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Basis, that sanctions against russia need to be intensified, not diminished. and that was the trend that the obama administration was following, however haphazardly. and many of us criticized the lack of more intense sanctions until the obama administration. now that we see the apparent initiative on the part of the trump transition team to send a signal that these sanctions would be lifted, it is a very, very dismaying process. and i think it calls for bipartisan effort. and i'm certainly helping to lead it. to increase sanctions through legislation. we have a bill and i hope it will continue...

President trump came into power, which undermined president obama's policy of being tough with the russians because of their violation of the inf treaty, because of their testing us around the world. what is striking here is the betrayal of republican principles and values, as you said earlier. and the fact that the russians really are testing us successfully around the world. and i think need to be held accountable. >> senator, what are the top two questions senate democrats want to hear from director comey when he comes to capitol hill? >> in his words, whether he will confirm the accounts t...

Mark halperin, next thursday james comey goes to capitol hill and he is going to testify. >> you think today is friday. it's day two of the pregame tease. no matter what happens, this is such a big moment because so much of what we're hearing about now in all of these matters, russia, comey, all the overlap, is press accounts and a little bit from these hearings. comey speaking out is not a climactic moment, but a major moment. he has so much credibility with so much of washington, and the story he tells about the president now is going to be the center of attention between now and when he spe...

All of the above is pretty problematic as well. >> all of the above is very bad. >> any of the above is a problem. >> any of the above is a problem. them meeting is a serious problem. mark halperin, where does all of this put us? yes, there's going to be -- people will be screeching about paris for a day. that's the reason why -- trump set this up, i'm going to talk tomorrow at 3:00. >> let me get a jazz band. >> and then he goes in and blabbers about things that aren't true. then the ideological world is distracted and everybody is hyperbolic for 15 minutes and we're back to russia. >> there'...

Executive privilege by talking about the conversation so much himself. >> you know they're sitting having these conversations in the white house trying to figure out if they can do that. >> if putin's goal was to destabilize the united states, not just to help trump win, political elites against political elites, he's succeeded. you have mueller doing the investigation and comey's looming testimony, mortal threats to the administration. the white house is extremely frustrated there's so much coverage about russia. i can see little opportunity for them to break out of this. >> how does the cove...