later part of his career trying to focus that way. ainsley: people focus on that instead of listening to our show this morning? brian: absolutely not. not looking to gamble. kentucky derby everyone lost their shirt. steve: meanwhile, if you were watching the show yesterday throughout the afternoon and in to the early evening hours, sally yates took the stage along with james clapper there. here is essentially what this hearing was about. the democrats wanted to know was there collusion between the trump campaign and russians. and the answer to that is at this point there is no evidence, even though the fbi, the senate and the house are all doing investigations. no information of that meanwhile, the republicans focused in on a law that apparently was broken. and during the campaign and during the transition period, apparently somebody unmasked the name of at least one trump associate, michael flynn. and released that to the press. release dollars that to the the washington post. and t
that s what the republicans focused in on. ainsley: we were asking the judge earlier wouldn t this be easy to find out because they are talking about his conversations with the russian ambassador last december. aren t there only a few people who know. steve: only a few can unmask but then they can tell people. ainsley: that s where it gets tricky. yates and clapper said under oath yesterday they did not release it to the the washington post. how do we know they didn t about it amongst their friends. brian: one of the follow-up was did you tell a deputy or somebody else who leaked that to the press? this has really brought up if you asked me the president s tweet that saturday morning when he said obama spied on me, sick. and he went on to other things to say, listen, some of that going on. now, on may 5th. senator rand paul says i want to find out if they were spying on me. then he reiterated that last night with sean hannity. the show has nothing to do with donald trump. it shows
speensd her, rather than inviting her. steve: susan rice. susan rice is the ring master of the unmasking. brian: are we ever going to hear from general michael film. i hope. so. brian: if you were his counsel would you allow him to do that. i would not. because anything he says hasn t been used against him. he hasn t been charged with a crime. doesn t admit to a crime. you don t know what potholes are out there. a good lawyer would restrain him from speaking. the journalist side in me is dying to know what he has to say. brian: i m sure he is chomping at the bit. i m sure is he dying to give his version. remember. ainsley: sally yates said she did not. james clapper said he did not leak to the the washington post. from. you ask about the unmavericking. very few people have that power. ainsley: i know. once the cat is out of bag who knows how it made its way to the the washington post. steve: judge, thank you very much. you are welcome.
this decision. and it was not one that i took lightly at all. i believe that it is the responsibility of the attorney general, if the president asks him or her to do something that he or she believes is unlawful or unconstitutional, to say no. sally yates on the hill testifying about her role, standing up to the proposed ban and then getting fired because of it. the president s first version of that ban was blocked by the courts. a new version was halted, too, and today was debated yet again. will it survive this time? at issue, this question should the president s words while he was on the campaign trail matter in determining his true intention for the temporary ban? here s abc s senior white house correspondent cecilia vega tonight. reporter: in a virginia appellate court today, one of president trump s most controversial campaign promises came back to haunt him. donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states until our count
about yesterday was whoever leaked mike flynn s name to the the washington post, after it had been unmasked by some unknown member at this point of the obama team. brian: the whole collusion team is blowing up. there doesn t seem to be any there there. you saw multiple questions to james clapper and sally yates. they cannot confirm or deny anything. you could tell if there was something there it would have been front and center. lindsey graham went out and came out flat empty. what s concern about the unmasking. listen. did either of you ever request the unmasking of mr. trump, his associates, or any member of congress? yes. and in one case i did. did either of you ever review classified documents in which mr. trump his associates, or members of congress had been unmasked? well, yes. you have. can you give us details here. no, i can t. ms. yates, have you?