let's talk about it and bring in scott lucas live from birmingham england, professor of international politics and the founder and editor of ea world view. scott, always a pleasure to have you with us, look this all depends upon what james comey will or will not say. how critical is this testimony for the trump administration at this point. >> look, this is just -- as jeffrey said, the first act of what's going to be long running. the easy part today, will be expect clear away any idea that there's evidence that president obama or britain's gchq wiretap trump tower in 2016, hopefully finally pointing out so story from the president. the more important but more difficult part is going to be the extent of russian interference in the 2016 election and to what extent the trump administration knew about it. that's where it came at different levels. one is did trump administration know about the russian interference. two, did they have contact with russian officials about that. three, did they try to cover up the contacts, and four did they coordinate with the russians at any point. as you

. >>> let's get some perspective on monday's upcoming hearing with scott lucas, professor of international politics at the university of birmingham in england. always a pleasure to have you with us. clearly, this could be a telling moment whether we see the fbi director speak publicly about whether there was any sort of connection between russia and the election. >> i think it is just opening. we have a long play ahead of us. while the fbi director will come out and say there is substance, he has to be careful. you don't go in with all guns blazing unless you have all the evidence assembled. that's going to take some time. i expect him to say, first of all, look, there is no truth to the allegations that the obama administration wiretapped the trump campaign, thus clearing away this diversion and emphasizing, yes, we do have a serious situation with which the fbi is justly engaged and, therefore, giving substance to those who say there has to be a significant independent investigation of these claims. >> director comey has come under fire in the past. how he handled issues like the clinton

scott lucas is a professor of international politics at the university of birmingham in england. hank you, scott, for joining us. candidate trump said it over and over and over again on the campaign trailing. and as you've heard, this had been a promise of republicans for so long to repeal obamacare and it failed. who do you point to for that? >> you point to the people who tried to put the legislation through. let's strip away any mostly cloudy screens. that it's the democrats, that it's little green men from mars. the gop leadership pushed this bill through very quickly because they expected they would get an easy ride in the house of representatives. remember, they have a 43 seat majority. but when they crafted it, they did not anticipate the reaction not from moderates, i think they not they could ram it through and didn't anticipate that conservatives would want an entougher bill. so when that started to mobilize and even clear that the conservatives could defeat this, then they made concessions to that hard line wing including stripping things like maternity care. but then t

scott lucas, thank you for the context. >>> more on the president's executive order, this travel ban. ryan nobles reports president trump's team hopes this versioning will clear account hurdles that stalled the first. >> reporter: the newly revised executive order dealing with who can and cannot get into the united states could come as soon as monday. the new travel ban is expected to be more finely tuned than the original. with the goal of avoiding legal hurdles like the first travel ban which is currently being held up in federal court. the new executive order is expected to exclude legal prmt residents and those currently holding visas. it's also expected to exclude language that prior tights refugee claims of certain religious minorities. this new executive order was expected to come out last week but after the president's successful joint address to congress, the white house decided to separate the announcement from the speech to give the executive order its own moment. what isn't clear is what happens to the old order. it's possible it could be revoked but sean sizer has said th

we thank you for your comments, scott lucas. thank you. >> as scott mentions, the trump administration russia problem just won't quit. there is no proof any law ws we broken with team trump's contact with members of the kremlin but suspicion won't go away. tom foreman likes a puzzle and has been putting together the strands of this on going story. >> russia is a ruse. >> reporter: different players but the same playbook. this all looks like a witch hunt. the russian government is sounding a lot like the white house in denying any improper ties between the two. >> we are fighting the fake news. >> stop spreading false news. >> reporter: skepticism among the president's foes exist and why. >> i would get along with putin. i have dealt with russia. >> you think you would get along with him? >> absolutely fine. >> reporter: ever since candidate trump excited interest by speaking favorably of russian president, vladmir putin, the web of suspicion has widened. paul manafort, trump's one-time campaign foreman worked for years with the p

. >> scott lucas, we thank you for your insights. thanks for joining us. >> now, how is all this viewed in moscow? let's bring in cnn's claire sebastian live. good to have you with us. i'm sure you just heard natalie's interview about the fbi director's testimony that's due monday. all eyes will be on what he has to say or what he doesn't have to say. in moscow, is there any anticipation about what's to come. >> well, the kremlin is saying they are very busy with their own work and are not paying attention to this hearing. the kremlin spokesman told us he doesn't expect to hear anything new, rather colorfully, calling this a broken record with futuristic songs, making the point that these accusations against russia keep coming despite russia's repeated denials there was any meddling by russia in the u.s. election. their insistence that any contacts between the russian officials and the trump campaign then and now trump administration were anything but day to day diplomacy. when you have the fbi director testifying under oath about an

. >> let's talk about the goings-on from the trump administration with a frequent guest, scott lucas,rofessor of international politics at the university of birmingham in england. how are you? >> doing well glchlt is ni. >> nice to see you. the big headline brought the trump administration firing dozens of u.s. attorneys. the story we just brought of preet bharara, who kind of forced trump to fire him. is this really any big deal sm. >> on the surface, there have been other administrations when they come into office for the resignations of u.s. attorneys. they do so in a very well-ordered process so you can replace those attorneys and not leave a giant vacancy. as has been common with the trump administration, it acted suddenly in this case. all of the sudden, it just told 46 u.s. attorneys, all of whom are from the obama era, that's it, you are out. bharara was getting the headlines because he refused to go. there is a wire context. the trump administration has been in a running battle with the judiciary and with the staff of the justice department since it took office. you may remem

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