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Comment on the specifics of that. thats why its a deposition in closed session, don. but i will say what ive said before, which is every single witness that has come before us has added to our increased clarity. again, back to the 35 millimeter camera example or metaphor i used with you last week. yes, the picture is clearer today than it was when we got up this morning. >> your colleague, congressman mark meadows, said that laura coopers testimony conflicted with ambassador taylors. is that tru...

I know you cant tell us specifics, but did you get clarity on whether or not the pentagon knew about the white house pressuring ukraine? >> of course im not going to comment on the specifics of that. thats why its a deposition in closed session, don. but i will say what ive said before, which is every single witness that has come before us has added to our increased clarity. again, back to the 35 millimeter camera example or metaphor i used with you last week. yes, the picture is clearer today t...

He cites white house officials stating the transcript was placed in a stand alone computer system reserved for code word level intelligence. a former senior national security counsel official who worked in the trump white house questions whether the process was, in fact, unusual. >> when i handled presidential phone calls at the nfc last year we put it in a top secret code word system. i dont see any difference from what this alleged whistleblower is claiming. i dont think there was a change. >>...

As trumps july phone call with the president of ukraine. the house intelligence committee says the intelligence communitys inspector general, michael atkinson will testify in a closed session next friday. he received the whistleblowers complaint back in august deemed credible and of urgent concern and informed congress. the chairs of the house appropriations and budget committees are now requesting all documents related to the white house office of management and budget involvement in holding ba...

Conversation, maybe even the russia reaction to this conversation. heres the problem tomorrow with maguire. all of that, if im even half right, top secret, classified. thats going to be the challenge. >> but lets explain to our viewers what that is. sigent is really central intelligence. a lot of people view it as the best because its the intercepted phone call. if you take the low-tech version its picking up the phone and listening to a conversation between your mom and your principal. its list...

Pose records? >> i think he has made it very clear that the power is potentially the next step. i would be very supportive if thats the direction he decides to go. i think he has shown extreme patience at this point in terms of repeatedly asking for the documents and their refusal to comply flies directly against the constitutional duty of oversight. >> as you know we michael cohen is now testifying in closed session. it was one of your questions last week that made the most news. have a listen....

John cornyn, who sits on the intelligence committee, was blunt in his assessment of todays closed session. >> he lied to the committee before, do you expect him to tell the truth this time? >> no. i think between us and the mueller investigation, that were going to find out just about everything there is to find out about these allegations. and so far, theres not much, if anything, to show for it. >> all right. theres a lot michael cohen is testifying to the senate intelligence committee that we...

But we have to evaluate them carefully. thats why we have to go through this process and its important that dr. ford come forward and have her say. and i think what youve seen is that the judiciary committee, led by senator grassley, is trying to be very careful and thoughtful and open and transparent how they go through this and theyve offered options to dr. ford to come forward and testify publicly or, you know, in closed session. and so, theyre trying to make sure they are careful how they ha...

That we have to hear these things out and he should certainly not be confirmed before this is explored. >> so you think that -- do you think an anonymous accusation is enough? what if the woman decides she does not want to come forward? there are a lot of people who think that the due process youve called for has not happened here. this was not raised in the public confirmation hearing. it was not raised in the written requests for comment. it was not raised in the private, closed session. there...

>> to your point, if we had not had congressional wed not know about the bias. you mentioned andrew mccabe earlier. his testimony in closed session showed me hillary clinton was never put in jeopardy because she had people running interference for at the d.o.j. >> what do you say to those saying theyre tired of the clinton investigation. >> if we allow that we have a