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National security circle, the metaphor i used was our dashboard warning lights were clearly flashing. subsequently the 10 months since the inauguration, more and more has come out. it is getting more and more compelling as time goes on. >> would you have made the same statement as you made 10 months ago? >> not at all. >> part of this is the policy implication. donald trump brand as a candidate wanted a closer relationship with with russia. he wants to get them to do things that are in the u.s. interests. russia vetoed a u.n. measure that would have allowed a chemical weapons test in russia. t...

Of the reason we saw that second set of tweets from him yesterday. >> sources told your colleagues that removing steve bannon could weaken the president's ability to translate his ideas to policy. explain that since they're saying president trump had similar views since long before steve bannon joined the campaign. >> that's where these stories start to matter because of the policy implication. republicans got control of the house and senate and white house because americans voted they wanted to lower premiums and taxes. polls suggest that the american public have rebounded in terms of their s...

Point out that marco rubio and cory gardner, you know, republican senators have called out and been critical of the president for not using those words. van, i cut you off. sorry. >> i think sometimes we act as if the only thing that matters are the words and the language when you say something, and that's important. but there's a policy implication we have not talked about enough, which is you have an administration that when it comes to counterterrorism has been reported as moving resources away from these white supremacist hate groups and focusing solely or almost exclusively on radical isl...

>> this is one of the things you talk about, real policy implication for people living outside of the beltway here. if mcconnell doesn't have 50 votes, he's still going to bring it to the floor? what do we think? >> something really important, raw politics happening, a lot of the proposals they are writing don't kick in until after the next senate election. me don't kick in until the next senate election. people who see this hit them until after they have been to the voting booth twice. >> reiterate what i say, mcconnell needs this off his plate, one way or another. if i was going to put money...

Blackmailed by the russians. director pompeo, did you know about the acting attorney general's warnings to the white house, or were you aware of the concerns behind the warning? >> i don't have any comment on that. >> well, were you aware of the concerns behind the warning? i mean, this is a global threat. this is a global threat question. this is a global threat hearing. were you aware? >> senator, tell me what global threat it is you're concerned with, please. i'm not sure i understand the question. >> well, the possibility of blackmail? i mean, blackmail by an influential military official,...