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Press. >> but the report was that the -- the press report was about them -- >> an allegation -- >> about them going to the president. >> and says they never briefed him on it. they appended two payes to the bottom of his -- >> i fwlef said they did brief him on it. >> he has said he is notware of it. >> okay, that concerns me. >> tonight, nbc news has confirmed that fbi director james comey took mr. trump aside and spoke to him one on one about the existence of verification against him and told ...

Second thing belearned definitively is that the incoming president was informed about this dossier of russian whatever last friday but not in the way you might expect. buz reports tonight according to multiple high level intelligence sources, after the president-elects formal briefing on friday was over, after that was over the fbi director james comey took the president-elect aside and spoke with him one on one about the existence of these unverified allegations concerning trumps ties and activ...

President-elect didnt get these two pages of this memo, this dossier, that was talked about in passing. that was the whole thing that cnn was reporting, i guess, was the two pages were an addendum to this intelligence report about russia. >> and "the new york times" cooperated with cnn had found. whether it was said in passing, whether it was appended to the document, whatever, the first part, i think how we makes a distinction. the first part is responsible journalism when you say, okay, we und...

You know, there are 13 different intelligence agencies, that that is just a dangerous place to start a presidency, regardless what have they say about you. its what they say about everybody else that you need to know. >> joe, there is one more important element to any leak which is a media organization willing to take it and amplify it. in this case the buzzfeed report is what we saw many months ago and didnt amplify because it was unsubstantiated. but whoever was leaking it found somebody who w...

Intelligence, it was included as an addendum described in the papers as disinformation. >> which is another reason not to publish it. if it had been something like the pentagon papers, you do that. what concerns me more is what some of the panelists have said already. the president-elect has talked about narrowing libel laws in this country. its very hard under the first amendment to libel a public figure. its almost impossible to libel a president. the reason that speech is protected is because...

Stuff. >> with all of the disgusting stuff in it. >> which all of the disgusting stuff in it. david ignatius pointed out -- ill ask you, david. is not the two-page addendum attached to it, isnt that part of the function of the analysts and whoever is dealing with the president of the united states? you want to show them everything that is out there? its not saying its fact or its not true, untrue, or whatever. here is what is out there and what you have to be aware of. >> i think that a tricky q...

Andrew and hugh and were joined by rick stagle. mr. secretary, thank you for joining us. >> once said to edit is to choose. it seems to me when you are given a pile of stuff that is salacious and could be career destroying or at least anybody, including a r president-elect, you decide whether its true or not. you dont act in reckless disregard. >> yes. i wouldnt reckless disregard. i would not have published it. it wasnt a news story. id like to know why that was included in the intelligence bri...

A question until you answer the question to my colleague. >> this is a new world. >> yes. >> i watched this and said this is the way the press conference in the east room and if this is the way its going to be, the press has to figure out to be competitive in many ways but has to have solidarity in not letting donald trump do that. >> donald trump in that press conference had just confirmed the information of the cnn reporter. he said, yes, i saw the two-page addendum. >> cnn is reporting on ind...

Reputation destroying for anybody, including a president-elect, you decide whether its true or not. you dont act in reckless disregard. >> yes. i wouldnt reckless disregard. i would not have published it. it wasnt a news story. id like to know why that was included in the intelligence briefing. >> it was included as a an addendum described in the papers as disinformation. >> which is another reason not to publish it. but what reasons me more is what some of the panelists have said already. the p...

Sever ties with his company, russia did try to interfere with the election probably and hes going to donate all of the income from foreign governments to the federal treasury, thats great. yet, it is a couple of news outlets that publish things in the last 48 hours that was inaccurate that really got him going. ainsley: yesterday no one is talking about that, really, everybody is focused on his press conference and the news that allegedly came out of russia about dirt on donald trump, hes saying...