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I hope you will understand that we have attempted to seek additional information as we do when there are holes in what we call the bi reports. the witnesses should know, when i say all the witnesses, i mean dr. ford, and i mean judge kavanaugh, all the witnesses should know that they have the right, under senate rule 26.5, asking the committee going to a closed session, if the question requires an answer that is a clear invasion of their right to privacy, dr. ford or judge kavanaugh, if they feel that senate rule 26.5 ought to be involved, they should simply say so. >> thank you very much, mr....

Mr. mcgahn did nothing wrong. what do you make of this idea that he was worried about being thrown under the bus. >> that's one i understand. that was what prompted me -- i didn't talk to the media during watergate or ever when i was in government. but when i had tried to get them to end the cover-up and it was clear they weren't going to, but rather they were going to try to make me the scapegoat for the cover-up and the former attorney general john mitchell, the scapegoat for the bunk you would watergate break-in, i dictated a brief comment that my secretary read to "the washington post," th...

During water gate or ever when i was in government. i have tried to get them to cover up and it was clear they weren't going to, but rather they were going to make me the scape goat for the coverup, and the former attorney general the scapegoat, i took a brief comment that my secretary read to "the washington post," the amounap and "the new york times" to say i wasn't interested. so i can understand his thinking. >> do you think the president should be worried? >> you know, the investigation if it were as simple as dowd and explained initially the approach they were taking, it would have been ...

In politics from outside the world of politics. how would you charge the trajectory of growth in the year? >> well, he won't agree with me but i would say the first six or eight months, he was really learning the job. he said this today and a brief comment. he said i had to learn that some of the things that are truly -- in a funny way the failure to get obamacare through was a very painful moment but it taught him to listen much more carefully. he got the tax bill through. i'm not sure they would've gotten that through they had to have -- hadn't have the experience of getting congress to do t...

Into the summer, keeping russia in the spotlight as the midterm congressional races heat up. jessica snyder, cnn, washington. >> all right, i want to bring in our political panel, david swardlick is a cnn political commentator and assistant editor at "the washington post" and josh rogin is a columnist at "the washington post." gentlemen, welcome back. i want you to hear what trump campaign adviser carter page had to say to cnn about his conversation with jeff sessions, where he mentions that trip to russia. >> you know, i -- that mention, which was the big headline yesterday, was a brief comme...