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Of kim strassel spelled out just this scenario in a column written last july. quote: what if it was the democratic national committee or hillary clinton's campaign? what if that money flowed from a political entity on the left to a private law firm, to fusion, to a british spook and then to russian sources? kim joining us now along with "wall street journal" columnist and deputy editor dan henninger and columnist bill mcgurn. kim, how did you know? [laughter] >> good sources. "the wall street journal" always has good sources. david: i'll say. but you spelled it out exactly. was there anything ...

Not only in this story, but the other story, uranium one. we now know that the kremlin, while they were trying to get -- while the russians were trying to get 20% of our your rain yum reserves, they were involved in tremendous racketeering schemes, kickbacks, bribes in order to do that, and the fbi knew about this before the deal was signed. >> yeah. the fbi had an informant who had penetrated the russian operation for about five years, and the justice department this week has given permission for this informant to speak confidentially to at least three congressional committees that are trying...

Look at a state like colorado which has an increase in opioid deaths of over 900%, a huge increase in deaths, and it's also a state that has done more than most states in liberalizing drug laws. is that a coincidence? >> i don't think it is. i think it points to two broader issues. donald trump gave a great speech on this. it was very humane and compassionate -- david: talked about his own brother's alcohol addiction. >> i think all of us know someone in our lives who has been lost to addiction or reclaimed his or her life from addiction. so there was a measure of hope in that. second, though,...

Saying, you know, just let us do our job, you do yours. i mean, i think he does have some say, by the way, in a bill that republicans are asking him to sign. but he has been out there unlike on health care which he botched. but he has been out there trying to connect this to the average american family saying, you know, corporate rate, we lower them, that's going to come out better for you in terms of higher wages. david: right. >> you know, lower these rates and it's going to be good for the economy, more jobs. he can do that, and he should be making that case as well that you just mentioned ...

Term is you have state monopolies being created, recreated -- david r david so he is going back on the free market changes, he's renationalizing, getting the government back into things that it had gotten out of. >> yeah. there are fewer opportunities for foreign companies, they're trying to restrict that in china right now. and that really is a reversal of all the progress that we saw in those three decades. so for us, this is going to be a very interesting period. you have president trump going there, and i think that what he's doing is essentially going to say to shi gin ting now that you'r...