and there's really not much mr. putincan do about that, about from now the national guard and riot police. the day after these protests took place i was asked by a journalist whether i was surprised. have to admit i was surprised about the scale, but just how widespread and geographically diverse this was wha but i was t surprised about the participation. because i've seen these people. over the last three years since we have relaunched open russia, first as a pro-democracy egl and later as a full-fledged pro-democracy movement, i've traveled across the country him across the regions. to be honest i haven't paid as far as -- but from the baltic, and we've been holding events across the country, public events to try to maintain and keep that space for public discussion in our country that is being increasingly shop and squeezed and attacked. you know, public lectures, seminars, roundtables, debates, film screenings and such. every time, almost every time the authorities tried to sabotage and present and stop her from takin

eivéfifils easltlve ' about mr putin, might statements about mr putin, might make a deal with mr putin ecretaries, who have come up with current policy on russia. mr trump trump's aids say he wants to talk to her about mr putin because she knows mr putin well and speaks russian and he wants their views on ukraine. they will presumably have a reasonably productive discussion about that. that will be very interesting. thank you, barbara. we're waiting for that news conference, as soon we're waiting for that news conference, as soon as we're waiting for that news conference, as soon as it begins will will be back in washington. will will be back in washingten.——= trump and angela merkel, the donald trump and angela merkel, the pressroom very full indeed. when that kicks off we will go back and hear from them both. that kicks off we will go back and hearfrom them both. back that kicks off we will go back and hear from them both. back to that kicks off we will go back and hearfrom them both. back to matters at home. some schools in england may be receiving more government money, but research

mr. putin's part, whether justified or not, that the united states was kind of configuring things that mr would stay around for a while longer, and be an easier person to deal with. all of those kinds of things are the kinds of things that obviously set off alarm bells in the head of a russian leader, wl who has come through some difficult times himself at home. >> there was another moment, mr. ambassador, yesterday, where director comey talked about how russia was unusually loud, i believe was his word, in terms of their interference, meaning, particularly flagrant. so, will be to this. >> they were unusually loud in their intervention. it's almost as if they didn't care that we knew what they were doing or that they wanted us to see what they were doing. it was very noisy. their number one mission is to undermine the credibility of our entire democracy enterprise of this nation. and so it might be that they wanted us to help them by telling people what they were doing, their loudness, in a way, would be counting on us to amplify it, by telling the american people what we saw, and freaki

>> if you ask me what is mr. putin, well, he's the president of the russian federation, he came to power in a country that was about to collapse, to lose its territorial and political integrity. there was a country with a huge foreign debt, a country that couldn't afford paying off that foreign debt and it was involved with paris club and other debt holders and a man who managed in a decade using his management skills, using his personal talents, using positive international and economic environment to make russia stable again, to make russia being a country with ingreasing level of standards of living, is more prosperous, more united, developing quite fast and playing more and more serious role in global affairs so this is mr. putin. >> is that why he's so popular? what do you attribute the popularity he has in russia? >> he's different from lots of statesmen and politicians that we see in the world and that we see in russia. first of all, he's not a populist-oriented politician so he does what he says. and he never m

read my contact with mr. putin and associates took place in '03 in full view of press and public, under oath. with you and your team, obviously that's you challenging them, under oath. this morning the president's press secretary said the following. reports concerning potentially politically motivated investigations immediately ahead of the 2016 election are very troubling. president trump is requesting that as part of the investigation into russian activity the congressional intelligence committees exercise oversight to determine whether powers were abused in 2016. is that a fair ask of this administration? >> well, look, president obama has flatly denied that he has done this. and either way, chuck, the president's in trouble.

. >> isn't it fair to say that mr. putin did not warm to hillary clinton and he accused her of meddling in russia's internal affairs during the 2011-2012 campaign for his own presidency. it does seem as though he might have had a preference for mr. trump because in his view hillary clinton tried to interfere in russian politics. >> you would probably recall that president putin during election campaign never answered direct question about his candidate of his support. he kept saying that we will respect the choice of american people and only american people can and should choose their own president. these were the words of president putin that he had repeated numerous times during this clast couple of years. of course, if you ask him whether he mentioned the then candidate donald trump, i will answer yes, he had. why? the candidate hillary clinton was quite negative about our country and attitude. declaring russia the main threat for the united states. to the contrary, the other candidate, donald trump was saying that yes, w

what can we expect moving forward between mr. putin and mr. trump in terms of a working relationship? >> well, it's really too early to tell because we don't know what the trump administration policy is towards russia. they haven't defined it. they haven't had the interagency policy review. lots of very senior people in his government disagree about what to do about vladimir putin. some speak like the president, the president wants to just get along and fight isis, others speaks like senator collins, that sees him as a threat. remember, when you quoted him earlier and he said this is because of anti-russian sentiment in america, it's not anti-russian sentiment it's anti-putin sentiment because he intervened in our election. that needs to be pushed back. for my point of view. but the question for the trump administration is they don't yet have a policy. they've been too distracted with other matters. >> to be clear, ambassador, this idea that putin interfered in our election, is that a view that is shared by many russians or the minority view t

mr. putin's regime. and we're certainly very much aware of all the risks involved, but we will also continue doing our work, because we think our work is important and because we think that mr. putin's regime, frankly, is robbing russia, especially the young generation in russia, of its prospects and of its future. >> let me ask you about that. so you're alive and grateful, but you have a lot to say. you have this message. you're about to testify there on the hill. can you give me a preview? what are you about to tell lawmakers about vladimir putin and his, what you perceive as his end game? >> well, this is, of course, part of a large series of hearings, as you know, on capitol hill, related to russia. and this particular hearing i'll be testifying at in about 15 minutes is about the domestic situation in russia. of course, long before people began talking about possible intrusion of the russian government into u.s. elections and other actions outside of russian borders, we have had to deal with mr. put

you responded happily talk my contact with mr. putin and his associates. would you and your team? that's obviously you challenges them under oath. let me ask you this. this morning the president's press secretary says the following. reports concerning potentially political mow vated investigations immediately aide hft 2015 are very troubling. is that a fair ask of this administration? >> well, look. president obama has flatly designed that he has done this. and either way, chuck, the president is in trouble. if he falsely spread this kind of misinformation, that is so wrong. it's beneath the dignity of the presidency. it is something that really hurts people's view of government. it's civilization warping, as ben sas called it. and i don't know if any president democrat or republican in the past has done this. shows this president doesn't know how to conduct himself. on the other nd, if it is true, it is even worse for the president because that means that a federal judge independently elected has found probable cause that the president or people on his staff have had probable cau

-- comey: mr. putin would like people who like him. >> would they haven't -- preference for a candidate who encourage brexit? dir. comey: would they like to see more brexits, yes. europehave russians in demonstrated they can entangle them and financial interests or allow them to take place over the countries they represent? dir. comey: we account that president clinton has -- president putin -- he believes there are people more open to negotiation and dealing with. i would like to continue the line of questioning on michael flynn. understand hean said he did not remember whether he discussed sanctions. i find that hard to believe. wouldn't you think that mr. flynn would have remembered meeting with the russian ambassador and would have told him to stop meddling in our affairs? but that did not happen, did a question mark >> -- but that did not happen, did it? >> i can't answer that. -- that is something i cannot answer. he also appears to have lied to vice president mike pence all about it. do you think

mr. putin.nd i want to keep myself honest, that during the course of this over the last 30 years, , i was nervous about this reaction. i was nervous that we in the west would not understand that the people inside russia were seeking to join the west and become democratic. and have markets. and we would treat them rather lukewarmly. and then there would be a backlash against it, because it would not work. one of the best pieces i have ever written in my life i published on august 19, 1990. if you know your soviet history, you know the importance of august 19, 1991. one year to the day i published this piece, i should not assume that you know, i was thinking this is the first day of the led to the clash of the soviet union. and in the peace, i was comparing the drama of the time, soviet union is still around, gorbachev is still ahead of the -- still the head of the country. i was comparing the drama to the french revolution to get people to think this is an just some kind of reform thing. this is

. >> stahl: can you be sure that what happened to you was directed by mr. putin?ladimir kara-murza: well, of that we have no idea. i don't know the precise circumstances, i don't know the who or the how, but i do know the why. >> stahl: in recent years, quite a few of putin's enemies have perished by swallowing things they shouldn't have. in 2006, russian-spy-turned- kremlin-critic alexander litvinenko drank tea laced with polonium-210. two years earlier, the ukrainian politician viktor yushchenko had somehow ingested dioxin. he survived, but was disfigured. but what would the motive be in the case of the critic vladimir kara-murza? cambridge educated, he was for years a washington-based reporter for a russian tv station. so he was well-connected and had perfect english, which he used to incessantly criticize the regime on the international stage. >> vladimir kara-murza: a government that is based on genuine support does not need to jail its opponents. >> stahl: as if his outspokenness wasn't enough to anger the kremlin, he made matters worse for himself when he j

. >> mr. putin. >> trump impersonators are everywhere in russia. ♪ >> you're fired. u're fired. >> but it could be an american tv program that best describes the putin/trump relationship. >> i think putin views trump as an apprentice. >> at the heart of all this are some deadly serious questions. dozen vladimir putin have some kind of hold over donald trump? did he tamper with the american elections? >> i tried to ask him, mr. putin did not agree to answer my questions, but his closest aide, dimitri peskov did. >> the answer is no. saying that a country can intervene in your election process. america, huge country, country with the most powerful country in the world. it's simply impossible. >> we will get at the truth of all this. but to do that, we need to go back to the final days of the country vladimir putin loved. >> i think that down deep in putin there is this sense of extraordinary humiliation over the collapse of the soviet union. because it wasn't just the soviet union. it was the russian empire. >> putin returned home from his kgb posting in 1990 to a count

. >> mr. putin impersonators are everywhere in russia. ♪ [ speak russian ] >> you're fired. >> you're fired. >> you're fired. >> reporter: but it could be an american tv program that best describes the putin/trump relationship. >> i think putin views trump as an apprentice. >> reporter: at the heart of all this are some deadly serious questions. does vladimir putin have some kind of hold over donald trump? did he tamper with the american elections? >> i tried to ask him, mr. putin did not agree to answer my questions, but his closest aide, dimitri peskov did. >> the answer is very simple, no. you're humiliating yourself saying that a country can intervene in your election process. america, huge country, country with the most powerful country in the world. this is simply impossible. >> reporter: we will get at the truth of all this, but to do that, we need to go back to the final days of the country vladimir putin loved. >> i think that down deep in putin there is this sense of extraordinary humiliat

. >> reporter: can you be sure that what happened to you was directed by mr. putin? ell, that i have no idea. i don't know the precise circumstances, the who or the how. but i do know why. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: in recent years, quite a few of putin's enemies have perished by swallowing things they shouldn't have. in 2006, russian spy turned kremlin critic alexander litvinenko drank tea laced with pelonium 210. but what would the motive be in the case of the critic vladamir karamerze. cambridge educated, he was for years a washington based reporter. so he was well connected and had perfect english, which he used to incessantly criticize the regime on the international stage. >> a government based on genuine support does not need to jail opponents. >> reporter: he made matters worse for himself when he joined forces with this man. >> his death, if you cross the putin regime. >> reporter: bill broader was for years the largest foreign investor in russia. but he turned into a dogged adversary, when his russian tax attorney blew the whistle on alleged

mr. putin faces a balance -- if he's too easy, there are fears it could protes-- protests coul. >> thank you. >>> it's been less than 72 hours since the republicans failed to pass health care. the blame game now with president trump pointing the finger at democrats saying, "democrats -- finger say, "democrats are smiling in d.c. now that they've saved planned parenthood." one of the freedom caucus members from texas has resigned from that group, putting out a statement that read in part, "in order to deliver on the conservative agenda we have promised the american people for eight years, we must come together to find solutions to move this country forward." many are pointing out the young trump administration for the pulled vote. while his aides are fighting back blaming a broken washington for a failure that could impact the rest of their ambitious agenda. >> is the republican party capable of governing? i know the man in the white house is, i saw it this week. what you saw are that things are

. >> mr. putin impersonators are everywhere in russia. >> you're fired. >> you're fired. >> you're fired. >> but it could be an american tv program that best describes the putin/trump relationship. >> i think putin views trump as an apprentice. >> at the heart of all this are some deadly serious questions. does vladimir putin have some kind of hold over donald trump? did he tamper with the american elections? >> i tried to ask him, mr. putin did not agree to answer my questions, but his closest aide, dimitri peskov did. >> the answer is very simple, no. you're humiliating yourself saying that a country can intervene in your election process. america, huge country, country with the most powerful country in the world. this is simply impossible. >> we will get at the truth of all this. but to do that, we need to go back to the final days of the country vladimir putin loved. >> i think that down deep in putin there is this sense of extraordinary humiliation over the collapse of the soviet union. because

mr. putin would like people who like him. >> would they have a preference for candidate that encouraged brexit and other departures from europe? would they like to see more brexits? >> yes. and have the russians in europe demonstrated a prenference for business people as political leaders with the hope they can entangle them in financial interests or that they may allow their financial interests to take precedence over the interest of the countries in europe they represent? >> in our joint report we recount that president putin expressed a preference for business leaders in leading other governments and mentions schroeder and -- i'm going to forget one. he believes that they are people that are more open to negotiation. easier to deal with. >> i'll yield. >> i would like to continue my questioning -- the line of questioning on michael flynn. i'm sure you can understand my concern that mr. flynn not only failed to disclose the contacts with the russian ambassador, but he said he did not remember

. >> reformulate the question mr. putin likes people who like him. >> a candidate who encouraged brexit and other departures from europe, would they like to see more brexits? >> yes. >> have the russians in europe demonstrated a preference for businesspeople as political leaders with the hope they can enhangle them in financial interests or may allow their financial interests to take precedence over the interests of countries in europe they represent? >> in our joint report president putin expressed a preference gerhard schroeder and berlusconi because he believes they are people more open to negotiation, easier to deal with. >> i'll yield to representative sewell. >> i'd like to continue my line of questioning on michael flynn. i'm sure you can understand my concern that mr. flynn not only failed to disclose the contacts with the russian ambassador but he said he did not remember whether he discussed sanctions with russia with that ambassa r ambassador. i find that really hard to believe. wouldn't you think that at the hei

mr. putin would like people who like him. >> would they have a preference for a candidate who encouraged brexit and other departures from europe? would they like to see more brexits? >> yes. >> and have the russians in europe demonstrated a preference for business people as political leaders with the hope that they can entangle them in financial interests or that they may allow their financial interests to take precedence over the interests of the countries in europe they represent? >> in our joint report, we recount that the russians that president buttin has expressed a preference for business leaders in leading other governments and mentions gerhart schroeder and -- i'm going to forget one. berlusconi because he believes they are people who are more open to negotiation, easier to deal with. >> at this point let me yield to representative sewell. >> i would like to continue my questioning, the line of questioning on michael flynn. i'm sure you can understand my concern that mr. flynn not only

i take mr putin's comment from last week, acknowledging the problem, indicating that they would follow, in my view, this would probably set the right mind of many people in russia to go into that direction. former world heavyweight champion david haye has said he'll pay whatever fine he has to after admitting his conduct in the build up to his fight with tony bellew was inappropriate. haye lost in ii brutal rounds and has been speaking to the bbc‘s natalie pirks. we say what we say at the time and i am surei we say what we say at the time and i am sure i will have to pay some sort of fine at some stage from the british board of control because some of the comments went too far and ifi some of the comments went too far and if i have to pay the fine i will happily pay a fine. but when you get into that beast mode before the fight you're not thinking about political correctness, you are not thinking about fines, you are thinking about fines, you are thinking about fines, you are thinking about getting into the ring, and it is a dog could sometimes, and it is not a fun place to be. —— dog

. >> what about for mr. putin? >> mr. putin likes people who like him. >> reporter: comey denied going any further. >> i'm not going to talk about any particular person today. >> reporter: perhaps anticipating outcry from the democrats, he south to clear about today's testimony and hillary clinton's into the sever. >> the past were the department of justice and the fbi have spoken about the details of some investigations. but please keep in mind that those involved the details of completed investigations. our ability to share details with the congress and the american people is limited when those investigations are still open. which i hope makes sense. >> reporter: and director comey says he doesn't know when the fbi's counter-intel investigation will wrap up. one official said counter-intel investigations can take a while, even years in some cases because the investigation is rarely black and white. could be taking some time. >> certainly could be. pamela brown reporting. we're standing by to hear from president trump at

>> i hope you will reformed the question, mr. putin like people who like him. >> what they have a preference for a candidate with with other departures away from britain? >> yes. >> and have the russians in europe given a preference for people as political leaders with the hope that they can entangle them in financial interest or that they may allow their financial interests to take precedence over the interests of countries in europe where they represent? >> we reported that president putin has given preference to business leaders and leading other governments. he mentions schroeder and stony, because he believes that there are people who are more open to negotiation and easier to deal with. >> lets me yield now to sewell. >> i would like to continuing my line of questioning on michael flynn. i'm sure that you can understand my concern that mr. flynn not only failed to disclose the contacts with the russian ambassador, but he also said that he did not remember whether he discussed sanctions against russia without ambassador. i find th

. >> it with a very serious effort made by mr. putin to interfere in many ways. in some corners of the world that would be considered an act of war. >> bill: should the u.s. punish russia for interfering in the election? >> jesse: if you and i were working together and i said you look dashing today -- coat >> i think it might be a bit leading. >> bill: is political correctness actively harming america? we have some strong evidence. caution, you are now entering this no spin zone. "the factor" starts right now. i am bill o'reilly, thank you for watching us tonight, a liberal congresswoman attacks president trump. that is the subject of this evening. maxine waters, democrat from california has been an outspoken left-wing voice highlighting the oppression she believes black americans experience. waters believes she is sincere in her belief system and although many disagree with her extremism, she should not be marginalized by political opponents. in fact, i made that mistake this morning on fox & friends. i said it in simple just just that the congresswoman's hair w

he is talking about in terms of trying to encourage mr. putinown gracefully and that that could be the big thing he seeks in order to pick up sanctions, et cetera, in terms of what russia would be seeking in any deal. it's not something we talk about very much. i do think it would be hugely welcomed both by people in russia and across europe. i'm not sure if it's the sort of victory that donald trump could deliver that would be applauded as clearly in the u.s. certainly not in the short-term. but it is actually an important constructive take on what could come out of this. clearly we are a long, long away from any positive deal. it's a good take on it from a russian writing about what could be coming out of this deal. >> now we have an ambassador to russia, jon huntsman. >>> we're approaching the top of the hour. the team is getting ready for "squawk box." becky quick has a look at what is coming up on the show. good morning. >> good morning. what do you guys think the most concerning thing, the most concerning issue is in america right now as i

it's mr. putin and his government that are directing this country to do things in interference with the sovereignty of other countries, in violating human rights, in supporting violations of human rights and war crimes and should be held accountable for that and what they're doing in syria and of course very personally attacking our own country. that's what we're aimed at. mr. horotsky was in my office yesterday. i think you might recall he was a leader in russia, a great business leader, made a lot of money, decided that russia needed reforms to protect the rights of all people, that human rights were not strong enough. the right of expression was not strong enough. so he took up that cause as a successful business person. as a result, he was arrested, served ten years in prison, and they tried to keep him out of politics because it was not mr. putin's politics. well, he's been very active. he no longer lives in russia because of fear of his life. he has been here championing the cause for good gov

somehow the presidency of president trump was legitimate but there was a very serious effort made by mr. putin and his government and his organization to interfere in major ways with our fundamental democratic process, in some cases that would be considered an act of war. i cannot under estimate the weight that we as americans assign with russians attempt to interfere with our political process. >> our panel is back with us. jeremy, former ambassador to russia has called it an act of war. centrist tv viewers who never liked anything that dick cheney ever said surely will look at that and say yeah, that's how we used to refer to russia before all this other russia talk threatened to become normalized that was normal. >> yeah, i think the former vice president has it exactly right, which is it's not an issue of the president's legitimacy. he is the president. his legitimacy comes from his ability to preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. and not have his presidency or his policies under minmined by foreign power, that's what is so gravely serious about the situation

but it's not going very well for mr. putin.e seeing is this scrutiny is backfiring on putin because the entire intelligence establishment, the entire media and a very large portion of the legislative branch are watching this intently, want to get to the bottom of absolutely every kind of contact and that's the last possible thing mr. putin would want and i think in a sense it constrains trump today from pursuing an accommodationalist line with russia because he is now under such a degreof suspicion that he was -- that he had some kind of a hidden relationship with the russians. >> yeah, removing the sanctions tomorrow is a little more awkward than the trump transition team might have thought. evan, as a former cia operative, a scenario in which the attorney general of the united states is in effect indebted to the russian ambassador to stick with the attorney general's story about what happened in that conversation. >> well, look, the russian ambassador as an intelligence operator is skilled in compromising people, in the begin

. >> there was a very serious effort made by mr. putin to interfere in major ways with our basic fundamental democratic processes. in some corners of the world, that would be considered an act of war.. >> bill: should the u.s. punish russia for interfering in the election? we'll debate it. >> are you someone that's very politically correct? >> ias think so. >> jesse: if you and i were working together and i said you look dashing today -- >> i think it might be a bit leading. >> bill: is political correctness actively harming america?el we have some strong evidence. caution, you are now entering "the no spin zone." "the factor" begins right now. ♪ hi, i am bill o'reilly. thank you for watching us tonight. a liberal congresswoman attacks president trump. that is the subject of this evening's "talking points memo." for years, maxine waters, democrat from california, has been an outspoken left-wing voice highlighting the oppression she believes black americans experience.ce talking points believes miss waters is sincere in her belief system,

enjoys e that mr. putin very much the banter on the hill here in washington right now. he's laughing, because this weakens americans. how you finally asked me this will impact on nato. of course, if the russians creating a split within our western alliance, weaken nato. this also is the reason why it's so important that the secretary of state tillerson today visited brussels, and i'm sure message of unity once the counter meeting would be concluded today. host: okay. linda is calling on the democratic line from longwood, florida. linda. ning, caller: good morning. agree with mr. the nato as far as issues. relatives all and over the world and i have poland. in i have relatives in scotland. i have friends in france. nd the united kingdom and ermany, and they're all afraid of russia's meddling. country is the laughing stock of europe. no longer number 1. world war ii, we helped was europe. and at this point, i almost feel we're doomed. host: linda, let's let him respond. guest: i really agree. t is in the united states core interests to ensure integration this is a n europ

that, the russians do not want to see, but then mr. putinario work because then he could revert to, okay, look, the united states is the big, bad enemy. they are trying to weaken our interests and that works for him and his domestic politics at home and his re-election coming up next year. >> that certainly would be strategy backfire for the kremlin. andrew, thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. >>> coming up at the top of the hour here on msnbc, richard louie will be joined by a flint, michigan, resident, to get her reaction to the state's decision to stop subsidizing her and other flint residents' water bills. even as officials urge them to continue filtering their water. "how to win at business." step one: point decisively with the arm of your glasses. abracadabra. the stage is yours. step two: choose la quinta. the only hotel where you can redeem loyalty points for a free night-instantly and win at business. youthat's why you drink ensure. sidelined. with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. for the strength and energy to

so they have the capacity and i just want to state for the record, mr. putinis dealing in fake news there when he says they did nothing. the intelligence community overwhelmingly has documented what they did, and, you know, let's be clear, that's what he does but it's not true. >> ambassador mcfaul, thank you. geoff, fantastic conversation, sir. fascinating interview there with president putin. thank for carving out some time for us here in the states. >> you're welcome. >> ivanka trump officially a member of the white house team but will not be divesting herself from her company. the former chief white house lawyers under george w. bush will join me. speaking of george w. bush, he reportedly had an interesting reaction to president trump's inauguration speech. fun in art class. come close, come close. i like that. [ all sounds come to a crashing halt ] ah. when your pain reliever stops working, your whole day stops. awww. try this. for minor arthritis pain, only aleve is fda approved to work for up to 12 straight hours with just one pill. thank you. come on e

as the president speaks glowingly about putin, mr. putin returns the favor by deploying a dangedangerous new cruise missin clear violation of reagan-era intermediate range nuclear forces treaty. simultaneously a russian spy ship has been spotted lurking off the u.s. coast, trying to gather intelligence information near the navy's primary east. mr. coats: submarine -- east coast submarine -- mr. peters: we have seen the russian buildup at a pace faster than we ever, ever saw during the soviet era. russia is reopening defunct military outposts and building new ones all across the polar region. 13 new russian airfields are scheduled to open by the end of this year. the russian military recently staged and exercise in the arctic region with well over 12,000 troops. as the russians build up their forces in the arctic, the united states is falling behind. our principal maritime force in the arctic is the united states coast guard, but they have only one heavy icebreaker, the polar star, capable of keeping arctic shipping lanes open or conducting

. >> mr. putin would like people who like him. >> reporter: he acknowledged there's no way to know if russia changed the outcome of the election. >> the white house insists there is no evidence that anyone with the trump campaign colluded with russian officials during the campaign. >>> also today, senate confirmation hearings for president trump's pick to be the next supreme court justice. they also get underway. while questioning of judge neil gorsuch won't begin until tomorrow, groundwork both for and against confirmation today strictly along party lines. >> i pledge to each of you and to the american people that if i am confirmed i will do all my powers permit to be a faithful servant of the constitution and laws of this great nation. >> it's not enough to say in private that the president's attacks on the judiciary are disheartening. i need to know you understand the role of the courts is to protect all americans. >> as to whether or not this man is highly qualified i'm dying to hear the argumen

mr. minister, are you sure the trump administration will be strong against vladimir putin? >> thank you, guys. we're leaving. thank you. thank you. thank you andrea. >> reporter: can you assure us that russia will will not be able to move further in ukraine? we haven't had any time in here. >> i'm sorry, you need to go. let's go, guys. >> reporter: that was only moments ago only the seventh floor of the state department, still no answers from secretary of state rex tillerson. good day i'm andrea mitchell at the state department taking a back seat on national security and faces massive budget cuts. this afternoon i'll be at the first state department briefing in six weeks since the inaugural, an absence of public diplomacy not seen since 1953 when dwight eisenhower was president, when this tradition started of speaking out from the platform here at the state department to the rest of the world. more on that in a moment. >> first to capitol hill and the first big step for republicans to repeal and replace obamacare. the new house plan would strip the health insurance mandate

on the basis of that evidence, british judge found that mr. putine ordered this killing. >> vladimir kara-murza said he is especially concerned about new crack downs by the russian president. anti-corruption protesters in dozens of russian cities were rounded up sunday. among them, man whose ambitions to challenge putin in next year's presidential election are being stymied by his various arrests and dub yas charges. just last week putin critic and former russian lawmaker was gunned down in broad daylight in kiev and a lawyer for a russian whistleblower was badly injuried in a suspicious fall from his moscow apartment window. analysts say putin's's poeoppons like kara-murza have to be on guard. >> offices will be closed down. people will be followed. some more people are going to be arrested. >> saying that won't stop him. >> we will continue our work. because we know there are many people in russia who reject this regime for who jereject everythg it stands for. >> putin and his aides deny involvement in kara-muza's illness and in all cases but toni

and the ones that didn't want to play ball with mr. putin eventually either were eliminated or put in jail or left the country. so what we have now in place is a system that, an economic system, if you do business with russia, you have to be aware you are doing business with somebody who has the blessing of mr. putin. >> off of that, david chalian, back on this specific investigation and the house side. there was supposed to be a hearing yesterday, that got canceled. nunes wants to hit to comey privately, that's not happening. now he says, no meeting until easter recess. so then what? >> well, you heard trey gowdy this morning say, hey, we clearly have lost some time, but we can get back on track and play catch-up. they can certainly try to do that. but i don't think the house investigative -- the house intel committee and that investigation is going to be the place that you're going to find -- an american sitting at home is going to find the nonpartisan thorough answers they're looking for. >> perry, does nunes recuse himself? >> i'm pretty

ask of our colleagues and western leaders, including the united states, is that they don't help mr. putin. >> we've reached out to the kremlin to the russian embassy, and to russian police for response, so far, nothing. samples of kara-murza's hair, blood and fingernails have been sent to labs in the three countries, including here in the u.s. to try to determine which poison was used. >>> richard, thank you. tonight, the newly released dash cam video that's raising questions about the death of a georgia teenager. sheriffs deputies in rr 18-year-old for ten miles before he was finally stopped. but it's the arrest and subsequent death that has many asking questions. and his family filing a serious lawsuit. nbc's miguel almaguer spoke to the family and has that tape. >> the pursuit comes to an end with harris county deputies surrounding nicholas dyksma's pickup truck. the police say the 18-year-old refused to show his hands, and tried to speed away, before he was faced, pulled from the vehicle and pinned to the ground. one deputy appears to put his knee and body weight on the back of dyksma

and mr. putin has a plan. how do we know it? do we know it from the democratic caucus or the republican caucus? no, we know it from our intelligence agencies. from the f.b.i. the c.i.a. the national security agency. the defense intelligence agency. 17 of america's intelligence agencies came back with a report and they said vladimir putin has a plan to continue to destabilize and undermine liberal democracy all over the world. brexit was part of it. the intervention in our election was part of it. they're going after france where they want the right wing ultra nationalist anti-immigrant to ign of marine le pen triumph in france. trying to do it in germany, now the strongest outpost of liberal democracy left on earth, as yet uncontaminated by the penetration of russian intelligence and putin's agents. but what did they do to us? what is this all about? we had an election in 2016. the sovereign people of america had an election. now unfortunately, we're still using the electoral college, which is antiquated and obsolescent, there's

but there is no question there was a very serious effort made by mr. putin and his government and his organization to interfere in major ways with our basic fundamental democratic processes. in quarters that would be considered an act of war. i would not underestimate the weight that we as americans assign to the russian attempts to interfere with our internal political processes. >> our panel is back with us, jeremy bash, katy tur, philip bump. jeremy, you know, an obama former ambassador to russia has called it an act of war. centrist tv viewers who never liked anything that dick cheney ever said surely will look at that and say, yeah, that's how we used to refer to russia, before all this other russia talk threatened to become normalized. that was normal. >> yeah, brian. i think the vice president -- the rm forevice president has it exactly right, which -- the former vice president has it exactly right, which it's not an issue of the president's legitimacy. ist he is the president. his legitimacy comes from his ability to preserve, protect and defend the