house will answer. remember, when en we tried to investigate things with obama's white house, we wanted to investigate the iran deal and ben rhodes's role, we didn't get anybody because they're going to claim executive privilege. we have to focus on the agency action, what the fbi knows and
what the intel committee knows. >> on executive privilege, this happened before he was president, so it isn't at all clear -- >> no, but you're saying once flynn reported it and the vice president was told something else, they were already in office as an administration. there's a question in the press about, okay, why did they wait a couple days, what were they investigating? i don't know the answer to that. it would be hard for congress to be able to get there, whereas we can get the transcript from flynn's communications, potentially get the fbi and we should get, and chairman nunez in the house is working to get the information about who is leaking all this stuff. you really have a concerted effort to undermine the sitting president. that is not the appropriate role of the intelligence committees, to act as political actors and to do selective leaking. >> on that point, nunez is calling for an investigation into the leaking but not into the russia connections here. i wonder if you're in agreement with senator rand paul who came
out yesterday and said i don't think it's useful to do investigation after investigation, particularly of your own party. he went on to say you're not going to get anything done, like obamacare, et cetera. do you agree -- regardless of party, do you agree that's a good frame of mind helpful to the american people to say maybe it's not the best thing to investigate our own party. >> our job is to investigate facts. when there are legitimate issues like flynn's conversations, we should get the truth for the american people. that's our job. at the same time a lot of my democratic parties, nancy pelosi was reading fake tweets from mike flynn supposedly. they're very upset about the election, throwing everything against the wall seeing what will stick. yes, we have a responsibility to get the facts. let's get that transcript and see what actually transpired. >> if you don't get the transcript, congressman, what's your next step? >> i think you'll have chairman nunez investigating in the house, and i support his
efforts. and the senate intel committee is investigating broader than just the leaks and i think they're well positioned to do it. we've done things on the oversight committee in the past. any time we get into the classified communications, we basically hit a brick wall and it gets referred to the intel committee. >> congressman, we appreciate you joining us this morning. thank you very much. >> thanks for having me. >> still to come, democrats have a message for attorney general jeff sessions, step aside. why some lawmakers say he should recuse himself from an investigation into michael flynn next.
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democrats are calling for attorney general jeff sessions to step aside into any investigation into national security adviser michael flynn. >> the white house council cannot lead this investigation, and the new attorney general cannot be -- jeff sessions cannot be the person to lead that investigation. >> it's not an investigation that should take place by jeff sessions. jeff sessions, too tied to the campaign, too tied to the president. it needs to be an independent or a special prosecutor. >> with us now, democratic congressman benny tomlinson. nice to have you on. >> thank you for having me. >> do you believe attorney general sessions should recuse himself from this investigation and any investigation surrounding michael flynn? >> i don't think there's any question. attorney general sessions was intricately involved in the campaign, made serious political positions as he moved into the
campaign. and so for the american people, i think it's absolutely essential for the integrity of his office and for the american people to know exactly what's going on. so step aside, independent prosecutor. i'm one of those individuals asking for an independent commission to look into this situation. so democrats are interested, the american people are interested in finding out exactly what went on. >> congressman, you released a pretty scathing statement yesterday. you said president trump campaigned on hiring the best people, but the unnecessary chaos he's brought the american people in the first three weeks is bordering on sadistic and is clearly a threat to national security. what else do you have that it's harming national security? >> well, what i can't tell you is what i received in a classified setting. there's a lot going on.
so much of what they've done in the white house has put us at risk. so for the issuance of that statement is to say, look, we need to pause, look at this situation and fix it. the white house is in disarray, there's competition among staffers against each other, and it's not good for the safety of this country. >> back to you saying no question jeff sessions shouldn't lead any investigation having to do with flynn, he was a sitting senator, the first sitting senator to endorse donald trump as a candidate. he was involved in that role in the campaign as a senator. then he was nominated and confirmed as attorney general. what makes it so different than the close ties between former attorney general eric holder and president obama, for example, that you believe jeff sessions can't do his job? >> i think if there had ever been a question of impropriety on the part of someone in the obama administration, i think
attorney general holder would have stepped aside. with the question of president clinton meeting with the former attorney general, she stepped aside on the investigation of hillary clinton. i think what we have to do is look at it and give the public the clearest view, unbound, unabridged view so they can see exactly what's going on. for attorney general sessions to be involved in this clearly puts a cloud over whether or not an investigation can be conducted fairly. to push it aside makes a big difference. >> congressman, aside from the fact that it's reporting, again, extensive contacts between the trump campaign and russian officials, michael flynn's contact with the russian ambassador discussing sanctions. do you have any concerns about how this information is coming forward, the fact that there are
apparently leaks from the intelligence establishment? >> any time you have a president saying i know more about what's going on in the world than the intelligence community, it raises serious questions on those professionals who do it every day. >> are you saying he asked for this? >> well, you know, these individuals don't see party. they do a good job. i've served on the republican and democratic administrations, and we always look at the professionals just like that. we don't impugn their integrity, we don't impugn what they do. i think the president made a mistake by trying to dumb down the professionals in the intelligence community. and so what we have now is clearly that community saying, well -- i don't know if the
intelligence community is providing this information. all i know is thank god for the press because otherwise members of congress are not getting it. >> to the crux of john's question, it sounds like you're saying he deserves it a bit. that aside, do you believe it's appropriate for any member of the intelligence committee, no matter how mad they may be at the president for things he said, to leak this information that is intercepts with adversaries. >> i don't want you to -- i'm not trying to say that. what i'm saying is the president, by saying this, creates conflict within his own departments. whether or not they leaked it, i have no information. all i have is, for whatever reason, members of the press get the information before members of congress. we or interested as members of congress to find out exactly what went on. i know there are transcripts of
some of the phone calls. as a mem were of congress, i'd like to see those transcripts in a classified setting to know exactly what was said. you know, we still have the logan act which says private citizens can't conduct foreign policy. so there are some conflicts going on that i think this independent commission can clearly resolve. >> we should note, your republican colleague, ron desantis was on a few moments ago and said he'd like to see the transcripts as well, wants to make them public. you should get together on that. congressman bennie thomson, thank you for being with us. >> thank you. a very big moment at the white house, donald trump meets with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. a lot of questions about that. will he confront the russian controversy head on? .
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we have not heard directly from president trump about the new reports of campaign contacts with russian officials, nor have we heard from him since michael flynn was pushed out of his job at the nsa. as chairman, national security adviser. we'll hear from president trump shortly when he holds a joint press conference with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. >> we'll carry it for you live. these are leaders who like each other a lot. they have traded compliments many times. today they'll pat each other on the back in person. elise labott is live in washington with more. what a shift this will be in the relationship between bibi netanyahu and president trump. there are questions about two-state solution, not to mention iran, that the two men have to talk about. >> reporter: that's right, poppy. i think everyone is describing this meeting today, going to be a love-fest between prime
minister netanyahu and president trump, really trying to rekindle their relationship after eight years of acrimony with president obama. i think initially they're still in the honeymoon phase. president trump has been clear about his unequivocal support for israel, but i think as the two leaders start to get together and go down the road and talk about whether there should be a two-state solution, what prime minister netanyahu could do to deliver on some of these things, i think, you know, you're always going to find that relationship does tend to get a little tense. the issues on the table today, iran is really front and center. that's one of the main issues that prime minister netanyahu wants to come speak about, not just the nuclear deal, but also trying to curb iran's other behavior in the region, particularly in syria. he also wants president trump's help in terms of normalizing relations with the arab states.
that's something israel thinks is very important. syria will also be on the table. i think what prime minister netanyahu is going to find, unless he's willing to give a little on the palestinian question, those other things like normalizing relations are going to be very hard. president trump said a lot of things on the campaign trail. i think now the realities of governing are going to start to hit him, and the more he hears from arab leaders and jared kushner who he's designated to be his peace envoy, if you will, is hearing from these arab leaders, look, we want to work with israel if you're willing to bend on the palestinian question. >> elise labott in washington, thank you so much. obviously this meeting comes at a key time for both leaders, benjamin netanyahu and president trump. downing us, daniel kurt ser, former ambassador to israel under george w. bush. ambassador, thank you for being with us. the white house held a background briefing yesterday
and let it be known that president trump will no longer insist on the two-state solution as the ultimate goal for middle east policy. how big of a statement is that, and is it the right decision? >> well, john, on one level it's not that meaningful because in practical terms the objective is peace, and that's what the white house statement said. but if the white house believes that there really is an alternative to a two-state outcome, then it hasn't done its homework. previous administrations have tried very hard to pursue all kinds of options and have thought through many different possibilities. you always come back to the two-state reality, because that's the one that the two peoples want. we see it in polling, we see it in the attitudes of governments. so i think the white house will come around at some point. they may be sending this signal
more for netanyahu's political purposes back home, so as not to give him trouble with the right wing of his coalition. >> if the white house does come around and focus on the two-state solution as you note, there are still many, many questions, especially questions palestinians raised about what netanyahu means when he says a two-state solution. does he mean an independent and equally sovereign state in places like gaza, east jerusalem. that's an important nuance if you're going to get the white house on the same page as a netanyahu administration. >> there's no indication either from the campaign or since that the administration as assimilated the reality that there are two parties who have to negotiate peace. there seems to be a predisposition to support the israeli position. there's a lot of interaction between israeli officials and the administration, very little interaction so far between the
administration and the palestinians. the report today that the cia director is meeting with mahmoud abbas, the palestinian president. but there needs to be an intensive discussion on both sides of this conflict to understand both their narratives and their requirements. >> the white house has backed off a little bit on some of the more stint jent stands that president trump made during the election season. he's no longer talking about moving the embassy. he may still want to do it, but not saying it every time he talks about israeli, moving it to jerusalem. he's been critical of settlement construction. why do you think he's backed off? >> i think he's come to realize there's a difference between campaigning and governing. you walk through the doors of the oval office and you start to see different sides of the question that you were able to portray rather simplistically on the campaign trail. it makes for a good sound bite during the campaign to say let's
move the embassy to jerusalem. every candidate for president in the last 30 years has said that, and every one who has been elected has come to the conclusion that that would not be wise if we want to see progress in the peace process. i think slowly but surely there is this educational process taking place, and maybe over time the administration will adopt a position that is more solidly based on the fact that they've got to deal with two sides to this conflict. >> we're fascinated to get your take on the fact that it doesn't look like it will be secretary of state rex tillerson trying to negotiate a meefd peace deal, it will be 35-year-old son-in-law of the president jared kushner. there was a big "new york times" piece over the weekend. he has certainly background in this. the question is does he have the depth of knowledge. what do you make of the move that the president has tapped him to try to get the greatest deal done, if it's possible to get it done, he thinks he's the one to do it?
>> the good news based on previous experience is that kushner would obviously have the full backing of the president, and we've seen experiences in the peace process where even secretaries of state sometimes go out without the president being fully committed. so that's a good part of this. kushner would have to do a lot of homework. but when he walks into the radio, i think israelis and palestinians would understand he's got the president behind him. on the other hand, it would be equally wise for mr. kushner to make sure secretary tillerson is very much a part of this process. an envoy travels once in a while. state department representatives are there 24/7 and can be helpful to a great degree to a special envoy's work. >> all right, former ambassador daniel kurtzer, thank you very much. >> they weren't dismissive of the idea that jared kushner --
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i talked to one of those, patty murray of washington, who looked at it and says she has concerns after viewing that tape. you saw the "oprah" video, what did you thinks th of that? >> i think it's very troubling. i'm not going to comment on this case. there's lot on this nominee's background, comments he's made, that are very troubling and should be to all of us, about someone whose job is going to be to protect workers in the workplace, whether it's the ads that he has put out there, comments he has made in the past, issues of sexual harassment, comments he's made about women. >> reporter: will you ask him about the "oprah" tape in the hearing? >> i haven't decided. >> reporter: expect the defense to be, if he's asked about that "oprah" tape, he will point to his ex-wife, who said she
regrets doing it, and only did it to get a free trip to chicago. mick mulvaney, donald trump's pick for budget director, sources are telling me that thad cochran, senate appropriations chairman, has not yet decided whether to support him because of his concerns over mulvaney's views over defense spending, after john mccain also raised concerns. we could be viewing another 50/50 tie in the senate. mike pence would have to break it. >> manu raju for us on capitol hill. the big question on capitol hill is the news of the day, russian contacts with the trump campaign during election season. what will congress do about this? in just a few minutes we may get a better sense. there's going to be a bipartisan news conference, scheduled to be on russian sanctions. you can bet it will turn to the idea of investigations. stay with us.
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