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So i want to give you the latest line from the white house. here is what they will explain and not explain. >> we don't discuss security clearances. i'm not even going to discuss my own. but i will tell you that the president has the absolute right to do what was described. >> he has the right, but is what he did right? what is the risk? sir? >> well, i was amused by, you know, her statement that the white house doesn't discuss security clearances. well, they sure discussed it a lot when they were threatening to take away clearances of certain critics. but she is right. the whole clearance pro...

He says, let's -- let's all put them on a lie detector. thought i had a sound bite but i don't. he said polygraph. are we seriously going to see a polygraph rolling into the west wing now? let's see. rob, are you with senator rand paul, libertarian on the lie detector tests. >> no. i think it's silly. honestly, i mean, look, this is an executive branch function. this is a personnel matter. we can get into what we do about whether the times should have or should not have published it. i do not think they should have anonymously. there are a lot of dangerous situations. would you tell us the lev...

Grand old party wants to lead the way to undermine our law enforcement institutions. that would really turn my head upside down about what i thought they stood for. >> but they are already doing that because the effort to have congress declassify something, which classification is an executive branch function. so they're already sort of on a separation of powers interfering with that. and then releasing classified information, which they've now declassified and the president goes along with it because it's in his personal interest not necessarily the national interest at the expense of what th...

In elijah makes accusations nats up to him but i'll let bob mueller figure it out from what you've heard, do you think it rises to level of a crime? >> my mind is not wired that way. i can't take 20% of the information and draw a conclusion. we're meeting with dan coats this morning. i'll add to my body of information, my body of evidence this morning. it's when you interview the last witness that you can draw a conclusion. you can't do it after you interview the first one. let's hear it all, but keep in mind, congress doesn't grant security clearances. that's an executive branch function. you...

Expect years and years of more investigations and committee hearings into things that you believe are wrongdoing? >> it depends. congress does not have jurisdiction. and frankly, we are terrible at investigating potential crimes. but the legislative branch does have an obligation to provide oversight. and part of that oversight, frankly, includes the department of justice. the department of justice is funded by congress. so we should provide oversight after things have happened. just like we should provide oversight over the cia and the state department. but it's not our job to investigate pot...