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Push back, and in some cases, particularly when it comes to certain types of foreign affairs issues, republicans in congress are willing to use whatever power, influence they have over president trump to sway him. they typically do it privately, through back channels, through the vice president, for example, through mike pompeo, the secretary of state. so they try to do it quietly without making it seem like they're reprimanding president, but make no mistake, there are some things that republicans think is even a bridge too far for the president. >> the president did a rather lengthy intervie...

>> every time i see mick mulv e mulvan mulvaney, i am reminded that he said that donald trump is a terrible person. >> steve beigun said he is waiting for the phone to ring. where is a guy like that left after something like this? there were excellent letters. clearly, something could be hashed before all this took place. where is he in all this now? >> it's unclear. there's been reporting about back channels. it's unclear where people dealing with this issue are.

Some sort of track and programs throu -- perhaps through a european intermediary. the japanese prime minister was there. there are plenty of people who can at the leaders' level who can provide some kind of window for -- >> i was going to say the amount of back channels that exist are quite numerous. >> i don't think increasing sanctions pressure will lead to talks. >> but the thing that all of this would need is what is our clear policy when it comes to iran. and that list of things that pompeo put out last year a lot of those are full-on nonstarters for the iranians. so this is one thing tha...

Administration that is, offbalance with what their real political views are and potential back channels. >> trying to get things offbalance. trying to intercede. i mean, that's just what justice department counter intelligence chief david laufman told us here moments ago. that's what a former senior fbi official told the intelligence committee, as you saw there today. as the president today tells abc news that he wuould welcome any he could get from a foreign country to help him in an election. the back channel secret communications mike flynn had during the presidential transition, that's the...

A foreign adversary. >> when it comes to back channel communications on political or national security issues or views from the white house, one of the things that russia and other significant nation states, intelligence organizations tried to have that created and the reason they will do is they try to get the current administration, whether it's the one currently in there now or whenever, having their public face confuse with what either the state department is saying or people saying stuff through a ba back channel. this was going on with the maria butina case. they will do it at different ...