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From it, that's what i took from it. that's quite an admission by the president's own lawyer. >> and do you find that disturbing? >> of course it is. in light of the disclosures of the last several weeks about counterintelligence efforts, confiscating the notes of translators with putin meetings and to have this acknowledgment by giuliani of some collusion by the campaign. this is a type of a movie plot that you wouldn't take seriously, but it unfolds every single day. >> michael cohen will be heading to capitol hill to speak with not your committee, but a different one and he's expected to ta...

An investigation. he's doing so basically for political purposes. and the consequences are grave because as referenced, a fisa application really constitutes one of the most sensitively-held secrets in our government. in fact, during my tenure at the cia and defense department and during my time on the house intelligence committee, we were not permitted for the most part to review the contents of fisa applications because when you put an american under surveillance because you suspect that there's probable cause to believe they are an agent of a foreign power, that the russian intelligence ser...

Embassy to jerusalem or do tariffs. on those other two, trump moved right away. on this one there's a hole conjoelg campaign going on, is that a meaningful distinction in your mind? >> i don't know. he was slow to implement the sanctions that congress had passed in an overwhelming bipartisan matter. that was troublesome to me. if they're trying to coordinate this with other european nations so that this all lays out on one day, i think that makes sense. there's a logic there. it shows unity with the west and that's important. >> does russia care? i get they'll care about the optics. you seem t...

We're hoping that this can be wound up by tomorrow. we only have until friday night at midnight. i was glad to hear our democratic leader's comments. and speaker ryan, i'm glad they're fast at work to wind up sort of the last few pieces that need to be resolved before the full house can vote. >> we don't have the plan. we've got a source that tells us that there are some things in it. $2.8 billion increase for opioid funding. $207 million for counterintelligence efforts to fight russian cyber attacks. $380 million for election technology grants to states. $641 million for 33 miles of new borde...

Indications that mueller's investigation is ongoing, that it's not going to end any time soon, that it has a very broad reach to include all aspects of his mandate, counterintelligence, coordination with any counterintelligence efforts, matters that arise out of or might have arisen out of an obstruction of justice. mueller is taking this mandate seriously. he's proceeding in multiple ways. the setup you described indicates exactly that. >> on the latter, obstruction of justice, is talking with people who were known to be witnesses and investigated by the mueller team is that -- can that be co...