headlines that makes you, go wet? very meant memorable headline from the washington post. house majority leader told colleagues in 2016, i think putin pays trump. i think putin pays trump. when kevin mccarthy reportedly told that to his republican colleagues in the house, in 2016, that is when trump was running for president. speaker of the house of the time was paul ryan, kevin mccarthy was the number two republican, under the speaker, he was majority leader. he s the one who reportedly said, i think putin pays trump. now, at the time, mr. mccarthy reportedly made those comments, donald trump wasn t just one of the 17 different republicans who is running in the presidential primary that year. he wasn t just a random candidate among them all, it was clear, by the time those comments were made by mr. mccarthy, that trump was going to win the nomination. by the time mccarthy said that, i think putin pays trump, trump had basically cleared the field of the other competitors. he
the presidential primary that year, he wasn t just a random candidate among them all, it was clear by the time those comments were made by mr. mccarthy that trump was going to win the nomination. by the time mccarthy said that, i think putin pays trump, trump had basically cleared the field of the other competitors, he was just a month away from formally clinching the nomination. so for that reason alone, this headline was kind of a double take thing. stunning. that one of the top guys in leadership, one of the most powerful elected officials in the republican party, was going around saying out loud, at that time, that he was pretty sure that this guy who was about to get the republican nominee for president, he was on putin s payroll. but what made kevin mccarthy more unsettling and potentially more explosive is the context in the remarks and what the washington post reported at the time is that what happened right before mccarthy said that, right before mccarthy said tr
armed gunman in combat fatigues stormed the city building where a concert was taking place before opening fire on spectators. russia state news agencies say 40 people are dead and 100 more are injured. the roof of the concert hall which is engulfed in flames is in risk of collapse. russia sent out a bulletin warning that extremists in russia had a plan to target large plans in moscow including concerts. let s bring in senior national security analyst john brennan. director, thank you so much for being with us. this is of course a developing situation. you could give our audience any understanding of the climate in russia right now? well, unfortunately, moscow is not a known to terrorist events. over the course of the past couple of decades moscow has been the scene of some terrorist attacks by different groups. and so this was taking place at a large gathering which is why i think the early reports are the high number of dead and wounded. it appears as though, this was so
could easily win a national election. he had left the 1960 election which he lost narrowly to john f. kennedy with bitterness. and a sense the election had been stolen from him. this allowed the demon that is he always had within him to play during elections. it is about lust for power and absence of morality. it was all about holding on to power. no one can find out about this. whatever it takes. when the president does it it means that it is not illegal. i told the american people i did not trade hostages for arms. there will not be an abuse of power in this office. he develops weapons of mass destruction. we are in trouble. i just want to find 11,780 votes. and that s really when you reach a tipping point in a democracy. that s how dictators come to power. within hours of the arrests at the watergate, the nixon white house started covering up. i was the desk officer of the cover-up. i get the information and gather it and i share it and they were maki
the key to understanding richard nixon is that richard nixon was never self-confident that he could easily win a national election. he had left the 1960 election, which he lost narrowly to john f. kennedy, with bitterness. in a sense, the election had been stolen from him. this allowed the demons that he always had within him to play during elections. it s about lust for power and absence of morality. it was all about holding on to power. no one can find out about this, whatever it takes. when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal. i told the american people i did not trade arms for hostages. there will not be a cover-up. there will not be an abuse of power in this office. when you have a president who thinks he can do anything he develops weapons of mass destruction. i just want 11,780 votes. and that s really when you reach a tipping point in a democracy. that s how dictators come to power. within hours of the arrests at the waterg