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That coming into focus with jeff sessions turning -- everybody expecting jeff sessions to resign, that put this bombshell off on the wash wash post tonight in a whole new light. washington post tonight breaking the news that on u.s. intelligence intercepts, the outgoing russian ambassador to the united states, sergei kislyak was heard telling moscow, telling his superiors in moscow, "that he discussed campaign related matters, including policy issues important to moscow with jeff sessions during...

Night oil to rail against the process. >> lets turn to the ongoing russia investigation. president trumps attorney jay defended president trumps tweet on friday that said "i am being investigated for firing the fbi director by the man who told me to fire the fbi director. witch hunt. "take a listen. >> the president is not under investigation by the special counsel. the tweet from the president was in response to the five anonymous sources that were recordly leaking information away the wauv was...

>> i have a feeling it related to financial issues citizens involved a russian bank but to his credit hes willing to testify on that issue chand i he the committee looks at the reasons why he engaged in that conversation. >> seems jared kushner who barely speaks a whisper in the presidents ear may soon be called on to do a whole lot of talking. cnn new york. late reporting from the wash post during meeting with kislyak that jared kushner suggested setting up secret communication system with mo...

At a time when president trump could use a little help in approval rating. the latest quinnipiac poll saying 38% approve with 55% registering disapproval. >> joe johns at the white house. thank you very much. we have a lot to talk about. served as the senior adviser to huckabees 2008 presidential campaign, now a senior fellow at american values. david swerdlick is a cnn political commentator and assistant editor at the-wah wash post. patrick healey of "the new york times" joins us, also a cnn po...

See you tomorrow. >> nick kristof. nice to see you. >> today did the reporters get information and did the press secretary supply it? >> the tone was better. sean spicer tried hard to come across as genial. but while the tone was better and he was forthcoming. at end of the day he said it was unquestionable that the audience at the inauguration was getter than it was before. that is wrong. you can add the tv numbers, the wash post counts he comes in

Comes along and saves the washington post. >> i think they welcome him in the side door. >> thank you very much, ari. >> thanks, lawrence. it was bound to happen, the theoretical obama versus trump presidential campaign is officially unday, and this time we all get to pick our own winner. >> the president-elects new tweets. >> im not sure this is the best way to communicate. >> he wrote, the world was gloomy before i won. there was no hope. [ laughter ] >> and slapping the u.n. as just a club ...

What is going on inside his administration or what is coming. excellent reporting is never easy and is often risky in multiple ways of as a business, it is literally risky. some of the best reporting on presidential politics was done by the washington post. their newsroom is a ten-minute walk from the white house. its worked, because the post says theyre hiring five dozen more journalists. the jobs are spread across video, print and online, one is focussing on deep dives in a hurry, the kind of ...

And beyond the limits of tweets, this is not a president who makes it easy to keep up with what is going on inside his administration or what is coming. excellent reporting is never easy and is often risky in multiple ways of as a business, it is literally risky. some of the best reporting on presidential politics was done by the whington post. their newsroom is a ten-minute walk from the white house. its worked, because the post says theyre hiring five dozen more journalists. the jobs are sprea...

It, warn about the billions of dollars that iran can get potentially for terrorism. they warn about iran potentially going nuclear in ten years. here is what carton said in the wash post yesterday. after ten to 15 years it would leave iran with the option to produce enough enriched fuel for a nuclear weapon in a short time. it would provide iran with international endorsement of an industrial sale of nuclear program. worse, iran would be economically strengthened by frighteningly quick relief fr...

Mark halpern and columnist for the wash post and msnbc analyst, ezra kline. >> im going to have to leave rather than sitting and watching the internet. i have to get to work. >> you are committed. >> thats right. >> i got in the car and it was unbelievable. >> it was 5-0 when you left. >> it was 5-1. more remarkable than this, i put this with what happened in 2004. all weekend, you saw this. we red sox fans had the two most frustrating nights in franchise history. we were no hits through eight i...