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Hes doing. you said zero to 100. can they ignore this? >> this could jeopardize all the progress they have any hope of making. ignore it. chaos is happening in the white house. the reason youre not seeing every republican call out the president is because they still want to get things done. >> this is their chance to do it. im going to ask you, evan. theyre talking about the intelligence disclosed by the president and it says in fact an ally -- where they got the information from -- that it woul...

Its not like the russians to hack into his e-mail. he gave them the information voluntarily. >> should this investigation be part of the investigation into president trump or the then candidates trumps campaign? >> i dont know if -- we have three now investigations going on. but i think it needs to be carefully looked into and 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 i...

And learn more about our unlimited mileage warranty, only at your authorized dealer. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. our breaking news tonight reports president trump shared highly classified information with russian officials in the oval office last week. two people knowledgeable confirm with cnn. i want to bring in a senior investigative reporter and a former department of homeland security official. good evening to both of you. how damaging is this, michael? >> well, if this is true, it...

The compounding problem of the intelligence services, it would be bad enough if this happened, but nobody knew about it. now we have two problems, one sources and methods could now where found by russia. >> you can make the argument that the united states would have to informal lied intelligence services that this information had been disclosed. >> that would be part of the damage control, were not talking about messaged damage control, were talking about risk damage control, which is obviously ...

Critical things that the chief of staff has to do is be the honest broker of information. teeing up information honestly on every side of a difficult issue making sure only the toughest decisions get in to the president. the most important asset any administration has is the presidents time. and you know this is clearly a president whose completely undisciplined presidents come into office with a kind of had you brings and they think they have all the answers its kind of like alcoholism every pr...

Tonight. it says quote, in fact the ally has repeatedly warn -- in fact the ally has repeatedly warned officials it would cut off if it were shared. how do you respond to this former cia? >> well, its a common concern between allies that share intelligence information back and forth. i mean theres constant bickering and concern raising in this realm about this very issue. but generally you dont have the president of the united states compromising sensitive information to a foreign advery just br...

Light matter. youre giving the keys to the kingdom in moskow center here. >> and also on the intelligence side, we are a country thats actually good at intelligence gathering. we share with other countries that arent as sophisticated. so theyre only as strong as we are. so the weaker we become in terms of ourcapacity to get intelligence from europe or any of our allies, those other countries become weaker. that includes a country like canada which is highly dependent on us for intelligence. so i...

Based on this information, and the details, could russia conclude where it came from? in particular what partner of the u.s. the source the information, which would be uncounk uncomfortab uncomfortable. >> whats the reaction from the white house? >> well, the white house is somewhat unified, although their messaging is a little confused as to what they are denying. in general theyre saying this story is false. lets listen on the white house national security advisor, h.r. mcmaster. >> theres not...

>> its a common concern between allies that share information back and forth. theres constant bickering and concern raising about this very issue but generally you dont have the president of the united states compromising sensitive information to a foreign adversary this brazenly. and it really is cause for concern. the russians will take this information, donald trump didnt have to talk about sources or methods. but if the information was very detailed, the russians can use their knowledge and ...

Years before he realized he needed to appoint a chief of staff. >> shane, does the staff matter or does it all go to man at the top in the white house? >> to some extent it goes to man at the top here. he talked last week he had some communications plans about the firing of his fbi director. they cant spin that in a way that makes it a positive story for the president. >> he says you cant always listen to them because they dont always have the information he does. >> yeah, and they went out and ...