health care reform. the sad part about owl all of this in addition to just the story itself, is that it s burying the narrative of other good policy changes that people across this country want to see. let s not forget in the special elections we ve had since president trump was elected, you have republicans win, they re winning on policies that people want to be reformed. so whether that s health care or taxes. so the narrative is being buried, and we can t blame it all on media networks covering stories that aren t there. arthel: we certainly are covering the health care story quite extensively. but let s go here, is this a crisis, this russia crisis that this white house can survive? i m not sure what all we ll find out, so whether or not it will survive, we ll have to wait and see. but i would say what s going to be crucial moving forward is making sure anybody who was involved in this meeting that it s very clear who was there, what did they talk about. because if more informa
security council itself appears to be operating at a political level to shape a conservative friendly alternative to the russia scandal. however you feel about that story itself, what does this mean in national security terms. national security council is there for any reason. is it weird that this is what the narms council is being used for right now? is it dangerous? hold that thought. it s an important question you ask,
rice asked for persons to be unmasked in u.s. intelligence reports. now, there s nothing illegal or improper or unexpected about a national security adviser unmasking those names. there s no allegation that she leaked those names if she did have them unmasked. nor is there any allegation she made any of those public. by making those allegations about susan rice, the national security council itself appears to be operating at a political level to shape a conservative friend alternaveo th trump/russia scandal, one that stars the obama administration as the villains instead of vladimir putin. however you feel about that story itself, what does this mean in national security terms. national security council is for a reason. is it weird that this is what the national security council is being used for right now? is it dangerous?
out lets that former obama nabls adviser, suzanne rise asked for persons to be unmasked in u.s. intelligence reports. there s nothing illegal or improper or unexpected about a national security desires unmasking those names. there s no allegation that she leaked those names if she did have them unmasked. by making those allegations about susan rice, the national security council itself appears to be operating at a political level to shape a conservative friendly alternative to the russia scandal. however you feel about that story itself, what does this mean in national security terms.
outlets in the u.s. that are pushing this story reported that president obama either ordered or sought wiretaps on then mr. trump. that s what the president himself claims saturday morning. the white house has been playing catch-up on it ever since. earlier today sean spicer said, and i m quoting, there has been enough reporting strongly suggesting something occurred. now, just to be clear, that reporting may only consist of those several british outlets and administration spokespeople talking about either those unverified reports or simply the story itself, the story they gave oxygen to. here s another. look, i think there have been quite a few reports. i know that jonathan and others earlier in the program mentioned that it was all conservative media, but that s frankly not true. the new york times, bbc. have also talked about and reported on the potential of this having had happen. that s deputy white house spokesperson sarah huckabee sanders. keeping her honest, the times did