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Teleprompter. i do not have it written down. this is the statement from the director of national intelligence spokesperson. quote, director coats does not discuss his private conversations with the president, however, he has never felt pressured by the president or anyone nels the administration to influence any intelligence matters or ongoing investigations. he has never felt pressured. again, that statement just coming out moments ago from the office of dan coats, the director of national inte...

Reporting on this point. as you might have heard, ive been out of it, not only off the show, but ive been literally out of it for a little while. as far as i understand it, you with "the washington post" had previously reported that the president had made requests to the director of national intelligence and the nsa director that they should make some sort of public pronouncement, throwing cold water on the trump/russia investigation saying there was no collusion. youre advancing that tonight sa...

National security reporter with tonights scoop at "the washington post." adam, i appreciate you joining us on very short notice. congratulations on this scoop. thanks for joining us. the headline tonight, top intelligence official, director of national intelligence, dan coats, told associates, contemporaneously at the time, in late march, that the president asked him if he could please intervene with fbi director james comey to try to stop the fbi russia investigation, particularly as it pertain...

Asked -- director of national intelligence -- getting asked whether he and the nsa director discussed amongst themselves these requests from the president. watch. nine seconds. watch. >> have you talked about this issue with admiral rogers? >> that is something that i -- i would like to withhold that question at this particular point in time. >> not a term of art. i would like to withhold that question. thats not a thing. dan coats said he would like to withhold on that. pause. we all got pregna...

Contemporaneously at the time, in late march, that the president asked him if he could please intervene with fbi director james comey to try to stop the fbi russia investigation, particularly as it pertained to national security adviser mike flynn. again, theres no allegation here in terms of "the washington post" reporting that dan coats committed his concerns about this to writing, as has been reported about similar concerns regarding james comey himself and the nsa director, admiral mike roge...

Allegations from james comey that the president asked him to stop the trump/russia investigation and he recorded it contemporaneously with those written memos. but the new reporting tonight from "the washington post," just out in the last hour, concerns not james comey but the nations pop intelligence official. the director of national intelligence appointed by president trump, former senator dan coats. "the washington post" reporting that the president asked dan coats, director of national inte...

That were preevviously devoted other inquirinquiries. we can confirm that tonight in terms of resources under muellers control. i know everybody has been talking about the comey testimony on thursday. tomorrow the senate intelligence committee is due to hear testimony from four people who are likely to get a bunch of questions about the ongoing investigation, one of them dan coats, director of national intelligence. says the president asked if he could intervene with the fbi director to try to s...

Committee is due to hear testimony in open russia from four people who are likely to get a bunch of questions about this ongoing investigation. director of national intelligence of tonights front page scoop which says, let the president -- president asked dan coats if he could intervene with the fbi director to try to stop the trump/russia investigation, at least the part of it that related to mike flynn. thats on the front page of washington post as of tonight. expect questions of dan coats abo...

Between the trump campaign and russia during the election. in the case of the nsa director mike rogers, that request from the president was reportedly documented contemporaneously in an internal memo, meaning the president asked nsa director mike rogers to make a public statement saying that the trump campaign and russia, there had been no collusion. when that request was made to admiral mike rogers, he recorded that in an internal memo. a source later told nbc news that dan coats and mike roger...

Corroborating witnesses, those were red-hot reports on their own. not incidentally, those reports made for the best nine seconds of video in this trump/russia story. this was dan coats getting asked -- director of national intelligence -- getting asked whether he and the nsa director discussed amongst themselves these requests from the president. watch. nine seconds. watch. >> have you talked about this issue with admiral rogers? >> that is something that i -- i would like to withhold that quest...