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It raises a lot of questions. >> take a listen. >> the president is our leader. we follow everything he says as he said case by case basis. he said he would do both. low pressure to what they have to say and also report it to fbi. >> the fbi has been clear. you report it to the fbi and you're not allowed to accept it. >> by far most republicans have said we would go to fbi immediately and report to them. this shows how the president's comments, beyond the appropriateness of it, it also has put republicans in a difficult position once again. i had a really interesting, brief but interesting con...

I think i'd take it. if i thought there was something wrong i'd go to the fbi. >> reporter: one aids sees the comments as a directive. >> the president's directive, a case by case basis. he said he would do both. listen to what they have to say but report it to fbi. >> reporter: mitch mcconnell seemed to dismiss the remarks. >> they can't let it go. i said weeks ago, case close d anded. >> reporter: some republicans are taking issue with the idea of accepting foreign dirt. >> nobody should ever ever take any foreign intelligence or any information from any foreign government. if that's not the...

He's up for re-election in 2020 where it is seen as staying in president trump's good graces that seen as being politically advantageous for him. >> thanks so much. i get why he's proud to be the grim reaper for the green new deal or for any progressive legislation. why is he the grim reaper for bipartisan election security legislation? why would that be something he kills? >> i think he's so writ large he has characterized that democrats are pushing, everything that the democratic led house is pushing as something that's tied to socialism even if it's not the case. that's been the broader rep...

With our country. how are you going to -- if you don't hear what it is, you don't know what it is. nobody is going to say bad things to me. they know i'm a straight player. >> steve is shaking his head in approval. the mueller report identified numerous links between the russian government and the trump campaign and found that the russian government perceived it would benefit from a trump presidency and worked to secure the out come and the campaign expected to benefit from information stolen through russian efforts so they were working back and forth. to the 2020 campaign, the press secretary...

Administration. but is this president willing to defy a court order to turn things over, do we think? when does this hit a boiling point? >> it's a great question, and we don't know, we can sort of look at the past to try to predict the future, on the one hand the white house made pretty clear going into this first phase of request for testimony and documents, that they were going to fight everything and say no. it feels worth mentioning here, they do claim that they treat each thing on a case by case basis. they don't have a strategy of a blanket no to frustrate the democrats. from the outsid...