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>> whatever we learn we're going to learn it in full. that's been one of the issues so far is they've been answering questions on a daily basis about it. they have to answer more questions. this is what we've been talking about for several days. this is probably the best opportunity to tell their full side of the story under oath in public all the time not piece mealed out. i think this is the right way to conclude for them as a pr issue instead of discussing it day to day, get it all out there, answer every single question. i think i might open up with i will sit here as long as you want and ...

This. but the problem is there is now actual evidence that there was at least some degree of contact between the trump campaign and the russians. and so any time he brings this up as an issue, it's simply going to cause more people to pay more attention to it. >> so listen, let me ask you about this, scott. jared kushner, paul manafort, donald trump jr. all scheduled to testify next week this the russia probe. what do you think we're going to learn about the june 2016 meeting they all had with this russian lawyer? >> well, i think whatever we learn, we're going learn it in full. we're not goin...

If it were me, and i were thinking about not just the legal issue here but the pr issue, i would want to get the people who have offered to answer questions in front of investigators as soon as possible to show that, hey, we want to answer questions, we want to acknowledge this stuff that's out there, and we want to show transparency. the president's statement today used the word transparency, so i think that's a good strategy to pursue. >> you know, brian, i mean, you're a professional spokesperson. you know about how sort of how run reveals damaging information. the idea that the president i...

Considered him a potential blackmail risk. yet they only forced him out when tw it became public. jared kushner as well, that's true of him. then denied everything. they told us, no, no, no, we never met with anyone and it turns out they met the russian ambassador and a russian banker. he works for a bank that has deep ties to russian intelligence. the banker jared met with himself went to the russian intelligence academy. there are questions that if you're the fbi you want to look at. >> absolutely. major questions which, of course, to your point too often dealt with as a pr issue as opposed ...

And raise revenue we need to not have deficits. that's what we need. the president's proposal is just a pr issue where he is saying we will cut taxes with no real fiscal responsibility. >> let me ask you something. the president tweeted, democrats want to shutdown the government if we don't bailout puerto rico. is that true? are you threatening to shutdown the government? >> not at all. we don't control the congress. we don't have the house or senate or white house. republicans should have passed it last oktctober. democrats will not shutdown government. hopefully we will get this resolved. we...