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The concept of unmasking. the government listens to a conversation between an american and a foreign person. the government decides it needs to know who the american is. do you know how many times that was done when the american was somebody in the trump administration? 2,000 times, according to the information provided by general clapper yesterday. ainsley: would it be easy to find out who knew that information about the unmasking of general flynn in december when he talked to the ambassador. >...

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 t...

Secret information and leaked it to the post. >> we also know that the obama administration was listening to every word that general flynn was uttering in trump tower. and we know from general clapper, james clapper, the head of the dni that british intelligence alerted them to things that general flynn was saying because they had been looking a at donald trump before he was a candidate and then president-elect donald trump. brian: they refer to an article in the guardian citing british intellig...

Catherine herridge. she has been covering this on capitol hill. yesterday, referencing sally yates, acting attorney general who went in and expressed some concerns about michael flynn, former national security advisor. testifying alongside general clapper, former head of the national intelligence director, director of nationalintelligenc. catherine, in the hearing, sally yates was asked about these investigations and she said she could not talk about any investigation that is ongoing, counterter...

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 hasnt been used against him. he hasnt been charged with a crime. doesnt admit to a crime. you dont know what potholes are out there. a good lawyer would restrain him from speaking. the journalist side in me is dy...

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About yesterday was whoever leaked mike flynns 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 doesnt 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. whats concern abou...

You worked with sally yates and you understand what can and cannot be said. is this because general clapper was not briefed on the fbi? how much do we read into his saying "i cant comment on that. >> in the questions that sally yates said, she was not trying to imply that the answer would be yes. i dont think we can read into jim clappers answers. especially when you look at his first answer, he was very deliberate. he said not in the course of the assessment. she saying there is something else ...

To the white house twice to offer detailed aroundings about flynn, she was fired and he wasnt. it took 18 days before a national security advisor was fired. i dont know why it took 18 minutes. >> do you understand the reluctance of the white house to deal with the security issue. sean spicer keeps saying he was cleared by obama, a professional military clearance when he got a renewal last spring of his security clearance, but general clapper testified the clearance, the vetting to be national se...

Investigation of all things russia, did you ever find a situation where a trump business interest in russia gave you concern? >> umm, not in the course of the preparation of the intelligence community assessment. >> sense? >> im sorry? >> at any time? >> i cant comment on that because it impacts an investigation. >> james clapper with a whoa moment on capitol hill saying he cannot comment about president trumps business dealings because it would affect a investigation. joining me now is my panel...