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>>> OUR PANEL IS BACK. LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS
"WASHINGTON POST" ARTICLE. WE'RE ALL GETTING UP TO SPEED ON
IT. DONALD TRUMP MAY HAVE GIVEN OVER
IT. DONALD TRUMP MAY HAVE GIVEN OVER
HIGHLY CLASSIFIEDER FOR RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AND AMBASSADOR
WHILE THEY WERE MEETING WITH HIM IN THE OVAL OFFICE THE DAY AFTER
HE FIRED FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY.
STEVE, IT'S NOT ILLEGAL FOR THE PRESIDENT TO DISSEMINATE
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION BECAUSE HE IS THE PRESIDENT.
HE CAN UNCLASSIFY IT. >> WE HAVE THE REPORT IN THE
"WASHINGTON POST." WE'RE STILL READING IT AND
PROCESSING IT. WE WILL HEAR A LOT MORE ABOUT
THIS. THIS IS A GUY WHO CAME TO OFFICE
CAMPAIGNING AGAINST SOMEBODY WHO HAD BEEN IN THAT E-MAIL SCANDAL
ABOUT DID HILLARY CLINTON SHARE ANY CLASSIFIED INFORMATION THAT
WASN'T ENCRYPTED, ALL OF THAT. DONALD TRUMP MADE THAT ONE OF
THE CENTRAL ISSUES OF HIS CAMPAIGN, HILLARY CLINTON WAS
UNQUALIFIED TO BE PRESIDENT BECAUSE OF THAT.
>> RECKLESS. >> PAUL RYAN SPEAKER OF THE
HOUSE SAID ANYBODY AS RECKLESS WITH THAT INFORMATION AS HILLARY
CLINTON WAS SHOULD NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION.
WE WILL SEE WHAT WE LEARN HERE. ONE REPORT FROM THE "WASHINGTON
POST." I AM STILL DIGESTING IT.
THE BACK DROP WHAT DONALD TRUMP IS ACCUSED OF IN THIS ARTICLE IS
WHAT HE RAN AGAINST. NBC NEWS HAS NOT VERIFIED THIS
REPORT YET, WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE WHITE HOUSE FOR COMMENT
AND HAVE NOT YET GOTTEN THAT ALTHOUGH REPORTERS WERE TRYING
TO PEPPER H.R. McMASTER ABOUT IT ALTHOUGH HE TURNED AROUND AND
WALKED OUT THE DOOR AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
THE ISSUE IS IT SEEMS LIKE DONALD TRUMP WAS TALKING ABOUT
THIS NEW LAPTOP THREAT, THIS ABILITY TO USE LAPTOPS TO MAKE
EXPLOSIVES, SOMETHING THE ISLAMIC STATE IS DOING AND IN
THE NEWS A WHILE AND ACCORDING TO THE "WASHINGTON POST" HE
SHARED IT WITH THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR.
SUSAN, WHAT IS YOUR REACTION IF THIS ENDS UP BEING AS THE
WASHINGTON REPORT IS REPORTING. >> THE ONLY WAY TO MOVE THE
DISCUSSION OFF THE TAPES IS LEAKING CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.
IT IS EXTREMELY DISTURBING. IF THE PRESIDENT COMES BACK I
CHOSE TO DO IT BECAUSE HE CAN GIVE ANY INFORMATION HE WANTS,
ANY CLASSIFIED INFORMATION TO ANYBODY.
I WOULD ARGUE HE SHOULD ALSO GIVE THE CLASSIFIED INFORMATION
THAT INDICATES PRESIDENT OBAMA -- AS DONALD TRUMP CLAIMED
THERE WAS WIRETAPS FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA, HE COULD
DECLASSIFY THOSE. THIS IS YET ANOTHER DISASTER FOR
THIS WHITE HOUSE ESPECIALLY AS IT EMBARKS --
>> HOW MANY CAN THEY SURVIVE? >> THEY'RE GOING OVERSEAS, WE
WILL FIND OUT POTENTIALLY. THAT WILL BE A VERY DIFFICULT
PROBLEM ESPECIALLY WHEN ONE OF THE U.S. DIPLOMATS DIDN'T
CONSIDER ONE OF THE PLACES IN ISRAEL PART OF ISRAEL AND SAID
THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CALL IT.
>> ANOTHER PART OF THIS ARTICLE IN HIS MEETING WITH LAVROV,
TRUMP SEEMED TO BE BOASTING ON HIS INTEL INFORMATION.
I GET GREAT INTEL EVERYDAY. I HAVE TO ASK YOU, SUSAN, YOU
ARE OUR REPUBLICAN AT THE TABLE. HOW DO REPUBLICANS REACT.
>> YOU SAID, IF TRUE. >> IF THIS IS TRUE, WHAT ARE
REPUBLICANS SUPPOSED TO DO? >> YOU WILL SEE SOME
REPUBLICANS -- YOU WILL SEE WHAT YOU'VE BEEN SEEING SOME
REPUBLICANS LIKE A SENATOR McCAIN AND LINDSAY GRAHAM --
>> THEY WILL -- >> I WON'T DEFEND THIS IF IT IS
TRUE. THIS WILL TAKE A HUGE HIT ON
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S NUMBERS, YOU START SEEING HIM GOING TO 32%,
YOU WILL SEE A LOT OF REPUBLICANS RUNNING AWAY FROM
HIM? >> 39% IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH.
>> MY PREDICTION IS ONCE HE GOES UNDER 30 THEY WILL JUMP SHIP.
WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE CONTEXT.
HE ALLEGEDLY REVEALED CLASSIFIED INFORMATION IN A MEETING WITH
THE RUSSIANS WHICH HAPPENED THE DAY AFTER HE FIRED THE FBI
DIRECTOR AND ADMITTEDLY SAID IT WAS ABOUT RUSSIA.
KISLYAK WAS IN THE MEETING AND WE KNOW ABOUT IT BECAUSE OF THE
PHOTOGRAPHS THE RUSSIAN PHOTOGRAPHER TOOK NOT BECAUSE
ANY INFORMATION WAS GIVEN OUT BEFORE THE MEETING.
NO ONE KNEW KISLYAK WOULD BE IN THE OVAL OFFICE MEETING UNTIL
THE PICTURES CAME OUT AFTER THE FACT AND THE U.S. MEDIA NOT LET
IN THE ROOM. THIS HAS TO BE CONTAINED IN THE
CONTEXT AND BIG PICTURE. >> ONE OTHER THING TO TAKE INTO
CONSIDERATION ON THIS. AS WE KNOW, PRESIDENT TRUMP
ANNOUNCED HE WOULD SEEK TO BROADEN THE LAPTOPS.
IF THEY CAN TRAVEL FROM NOT JUST FROM CERTAIN COUNTRY, HE WANTS
TO EXPAND POTENTIALLY TO EUROPE. I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THIS
WAS DONALD TRUMP SAYING, HEY, I GOT THIS INTEL, WE WILL START TO
DO THIS NEXT JUST OFF HIS CUFF BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HE TYPICALLY
TENDS TO DO. >> WHITE HOUSE REPORTERS WHO RAN
INTO H. RMPT McMASTER, RAN INTO A

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