LET ME PUT A LITTLE MEAT ON THE OUTLINE THAT JOHN JUST GAVE. ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THIS IS SO FAST AND SO SUDDEN OR SEEMS SO, IS THE STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMELS BACK. LET'S START AND 2016 IN APRIL. WE SEE THE FIRST ADS WHICH WE NOW KNOW WERE BACKED BY THE RUSSIANS COMING OUT OF ST. PETERSBURG. WE SEE THE FIRST ADS INTERFERING IN THE 2016 ELECTION. GET TO THE SUMMER OF 2016 AND THERE IS TO EVENTS THAT HAVE GOTTEN ATTENTION BUT NOT FOR THE RIGHT THING. THE FIRST EVENT IS THE FAMOUS PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE DORAL GOLF CLUB OR CANDIDATE TRUMP SAYS TO THE REPORTERS, IF THE RUSSIANS ARE LISTENING, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S IN HILLARY'S EMAILS. WHAT HAS BEEN FORGOTTEN ABOUT THAT PRESS CONFERENCE IS HE IS ALSO ASKED ABOUT RUSSIA AND THE UKRAINE. HE SAYS, YEAH, WE WILL BE LOOKING INTO THAT, INDICATING THAT HIS FOREIGN POLICY WITH RUSSIA AND THE UKRAINE IS NOT THE SAME AS HAS BEEN FOREIGN POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES. THE SECOND EVENT THAT GOES ON IN THE SUMMER IS EVERYBODY HEARD ABOUT THE TRUMP TOWER MEETING WITH THE RUSSIAN INTERMEDIARY. WE HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT AT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, TWO ITS BEFORE, THEY WROTE A PLATFORM. USUALLY, THESE PLATFORM MEETINGS, YOU CAN SEE VERY CLEARLY WHERE THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IS HAVING THEIR IMPACT. THE CHUM CAMPAIGN HAS NO INTEREST, NO INTEREST IN ANY OF THE PIECES OF THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.THEY GET TO WRITE A TRADITIONAL REPUBLICAN PLATFORM WITH U.S. POLICY TOWARD RUSSIA, THAT WAS THE ONLY ONE. THIS IS HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT. WE GO TO THE TRANSITION AND SURE ENOUGH, THE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HAS AN ILLEGAL MEETING WITH THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR WHICH EVENTUALLY COST HIM HIS JOB IS ONLY IN THE JOB FOR A MONTH. HE FIRES COMEY AND THE NEXT DAY, HE MEETS WITH THE RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR. AND HE THROWS EVERYBODY OUT OF THE MEETING EXCEPT FOR THE RUSSIANS. WE ARE LOOKING AT SOMETHING THAT IS TELLING US SOMETHING AND I THINK FOR A LONG TIME, WE DIDN'T WANT TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON. THAN WE GET TO THE HELSINKI SUMMIT. TO HELSINKI SUMMIT, THE SUMMIT IS OUTRAGEOUS. YOU WANT A SUMMARY OF THAT, LOOK AT JOHN ALLEN'S PIECE ON THE BROOKINGS WEBSITE THAT HE WROTE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT. PEOPLE WITH FOREIGN POLICY BACKGROUND SAY WHAT ON EARTH IS HE DOING THERE? IN FACT, THE HELSINKI SUMMIT CAUSES THE LARGEST NUMBER OF REPUBLICAN SENATORS TO ATTACK THEIR PRESIDENT AS HAS EVER HAPPENED. WE'VE GOT A LOT IN PLAIN SIGHT. THEN COMES THIS NEWS OF THIS PHONE CALL. AND ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE, YOU HAVE SEVEN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, ALL BRAND-NEW, THEY ARE WOMEN, FIVE OF THEM ARE VETERANS, TO OUR FORMER CIA ANALYSTS AND THIS JUST TIPS IT. ALL OF A SUDDEN, THIS IS NOT THE FAR LEFT SAYING IMPEACH THE GUY BECAUSE WE DISAGREE WITH HIM ON HEALTH CARE. ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE THIS HAS GOTTEN A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF SERIOUSNESS AND ONE THAT FRANKLY HAS BEEN BOTHERING PEOPLE FOR THREE YEARS. AND HERE WE ARE.
