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Idea of russia hacking in the election. >> you know it was quite striking, anderson. putin's words they really marked quit a big shift from the previously blanket hackers to artists who choose their targets depending on how they feel when they wake up in the morning. it was an interesting dialogue. and president putin does continue to deny any state role but it was a departure from the previous stance that russia played no role whatsoever in the hacking during the 2016 election. anderson? >> jessica, thank you. joining us now jeffrey toobin. former director comey does tell his story what he sa...

Trump or just diminish american confidence in their own democratic system. putin still denied any official russian state role in the hacking. now if you remember, these were some of the same hacks of the democratic national committee and top democratic officials that caused profound disagreement within the democratic party and, of course, american intelligence agencies have almost taken it for granted russia was behind the e-mail hacks and now essentially saying they're investigating whether or not there was collusion between the trump camp. putin still denying that russia as a state played an...

So they have been a very important part of the funding stream, particularly for projects that apparently the trump enterprises wanted to do overseas in parts of europe and certainly in russia. so they've been -- they've had that kind of connection for a while now. so all of a sudden, the president -- and this was the problem of not understanding what you are transitioning out of. you're transitioning out of this business relationship into a political relationship where you have guys like the folks here on this panel sitting there going, so, what are you two do something. >> a lot of people thi...

The mitt romney dinner tonight and general petraeus met with him. look at what bob corker said when leaving trump tower. >> sec tear of state role is so important. you need to choose someone he is comfortable with and knows there will be no daylight between him and them. the world needs to know the secretary of state speaks fully for the president and that is a decision he will have to make. >> it was bob corker who was disqualifying mitt romney from the job. trump is having dinner with the nominee tonight. we will see what comes of that. molly, the corker commends. that's my read on it and fo...

Other. >> would not thiromney said it t the state level, not the federal level. we need to get the federal government out of education. do you agree with that leadership vision and approach? >> i think there's an appropriate federal role, there's an appropriate state role, there's an appropriate local role. i think where there's a huge contrast is what president obama and i fundamentally believe is that education is an investment. we all have to work together to make sure every single child has a world class education. congressman ryan's budget, they view education as an experience, something ...