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Far more than republicans kr concerned about illegallity. >> the news media has been doing a terrific job in trying to expose whats going on. i think people -- the drum beat of revelations and the fact that he cant cop to it. the thing i find so disturbing is he cant make a distinction between interference and influence. its one thing to say, yes they interfered but had no influence. they -- he seems to think that interference means they somehow tipped the election that makes him defensive. he c...

Ari you are absolutely right. this is delusional. we are chasing after the delusional tweet he made and trying to use taxpayer dollars to do so. and this is a complete fares. its a complete its a complete sham. the secretaries of state are correct that they dont need to turn over this private information to this administration whos only using this information to arrive at a already decided upon conclusion. if it really wants to look at elections, why dont they look at expanding the voter base as...

Hit that note. instead turned it into more of a time for media criticism, saying we should have a fair press. they didnt say anything about the fair press in the founding documents they just said first amendment rights protected. >> they have been fake news for a long time. theyve been covering me in a very -- very dishonest way. do you have that also by the way, mr. president? which cnn and others -- there is nbc is equally as bad. despite the fact that i made them a fortune with the apprentice...

Phillip take a listen to the president here on foreign soil talking about the free press. >> yeah. >> because many presidents in both parties talk about this in broad, nonpartisan terms, that the first amendment is something that affords more freedom not only to reporters but citizens of all stripes than we see in many other countries. but the president today didnt hit that note. instead turned it into more of a time for media criticism, saying we should have a fair press. they didnt say anythin...

And whether or not he really believes that russia played a role in the election or not, its true that the white house has done little -- or next to nothing to stop it from happening again. we know from comeys testimony that the president didnt weigh in on this question of how to prevent a future cyberattack. with he know the attorney general jeff sessions was never briefed in a classified session about it. >> but jeff -- i see you -- i see your poll and i raise you your poll. when you look at th...

Happened. >> what about what they said in october? >> well, the obama administration i thought did not do enough to really let the american public know the gravity of what russia was doing. they didnt just hack the dnc. they hacked multiple american institutions. also hacked the electoral boards of several states. this was a massive operation and the american public certainly should have been warned about it in a much more aggressive manner. >> at the time did you expect hillary clinton to win t...

Administration i thought did not do enough to really let the american public know the gravity of what russia was doing. they didnt just hack the dnc. they hacked multiple american institutions. also hacked the electoral boards of several states. this was a massive operation and the american public certainly should have been warned about it in a much more aggressive manner. >> at the time did you expect hillary clinton to win the election? >> absolutely i did, yes. >> donald trump says that the o...

Ari you are absolutely right. this is delusional. we are chasing after the delusional tweet he made and trying to use taxpayer dollars to do so. and this is a complete fares. its a complete its a complete sham. the secretaries of state are correct that they dont need to turn over this private information to this administration whos only using this information to arrive at a already decided upon conclusion. if it really wants to look at elections, why dont they look at expanding the voter base as...

For any president to handle the question. no, instead, he went out of his way to cast more doubt and nonloop back to the man who held office before him. >> i think it was russia. but i think it was probably other people and/or countries. anise nothing wrong with that statement. nobody really knows. nobody really knows for sure. i heard it was 17 agencies. i said boy thats a a lot do we have that many? it turned out to be three or four it wasnt 17. and many of your kpart receipts had to change re...

Think a lot of people interfere. >> you again say you think it was russia. your intelligence agencies have been far more definitive. they say it was russia. why wont you agree with them and say it was? >> let me just start off by saying, i heard it was 17 agencies. i said, boy, thats a lot. do we even have that many intelligence agencies, right? lets check it. we did some heavy research. it turned out to be three or four. wasnt 17. i agree, i think it was russia, but i think it was probably othe...