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We have a lot more concern over presidential no, maam nieces. they have to get our sign-off before they can get a hearing to come into government. white house appointees are in government long before we get their reports and were almost doing a post mortem to see if there was a conflict of interest. with nominees, we work to prevent them in advance. so documenting a higher level of risk is inconsistent with how weve run this program. people have said, is there definitely a violation. or can you ...

As laura points out, this is dangerousism. >> quickly before i get back to laura, misinterpreting the relationship with north korea and china? >> yeah i suppose. yesterdays launch it came off of a chinese transporter launcher. that is an indication that -- has been weaponizing the north koreans. this is indication that trump doesnt understand the relationship between beijing or piece yang i dont think. >> lawyer ura up to respond to ? >> yeah, i have to say i completely agree. the way the presid...

Forefront. >> and phil, senator sass brings up this concern about the idea of weaponizing, right? weaponizing words against the media. the presidents homeland security adviser says no. no one would perceive this wrestling tweet as a threat. no one should. do you perceive it as a threat or is it lesser than a threat? >> i mean, the senator is half right on this. we have an overweight, out of shape 71-year-old with a security deal for manhattan who hasnt seen violence since his lunch box was stole...

E-mail issue just before election day and for not telling voters he had been investigating russia and the trump campaign for months. ayman? >> well hear from james comey in the coming weeks about why he did that. secretary clinton also speaking about the weaponizing of social media and the affect that had on her campaign. clinton spoke candidly about the nature of the data operation she inherited once becoming the democratic nominee. lets take a listen to that. >> i set up my campaign and we h...

Because the notion of weaponizing the irs is so corrosive to our democracy. we shouldnt let the statute of limitations lapse. >> bill: keep the faith with the american people. the republican from illinois in chicago today. nice to have you on. >> shannon: attorneys for the doctor who was violently removed from a united flight are speaking out today. what we can expect to hear during their news conference coming up. and see you later alligator. they tell the reptile to hit the road. thats epic ba...

Whats going on. you have got to figure though the intel agencies arent crazy about revealing how closely they do surveil certain americans. brian: right. if it was more than just mike flynn. word is two people on the trump organization. asking to unmask is not a crime. leak something a crime. dr. sebastian gorka an advisor to president trump said this about the entire operation. >> you want to tighten me or steve bannon or clawn they regularly call their nephew in canada. thats a foreigner. i do...

Learned e-mails from the dnc and the clinton campaign of john podesta that were released to the public were a mere fraction of what the russians possessed. what no one is talking about of information that russia sits on right now. they hacked 3,000 to 4,000 people. any time anyone rises up they choose against whether it is democrats or republicans or state officials, they go t the ability to do the same thing that they did over the past few years. >> that means there are plenty of other politici...

Case that iran does. you mentioned iran. iran is the one who the mullahs and the people chanted death to america. theyre weaponizing. they are testing ballistic missiles. they are ready to be nuclear and they finance terror that ends up coming to our shores at times. i would say iran is a greater threat than russia. >> well, iran is small beer. we can handle iran if it comes down to it. by the way, you know, breaking up nato does directly effect america. charles lindberg was convinced what happe...

Whether or not it had any affect on the election. that is not their judgment. the question was did russia attempt? yes, they did. yes, putin knew. yes, putin authorized. >> by also transferring it, weaponizing it to wiki leaks, that is different than what mr. trump is talking about when he talks about what china did two years ago, which is widely reported at the time with the personnel reports. is that the difference? >> it was thorough. it was comprehensive. tchsz fully intended. it was -- what...

Disrupt the u.s. polls. >> reince priebus putting out again if you have the information make it public echoing what were hearing from russia but the question is would intelligence reveal sources and methods thats yet to be seen. if you could just explain to youre viewers the sophistication of russia systems when it comes to hacking, cyber ability? >> reporter: i think its pretty sophisticated. we dont know for sure what theyre capabilities are. weve seen evidence over the past couple of years a ...