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Were back now with the breaking news. special counsel mueller agreeing to testify publicly before congress on july 17. not that far off. just a couple weeks. after he was subpoenaed. hes going to testify in front of congress july 17. speaking to two committees. joining me now illinois congressman. a member of the intelligence committee. one of the committees that will be allowed to question him. thank you, congressman. what do you want to know from the special counsel? >> theres so much. one of ...

Laundering and illicit use of the financial system that we should be able to know whether theres ongoing wrongdoing in the executive branch and finally, you know, whether from a counter intelligence standpoint, payments were made by the russians to president trump or family members and therefore, that could be the basis for kompromat or manipulation of trump officials today. to the endangerment of our national security. so so many purposes were set forth by the judges. thats precedent that would...

Laundering and illicit use of the financial system that we should be able to know whether theres ongoing wrongdoing in the executive branch and finally, you know, whether from a counter intelligence standpoint, payments were made by the russians to president trump or family members and therefore, that could be the basis for kompromat or manipulation of trump officials today. to the endangerment of our national security. so so many purposes were set forth by the judges. thats precedent that would...

Counsel investigation may still be targets of an ongoing counter intelligence investigation. if we were to release their names that could really hinder those ongoing investigative efforts. >> right. separate from the mueller intelligence reporting. so jonathan, if some of these materials are held back from public release, is that something that could still be seen by the judiciary committee or the so-called gang of 8 senators? >> listen, yes, it is, but i think its really important to understand...

To make is we did not use that as a source for our intelligence community assessment. it was based on traditional intelligence sources. our whole point, though, in briefing then president-elect trump about it was, i felt strongly and i think we all did that we owed it to him to warn him that it was out there, without respect to the content. jim comey was particularly concerned from a counter intelligence standpoint, because rush russians will use compromise whether its real or contrived, if they...

Delusion. and here trump is sending -- this is not a message to the russians. this is a message to the president and his base saying no collusion? how about all this. >> well, and we should say this. we dont know what is out after this. well talk about this more most of the show today. but theres a bunch of things about the hacking that we still dont know. but one thing, that vide from a counter intelligence standpoint, robert mueller seems to know a lot. at one point, he quotes an e-mail that o...

Collusion? how about all this. >> well, and we should say this. we dont know what is out after this. well talk about this more most of the show today. but theres a bunch of things about the hacking that we still dont know. but one thing, that vide from a counter intelligence standpoint, robert mueller seems to know a lot. at one point, he quotes an e-mail that one of these alleged co-conspirators sent to the family, we read it in the introbeing like we got busted by the fbi. im covering my track...

Threats being investigated right now. >> all right. you know, do you believe that the fbi has the ability to monitor them? i remember going before congress saying i dont have enough people. he said he would be pressed to probe 10,000 refugees. given that, how does our president say, you know, theyre going to go through rigorous screening? >> look, its impossible, judge. my parents were refugees during the revolution of 1956. they have to stay in a camp for weeks, some relatives months, while the...

Threats being investigated right now. >> all right. you know, do you believe that the fbi has the ability to monitor them? i remember going before congress saying i dont have enough people. he said he would be pressed to probe 10,000 refugees. given that, how does our president say, you know, theyre going to go through rigorous screening? >> look, its impossible, judge. my parents were refugees during the revolution of 1956. they have to stay in a camp for weeks, some relatives months, while the...