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no, his name is ned. and he plays martin, my the show.ut of chicago, actually. he was a very recent like rescue dog. he's a mutt. they wanted a mutt and a rescue for -- [ applause ] thank you. right? >> jimmy: i should potent out allison did not actually rescue the dog. they just hired the dog is what happened. >> i've never liked you. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i just want to keep everyone on a level reasonable surface because we are talking about a talking dog. did you have screen tests with different dogs? >> they actually -- they cast based on photos of the dogs, and i think they had three different dogs that they like scooped up out of shelters and then chose ned and then found, you know, homes forts other two. >> jimmy: did they really find homes? >> which they don't do for actors, by the way. if you're not hired -- like i then they don't hire you they don't find you another job. >> jimmy: so in a way the dogs are being treated even better than people. >> they're for sure being treated better than people. absolutely. >> jimmy: does the

let's hearfrom ned. - we all know this already. let's hear from ned. no, no. you lived in the soviet union. how do you know russia? russia soviet union. how do you know russia ? russia is soviet union. how do you know russia? russia is different now.|j know luckily putin had nothing to do with the soviet union. i let the re cord with the soviet union. i let the record show not with the kgb either. one of the wonderful things about discussions like this is how familiar it is to living in the soviet union for three years, because i willjust ask a respectful question, do you think one reason for the size, you say these are small demonstrations, might be because there's a proven record and forget this particular demonstration, that if you show public opposition to vladimir putin you are almost certain to get arrested. you are likely to suffer economically. you may even lose your life. that's probably a disincentive to public opposition, one would have thought. it's a cliche that you as a former correspondent in the soviet union would say on and on and on. times ha

lou: ned, what do you think? ned: it's great.nged the narrative. one of the things i've been trying to encourage, change the narrative. go on the offense. comes back from the overseas trip. does this beautiful announcement yesterday with the paris accord. the thing that's so great, lou, we don't have a president trying to win a global popularity contest. we have a president who wants to put the american people first, the american workers, our future, our economy first. that's his goal. so encouraging to see. the other thing encouraging about this week, we're actually going on the offense as a gop. this unmasking scandal i think there's a lot of ways we can change the narrative and go on the offense and remind people as the liberal media, as the bureaucratic state of the democrats are attacking and going after trump on these spurious charge of russian collusion week can talk about what's real. what has happened in the unmasking scandal. lou: devin nunes, chairman of the intelligence committee, stepping up, despite all of the nonse

. >> there's ned he is a rescue from chicago. >> hey ned this is my yard, ned. >> certainly when i first dear. >> if something makes me happy, how could it be wrong. >> made this web series just for fun. i was an in ad director. and always did long-form stuff. >> tv folk got hold of it, loved it and took a risk. >> yeah i'm a trash dock dog and she's a fancy lady but we have each other. >> for "nightline," in los angeles. >> thanks nick. downward dog airs tuesday here on abc. thanks for watching "nightline" >> what's the recipe for success on this show? take one contestant, add three lifelines, stir in a million dollars, and toss it all in one big pressure cooker. get ready. it's time to play "who wants to be a millionaire." [dramatic musical flourish] ♪ [cheers and applause] welcome to the show! are you guys ready to play "millionaire" today? [cheers and applause] led him to this show. he wants nothing more than to see what our million-dollar question could be. from midvale, utah, please welcome steven fehr! [cheers and applause] steven, how you doing? >> good, good, good. [cheers and a

. >> there's ned he is a rescue from chicago. >> hey ned this is my yard, ned. >> certainly when i first if something makes me happy, how could it be wrong. >> made this web series just for fun. i was an in ad director. and always did long-form stuff. >> tv folk got hold of it, loved it and took a risk. >> yeah i'm a trash dog and she's a fancy lady but we have each other. >> for "nightline," in los angeles. >> thanks nick. downward dog airs tuesday here on abc. at 8:00. thank you for watching "abc news tonight" as always ♪ sun to the farm ♪ ♪ to the seeds in a row ♪ ♪ goodness begins with the seed that you sow ♪ ♪ plant that oat and watch it grow ♪ ♪ good goes around and around and around ♪ ♪ seed to the oat ♪ to get made to an o ♪ ♪ o from the farm ♪ ♪ straight into your bowl ♪ put in the good and the good will grow ♪ ♪ good goes around and around and around ♪ ♪ good goes around and around... ♪

trish: ned ryan, chris hahn are back with me. is it in your view, ned, that things have gotten so bad? politics is always been politics. there always has been a negative aspect to this, but i don't think we've ever seen anything so bad as what we're seeing right now. >> right. trish: why is that? >> no. i mean it has gotten to the point where rhetoric really gotten even more heated -- my dad was in congress. he was in congress for 10 years. you would get crank calls, obviously not on level of that, get angry calls from people saying terrible things. part of it is in politics. vitriol gone through the roof. i think the thing, struck by, first of all there is a couple things as you look at the rhetoric look what is taking place of the first of all the left sneads to start repudiating, we will not tolerate this. we will not allow this to happen. we will not endorse it. the thing that is starting to scare me and shock this, when you have hosts of other in the works actually insinuating scalise was getting what he deserved. this is ir

we have mollie hemingway and ned ryun. ned, jail start with you. start -- i'll start with you.o mr. depp, his community. they are not cheap shots. i think these are dangerous shots they are taking. why are they doing it and how do they get away with it. >> captain jack sparrow needs to lay off the rum. the thing that was disturbing about that video was the laughter at his comments talking about assassinating our president of the united states. you look at this rhetoric from johnny depp and commend day towards. -- and commentators. part of politics is heated rhetoric. but the big difference is the fact that hillary clinton, eric holder and major political figures in the democrat party are embracing the resistance and saying we are part of the resistance. they are embracing this rhetoric and behavior. this is a real change from how it has been in the past. now we have major parties embracing thoseth things. trish: mollie, the ceasar play as well. your thoughts. mollie: even worse, some of these artists i don't think people take political advice from, is the political rhetoric com

joining me right now american university executive and residence capri along with ned ryan, ned, i'mn this one because as i said, i call them like i see them and this one -- this feels kind of thin to me. >> it feels a little thin. i know what the hope is, i know what the hope is to say that we are not going to have one-sided agreements anymore. the castros have been benefiting from the obama administration's policies towards them. they have been able to have good trade agreements, they've been able to have all of the investment and still punish political opponents and trump is finally saying, enough is enough. my concern is that you're right, it only goes maybe a third of the way when it could have gone all the way. obviously, clearly the cuban community is thrilled that somebody is saying enough is enough. they are talking about travel and will continue until the new deals -- trish: that's a very good point. >> i'm sure that's probably true . >> when deals don't make sense, when something doesn't make sense on face value, start asking who really has good lobbyists in dc? >> what ab

steve forbes great to see you, ned ryun, eat to see you.at to see you. >> i'm very capable of changing to anything wants to change to. down* i'm sick of both these people and sick of the endless coverage of them. most of what they will do will be bad. the best comes from the private sector. but people look to government. they think it's sharing. so when people propose better, private solutions, they get

and i think ned is right. you have to have a -- what is next strategy. i think one of the challenges in 2012 with the obama administration statement was what happens if they use the weapons, are we prepared to act, and what do you do in a more complicated environment. i think that is certainly something the trump administration has to contend with, something congress is going to have to be a part of and certainly part of the complicated texture of what is happening on the ground in syria. >> and certainly as of now, there doesn't seem to have been a lot of advance notice or consultation with the leaders of the key committees in congress. robert ford, on the ground, from what we know of what has been happening there, and especially against the backdrop of what happened in the supreme court yesterday where as these attacks accelerate, as the situation deteriorates, refugees are going to have a harder and harder time getting to jordan and they'll be stuck there because those who don't have contacts, relations or other jobs or, you know, visas for schools or

ned, theresa may, specifically, can she and will she survive all of this?d been having this conversation a couple of days ago i would have said two years, probably, yes. not least because her main strength is that anybody who wants herjob within the conservative party would have to have his or her head examined! to want the job under these circumstances. you're going into brexit negotiations, which are going to be at least difficult and possibly more than difficult, so there is a communal self—interest among the tories in keeping her there for a while. what's changed is, as you say, the response, or the utter tone deaf nature of her response to this fire. it drew on a lot of the criticism she attracted during the election campaign, and it is utterly unpredictable. if she lasts, let's say, a week, i still give her two years, but it is all very fluid now. it reminds me a little bit of the atmosphere in the final days of maggie thatcher after the poll tax riots. politics is about a narrative, and once your narrative as a leader or a politician changes, that is

i'm sure ned can expound on this as well. the idea is when you're coming from a law enforcement perspective, you can only go so far. you can't necessarily affect an arrest. as we look at terrorists, in many cases they don't actually commit anything illegal until they commit the act. you're looking outside of the united states, outside the uk. as a law enforcement or intelligence officer, you rely on the community as part of that first line of defense. and so just as a practical matter, when the president of the united states comes out and reactions to a terrorist attack is to push a muslim ban, it's going to do nothing more -- i've gotten e-mails from people that complained that their assets are very concerned about this. when you have the president of the united states coming out and saying, pushing the muslim ban, it makes it not only harder to recruit people in that community, it makes it harder to retain them. you talk about terrorism, that is giving up a massive line of defense that we have against this scourge. >> ned,

steve forbes great to see you, ned ryun, great to see you.s morning. a new twist in terror attacks. several people injured and one dead after a man driving a man driving it and its worshipers in a mosque in london get the latest on the situation. >> markets over the weekend. america's streak continues today as you can see in your screen after the dow hit another record friday 24 points. despite retail and grocery stores stock factory in the sense that $13.7 billion the heavy nasdaq and 13. a big strong kickoff to your week with these markets.

ned: they have forgotten the human element. most americans want to know are you going to give us jobs, are you going to give us paychecks and will we be able to put food on the table and pay our mort gauges. it's a simple solution what the american working class wants. quite frankly, i think donald trump will probably win a second term. i think he can be successful if he accomplishes healthcare reform and tax reform. this is what the american people want. charles: you wrote an article about france and the message there. i thought it was parallel to here. >> the amazing thing is in france, that has been described as voters rejecting populism. what happened is the socialists got crushed. why did they get crushed? for years economy in france has under performed. unemployment is way higher than it should be, and they have been running budget deficits. it's the democrat game plan. americans aren't that stupid. they understand we have been on the wrong track. the one thing that they never talk about is the right track-wrong track pol

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and ned price, former senior director and spokesperson for the national security council and a formercia analyst. he is an msnbc national security analyst. john mclaughlin, i don't understand what they meant by those conversations were classified. i don't understand what could be classified about a conversation in which the president is asking you to intervene in an fbi investigation. and how do you think they should have answered that question today? >> well, lawrence, you know, i respect both of these individuals. and i understand that on occasion, you don't want to talk about private conversations with the president. i think today with respect to them, i think today they misjudged the gravity of the situation. in other words you have director comey recounting conversations with the president. and these conversations that they had are equally important, and they bear on the case. they're going to have to answer those questions eventually. it was ambiguous whether they weregreeg to answer them in closedessi. that would be one way do it. but sooner or later, they're going to answer th

joining me, steve forbes and the founder of american majority ned ryun.the election. but thing are turning. meanwhile he's the subject of a special counsel investigation that nobody seems to be able to define. explain its creation or what it achieved. the investigations in congress that have been going on for what, nearly a year. >> it's the on thing they can do. they don't want to fight him on figure policy because they can lose that debate. they still haven't recovered from the loss of the election, so they are scrambling around trying to find something. by appointing a special prosecutor, crown now they call them. they are going to search him until they find something. they want to bring him down, and they will conjure up whatever they need to try to do it. lou: we are not talking about democrats. this special counsel was created by republicans. >> the attorney general rod rosenstein. "the washington post" was saying trump was under investigation when he wasn't under investigation. now they are saying he's under investigation by a special counsel appoi

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ned, it's nice to see you.thank you for being here. >> good to see you here. >> one of the things that "the washington post" reports here is that there was this uptick in visas. they also report that the u.s. government believes that some of the russians who participated in the attack were here on u.s. soil when they were doing that work. does that make sense to you in thames of what we understand about the attack, why russians would need to physically be here for what we think of as an attack that happens, you know, in the cloud, in the internet? >> well, to my mind it does, rachael. this detail about an uptick in visas that "the post" reported it's a reminder that in some ways nevertheless spies are just like us. in order to travel overseas for work they have to apply for visas. in this case they probably applied for diplomatic visas. they did so under the theory of traveling under official cover, what's called official cover. that is the most common usage of cover. that is to say, cover legends that intellig

ned, i want to start with you. i would think it would be a lot more difficult it leak classified info, kind of seems like it was easy? >> well, stephanie, i think you saw here what happened in this case. it had this individual gone about this in a less careless and reckless way, i think it would have been much more difficult to identify her and ultimately apprehend her. you can tell by the reference to fvey that this document was provided to not only the united states intelligence community but our four closest intelligence allies, so thousands of people had access to this document. but not thousands of people printed it. six people printed it as we know and in addition to what pete williams said, the document was postmarked from the hometown of this individual so she made it incredibly easy to track down what she had done. this is certainly not a typical case when it comes to these leaks, stephanie. >> it was easy to find her. should information this sensitive be given, you know, be this widely disseminated? >> we

. >>> now let's bring in ned price, a former special assistant to president obama and a spokesperson legal analyst karen desoto. karen, you were listening to the reporting coming from kelly o'donnell. you're aware of the back and forth when you look at this, does it appear that the president and the legal team -- they're not on the same page and normally you are on the same page. >> yeah, usually attorneys are on the same page. that's part of your attorney job. i think the information here is so conflicting and part of that is because there are two different things under what the obstruction of justice issue is. is it for him saying michael flynn saying to comey, oh, i hope you drop this or after the comey investigation are we talking about obstruction of justice because he was trying to delay it and that was his reasoning for firing comey? so oftentimes it appears that his legal team is getting the two obstructions confused because there's two different legal theories with both of those. >> interesting part about this, ned, we have the president's personal lawyer being put out on th

joining us now, ned price, former senior director and spokesperson for the national security counciler cia analyst. and bacchk with us, richard stengel, also an nbc political analyst. rick, so russia sees donald trump the way he wishes the united states would. >> what a surprise. in fact, donald trump has achieved, after a hundred-some-odd days where george bush took eight years to get to the end of his administration after invading iraq when their popularity was so low. the thing that's disturbing about this is not his personal popularity but the fact it undermines the world base order that we tried to establish since world war ii. it makes people question our values, it makes them question when we talk about those kinds of things, and that, i think, will take years and years to get back. >> ned, i want to bring into this frame this story that broke last night at 10:00 p.m. when the white house press secretary issued a statement saying that the united states has identified potential preparations for another chemical weapons attack by the assad regime, and they ended it by saying tha

the founder of american majority ned ryun and erin mcpike. let's start with the hearings today.he comey testimony comes out in advance by one dave what he will say tomorrow. we watch the intel chiefs today support the president, ned on his assertions that he didn't interfere in any way. did not try to obstruct justice or whatever the left was con injuring at any point. >> today's hearing was suppose to be about the fisa 702 program. and the democrats asked questioned about russia and obstruction of justice. coats said conversations are privileged. coats was right. but the thing that's interesting to me about all of that. look at comey's statement that came up this afternoon. that statement to me was total and complete vindication of president trump. three times in that 70s money he said he is not the subject of as nation. now you have mark warner saying there is no smoke gun. what are we even talking about? lou: i got a kick out of mark warner saying i understand what you are saying here, but would you like to reflect on it a minute because you are tearing up our narrative, our

i are he gret thregret that i'm do so. >> ned price, we now know the answer to that is yes. >> let'semember that ron wyden is the king of asking leading questions. in 2013, it was ron wyden that asks clapper whether there were any programs that captured all of the met adata in this country and that answer was later revised after edward snowden came to light. i have a feeling senator wyden was doing something similar here knowing that mike flynn was in the position he was for 18 days and continued to receive the pdb even after sally yates, the acting attorney general at the time, warned the white house. but let's also remember that the white house, don mcgahn, the white house counsel, was warned even before president trump was sworn into office. they knew that national security adviser mike flynn would need to register as a foreign agent. they knew there were red flags. let's also not forget that president obama offered a word of advice against mike flynn. it's not like they didn't know what they were getting into. they just chose to ignore the warnings until they were caught, until "

joining now is ned price, president obama's national security advisor and also a cia analyst and an nbc david, a former intelligence officer and daily briefer at the cia. well, let me ask you, david priest, you have briefed presidents on intelligence. can you imagine meeting a president-elect and having to present that as your opening gambga gambga gambga gamb gambit? >> i've had some really tense situations, but never anything quite like that. the thing to keep in mind, though, and all of the commentary after this has not really focused on this. we treat these like they are movie scene moments, like there's a script for how someone is supposed to react. when the president or in any case i did daily intelligence briefings for a year for the attorney general a the fbi director bob mueller at the time there are times when it doesn't go well. there are times when the reaction is not what you expect. i was not surprised when director comey said in response to senator feinstein that he was stunned, and he even in self-reflection said perhaps it was a bit of a cowardly moment. slightly coward

christine quinn and ned ryan.att, president trump has called into question as many of his surrogates have, shaun robinson's impartiality. he did it with his interview with "fox & friends" this morning. he's talked about the president, his daughter, her husband, his top economic adviser, gary cohen, a democrat himself. does president trump have a point here? i also want to point out, i'm pretty sure jeff sessions' lawyer is the god father to one of james comey's kids. so welcome to washington. >> welcome to washington. by the way, bob muler is a republican. so it's important who the head of this investigation is. i think the president's comments this morning are just a reminder that as long as he's president, we are never that far away from crisis. it really is hard to see how we don't end up in a collision at some point at the end of this investigation or actually long before the end of it. these are two very different men. bob mueller is an honest, fearless prosecutor who's going to follow this case as far as the

totally agree. >> call back ned. he is ready for you.ns of times yesterday. how many times did the word russia come up? we'll break down james comey' hearing by the numbers. steven colbert thought james comey's intro toyesterday's hearing could have used a little help. >> and now, your former fbi director standing 6'8" out of the university of chicago, and out of a job, james comey! will your business be ready when growth presents itself? american express open cards can help you take on a new job, or fill a big order or expand your office and take on whatever comes next. find out how american express cards and services can help prepare you for growth at open.com. find out how american express cards and services be the you who doesn't cover your moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. be the you who shows up in that dress. who hugs a friend. who is done with treatments that don't give you clearer skin. be the you who controls your psoriasis with stelara® just 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses. stelara® may lower your ability to fight infe

i thought he showed gravitas and open in his answers. >> ned? big take way for me, greta, was that this hearing underscored i think the washington adage that it's not the crime, it's the crossover up. in the context of mike flynn and president trump's hope this matter could disappear, director comey on a couple occasions made an allusion to the fact that is something that the special counsel will have to look into, whether that was obstruction of justice. and i think that we can take this as a signal that bob mueller's -- the scope of his inquiry here will include not just collusion, but also obstruction of justice. so, even if president trump wasn't involved in the wheeling and dealing that may have led to this matter with the russians to come to fruition, i think there is a good case that director comey laid out today that we've heard other data points relating to, that president trump was indeed obstructing justice and bob mueer it sounds like will get to the bottom that. >> we're learning something new right now, that jared kushner, of cours

ned, thank you for being here on a friday night and helping us understand this.eciate it. >> thank you. >> you know, i read as many spy novels as the next guy, but some of this stuff, i had no idea this is the way it worked. i feel like i got -- i feel like a got a lot smarter today just reading this one thing in "the washington post." all right. we'll be right back. y did what? yeah, liberty mutual 24-hour roadside assistance helped him to fix his flat so he could get home safely. my dad says our insurance doesn't have that. don't worry - i know what a lug wrench is, dad. is this a lug wrench? maybe? you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™. liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. depend real fit briefs feature breathable, cotton-like fabric. in situations like this, there's no time for distractions. it's not enough to think i'm ready. i need to know i'm ready. no matter what lies ahead. get a free sample at depend.com. >>> you are going to have a good weekend, i think. i mean to the extent i am capable of forecasting your weekend thr

nice to see you, ned. >> nice to see you, greta. >> so, ned, tell me what is the wisdom of going afterler and what are all these intelligence agencies thinking when the president is undermining what they're saying that the russians did meddle in the election? >> well, greta, what's the line from hamlett, the lady does protest too much. i think in this case the president is protesting too much. these protests from the president have impaired his case. the president, let's remember, has been his own worst enemy, not only on this, but across the board. it was the president's intense focus on ensuring that mike flynn not be prosecuted, that jim comey drop the case against mike flynn. and his intense focus on ensuring that his deputies, including the dni director coats and rogers of the security agency say publicly falsely, it seems, that there is no evidence of collusion that the president got himself into this hot water in the first place. the president has been the one who has brought this upon himself in both cases. >> do you still source the intel community? what are they saying about

and ned's exactly right.rry i know for a fact worked this personally and very hard from the moment we knew otto was detained, he never let go of that. there wasn't a conversation that he with his chinese counterparts in particular where he didn't raise aught otoes case as well as the case of other americans and try to get them released. obviously we didn't do that and we all regret that. but to imply that an effort wasn't made is just not right. >> in this young university of virginia student he was in china and he saw an advertisement for a tour, go visit north korea with a bunch of other young college students including americans and called his parents and said. >> that's right. >> go ahead, assuming everything would be -- would be fine. but now these tour companies are saying what -- no more americans? >> no more americans in north korea ninkt they're going to look at going into north korea and its erne tighter. these so-called adventure tourist trips to theses so called rogue regimes are very risky especi