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Cia has counterintelligence center that works very, very closely with the fbi's counterintelligence division. so just imagine at the end of 2016, jim clapper and john brennan and jim comey sitting in a room saying, we don't like donald trump's position, we should open an investigation and let it leak out later that he has a russian spy. the fbi did this to henry wallace in the 1940s. they did it to martin luther king and the '60s. after george mcgovern in '72. if they do not like you, they call you a communist or a russian duke and let the propaganda and the press take over. speak to why would...

Counter intelligence center that very, very closely with the fbi's counterintelligence division. so just imagine at the end of 2016, jim clapper and john brennan and jim comey sitting in a room saying we don't like donald trump's positions, we should open an investigation and let it leak out later that he is a russian spy. the fbi r did this to henry wallace in the 1940s. if they did it to martin luther king in the '60s, george mcgovern in '72. if they don't like it they call you a communist they call you a russian dupe and then they let the propaganda and the press take over. >> tucker: why w...

Q&a session that he said he was happy to do, but he still thought was not that relevant and politically motivated and he was backed up by democrats on that, is really stunning. >> yeah, and you could dismiss it, because you heard similar messages from the former director of the cia, john brennan. former director of national intelligence, jim clapper. you can dismiss them all as crazy partisans, despite their record of service serving both republicans and democrats. bob mueller as well. you can dismiss it or take it as a message of their genuine concern. final question to you, jackie. through t...

All right. we do have an important update to a story we have been following closely. a yemeni mother who had been blocked from seeing her dying son in california because of the trump administration's travel ban has just been granted a visa to come to the united states. >> yes, appears to be in response to pressure from coverage of the story by cnn and other media outlets. dan simon is at the boy's hospital in oakland, california, with more details. i imagine the family, they're facing so much, the loss of their son, is relieved to have this visa. >> yeah. i think it's a bittersweet moment, jim...

As far as november. i asked director clapper, former director of national intelligence whether russia does this kind of thing to influence folks in the u.s., including a presidential candidate. i want to play you jim clapper's answer and get your reaction. >> any way that the russians can ingratiate themselves, seek access, seek leverage, seek influence, they'll do it. and of course, the way ahead for this particular asset, i'll use the term advisedly in air quotes, is through ego and financial inducement. >> clapper was referring there to then-candidate trump, not accusing him of being a know...