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The president is trying to take attention off of the real reason the russia investigation began, which had actually very little to do with the dossier and glenn simpson and all of that. it began, of course, when an australian diplomat tipped the united states to the fact that -- >> george papadopoulos. >> he said, i have dirt on clinton from the russians, and i'll give it to the trump campaign. that kicked this off. i think by talking about ohr, he's trying to shift attention away from that. ohr as a serving officer, you take away his clearance, basically, you're taking away his livelihood, an...

But we believe equally strongly that former government officials have the right to express their unclassified views on what they see as critical national security issues without fear of being punished for doing so. the list now includes more than ten former u.s. ambassadors, more than 20 former u.s. attorneys. this follows 150 directors and deputies from the cia and dni who came out against this practice last thursday and 60 former cia officials a day later. and andrea, there are some of those people that signed on that may not have been john brennan's biggest fan while he was running the agen...

Saying, you know, i'm seriously considering revoking his security clearance, not because he did anything inappropriate with classified information, not because he's not suitable to handle classified information, but because in the president's view he, bruce orr somehow is involved in the russia investigation and that upsets the president. that sends, i think, a signal to folks in the intelligence community and in the law enforcement community that if you cross this president your livelihood, your ability to do your job will be threatened. so i am worried that you will have analysts in the agen...

There is give-and-take. i'm bill hemmer. a big welcome back to martha. coming out of the mountains and back to the city. martha: out of the mountains and back to the city where there is more snow than the mountains sometimes. good morning i'm martha maccallum. this report is released just as the senate gets ready to debate the proposal to raise the minimum wage to $10.10. bill: my friend, this will cost a lot of jobs. how do you see it? >> raising a minimum wage is the mainstay of the president's economic policy cbo, government's own bean counters objectives down the line analysts say one-half...