up richard cohen and jared kushner andhired a lawyer along, jeff sessions, his private lawyer, charles cooper, the chart in usa today walking through all of the latest private lawyers that have been lined up. the phones are yours and it is in middleborough, massachusetts, line for independents. go-ahead. i have two comments. why thei was curious people that represent us in washington don't have the same health care as we do. why do we not negotiate nationally with pharmaceuticals to reduce the cost as countries like canada do. i think we can do that without having socialized medicine. thank you. john: as julie rovner pointed out, members of congress did have to go on from the afford with kerouac with members of their staff after that. we focused on that about a month or two ago. health-care plans for members of congress. all of our segments are available online at c-span.org. is in silverdale, washington, line for democrats. go ahead. caller: it is time we all face the truth. we are dying out here. republicans and democrats alike. all the pollution you put in our waters and in our airways. th

. >>> charles cooper a longtime friend of sessions an advocate of conservative causes confirmed he isepresenting sessions but he would not specify if he's assisting in legal matters. cooper whose name has been floated for solicitor general was spotted behind sessions when the attorney general testified before the senate just last week. >>> white house press secretary sean spicer said yesterday he cannot answer whether the president accepts the u.s. intelligence that in fact russia meddled in the election. >> just plainly, a yes or no answer, does president trump believe that the russian government interfered in the 2016 elections? >> i have not sat down and talked about that specifically. obviously, we've been dealing with a out of other issues. >> generally speaking this conversation about russian interference in our elections, there's 16 intelligence agencies that say that they did. the former fbi director said without a doubt -- >> i understand, i've seen the reports. >> does the president share those views? >> i've not sat down and asked him his specific reaction to them. so, i'd

attorney charles cooper to deal with all things russia related as his personal attorney.and at the white house today back on camera with full audio and video allowed in front of the reporters, the sacrifice from sean spicer came as it so often has over the past five months of this presidency with a question about russia. >> does president trump believe that the russian government interfered in the 2016 elections? >> i think i have not sat down and toukd to him about that specific thing wove been dealing with a lot of other issues today. >> again ad-libbed answer on the fly. but five months into the presidency sean spicer says he and the president haven't discussed the long held skens from us the intelligence community, senators house members cybersecurity experts that the russians interfered in our presidential election. and over the past five months the president for himself has deployed decidedly mixed signals on the top zbliek as far as hacking i think it was russia. but i think we also get hacked by other countries and other people. >> you don't think it's phoney that

man named charles chuck cooper from alabama is said to be a close confidant to the attorney general.st distinguished conservative lawyers in washington. blue chip lawyer. but his specialty is arguing at the supreme court. early on, it was rumored he would be trump administration chief lawyer for supreme court. hiring him for this is like hiring a brain surgeon when have you a hip problem. it is hard to explain, except for this, he is a close confidant of attorney general. he helped him get ready for confirmation hearings. it is possible what hiring is about is extending attorney client privilege to whatever jeff sessions told chuck cooper to make sure chuck cooper couldn't be asked about that. whatever confidence he shared with cooper are now shielded bit attorney/client privilege. >> great point. so glenn, that leaves open the possibility that the attorney general could hire more experienced criminal defense counsel to this team if he needs it. but right now if you want it ask any questions of the person who helped prepare jeff sessions for confirmation hearing testimony you can't r

charles: i also hear the nsa is not exactly, you know, cooperating that much either. what do you make of it then? going back to the end of president obama, former president obama's term where he allowed -- he gave the power for so many people to be able to do this. obviously, creating an atmosphere where leaks became so much more possible. really rewrite history as to how the obama administration is viewed. charles: real quick, matthew, i want to get your thoughts of a report i saw in "the new york post" that journalists are now being surveilled to help find out where these leaks are possibly coming from. first, your thoughts on the legality of that, and do you would be a lot of concern trying to figure out where these leaks are coming from. charles: matthew whitaker, thank

of three americans at risk we'll talk about how internet's lone liberal rumble with horace cooper and charles. donald trump i want to build a wall on the mexican border but under his watch the constitutional wall that is supposed to separate church and state is crumbling and crumbling fast this week the u.s. supreme court took action on three very significant cases that have america's commitment to secular government very very worried for more on those three cases i'm joined now by reverend barry lynn executive director of americans united for separation of church and state reverend lynn welcome back it's nice to be here great to have you with us so on monday the court said that if the government is going to pay to resurface the playground of a public school they have to do it for a church school that's right what is wrong with this picture what's wrong with this picture is never before has the united states supreme court said that churches can actually get money from the government and it's worth. literally never before not like this because it later as you know i mean this is a. you buy tha

this is the same garbage i was getting from charles coal son when he was claiming to be a cooperatoramed henry kissinger for nixon's problems and took everything out in henry kissing kissinger. this business about them is total nonsense. >> wrong, wrong, wrong -- >> that never happened -- >> entirely -- >> you're absolutely wrong and you're the man behind this whole business with trump and with this goosifer and the russians and you have the nerve to get on television and make these wild accusations when you're on television before predicting exactly when the wikileaks information would come out -- >> because it's the end of the hour, roger, you have 30 seconds to respond. >> bill is wrong about all of that. i would be happy to go toe to toe in any public forum he chooses. i suggest we keep it civil, that's all. >> it is certainly interesting to see you both here having read the memo of your last interview so many decades ago and i appreciate you both sharing views, the point. we'll be right back. swings. sure we could travel, take it easy... but we've never been the type to just sit

cooperating with the fbi. >> hello. joining me now, tom dupree, served as tep ti assistant attorney general from 2007 to 2009 and has been a lawyer for george w. bush. and midwin charlestom, i don't know how to read tea leaves. despite the senator's suggestions, there's no evidence that michael flynn has made any deal and will testify. but what is your reaction? is it plausible? >> well, first of all, i completely agree with what you just said, stephanie. this is reading tea leaves at the very best. i mean, senator whitehouse's view is interesting. he obviously has some degree of credible with someone with a law enforcement background, but at the same time we're looking that the from the outside. if it turns out flynn is cooperating with the fbi, i do agree that it would be a very significant development in this investigation. but at the same time we've all learned we need to be very careful about speculation, anonymous sources and the like so i'd be careful not to get too far out in front of this one. >> senator whitehouse has a lot of credibility but he also has an axe to grind. i want to share more what he said about this. >> one of the more talkative people in tru