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Leaked. the only crime that has been alleged regarding any of this, russia or the week campaign, is the unmasking and distribution of the name of mike flynn. that is the only criminal act currently being investigated. sally yates might have information and she was directly involved with the flynn issue. >> martha: was not a bad move? >> it would be bad if it is permanently canceled and they wont get to the bottom of what happen. as nunes has had, he is collecting information, he is aware that th...

Leaked. the only crime that has been alleged regarding any of this, russia or the week campaign, is the unmasking and distribution of the name of mike flynn. that is the only criminal act currently being investigated. sally yates might have information and she was directly involved with the flynn issue. >> martha: was not a bad move? >> it would be bad if it is permanently canceled and they wont get to the bottom of what happen. as nunes has had, he is collecting information, he is aware that th...

But clearly john mccain has been the the biggest critique and took action in munich implying that donald trump is assuming dictator-like qualities. he expanded that on meet the press. >> i think the flynn issue obviously is something that is -- shows that in many respects this administration is in disarray and theyve got a lot of work to do. if you want to preserve democracy as we know it, you have to have a free and many times adversarial press and without it, im afraid that we would lose so mu...

Someone elses country and annexed the territory for ourselves. thats what russia did. it remains a wound in europe. >> kimberly: >> james: i want td from senator john mccain, republican from arizona. he spoke on friday about the dismissal of general flynn. >> the flynn issue obviously is something that is -- shows that in many respects this administration is in disarray and theyve got a lot of work to do. >> james: you work there. is the administration in disarray? >> not at all. i come in every...

Focusing on the legality of the leaks. >> reporter: the chairs of the oversight and ju dish ri committees demanding the inspector general launch, quote, an immediate information into whether classified information was mishandled. >> we met again yesterday, theres going to be a bipartisan investigation. all of this is going to be in the context of that, and were looking for facts and were looking for evidence and details. >> reporter: meanwhile, a small bipartisan group of the senate judiciary co...

With -- >> i think we just lost our connection on capitol hill. well try to reconnect. he was wrapping up. sheldon whitehouse, senator from rhode island, suggesting, well, maybe those leaks didnt come from the intelligence community but came from within the white house itself. well continue our conversation with the senator down the road. i want to thank him very much and apologize for the loss of that connection. up next, theres been a lot of turmoil in the white house in the wake of michael ...

Testify? >> i want questions answered first. i think weve got to take this step by step. >> you obviously have been calling for this bipartisan inquiry largely into russia. is it time for the republican leadership to join you in this? >> i believe theres a need for a bipartisan investigation of the russian efforts to affect the outcome of the election. now, on the flynn issue, i think that we need to ask questions first and find out whether the scope of that committee or investigation needs to b...

>> reporter: do you think theres any evidence of coordination between the trump campaign and -- >> its too early. i think its too early. but it raises serious questions. and also my concern is also that with now no national security adviser, and the turmoil within the administration, it makes it very difficult for us to exercise responsibilities to defend the nation. the flynn issue, i think that we need to ask questions first and find out whether the scope of that committee or investigation nee...

You react to information they already know. for example, in this case they would have reviewed the transcript to see if there were conversations with the russian ambassador about sanctions. they might then ask an open-ended question. general flynn, did you ever speak about sanctions? if his answer is, no, not only do they know that hes not telling the truth, thats a federal violation. lying to a federal investigator. so, be clear about what these investigations are about. theyre not just fact fi...

Barraging you with almost meaningless factoids that keep him from answering the question. >> take a listen to president trump on the plane, his version of a response or a nonresponse to this flynn issue, a serious question about our state craft and whether something was being done to undermine the u.s. government position towards russia. take a listen. >> i dont know about it. i havent seen it. what report is that? >> -- before you weinaugurated before sanctions -- >> he said i cant hear you bec...