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In. we know that the fbi at a certain point in time and he seems to have information on this, too, asked steel for more information and he was sending them the reports. so hes just basically saying, you know, we need to know more about the motives. actually, some degree you do. some degree you dont. and ultimately what was in the steel dossier is not important in terms of the committee reaching conclusions about interactions between the trump campaign and russian officials or anyone representing...

Reject it. hes preventing us from getting to that consensus. >> as you have an oversight role over how the intelligence agencies function, how are we to be sure that he is not trying to influence the outcome or that they are not editing or self-sensoring themselves about conclusions since he seems to be so disrespectful of a unanimous assessment? >> this is a grave concern. we want to make sure there is never any politicization, and the president has made it clear in various ways that he would l...

Spent $100,000 on election ads. facebook and twitter have agreed to testify in front of the intelligence question. joining us once again from washington defense reporter from politico. president trump says theres no collusion between his campaign and you have a top dem and top republican from the intelligence committee saying were not ruling it out. whats the reaction from the pentagon on this. >> the reaction is wait and see given theyve drawn no real conclusions yet. interviewing 25 more wit...

And use vast range of expertise to target the voters that might be able to tip a state and tip the electoral college for them in a particular state. and that there are very few of us sitting at the distance from a presidential campaign who have that kind of information. and that -- and so, senator merkleys point today of how did the russians figure out how to target the states with so few votes, flip the states and there by flipping the electoral college and the suspicion that that would be the ...

The top mi-6 intelligence officers on the russian beat. we see the reports that he sent in. we know that the fbi at a certain point in time and he seems to have information on this, too, asked steel for more information and he was sending them the reports. so hes just basically saying, you know, we need to know more about the motives. actually, some degree you do. some degree you dont. and ultimately what was in the steel dossier is not important in terms of the committee reaching conclusions ab...

Staff has prepared the committee to look at some areas of our investigation that we hope will very soon reach some definite conclusion, but were not there yet. were not ready to close them. one of those areas is the ica itself. given that we have interviewed everybody who had a hand in the ica, i think there is general consensus among members and staff that we trust the conclusions of the ica. but we dont close our consideration of it in the unlikelihood that we find additional information throu...

Gloria borger and security canadien tate ter mike rogers. chairman rogers, let me start with you because obviously president trump has called the whole issue of russian meddling in the election a hoax. i cant find any single other person in the trump administration who believes that. they all say its real. and although chairman burr wouldnt touch it when asked about it by manu raju, they were very clear they think the intelligence communitys conclusions were accurate. take a listen. i think th...

Frustration with the president and with the white house. the secretary of state insisting he isnt going anywhere. >> you know, it doesnt take a very sophisticated kgb officer to realize michigan, wisconsin and pennsylvania some key states would be places they can likely target the thing they were trying to achieve was breaking down the faith in institutions, breaking down faith in our democratic process and in the electoral process and oh, my heavens, theyve certainly done that, havent they? >> ...

Were not willing to close the issue given the nature of the rest of the investigation that we might get a thread of intelligence that suggests possibly an area of the ica that we -- that our interpretation is different. so were leaving it up. its not closed. and i think any smart investigation would stay open until weve completed. >> thats again -- thats one of the things were trying to be very careful here some of these meetings. we also know, this has to be talked through with all the balance ...

You look at all this, the weapons, what he did at the site, the fact he was acquiring this over time, you draw a couple of conclusions. number one, the language that has been used that he was some sort of dplented maniac. i dont buy it anderson. he was thinking for sometime, he was talking to his family and friends. he had a business environment where he participated in social life, and he was participating in conversations with people who must have been around when he was thinking and acquiring...