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Passage of the health care bill in the house, dubious feature in the senate, no political accomplishments to speak of and a perception of an administration that truly can't walk and chew gum at the same time. i think that perception is filtering down into the rank and file of the republican base, even if they are adamant not to concede points to democrats. i think that's going to percolate and have effects into 2018. if you have a democratic congress, democratic senate, then the president's legal jeopardies increase dramatically. >> ron, how does this look to you and how do you think it looks ...

Zakaria's take. >> people that were likely dreading the 5:00 hour by tehe end of the week, it seemed a new blockbuster story would come out right about that time. joining me to discuss is an all republican panel. all conservatives. brett stevens in pulitzer prize winning columnist now with the "new york times." george frum, ron kessler, a long-time investigative journalist, now author and opinion writer. where does this -- where do we stand in the investigation? how should we think about this? >> you should be prepared to accept that even if the most heinous version of the facts proves to be t...

Ca p ca put to is an interesting figure. he also did some work in the ukraine. he joined the trump campaign early on but then actually was fired by the trump campaign after he tweeted somewhat joy after lieu he's connected on the dark arts master who is someone in regular conversation with donald trump. played a big role in his campaign. but as you mentioned ca ppu tur o believes he did nothing wrong. he believes he's got nothing to hide. >> then ron, there is still people inside washington and beyond who were seething to see the president meeting with russian officials in the oval office the ...

Comey a, quote, nut job quote quote. here's what h.r. mcmaster who was in the room had to say about that report. >> i don't remember exactly what the president said and the notes that they apparently have i do not think are a direct transcript, but the gist of the conversation was that the president feels as if he's ham strung in his ability to work with russia, to find areas of cooperation because this has been obviously so much in the news. and that was the intention of that portion of the conversation. >> joining us right now, cnn correspondent ryan noble, and investigative reporter ron kes...

John mccain just today. >> i'm almost speechless because i don't know how -- why someone would say something like that. but i know this. mr. lavrov is the stooge of a thug and murderer who has communicated humgh rights violations all over the place, has invaded ukraine, has taken crimea, and he had no business in the oval office. >> ron, is it your view that the image speaks volumes, even theo the -- though there is consternation about what was being said? >> they meet with ambassadors including russia all the time. the detail that donald trump shared with the russian officials about this plot