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And the security council apparently concluding that the president had obtained russian propaganda -- >> yes. >> -- and was distributing it from the white house via his twitter account, that as of last summer, them determining that, that really is hanging out there with us having no idea where that went. we've got woodward's bullet proof reporting that mcmaster discovered that. he verified it. it wasn't something that just looked like russian propaganda. the national security council determined that it was. if we had a functioning congress, that is the sort of thing that you would expect there ...

Goes down, we want to get this thing through. >> mitch mcconnell, it would be the boat's sinking, he would still want to get this confirmed. >> mitch mcconnell says we, the senate, are in the personnel business, we are to staff the executive branch and the article three courts. that's something they can actually do no matter what the otherwise dysfunctional nature of the senate. >> duncan hunter, i thought the most interesting thing is how he's trying to borrow a page from trump's playbook and say deep state, peter strzok, hillary clinton, and hope that works. chris collins tried that for a da...

Essentially an unindicted co-conspirator. yesterday we saw how the judicial system is supposed to work. now, in a functioning congress, all of the lights would be blinking red today. in a functioning congress, the outgoing house speaker would be directing the outgoing house judiciary chair to be beginning the very similar process of investigating cohen's investigations. i wouldn't say you start an impeachment hearing, but you start the process. the president was accused of committing a crime in a federal courtroom. and if enough evidence is found in a functioning congress the committee would b...

The mueller investigation and that report. i think it's going to be the combination of those things that will then provide at least a means, a mechanism for the political process that i agree is going to take place. >> i guess the question i have, carol, is there are some republicans that need a steam valve here. the most powerful argument in a midterm election in good times for a party is we'll be a check on the president. how do republicans make that case if they're in a swing district outside of philadelphia. >> especially while democrats are saying, look, it's not just trump and there's a ...

Is that the evidence? >> well, the prosecutors may have evidence they haven't revealed. all i've read is the criminal information in which they state that there are individuals from the trump campaign and from the trump organization who were involved and mr. giuliani said, yes, mr. trump knew that he had to reimburse mr. cohen for the advance made for this payment. is there any independent evidence that mr. trump said to mr. cohen you need to do this, i don't want to do this? that may come down to mr. cohen's word versus mr. trump's and now we'll have to wait and see if mr. trump is willing un...