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That comes in and draws the conclusions. he has come to the same conclusion, that the fbi director that donald trump selected, chris ray came to, that the cia director, came to, the chairman of the joint chiefs came to, military intelligence came to, everybody in the united states government that has to do with running foreign policy an national intelligence all came to the conclusion russia is a threat to american democracy. of course, the man who is commander in chief who appointed all those p...

Briefed, given a copy of at least their written testimony, have it read to him, have it conveyed to him in some way? not that that would explain the disconnect. >> no, it doesnt explain the disconnect, and it is actually quite troubling because this assessment we saw today is the summary of all the intelligence reporting that the community is producing all the time every day. and the presidents daily brief should reflect all of these judgments all the time. at this point all the senior administr...

Than a little bit bizarre over the last up cannel of years to see a president of the united states in public kowtow to a russian president. >> respectfully thats not annancer to the question. to you have concerns the president is compromised by russia? >> year going to finish our investigation. im not going to draw any conclusions. thats been the operating principal since we started and ill point out as you know and i think many of the viewers know, were the last bipartisan investigation going a...

Seems to be saying theyre in pursuit -- what to you make of the disconnect? >> these folks have a tough job and the most important aspect of anybody in the intelligence community and i asked all of these vinyls before they got confirmed. will you be willing to speak truth to power? and i think youve what if intelligence community giving unanimous conclusions on some of these key areas. and it appears this president doesnt want to hear the truth or reflect the opinions of the intelligence communi...

Watching tonight. oou youve been in your share of washington briefings. would the president not be briefed if given a copy of their written testimony, have it read to him, have it conveyed to him in some way, not that that would explain the disconnect? >> no, it doesnt explain the disconnect, and it is actually quite troubling, because this assessment we saw today is the summary of all the intelligence reporting that the community is producing all the time every day. and the presidents daily bri...

The white house has declare said progress they seem to think is nots apparent and has not been showed and kind of the opposite with iran where the white house se seems to be saying theyre in pursuit -- what to you make of the disconnect? >> these folks have a tough job and the most important aspect of anybody in the intelligence community and i asked all of these vinyls before they got confirmed. will you be willing to speak truth to power? and i think youve what if intelligence community giving...

With chinese officials. the fact that the president is heading overseas to meet with kim jong-un. and what message does it send as they are trying to carry out this very high stakes diplomacy all across the region, when hes having this critical break with those who have been put in place to keep the country safe, andrea? >> and one of the other conclusions of the threat assessment from yesterday was that allies around the world are uncertain about the u.s. and about u.s. leadership, particularly...

Nearly halfway through the report following a range of more pressing threats. earlier on this network, the vice chair of the senate intel committee was asked about the disconnect when viewing threats to the u.s. >> i think weve got the intelligence community giving virtually a unanimous conclusions on some of these key areas, and we have unfortunately a case where it appears that this president doesnt want to hear the truth or doesnt actually reflect the opinions of the intelligence community, a...

I mean, the intelligence community seems to have seen this coming. i pulled that up. lets watch it. >> frankly, ive been stunned by the degree to which mr. trump has been willing to push back on what the intelligence community believes to be a high confidence judgment and nicole, he doesnt seem to be pushing back because hes got different data or new data. he seems to be pushing back because it contradicts what he would like the narrative to be, and thats a very unusual place for american intell...

Reporting that the community is producing all the time every day. and the presidents daily brief should reflect all of these judgments all the time. at this point all the senior administration officials have heard this on multiple occasions, and so not agreeing with these conclusions is willful disregard of the facts as the intelligence community has been gathering them over the past year, and really, since the start of this administration. >> and phil rucker, think about the coverage that the n...