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talking about this today, the president was not. another day this week, did not have an event on his public schedule with the exception of. brief radio interview this morning. the question here is, is this a threat or is this something the president would actually see through and carry out? we talked to the economic adviser here, larry kudlow earlier. and he was walking a fine line. he said the president is cirrus about this. he said this is a process of negotiation. but the stock market obviously saw it as something more than that and the white house clearly watching those screens here today. jeff zeleny at the white house. thank you so much. turning to the world lead. one of the biggest mysteries in the russian interference in the 2016 election is who done it? and today we re getting some answers. the names of putin cronies and russian oligarchs who tried to help propaganda get into your news feeds and your hearts and
sort of having. you know, figures moving east, you know, manafort and the malik and carter page and now figures moving west. konstantin kilimnik. when they meet in the middle, there s possible conspiracy and possible collusion. david connrn, you were worki on this before it was a story, before anybody knew it was a thing. you are one of the original journalist who is uncovered the connection between russia and the trump campaign. what harry just said, the mess of russian money, what s the distance between there being a mess of russian money and possibly some real intent on the part of putin cronies and oligarchs to influence the outcome of the election and a connection to the trump campaign? okay, we know there was an attack. i don t like to use the word meddling or intervention. we know there was a russian attack on the campaign, right?
possible collusion. david corn, you were working on this before it was a story, before anybody knew it was a thing. you are one of the original journalist who is uncovered the connection between russia and the trump campaign. what harry just said, the mess of russian money, what s the distance between there being a mess of russian money and possibly some real intent on the part of putin cronies and oligarchs to influence the outcome of the election and a connection to the trump campaign? okay, we know there was an attack. i don t like to use the word meddling or intervention. we know there was a russian attack on the campaign, right? that s that s clear. we also know that the intelligence community said it was done in part to help trump. so the fact and we also know that trump has relationships with oligarchs and we also know that putin uses oligarchs to do his will around the world. so, it is not a far stretch of the imagination that oligarchs
sanctions, hitting the oligarchs and the putin cronies where it hurts. we know how to hurt them and i don t understand the reluctant of this. this is outraged and it is not the first time. yes. again, the choice of method, this case is very rare, russia specific, nerve-agent, it is not that they don t want people to know. he wants people to know. that s the whole point. that s why he bragged about i am too important and too well known, it would be embarrassing. this is why he was killed in the front lawn of the kremlin. they want people to know. they re laughing at us. it is a message. your answer would be a foe? i would call it a foe. not to mention the interference in the american elections. there is no easy transition here. let s talk about sex, shall we? the transition is it s a break from the stress of the