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>> jeffrey, you mentioned earlier that the former president talked i guess about some misgivings he had about his own administration's response to ukraine in 2013/2014. i am wondering, did he mention specifically the night that he took a pass on russia crossing the red line, which it already crossed by using chemical weapons in syria and the united states rather than acting on it? did he talk about that at length at all? >> reporter: no, i've talked to him in the past about the red line issue. we only spent a few minutes on ukraine and we didn't get to there. but, obviously, this is a strong c...

They convened a three-day conference on disinformation and the erosion of democracy. what was your take away from your speak from your interview of the former president yesterday? >> reporter: on a couple of things, one is that he is genuinely i think grappling with consequences of his own decision-making in ukraine in 2013/2014, has very good answers for why the obama administration didn't do more. yet, he still feels somewhat unsatisfying to people. the situation was different. but, you know, i think like a lot of people he's a bit surprised putin went as far as he did now. second, i think h...

Mac thornberry said, a guy i know and like, mac's defense is he does it all the time if the somebody extorts every day, it doesn't mean when you catch him in the act of extorting that somehow you don't move ton becau on it because it's what he does every day. rand paul, you know, it's sad to see what's become of rand paul. but when he says joe biden did the same thing, i would like to know what dirt joe biden asked ukraine to dig you will on his political opponents. did joe biden go and ask to dig up dirt on donald trump? no. no. did he ask to dig up dirt on paul ryan? i ghaes would have beues...

. new book reveals never before told details about the political partnership president and chief strategist. steve bannon, donald trump the presidency written by joshua green. it's fast nationing with a lot of stories from the company trail, including how the talk of a border wall began. here's what joshua green told me earlier today. >> the idea from the wall didn't come from donald it came from two advisers to trump who back in 2013/2014 wanted to keep trump focused on the issue of immigration because they thought it was a powerful one. they knew trump's attention wondered. they came up wi...

Given the president's views, is it intentional it is the secretary of state that would front this and potentially take the hits? >> i think, fred, and by the way, happy new year. >> happy new year. >> i think it is fair to say that when presidents attach their names to initiatives, the reagan initiative, the clinton parameters, it does carry a certain weight. you can argue the president's statement was the abstention in the u.n. security council and that secretary of state, having been the energizer bunny of american foreign policy on the american/palestinian issue, it was appropriate, given t...