. >> it is important to keep in blind, though, that there's a little bit of a practice of generational amnesia that can happen. so when the great depression is 30, 40 years before, there are fewer people, like that individual who were there remembered it can communicate what was like. other problem quds into view. the 1970s and 1980s there was foreign competition in the securities market in way that had not obtained before and people are concerned about new york losing ground to london if the regulatory rules are too stringent. and i think there are -- it's a complicated story as to why there was a movement away from that, but there absolutely was a sec, by the '80,'90,2000s, the goals that are really shaping the tradeoffs wind the agency about how they should handle particular issues tilted in a direction away from investor protection. >> if could i add to what you said, i'll put in a plug for why we need history to combat that generational amnesia. example to me is someone already mentioned in the 1990s, under the clinton administration, we eliminated the barrier between investment and comme

general and now don jr. can you explain why there is this plague of amnesia that affects all these people associated with the campaign and one country and one country only? >> look, i think if you want to talk about having relationships with russia, i would look no further than the clintons. bill clinton was paid half a million dollars to give a speech to a russian bank. hillary clinton allowed o one-fifth of the uranium reserve to be sold to russia. the clintons' brother lobbied against a sanctions bank and failed to report it. i think if there is discussions with the russians, it would be with the clintons. >> i'm just trying to get your explanation as to why so many people can't remember contacts with one nation and the inquiries lead them to then remember and subsequently disclose them. what accounts for this plague of amnesia? >> every day we try to give you the most accurate account that we have and allow it to be as transparent as possible with all committees and anybody invest nd this matter. >> is anybody trying not to be transparent? >> not at all. our goal is to be as transparent as humanly possib

general. now don jr. can you explained to us why there's this plague of amnesia that affects all of these people associatedmpaign and one country and one country only? >> look, i think -- if you want to talk about having relationships with russian, look no further than the clintons. bill clinton was paid $500,000 to give a speech to a russian bank thanked by vladimir putin. hillary clinton allowed 1/5 uranium to be sold to a clinton foundation firm. i think if we're looking at russia relations with anybody, it would be with the clintons. >> my question is about the need and the requirement to re-remember things that were not disclosed or forgotten. i want your explanation. why so many people can't remember contacts with one nation and the inquiries lead to them remember and subsequently disclose them. what is the cause of this plague of amnesia? >> every day we do our best to give you the most accurate information we have and have offered to be as transparent as possible. anyone looking into -- >> is there a pattern of not trying to be transparent? >> not at all. our goal is to be transparent as humanly po

general and now don jr. can you explain to us why there's a plague of amnesia that affects all these people associated with then and one country and one country only? >> look, i think if you want to talk about having a relationship with russia, look no further than the clintons. bill clinton u.s. with paid half a million dollars to give a speech to the russian bank. hillary clinton allowed one-fifth of america's uranium reserve -- >> that's not the question. >> the clinton campaign campaigned and failed to report it. i think if we look at -- >> let's get right to nbc's peter alexander at the white house. break it down for us. what were your on the headlines, take aways from the briefings? >> you heard a couple right there. one of the more notable moments in that briefing a short time ago was pressed about as one of our colleagues as the plague of amnesia that exists in this administration. their inability to remember so many meetings that took place with russian officials or operatives through the course of the campaign. sarah huckabee sanders said when it comes to collusion with russia you should be looking a

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