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Election observers observed instance of intimidation and voter coercion. cameras caught instances of people literally stuffing ballot boxes. senator john mccain released an angry statement in response to trumps congratulatory call which read an american president does not lead the free world by congratulating dictators on winning sham elections. trumps call came just days after the u.s. placed new sanctions on russia for interfering in our election and he made it despite an apparent russian-orch...

>> okay. so the first thing that he did was congratulate. they had it in all caps not to do so. talking points by the national security team also instructed the president 0 to condemn president putin for poisoning of the former spy who lived in the u.k. obviously the press secretary at the white house confirmed that didnt happen. that didnt come up. didnt bring it up. outfront now "washington post" who broke this story. josh, i have to say this was pretty incredible. told directly not to do it i...

They do not think so. but the president as he did with the turkish president, china president, congratulated him on being able to be president for eternity, and even joked maybe we should try that in the united states. he often does want to deliver these congratulations. >> so the other point you report is that the briefing, written briefing, i believe you are going to say, but please clarify, that the president was told to condemn the poisoning of the former russian spy on u.k. soil. obviously ...

Smart people an him will come to a consensus and say this is what we think. >> im glad you brought up the detail of how much detail president-elect trump wants and the fact he admitted that to you. anyone who has worked for the government knows that if you have the elected official at the top of a governing pyramid whose motto is give me the fewest details possible, thats the guy you can fool on anything. you can tell him, oh, yeah, we did that but if he doesnt look at the fuller version he will...

You. anyone who has worked for the government knows that if you have the elected official at the top of a governing pyramid whose motto is give me the fewest details possible, thats the guy you can fool on anything. you can tell him, oh, yeah, we did that but if he doesnt look at the fuller version he will never realize the thing he asked for isnt in the bill or whatever that policy is. >> i think it is better for him to tell his briefer and team, heres how i want information. i want more data b...

The intelligence that its based on, the american people need to know that these two entities are completely on the same page and in lockstep and, you know, republicans want -- one on my show last night said its going to be different then pompeo will be leading the cia. >> the important point is that you have a lot of career professionals in our intelligence community who are tracking this, who are offended by it and who may have opinions on all sides of this, but, look, director brennan is someo...

She says trump groped her in 2006 and she says he defamed her by calling her a liar. now a judge is refusing to dismiss her lawsuit against him. even for a president whos no stranger to depositions and lawsuits, this is a lot. and it comes as the presidents team is laying the groundwork for what could be a monumental interview with the special counsel, robert mueller, amid serious questions about what exactly it is between the president of the united states and russia. president trump called vla...