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See, i told you so and our polarized environment it's hard to get people to listen. the explanation for why they're there, we still do not know and i don't think we'll know until the investigation is over and my understanding is that the president is going to be careful with that because of the doj inquiry, maybe not an investigation yet. but when it comes to the facts you just laid out in that graphic, that is what you are going to hear from the president and he's right. they are very, very different situations. the trump situation was, he or his people took classified information and then mi...

At australia, and i hope he looks at ukraine, i hope he looks at everything. >> so in a statement about the president's call with the prime minister of australia, white house deputy press secretary said in part, this call relates to a d.o.j. inquiry publicly announced months ago to uncover exactly what happened. the d.o.j. simply requested that the president provide introductions to facilitate that ongoing inquiry and he did so. that's all. the chairman of the senate judiciary committee says he will write a letter to australia, italy and the u.k. asking him to work with the attorney general. ...

>> thanks. now, the former director of national intelligence under president obama, james clapper. it's very nice to have you here. the white house is defending the president's call with the australian prime minister saying in a statement in part tonight, quote, this call relates to a doj inquiry publicly announced months ago to uncover exactly what happened. the doj simply requested the president provide introduks to facilitate that ongoing inquiry and he sdoidid so, that's all. is that all or is it inappropriate? >> i don't think the foreign governments in question, particularly the austra...

It doesn't even acknowledge the existence of doj inquiry. knew alone is a breech of protocol. rowsenstein could have written something else. he could have said review of comey is still open. the problems here are so urgent you have to act, mr. president. he could have said. that but he didn't. that would have been a debatable conclusion but at least would have been honest. instead, rosen stein protected there was no review and this is a formal inquiry by his own colleagues operating from a suite of offices on the same floor as the new deputy attorney general. just let that sink in. rosenstein ...

>> the exception of that being the further down you go in the doj hierarchy, the less you're supposed to have direct contacts with the president and an individual, period. that's one of the overlying problems. kathleen clark and rick sclhwine. the reports of a shake-up at the white house whom. could be on the chopping block? democrats demanding a special counsel. what the inquiry would look like if it changed hands. much that and more as we stay on the point. what's that? p3 planters nuts, jerky and seeds.