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Are. clearly they're buying influence, cleary whether it's the chinese buying rail cars or the new york bus system or on investment like that. so we know it's potentially a national security issue. it's always a local jobs issue. we want this investigated because in the end we know why these companies -- these countries often come in. this is more complicated because deripaska, oleg deripaska as you pointed out was an oligarch that we sanctioned because of the elections, his closeness to putin and all that. and he's had significant interest in rusol. that's why the house overwhelmingly did wha...

Michael barber. he's a freshman here at jackson state university. he says he's currently supporting senator bernie sanders' presidential run. >> hi, michael. >> good evening, ma'am. my question is we have seen recently kid who's have the luxury of parents paying their way into school no matter the gpa. the kids who attend inner city schools do not have that luxury or the resources to excel. how would you not only improve, but make the educational system fair for all american people? >> all right. so thank you. you know, this scandal just shows one more time that some folks who are rich just th...

President of the united states. >> ilhan omar suggested jews are buying influence in american politics quotings, it's all about the benjamins. the president joining the chorus of conversation on that remark. this is the president at this cabinet meeting. >> congressman omar is terrible what she said, and i think she should either resign from congress or she should certainly resign from the house foreign affairs committee. >> congressman omar firing back at the president tweeting, quote, you have trafficked and hate your whole life against jews, muslims, indigenous immigrants, black people and ...

Committee to buy influence? it's to try -- it's a little like saying there's gambling at rick's casino. of course. >> you're exactly right, but look, the issue is that you're right. the whole concept and the whole way the inaugural system is done is maybe needs to be -- they need to take a look at it, but there are rules. and there are guidelines. and there are laws. and something as simple as like what shimon was mentioning, potentially a straw donor, if that happened even once, that's a big problem. but the other thing is, okay, let's say they tried to buy influence. they want -- the subpoen...

But what we don't know is where a lot of this money came from, and were these people questioned about it? were any, you know, were any red flags raised? >> but isn't the whole idea of people donating to the inaugural committee to buy influence? >> exactly. >> so, it's a little bit like saying, there's gambling at rick's casino. of course. >> you're exactly right, but look, the issue is that -- yo you're right. the whole concept and the whole way the inaugural system is done is -- maybe needs to be -- they need to take a look at it, but there are rules. and there are guidelines. and there are l...