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Said you had gray hair and then i deny it, then its not there. >> they deny that donald trump was on the grassy knoll. the point is all of a sudden -- >> come on, john john. i think youre being disengine ws. hold onto the first point. if theyre denying something thats not in the report, how is that a denial of the report? >> theyre saying that as written the report that people are sourcing is wrong. they were very clear about that, three people who were in the room. second, lets be clear of one ...

"the post" story are accurate. were not quite four months into the trump presidency and senator bob corker puts it bluntly tonight "the white house is in a downward spiral." global affairs analyst, david row and diplomatic analyst, john kirby. good evening to all of you gentleman. what are you hearing from your sources tonight about this bombshell report? >> from myself and jake tapper, two former officials knowledgeable say that president did share classified information with the russian foreig...

Else. >> if president obama was caught giving away national security secrets, i think everybody would be outraged. for someone saying give me a chance once i get into office and it was roundly criticized. so youre comparing things not necessarily comparable here. >> we have a president of the united states basically telling an enemy of us that -- >> to your knowledge did president obama ever give classified information away to our enemies? >> no. he gave away negotiating techniques to our enemie...

Russians that after the election he was basically going to give them the store when it came to missile defense. >> what does that have to do with sharing classified information? its apples and oranges. >> if donald trump -- >> go on, even. >> look, if -- >> im saying if theyd treat donald trump different than russia than anybody else. >> if president trump was caught giving away national security secrets, i think everybody would be outraged. youre comparing apples and oranges. for someone saying...

Our breaking news tonight reports president trump shared highly classified information with russian officials last week. i want to bring in now michael weiss. good evening to both of you. how damaging is this, michael? >> well, if this is true, its colossally damaging. i spoke to an ex-cia officer this evening and said what do you make of this and they said whoever gave us this intelligence isnt going to give us anymore of this intelligence if this is true. again, the denial that mcmaster has gi...

Scrutinized. and damage control needs to be done if it hasnt already. i think its important for people to keep this in context. we have three investigations into russias involvement into our election process. we are in odds with syria and certainly over ukrain. and we have a president who doesnt appear to have a careful nuance to understanding the information and the intelligence that hes getting, if hes even getting it every day. >> when we come back, much more on our breaking news tonight. the...

Washington post, does that further damage u.s. security? >> no. the intelligence community is trying to protect itself because if this whole thing is exploded or the operation goes awry, they want to make it known this is because the president of the united states gave up the goods to the russians. one of the other things in the washington post article i found rather compelling is this is information so sensitive we did not share it with our allies. theres some the u.s. has which it does not tru...

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Code word information to the russians. the white house says it was wholly appropriate for the president to share that intelligence but it will not say whether the information was in fact classified. lets turn to anna palmer from politico. anna, good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> shepard: is there some question about whether this information was classified? it doesnt appear that there is. >> i think the issue really is -- trump can decide to declassify anything at any time. so whether or not i...

Bites from something that donald trump, the candidate or donald trump the president said, which directly contradicts something he has done in the moment. every time, every single time. >> listen, it makes it harder for him to be credible when he pushes back against these things. the issue with hillary clintons emails were could by using this private server that information could have been used by a foreign power? in this case you have an active sharing of classified information with a hostile po...