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Kleptocracies distorting government function. dismissal of the complainant's case would help them gain acceptance at home. it's one thing to hear some schmuck on tv say that. a person like sarah chase is in a unique position to know of what she speaks. joining us is sarah chase. she's the author of "thieves of state," why corruption threatens global security. sarah, really nice to see you. thank you for being here. >> great to see you. >> i am unnerved by seeing your scholarship and your life experience about kleptocracies and endemic corruption in places like afghanistan and the philippines a...

With what kind of candidates they're going to be able to recruit and will they be candidates that are able to be vetted and can really withstand not only a primary, make it through the primary, but then to a general election? that's something that's hard to do. >> the deeper problem here is just the poison from a bannon. you get to put out there the idea that even if you support trump, you still have to move further right. that's not how you're going to get your constituency any real help. you still are going to have democrats there. at some point, you've got to have people who can work togeth...

That's what the senator is trying to say. >> instituting more order inside the white house. haven't seen the president outside tweeting as much about the investigation, inflaming things. do you think this was a good move as we head into the second week of john kelly at the helm? >> certainly. i think that anything brings some order to the white house is good for the country and good for the white house. regardless of whether or not you support president trump and the republican agenda, we want to see our government function. when people get distracted by derailing the conversation away from th...

Success. that's what the senator is trying to say. >> instituting more order inside the white house. haven't seen the president outside tweeting as much about the investigation, inflaming things. do you think this was a good move as we head into the second week of john kelly at the helm? >> certainly. i think that anything brings some order to the white house is good for the country and good for the white house. regardless of whether or not you support president trump and the republican agenda, we want to see our government function. when people get distracted by derailing the conversation awa...

Gregg jarrett said that is so far from the truth. and geraldo rich vera, you called it preposterous. >> it is preposterous. you have to be at war with the russians in order for treason to kick in. war against the united states, aiding and comforting the enemy. we are not at war. it's so stupid for senator tim kaine and others to say it. it's just not. they also say collusion. there is no collusion statute except an antitrust. there's one statute that says you can't conspire to disrupt a government function which would be and election. that involves taking information from a russian lawyer. it ...