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Stanley, y -- obama administrat. theyre saying the obama folks did the same thing to fox nuews that were doing right now. youre shaking your head. we looked it up. you did at one point say, and im quoting you now, fox is not really news. but go ahead. >> well, yes, and there were times when i was troubled by some of the reporting they did, the stories that suggest, for example, that obama was educated in m adr asas, overseas, a story that, by the way, cnn quickly knocked down. those things did t...

The report from sara murray on the white house blocking cnn and other news organizations from what has always been a routine press briefing, off-camera gaggle. whats your reaction? >> its bad news. watching everything thats going on, you cant help but think that donald trump is trying as hard as he can to follow in richard nixons footsteps, allegations of cover-up, allegations of hostile environment with the press. the worst its gotten with the coverage, the more theyre trying to control who can...

The story but the fact is the fbi is still investigating these communications as are both the senate and house intelligence committee. that investigation, wolf, as you know underway. >> jim sciutto reporting. thank you very much. were also following breaking news, tension between the white house and the news media escalating tonight after the press secretary sean spicer blocked cnn, the "new york times," the "los angeles times," other major news organizations from an off-camera press briefing. o...

Chinese are doing. its just -- this has been one of the most disheartening things of the trump administration. the president of the united states has got to stop publicly attacking the patriotic men and women who put their lives at risk to keep this country safe. >> it makes no sense to go after the fbi like this. earlier he suggested the intelligence community was -- the cia was like nazi germany. you said this morning on cnns new day and im quoting you now, you said there is no doubt in my min...

These leaks for the ongoing investigation, but in the process he seems to be confirming cnns own excellent reporting. >> he sure seems to be, wolf. first of all, let me say i agree with what congressman himes just said, which is its hard to understand how the story about the white house chief of staff calling the fbi to try and enlist them in quelling a story that discomfited the president is a national security matter or a classified matter. so, we should set that aside. that is no more true th...

They invited every major outlet except for cnn. they had newspaper in there but they didnt allow the "new york times" or politico in there but they did allow breitbart in. one america news network, washington times all of those were invited into this briefing with sean spicer that was not on camera. the other perplexing thing about this is that from the read-out that we got from this briefing is it sound like spicer spent most of his time in there discussing this story that cnn broke about conve...

Defending, denying communications between trump campaign officials and russians known to u.s. intelligence. the intense pushback follows cnns exclusive reporting of the white house request. cnn officials insisting it only asked for the denial after the top fbi official himself volunteered that the "new york times" story on those communications was inaccurate. white house officials who asked not to be named today outlined their time of events saying the conversation happened on february 15th afte...

Interfere with the u.s. elections. thats an incredibly, incredibly serious story and i know that the white house would like to talk about other things but thats what the fbi is focused on investigating and i think thats what, you know, we all should keep an eye on. >> to smear the fbi as phil says, thats really, really awful. and then earlier he smeared the intelligence committee, the cia when he made that comparison to nazi germany. all of this potentially could have -- >> these people are prof...

Committee or, in fact, in i other kbhcommittee in the house the senate can conduct a thorough investigation? i ask the question because your colleague on the committee, jim himes, he told cnn that hed like to seat a 9/11 investigation because that would remove some of the political pressures that come with being members of congress. >> jim and i agree on that. we both supported independent and bipartisan commission that can have a full investigation into the whole russia issue. democrats, of cou...

>> reporter: now, the white house denies talking about the white house investigation specifically saying the discussion only centered on the reports and the u.s. official says that the deputy director andy mccabe did not talk specifics about the case. meantime cnn has learned or in a classified briefing on capitol hill fbi director comey did not dismiss the existence of any communications between russians and trump advisors. he did, however, take issue with the characterization of those communic...