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Said that they will hold senior justice department officials in contempt of congress unless they hand over the exact documents nunes requested. some justice department official will be on the hill later this week and they will be grilled about this, including the director of the fbi. i think you have to point out how unusual it is for -- the documents related to the ongoing investigation in the russia probe, how unusual it is for the u.s. congress to get involved in an ongoing criminal investiga...

Revealed intelligence he is relying on to make that assertion that she broke the law. did he see something else? as far as nunes, those documents have been reviewed and no evidence there. >> because were talking politics here and not just la, f if the obama administration acted properly, what is the rule of granting and unmasking? >> it is a good question, chris. is this something that should be done? how often should it be done? these rules are set by the intelligence committee. certain officia...

Americans identities being masked properly or unmasked in intelligence reports. >> multiple sources in both parties tell cnn there is no evidence the obama administration did anything wrong or illegal. cnns jim sciutto is live in washington with details. a bit of insight as why nunes was not eager to share. >> reporter: chris, these allegations sparked a firestorm and alleged susan rice of committing a crime. casting doubts that obama administration officials improperly requested the names of u....

Taiwan. and the subject of eavesdropping overseas. the u.s. eavesdrops. we know this on both friends and adversaries as part of intelligence collection. it is about more than that. i think the big headline is this. this was a big deal when nunes came out and said the obama administration were doing something wrong here. the president followed up and went further and said i believe susan rice committed a crime. you have democrats and republicans looked at the documents and the request made. they ...

We have an update on the reporting of hype versus fact in the russian interference. trump claims he was wrongly surveilled by the obama administration. he says proof will come out that susan rice committed a crime. instead, gop lawmakers reviewed the documents and they show no proof that rice did anything wrong. now the washington post reporting the fbi got a warrant to monitor former trump campaign adviser carter page. that means a judge found probable cause page was knowingly engaged in cla

Assertion about wiretapping? >> i dont -- im not aware of anything directly. again, theres two sides of this. one is the information side. two is the policy and the activities and the legal piece of what happened. and i dont -- those are big buckets, if you will. >> so its possible? >> im not going to comment on it. >> at todays briefing sean spicer also announced that the top democrats and republicans on both now remember the house senate and intelligence committees have been invited to the whi...

Is not correct? >> im saying in order to comment on that story would be to validate certain things that im not at liberty to do. >> did the president direct none in this white house or his national security team to try to find information or intelligence to back up his assertion about wiretapping? >> i dont -- im not aware of anything directly. again, theres two sides of this. one is the information side. two is the policy and the activities and the legal piece of what happened. and i dont -- th...

James comey and nsa director mike rodgers which would most likely be a closed hearing. we will see if the republicans and democrats can work it out to get those two hearings on the agenda for next week. sandra? >> sandra: thank you. >> the fascination is with what door did he come in? who did he meet with? as opposed to what i think it should be and ironically its not, when the shoes on the other foot. whats the substance? >> sandra: sean spicer also talking about process versus substance. so we...

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Under way. not this time. one more thing as if it was needed to highlight the tensions between the two countries right now. there is a possibility that vladimir putin will meet with tillerson today. the kremlin says it hasnt yet been scheduled. it is a possibility. they may be waiting to see how the meeting is with lavrov and tillerson. he was honored by putin as a friend of russia, tillerson. look at the message. he is in moscow and putin has not scheduled a meeting with him yet. chris. >> mich...