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never ever been more stark than it is today. that's because of thousands of miles away from our shores, president biden today marking the 80th anniversary of the d-day invasion that pivotal turning point in the fight against the nazis in world war ii. he did so with more than two dozen heads of state and government leaders. president biden making the case that we must honor the legacy of those who laid down their lives in the fight against fascism by today supporting ukraine in its war against an aud democrat. he argued for everyone to resist the tide of authoritarianism. watch. >> w...

The january 6th select committee, pet personally sought pardon, so in his own mind has concerns about exposure. ronnie jackson was demoted because of his own substance abuse. they seems like classic marks for adversaries. >> they do. in fact, the criteria for given security clearances focuses on the same risks you have identified. i don't think think either man would be able to get a security clearance. one of the major adjudicated factors is your allegiance for the united states, in criteria that would be -- including sympathy for persons who have attempted to overthrow the government operati...

As we said, a lot happening on capitol hill. much of it to do with the russia investigation. michael flynn, to some extent now, jared kushner. today leading democrats sought to highlight what they see as concerns about his ongoing access to classified intelligence. fair or not, they're trying to make him a bigger part of this story. cnn's manu raju joins us with more. manu, the democratic members, what are they saying about former national security adviser michael flynn, first? >> reporter: they're saying both therein and kushner should not have been given security clearances, at least suspend...

Communications as people said this weekend have always been quite important. you know, whether it was john kennedy using his brother, robert, as a back channel to the russians. but that was during their administration, not done secretly and not done behind the backs of u.s. intelligence. i think the question here is did you have a back channel before you were president of the united states, before the administration was in office, and certainly before somebody like jared kushner had been given security clearances and had an official office? so there are a couple of things that are different. o...

Whether it was john kennedy using his brother robert as a back channel to the russians -- but that was during their administration, not done secretly. and not done behind the backs of u.s. intelligence. i think the question here is did you have a back channel before you were president of the united states? before the administration was in office? and certainly before somebody like jared kushner had been given security clearances and had an official office? so there are a couple things that are different. one, that this was done totally secretly hyped the backs of u.s. intelligence agencies and...