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Next three moninutes. and nick ackerman, i want to bring you in here. he was a u.s. assistant attorney. nick, do you foresee this hearing as being productive? are we going to come away with more concrete information, specifically regarding russia, some of the other topics, than we did before? >> we should. and there are two areas relating to russia that we want more information on. one, we want a commitment from the attorney general that he's going to continue to fund the mueller investigation. that's extremely important. congress has to fund it but it has to be requested by the department of ...

>> is it more likely -- and obviously we're just speculating -- that the questioning focused more on the russian meddling in the presidential election or on the possibility of obstruction of justice in the firing of the fbi director, james comey? >> well, there's no question that the chief of staff was present during the comey firing, so he'll probably want to get his impressions on that. but i also think he'll want to get his views with regards to any relationships that could have involved campaign ties with the russians. so there's an awful lot to hear to try to get information on, and i'm s...

Jinx. ainsley: it's friday. jillian: we got that going for us. let's begin with a breaking news story we want to give you information on. american woman and her family freed from the taliban are just boarded a plane out of pakistan. flight reportedly bound for london. their final destination is unclear. caitlin comey and her husband from canada have been held since o2012. o2012 two young children born while in captivity. working with the pakistani military to carry out the rescue. house speaker paul ryan send ago strong message to congress. get them moving on a tax deal. >> we're going to stay...

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>> i appreciate you coming to speaking your piece and speaking your mind and standing up for what is right. >> no problem, man. thank you for having me and holding this conversation. >> so michael thomas does a lot of work off the field with his foundation and charitable work and is doing his part for sure. when we come back, eye cnn exclusive, new information on who was targeted by those russia related facebook ads and how they did it. whoooo. i enjoy the fresher things in life. fresh towels. fresh soaps. and of course, tripadvisor's freshest, lowest... ...prices. so if you're anything like m...