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If we have information that is unsubstantiated by very sensitive, its important to bring it to the attention of the key people so that they know that this information is out there, even though you make very clear that it is unsubstantiated and uncorroborated, its still important information for them to have. >> the four top intelligence chiefs met with trump to brief him on the meddling. sources tells us that james comey briefed trump in a russian claims in a one on one conversation at the meeti...

And its -- they felt if was their responsibility, frankly, wolf, to make sure that the president-elect was aware of this. that this stuff was out there. again, as we described, it was the worst-kept secret in washington. journalists, members of congress, everybody had access to various versions of this dossier over the last few months. and the fbi director wanted him to know before he takes office that this is out there. >> what was the thinking behind comey should actual deliver the information...

Sources briefed on the matter. thats what they tell cnn during that pull-aside, comey briefed the president-elect on that two-page synopsis of russian claims, unsubstantiated against donald trump. i want to bring in our experts and analysts. evan perez, i want to start with you right now. this is a significant development that the fbi director personally took donald trump aside and said, you know what, heres a two-page summary. heres information thats very damaging to you. we havent confirmed an...

Appreciative of the information. we reached out to the fbi for comment, and they declined to comment on this account, wolf. >> but the whole substance of what these allegations, wild accusations -- >> unverified actionzations. >> totally but it was up to comby to relay that to the president-elect. >> exactly. theres been questions about when this was delivered. it was a broader briefing with the four intelligence chiefs, the head of of the nsa, cia, dni, and the fbi. and then apparently after th...

Investigation by the fbi into hillary clintons e-mails. our justice correspondent evan perez joins us with details. what are you leving, evan? >> reporter: wolf the fbi director jim comey sent a letter to congress saying the fbi is taking a look at another set of e-mails it hadnt previously take an look at while doing its investigation. you remember back in july the director of the fbi announced that they were recommending no charges be brought against hillary clinton in that investigation. her ...

Actually run with it? well, this story broke last night in the "washington post." "according to a former u.s. official with firsthand knowledge of government intelligence, the cia obtained credible information including internet protocol addresses linking cuban agents to the prostitution claims and efforts to plant the story in u.s. and latin american media. the intelligence wreport providd to u.s. government officials and sent to the fbis counterintelligence division." it is one thing for us to...

And what that presumably does is they ease up on the drugs, enough for him to regain consciousness so that when they ask him questions, hes conscious enough that he can answer them, either nod his head or write them down on the board. >> don what do we know about those questions and this process of asking these questions every couple of hours when they do ease off the drugs? youve talked to a former fbi agent who is familiar with this group, who has been doing some of the interrogating. what wou...

27-year-old jose pimentel, a u.s. citizen and native of the dominican republic and a convert to islam was taken into custody saturday afternoon as he was allegedly constructing a pipe bomb. police commissioner raymond kelly says he was planning on building three bombs. mayor bloomberg said the suspect was intent on killing. >> the police also constructed a duplicate of an explosive device that the suspect built and then designated in a way he intended to use the weapon. we want to show...

They have found no evidence that the conclusions of the prosecutors. i but you also pointed out these key text messages by a couple of people who were fbi employees, and i think its going to be the thing that the president and other people are going to focus on because it does open up and i think the inspector general even says this in his report, he says that these text messages and a lot of other actions really does raise this specter of political interference and political bias, even if it di...

Not wanting this information to come too late. >> these are 3162 documents they had to peel apart for months. they had the most difficult time congressional committees investigating this because the doj and fbi have not been forthright with the information. this is explosive because it shows even when harry reid went to meet with him in august 2016, early that month at the beginning of august we know jonathan boffo who was working at the counterintelligence division of the fbi alongside peter st...