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When the fact is, again, there are real national security issues at play and that should be the focus. >> let me ask you about another thing that may be a distraction. we have seen three trump white house lawyers, white house counsel, his deputy and now today we learned another white house lawyer working for the president all having received supboenas from the justice department. we don't know the topic or grand jury. this are lots of different investigations. we've also seen a member of congress have his phone seized as part of an investigation in which he reportedly has been told he's a witn...

Execution of the search warrant. he described them as being stolen by the fbi. later reporting suggesting that these were perhaps that his passports were taken as part of the search, execution of the search warrant and then returned to him. what should we understand about that? >> so a couple pieces. first, there is a lot of noise that happens in these investigations. and it's really important that we're not distracted by the noise and get to the point. just based on what we know, there are significant national security implications. but with respect to the passport, if they were tl were multi...

He's got competing headlines. because it turns out there are years and years and years of ramifications of electing somebody who from the very start was keeping espionage prosecutors busy here at home. i mean 5 1/2 years down the line from those first blood curdling headlines about what's going on with this president and national security. 5 1/2 years after they hired him a national security adviser even though they knew he was under federal investigation as a potential foreign agent. 5 1/2 years down the line. that trump national security adviser michael flynn has been pardoned by trump after...

At least you think. but this guy under consideration for that job, he came to the trump transition. he warned them about the fact he was under active federal investigation for that. and the trump transition, the incoming trump administration decided they would hire him anyway. they would hire him despite that. and that is how we got michael flynn as national security adviser for approximately five minutes while he was under investigation as potential foreign agent of the nation of turkey and before he started lying to federal investigators about his communications with the russian government. ...

Untethered to fact or whether they're big advocates for pushing for the truth and having a positive effect on american democracy, i think we learn the lessons, we understand the issues in a very powerful vis rabble way when you're talk together people themselves and the people who are at the center of the issues, the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, the attorney generals, the last abortion doctors in texas, whoever they are, i just think it, as a host, it gives me, i think a ton more perspective on the news, and i hope that it gives the audience a better understanding of what is happening in america...