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The very same chairman charged with investigating russia's involvement in the election and what, if any, ties the trump campaign had along the way. >> do we know why the white house is being at least at this point trying to get the russia connection question out of the headlines? >> that's right, richard. they are certainly making a big effort and push. we have seen them calling different types of briefings and meetings with reporters to try to clarify what they call incorrect reporting. we learned that reince priebus went ahead and discussed the matter with the deputy director of the fbi and ...

Including the obama administration took those steps and that sanctions tend to take time and especially with north korea, a regime that has not shown a great concern about the welfare of its own people. so, you know, one scenario here is the one nobody wants to acknowledge which is that we may be in a state where north korea is going to have nuclear weapons, hydrogen bomb and thermonuclear weapons and there's nothing we can do about it. >> nothing we can do about it. matt bennett, is there nothing we can do about it? should more sanctions be investigated? the june -- june 3rd was when the secu...

Allen, columnist for "roll call" and co-author of "shattered, inside hillary clinton's doomed campaign." we also have "usa today" washington correspondent paul singer. we'll start with you, jonathan. with this justice department led by this attorney general and although he has recused himself from the question of the issue of looking into the russia connection question, they're leading the vetting of these potential candidates for the fbi. will this choice, whatever it might be, pass the smell test when they do make one? >> well, i think it depends on who the person is, jeff sessions and his d...

Now, the white house is not commenting on this today. i've reached out to officials and they just want some separation. but what it does is it gives us a window inside what was happening in the transition, where there were concerns and red flags about michael flynn going back several months. richard. >> which will all factor into the ongoing investigations into this russian connection question. kelly, thank you so much. nbc's kelly o'donnell with the president there in new jersey. we're also following this other big story today, and that is health care, and trump care. on thursday the house pa...

Here? what will be the effect here as they look towards a tax plan and other major legislative objectives? >> this is the first time we have tried to louvre v move legislation with a republican president in quite some time. i think the less son we learned there was a hope that president trump because of his appeal to the base of the republican party would be able to easily win over these usually recalcitrant members. that was not possible on this case. so there are two options. one, work with democrats, which will be difficult, or figure out some way to move these recalcitrant members from no ...