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That. a senior trump administration official denies that. it is not unusual to have two versions of the same meeting, is it? >> not with these two countries and not with the stakes involved. i very much agree with ambassador pickering. it is important that president trump raise the issue. he deserves credit for that. but everything depends on the strength and conviction with which he raised that issue. if, in fact, putin is denying that he launched a cyber attack on the american elections, then ...

Now at harvards kennedy school of government. i know you testified very forcefully and passionately and you said it would be a dereliction of duty for an american president not to acknowledge russias role in hacking. i wonder if you were satisfied by the readout you heard from americas secretary of state rex tillerson? >> well, nicolle, its certainly positive that president trump raised the issue directly with president putin. he had to do that to defend our country. its not surprising that puti...

2016 presidential election? >> well, as i listen to general clapper. the nsa, cia and fbi offered that january 6th report that was issued to the american people but all intelligence agencies and the 14 others all agreed with it. the fbi and cia have been consistent about that over the last six months. theres no question about it. when you have a big 97-2 vote in the senate, you rarely see that these days. a bipartisan vote. when i testify, you can feel the opposition to what russia has done. so,...

The assault on the bureau, as examples which are not constructive for our country. >> general clapper, i appreciate your time. thank you very much. >> thanks for having me. >> very tough words from general clapper there. if you are just joining us now, lets quickly lay out the top story tonight. the riveting testimony, did he make the case for the obstruction of justice? and well get reaction from the intelligence community, and first, dana bash with all the key moments. >> reporter: do you sole...

Is a threat to democracy? >> well, to our system, you know, the assaults on the institutions starting with my own, the intelligence community and his characterization of us as nazis. the commentary he has made about the judiciary, and individual judges. the assault on the bureau are examples which are not constructive for our country. >> general clapper, i appreciate your time. thank you very much. >> thanks for having me. >> very tough words from general clapper there. if you are just joining u...

This, four investigation, we have mueller and his investigation as well. what is the reaction of the staffers that are part of the investigations? >> i think that richard, they really dont know what to expect is going to happen next. i mean, you know, just literally waiting for one shoe after another to drop. i think they feel out of the loop. i think they feel like theres a lot more out there they dont know about. one thing i would like to circle back to, general clapper when you look under the...

General clapper who said he was not aware of anything at all. >> he said he wasnt aware of anything because he wasnt aware of the investigation. >> right. >> he hadnt talked about it. he hadnt reviewed the record. thats different than saying i have looked at everything and i see no basis. >> it is not that different. he haas has access to intelligence throughout the world. if there was collusion going on between the trump campaign and russia, the director of national intelligence would have pick...

You know that general clapper wanted to clear up that remark from "meet the press." he was very careful not to ask the fbi directo or his predecessor what is going on in these counter intelligence investigations. >> i assume there is a point you know you access to the investigation unt information until you dont have the access to the investigatifot it is hard to say anything applies to that today anyway on that front. this is the can of worms that the president opened up. by going directly at d...

Operations command, he is now the chance life-support at the university of texas. he joins me now, thank you for being with us. >> good to be with you. >> first i want your reaction to what is going on with the president and the russian investigation and the collusion, and the fighting back and the comments about general clapper. and the players. i have great erespect for jim clapper. 52 plus years serving the government. he has a level of integrity that is unsurpassed. i was able to listen, and...

Lying to the white house. hes not being honest with what he spoke about with the russians. this is an issue. was the white house able to clarify, to explain, to help reporters and the public understand the timing of those two events and why they might be suspiciousment? >> we didnt sort through the timing so much as we did the details today. the fact that the president said james clapper -- im sorry, that james comey asked for the dinner when, in fact, based on our reporting, it was the white ho...