reporter: part of that included developing and testing messages that would resonate with voters. imagery of walls, deep state, increasing paranoia about government spying, and this we have tested drain the swamp. reporter: in 2014? in 2014. reporter: bannon had worked for two years to refine his messaging when in 2016 the perfect candidate came along to blast those messages to american voters. crazy. drain the swamp. a lot of the narratives of the trump campaign were what we were testing in 2014. reporter: cambridge analytica is now downplaying its work for the trump campaign insisting it did not use controversial facebook data on it, and saying elections are won and lost by attends, not data science. as for steve bannon, he wouldn t respond to cnn but recently told a business forum his techniques were used in the past by democrats and said no one complained until a conservative did what progressives have been doing for years.
in 2015 the person candidate came along. a lot of the narratives of the trump campaign were what we were testing in 2014. reporter: they are now down-playing its work for the trump campaign insisting it did not use controversial. as for steve bannon, he wouldn t respond to cnn but told a business forum his techniques were used in the past by democrats and no one complained. we learned earlier this week that cambridge analytica may have violated election laws to send foreign works to work on u.s. campaigns. it is true and we have talked to several former cambridge employees saying they were not u.s. citizen.
the obama administration for granting flynn a security clearance in 2013. trump tweeted, general flynn was given the highest security clearance. if that was truly a concern, more than just a person that didn t have bad blood. reporter: former obama administration officials point out that flynn was in fact fired by the obama administration for his contentious management style. in 2015, flynn was not working for the obama m, he was fired in 2014. reporter: in late march, the president detailed that mike flynn should ask for immunity. that this is a witch hunt. i think he s been treated
questioned the mother of one of the shooters, syed farook. they want to know whether or not she knew about the criminal activities of her son and daughter-in-law. nbc s blake mccoy is in san bernardino, california. blake, let s talk about the photo of the couple because this is brand new of their arrival. i believe that would have been in july of 2014. reporter: that s right. an eerie photo. this was last summer. this has been released, it s an official government photo of the couple entering the country. we know they were married in saudi arabia in 2013. this is the moment that they were allowed back into the country. she was entering on the k-1 visa which has come under fire by law makers. president obama has ordered a review of that program. looking at this photo, people want to know how she was let into the country and what sort of background checks and interview process took place before she was allowed in. back here in san bernardino, that press conference did take place this m
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