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Have tipped these -- tipped this activity off, not just to the russians, but to the syrians and the turks and people that we didn't want to have happen, you know, didn't want to see and know that we were actually going to carry off this mission. but that the president of the united states would have to deconflict this mission anyway with the russians in that immediate air space, because of the resources that we put there. but to praise them first is extraordinar extraordinary. that is just something that is going to have to be left for the adviso history books or impeachment process to vet out...

He's not respected in conservative legal circles and he's clear hi nly not respected the democrats. it will be apparent he doesn't have anything he takes to hold the job even as acting, is that clear to you? >> yeah, if we were to be honest about the situation, in no other administration at least recently would this person get anywhere close to this gig. he's not qualified for it for obvious reasons. he's way too close to the president politically. he's compromised in the fact he did not recuse himself. >> bobby kennedy was close to j.f.k. but he was brilliant. >> if you look at his private se...

The legislative investigation. i don't know if that is obstruction of justice in and of itself, but it's evidence of intent on the part of the president to stop the investigations of him. >> and it's just bad. i mean, it's just bad behavior on the part of a president. i'm not a lawyer so i can't vet out, like you said, whether it's fully obstruction of justice or not, but it's bad behavior for presidents to call senators and pressure them to stop an investigation. >> i agree it's bad. my point is, don't do this. but these people don't work for him, so he can't obstruct something if they don't ...

Back with the panel joining us also, jeffrey toobin. is this appropriate? >> it's not appropriate. the question is where does it fit into the obstruction of justice investigation that robert mueller is conducting. the reason he was appointed was the firing of james comey was in one interpretation, an effort to shut down the criminal investigation of russia, this is an attempt to shut down the legislative investigation. i don't know if that is obstruction of justice in and of itself, but it's evidence of intent on the part of the president to stop the investigations of him. >> and it's just bad...

You're saying it's 0 okay, but the onus is on the journalist to vet out -- i don't think i trust journalists to be that threshold -- >> i don't trust the government to do it either. you could twist this to be a national security risk. i didn't want to do anything that could mess with our free press in this country. one of the most wonderful things. >> agreed. here's my question. who is it? priebus is gone. scaramucci is gone. bannon is still there. that's an issue. is it a jeff flake? who are the people to worry about inside? and obama leftovers. who are the people leaking this? >> the convers...