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Find the source of the latest leak related to these e-mails and the meeting with the russian lawyer between donald trump jr., jared kushner, and paul manafort. what are you learning about what's now happening behind the scene at the white house? >> reporter: well, one republican source close to the west wing really putting it bluntly, saying that the white house is paralyzed, all consumed, and distracted by this. in fact, one source saying that this is yet another week lost when it comes to advancing the president's agenda, another source saying that really it's time to get some fresh new tale...

Jersey which is also pretty stunning considering that he was once a model for republicans for winning blue states like new jersey and by the margins that he did, and we're talking about chris christie on the beach, remember just a few years ago he was known for really taking the lead as it pertained to hurricane sandy. he was under criticism for embracing then president obama on those beaches, but that was reflective of his style then which was to get things done. now it looks like he just isn't really caring much about what the public thinks about this controversy. >> and as you pointed out h...

Completely but legitimately. so the question is what is being done by the white house? but kellyanne conway didn't point this out but she could have pointed out the president has signed a order that calls federal agencies within 90 days and gives the military a larger share of responsibility for cyber security. oddly it does not specifically mention russia or russian hacking. from the president we haven't seen much action or heard much real concern and obviously we're not privy to conversation he's had with top law enforcement officials. we know from reports that he's interested in the russia ...

Who is by all accounts an upstanding person, wrote that memo because he didn't approve of the way comey handled the hillary clinton email story, particularly as it pertained to his july statements and his october reopening of the case. and that he didn't like it and he wrote a memo about that and why it was so terrible. my question is did he know that this was going to be used as the sole rational at least pub lacklac -- publicly. >> but he said he knew he would be fired before he got the memo. >> we'll finish it. >> lots more to talk about. when we come back, a group of men who have investiga...

>> unless he was being used by the white house it's perfectly plausible to me and tell me if you disagree, that rosenstein, who is by all accounts an upstanding person, wrote that memo because he didn't approve of the way comey handled the hillary clinton email story, particularly as it pertained to his july statements and his october reopening of the case. and that he didn't like it and he wrote a memo about that and why it was so terrible. my question is did he know that this was going to be used as the sole rational at least pub -- publicly. >> but he said he knew he would be fired before h...