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S intervention in our political season? >> well first let me tell you, tim has written two of the most -- the seminal books on the fbi and intelligence collection and what he said is absolutely right. but i'm going to take this one level further. i think that this scandal is unique in all of american history. this would be the equivalent of the british, you know, running abraham lincoln or actually funding jefferson davis to take over the united states. this is -- there has never been anything like this. >> well, malcolm, you know your history, the brits were rooting for the south. >> yes. >> ...

There's so much discrepancy here. >> chris, there are two people in this government who have the power and will to address those questions and get answers under subpoena. and they are jim comey, the head of the fbi, and senator john mccain, the last cold warrior left standing in the senate. >> well, we're watching mccain. tonight mccain is out there. we'll see how far he goes. i agree with you, if mccain stays on this front, things are going to break open. thank you, malcolm nance and tim weiner. up next, president trump says the reports about his campaign's contact with russian officials is...

Cia assessment and this was done to improve trump's chances. that shouldn't be treated as a blockbuster. because that was the worst kept secret in the town. >> joining me to discuss is tim winer. security correspondent for the new york times and author of the national book award winner, legacy of ashes, the history of the cia. the president is going out of his way to make sure he is not saying there was any cooperation between donald trump or his campaign and russia. he is not painting a pretty picture of russia and keeping russia in the national conversation. what sort of threat is he trying ...

Have a dream speech, the fbi circulated a memo summing up their reaction to the event and how they plan to respond to it. tim winer turned this up for his fbi history. the fbi memo two days after the speech said, in the light of king's powerful demogoging speech, we must mark him now, if we have not done so before, as the most dangerous negro of the future in this nation, from the standpoint of communism, the negro and national security. that memo, the most dangerous negro memo was circulated all over washington, capitol hill to the white house. official washington's view of martin luther king...

For decades at that point, j. edgar hoover in many ways hated the civil rights movement, and hated dr. martin luther king in particular. he was convinced the entire movement was a communist front manipulated by russia to overthrow the united states of america. david korn at mother jones magazine published a reminder that two days after the march on washington, two days after the i have a dream speech, the fbi circulated a memo summing up their reaction to the event and how they plan to respond to it. tim winer turned this up for his fbi history. the fbi memo two days after the speech said, in ...