JOBS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> SAME TO YOU. >>> LET'S TURN TO SENATOR CHRIS
VAN HOLLEN. I'M GOING TO WARN YOU NOW, I'LL
GOING TO THROW A BUNCH. NEWS AT YOU.
WE HAVE TONS OF BREAKING NEWS THAT HAS BEEN MOUNTING BY THE
MOTEL. >> FIRST, McCLATCHY HAS
INDICATED THAT THEY WERE ALSO INVESTIGATING A COVER-UP.
DID YOU GET THAT INDICATION YESTERDAY?
IN YOUR MEETING WITH ROD ROSENSTEIN?
>> I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY DOUBT THAT THE SPECIAL COUNSEL
HAS BEEN CHARGED TO LOOK INTO NOT JUST COLLUSION BETWEEN THE
TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND THE RUSSIANS DURING THE ELECTION BURKS INTO
OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE AND A POTENTIAL COVER-UP.
THAT'S CLEARLY THE REASON WHY ROD ROSENSTEIN DID NOT ANSWERS
THE QUESTIONS, WHETHER HE MET WITH THE PRESIDENT, HIS VIEW OF
THE COMEY MEMO, ALL OF THAT NOW IS IN THE PURVIEW OF THE SPECIAL
COUNSEL WITH RESPECT TO POTENTIAL OBSTRUCTION OF
JUSTICE. I SHOULD POINT OUT THAT IN ORDER
TO APPOINT A SPECIAL COUNSEL, UNDER THE REGULATION, ROD
ROSENSTEIN HAD TO MAKE A FINDING, A DETERMINATION, THAT A
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION WAS WARRANTED.
AT SOME POINT, CLEARLY, SOMETHING TIPPED THE BALANCE
FROM THE DECISIONS NOT TO APPOINT A SPECIAL COUNSEL TO
APPOINTING ONE. >> BUT DID HE TELL YOU THAT?
>> HE WAS VERY CLEAR IN HIS COMMENTS THAT A CRIMINAL SPECIAL
WAS PART OF THIS AND PART OF PURVIEW OF THE SPECIAL COUNSEL.
>> DID HE USE THE WORDS, WERE YOU LOOKING INTO A COVER-UP?
>> I'M NOT SURE IF HE USED THE WORD COVER-UP.
BUT THE WORD OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE WAS USED.
>> GOT IT. "NEW YORK TIMES" IS REPORTING
THAT DONALD TRUMP. IN MEETING WITH THE RUSSIAN
OFFICIALS IN THE OVAL OFFICE, HE CALLED FBI DIRECTOR A NUT JOB.
THAT BEING SAID, BELIEVE ALONE. HE SAID THAT FIRING HIM EASED
PRESSURE. WHAT DOES THAT SAY TO YOU?
THAT IT EASED PRESSURE IN THE OVAL OFFICE.
>> I THINK THAT WILL BE OF GREAT INTEREST TO THE SPECIAL COUNSEL.
IT IS THE QUESTION OF COLLUSION DURING THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND
THE ELECTIONS. IF IN FACT THE FIRING OF COMEY
WAS DONE BY PRESIDENT TRUMP TO TRY TO PREVENT COMEY FROM
GETTING TO THE BOTTOM OF THINGS, THAT'S SOMETHING THE SPECIAL
COUNSEL WILL WANT TO LOOK INTO. AGAIN, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'LL
FIND BUT IT IS CLEARLY SOMETHING THAT WILL BE ON HIS RADAR
SCREEN. THAT WILL MAKE HIS ANTENNA GO
UP, AS IS THE NEWS ABOUT THE COMEY MEMO WHERE TRUMP TOLD HIM
NOT TO PURSUE THE INVESTIGATION INTO MICHAEL FLYNN WHO CLEARLY
IS OVER HIS HEAD WITH RESPECT TO HIS THIS CONNECTION WITH THE
RUSSIANS. >> THE "WASHINGTON POST" IS
REPORTING THAT THE LAW AW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATION NOW
REACHES AS HIGH AS THE WHITE HOUSE.
SAYING THAT A CURRENT WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL IS A PERSON OF
INTEREST. ANY IDEA WHO THAT COULD BE?
>> I DO NOT HAVE ANY IDEA WHO IT COULD BE.
IT TELLS ME THAT IN ADDITION TO THE COUNTER INTELLIGENCE
INVESTIGATION THAT'S GOING ON, I THINK THIS LIKELY FALLS UNDER
THE PURVIEW OF THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.
AS WE KNOW, EVEN BEFORE THE APPOINTMENT OF A SPECIAL
PROSECUTOR, THERE WERE GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS.
SUBPOENAS HAD BEEN ISSUED IN THIS CASE.
CLEARLY THINGS WERE HEATING UP AND THAT SEEMS BE THE THE
MOTIVATION FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP MAKING THE DECISION TO FIRE
COMEY. THE IRONY, OF COURSE, IS THAT
THE RESULT OF A SPECIAL COUNSEL WHO IS NOW GOING TO BE VERY
FOCUSED ON THIS. AND I SHOULD SAY THAT DESPITE
WHAT TRUMP SAID THE OTHER DAY ABOUT HOW THIS IS DIVIDING THE
COUNTRY, FOR THE MOST PART, A FEW MEMBERS OF CONGRESS SECOND,
THERE'S BROAD BIPARTISAN SUPPORT BY THIS MOVE BY ROD ROSENSTEIN.
>> IN YOUR ROLES, HEADING THE DSCC, THE DCCC, WHAT DO YOU
THINK? IF DEMOCRATS CANNOT WIN THE TWO
SPECIAL ELECTIONS COMING UP, ONE IN MONTANA, ONE IN GEORGIA, IF
THEY CAN'T WIN RIGHT NOW, WHAT DOES THAT SAY?
>> LET ME MAKE AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION.
I BELIEVE THAT THE QUESTIONS REGARDING COLLUSION AND THE
ONGOING INVESTIGATION ARE THINGS THAT REALLY DO RISE ABOVE PARTY
POLITICS. ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE DONE IS
CALL FOR A COME TOGETHER AS PATRIOTS, NOT PARTISANS.
I BELIEVE THE APPOINTMENT OF ROD ROSENSTEIN IS AN EXAMPLE WHERE
PEOPLE CAME TOGETHER OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE, OF COURSE.
>> BUT THEY CAN'T WIN UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES.
I DON'T WANT TO WRITE IT BACK TO THE POLITICS BUT THAT MEAN THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE DON'T CARE? OR DOES THAT MEAN THAT EVEN
DESPITE THIS, THEY TRUST REPUBLICANS MORE?
>> IT HAS TO MEAN SOMETHING. >> WITH RESPECT TO THE SPECIAL
ELECTIONS, I THINK IT WAS ANITA DUNN WHO MENTION THAT HAD THE
ADS BEING RUN IN MONTANA FOCUS ON THE REPUBLICAN SUPPORT FOR
THE TRUMP CARE, WHICH IS A TOTAL BETRAYAL OF THE TRUMP VOTERS
WHEN YOU GET UNDER THE HOOD AND LOOK AT WHAT IT DOES.
IT STRIPS 24 MILLION AMERICANS OF ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE CARE
WHILE PROVIDING HUGE TAX CUTS TO VERY WEALTHY PEOPLE AND POWERFUL
SPECIAL INTERESTS. THAT'S WHY THAT KIND OF ISSUE
THAT SHOWS THE BROKEN PROMISES OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS
BEEN A POWERFUL MOTIVATOR. AND YES,S, YOU'VE SEEN PEOPLE
COMING OUT TO TOWN HALL MEETINGS, MAKING PHONE CALLS,
MARCHING IN THE STREETS. ALL OF THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
IN OFFYEAR ELECTIONS BECAUSE IT IS THE IN ARE OF VOTERS.
TRUMP SAID HE WOULD FIND CHINA CURRENCY MA ANYMORE LATOR.
IT IS A CAMPAIGN WHERE A LOT OF MEMBERS OF THE TRUMP FAMILY HAVE
FINANCIAL INTERESTS TIED ONE WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS DOING.
AND HE HAS A BUDGET COMING UP WHICH WE KNOW FROM THE
PRELIMINARY GLIMPSE WILL BE A TOTAL BETRAYAL OF WHAT HE TOLD
THE FORGOTTEN AMERICANS. HE IS FORGETTING THE FORGOTTEN
AMERICANS AND GOING AFTER
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