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The u.s. as being in a state of, quote, deevolution, with the checks on executive power flagging. and she makes clear that despite the change in u.s. administration, one thing remains constant, that is, quote, putin has been there for 22 years. he's the same guy with the same people around him, and he's watching everything. your thoughts on her assessment of it? >> this is an extraordinarily interesting interview in the "new york times" magazine. and her book, by all accounts, is outstanding. so, she tells a really some ways frightening story. she went into the trump administration as a russia...

Evolution with the checks on executive power. and she makes clear that despite the change in u.s. administration, one thing remains constant, that is, quote, putin has been there for 22 years. he's the same guy with the same people around him, and he's watching everything. your thoughts on her assessment of it? >> this is an extraordinarily interesting interview in the new york times magazine, and her book, by all accounts, is outstanding. she tells a really in some ways, frightening story. she went into the trump administration as a russian expert and a putin expert. and she found that presid...

That if they want a meeting with the white house, there needs to be a hunter biden investigation. we'll see when we convene on the floor tonight whether the republicans' view has changed. >> it's hard for them to dispute someone like fiona hill, known as someone who was a very solid russia hawk and the greatest putin expert in the white house, certainly. >> and the question is, why have a democracy if a president can get away with marrying together the official powers of his office with his reelection campaign? frankly, what separates democracies from tin pot dictatorships is that we don't all...

Wrapping this up to both of you, do we see stormy daniels on 60 minutes on sunday night. or do you think there's something that precludes her ability stuff from a legal perspective? >> i think it's going to be seen, you can't have prior restraint on something like this. if it was something really damning and bad, i think that's not likely to happen. it's not permanent damage that's going to take place here. so i can't see how a judge would prevent this from occurring. >> wendy? >> i don't think a judge -- i don't think a judge will get involved in issuing an order forbidding it, but i hope som...

Sergey kislyak into the oval. they've gotten intel on a supposedly secret third party that was infiltrating isis. then they got it revealed that yes, it was israel by donald trump. now they are potentially going to get back their two compounds that they were using for espionage. they could not have gotten a bigger embarrassment of riches at this point they might as well troll the president of the united states. >> peter baker, you are our putin expert tonight in all things russian expert with your experience in moscow. when i listen to, that it sounds so ridiculous. vladimir putin talking abou...