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>> has there been discussion at the department about keeping these be a report from going to congress? >> no, we are continuing to follow the special counsel regulations as it relates to the report. we haven't received the report. >> has there been a draft opinion about keeping it from going to congress? >> i'm not going to talk about the ongoing investigation into the special counsel. >> mr. whitaker, did donald trump ask you if you would recuse before you became acting attorney general? did he ask you what you would do? >> i have already answered that question in my opening statemen statemen...

>> tucker: having the same opinion as vladimir putin is a crime? >> basically undermining the ability to do the investigation is a crime. >> tucker: i was there in helsinki, i didn't agree with everything he said, but i agree with this, where's the server? why didn't they examine the server? i think that's a fair question. i don't know the answer to that question. i do know the answer to the question. >> tucker: okay, but i don't. does that make me a criminal for asking? >> he's not a criminal for asking that question, he's not a criminal, period. he potentially has committed impeachable crime...

>> every day he is in the news is not a good one for republicans. every day republicans get asked about him. hopefully he will just go back to alabama and not be part of the conversation. i think there are a lot of republicans who are very happy they do not have to explain him being a united states senator and their party, absolutely. >> one of the reasons he did not win is because of the intervention of the g.o.p. the right and dynamic was ultimately the amount of the gap when it came to the votes. republicans did make a statemen statement. we are waiting for the next discussion, whether or n...

President's senior advisor and son-in-law makes a rare statement defending himself before a senate committee on capitol hill and then to reporters outside the white house over his contacts with russia. >> the record and documents i have voluntarily provided will show all of my actions were proper and occurred in the normal course of events of a very unique campaign. >> bret: morand jared kushner's defense today in a few moments. first, the president puts republicans' feet to the fire over the stalled effort to repeal and replace obamacare. in a short but pointed statemen statement, president t...

>> north korea does not have a ballistic missile antiship weapon that would threaten the strike group. the weapons that north korea would put against the strike group are easily defended by the capabilities in that strike group. if it flies, it will die if it's flying against the strikers. >> jenna: that was our commander of the u.s. navy testifying before congress today. joining us with more now is someone who can absolutely add some perspective. he's a former commander of the seventh fleet in japan. what do you think that statemen statement? >> i think it was an appropriate statement given o...