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>> they are making a stand i suppose for the base, making a stand for their donors. >> some might argue playing a short game ignoring the long game. >> a stunning prediction from an influential congressman. congressman castro say some people could be in big trouble because of their contacts with russia. after democrats were briefed on intelligence reports that devin nunes reviewed two weeks ago. listen to your self to congressman castro sounding this warning to the trump administration. >> my impression is i wouldn't be surprised after all this is said and done that some people end up in jail....

Supreme court. we've seen now almost for ten years an effort by the republican to dominate the federal judiciary. they used the filibuster in the senate to the point where we couldn't get judges approved. that's why the rules were changed. then when president obama tried toill the supreme court vacancy,ch mcconnell said no, merrick garland will not get a hearing or a vote. i will not meet with him. a departure of 230 years of tradition in the senate. now comes neil gorsuch, carefully chosen and we're making a stand saying this has to come to an end. >> this is about principle, all about taking...

She was tapped to serve at the national security council at the white house but it's changed after cnn broke the story that she is plagiarized vast portions of her book. >> jim acosta in new york. thanks very much. trump says he hopes to do, quote, good deals with russia. this weekend he raised the possibility of lifting u.s. and european sanctions in exchange for a reduction in moscow's nuclear arsenal. this comes as russian president vladimir putin is moving major military hardware into crimea. cnn's barbara starr joins me now from the pentagon. barbara, this all comes perhaps in response ...

And vowing to turn any profits from foreign government officials staying at his hotels over to the u.s. treasury. >> i hope at the end of eight years i'll come back and say oh, you did a good job. otherwise if they do a bad job i'll say you're fired. >> reporter: before trump left that room he did finally say none of his campaign associates had been in touch with russian officials during the election but he would not say whether he would keep those punishing sanctions on moscow as many republicans have called on him to do. his view on other matters coming in to sharper view as confirmation hea...

>> got a small business. he's making a stand. ordinary guy doing something extraordinary. >> that's a great story. all right. late night comics taking on mr. trump's cabinet picks, and of course his meeting with kanye west. here are your late night laughs. >> donald trump's pick for secretary of state, rex tillerson. rex tillerson. yeah, there's a name that lights up a room, rex tillerson. did you know this, rex tillerson was once the president of the boy scouts of america. yeah. of course, as donald trump calls that government experience. >> former vice president kick cheney today praised don...