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Trump years. officials here described because of leaks early in the administration where things from various calls including they cite australia and mexico where there were leaks they viewed to be embarrassing about the nature of the calls, the way the conversation was portrayed publicly made the trump administration tightens restriction whose could have access to calls. jump ahead to the current moment were in and its a more serious question of the content of the call between the president and ...

Continues to grow. the latest tally from nbc news now 226. joining me now to unpack this is nbcs white house correspondent kelly odonnell, joining me from the north lawn. kelly, start with the "new york times" reporting. that story about the classified computer system being used to hold transcripts of sensitive calls. what more are we learning about that this hour? >> reporter: the "new york times" was able to move the ball forward to identify calls from putin and calls between the president and...

Oval office meeting with the russians in may 2017, the "washington post" here reporting that trump told russian officials that he wasnt concerned about moscows interference in the u.s. presidential election and the number of house representatives supporting impeachment continues to grow. 226 the latest numbers, now backing an inquiry. kelly odonnell has it all covered from the white house and joins us there. kelly, curious about that classified computer system that is being used to hold the tran...

The super secret server that you have to have code word access and know the code to get access to it. whats the relationship between this new revelation and "the washington post" and the impeachment inquiry thats underway. >> this is a pattern of covering up and things that are embarrassing and conversations he had with foreign leaders. the foreign leaders know what it says. policymakers dont know. but, what it is is not so much of the substance of these allegations themselves. it shows that the...

The presidents comment from being disclosed publicly according to an official requested anonymity to discuss the matter." it is now a main part of the democrats impeachment inquiry. the white house confirmed in the whistleblowers complaint that launched that inquiry. trumps conversation with the ukrainian president was sealed away in a highly secured code word required security server maintained by the national security council. john brennan voiced his concerns on that move. >> if it was moved i...

Databases where people who need the read out to do their jobs cant even get access to it? thats the essence of a cover up. >> nick, what is your sense of new information to the point that frank just made that there is this movement of transcripts and information of donald trumps conversation with world leaders whoever it may be into the super secret server that you have to have code word access and know the code to get access to it. whats the relationship between and information of donald trumps...

Amplifies and strengthens the credibility of the first day. >> its also rare in an investigation to quickly to have the person who is at the center of it also speak publicly about it in a way that confirms things which are -- >> how much on defense that he feels. >> right. >> and if they put him out every day, if he becomes his main defender, he is going to have some more problems because he blew so hot that it diminishes his case. it doesnt strengthen his case. but go back to the whistle-blower...

Placed into this code word level system solely for the purpose for protecting politically sensitive rather than national security sensitive information. as a legal matter, jim, am i wrong in believing that even if thats inappropriate, its not illegal unless they put it in the code word level system because they thought it was evidence of a crime and trying to cover it up as opposed to they thought it was politically a hot potato? >> i dont know that the placing of the material into the system is...

>> by far, anderson, it was the most well-written, well-referenced, well-constructed and most compelling whistle-blower complaint i ever saw during my 6 1/2 years as the dni. it was very well done. it was written at the same quality level as a national intelligence estimate, which is kind of the apex of intelligence products, and was written much in the same style as a seasoned, mature, competent intelligence analyst would write. it was very well done. >> and the idea that this computer system f...

It says and this is the whistle-blower writing this. according to white house officials i spoke with, this was not the first time under this administration that a presidential transcript was placed into this code word level system solely for the purpose for protecting politically sensitive rather than national security sensitive information. as a legal matter, jim, am i wrong in believing that even if thats inappropriate, its not illegal unless they put it in the code word level system because t...