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Journalist for nbc news who confirmed the story. andrea read for us his letter of resignation when it was tendered. andrea, not to be gross about it, but is it mostly boilerplate? is there any word choice in there that caught your eye? >> well, inadvertent, unfortunately he said he writes because of the pace of events. i inadvertently briefed the vice president-elect and others with incomplete information regarding my phone calls with the russian ambassador. i have sincerely apologized to the pr...

News the story. andrea also read for us his letter of resignation when it was tendered. andrea, not to be gross about it but is it mostly boilerplate? is there any word choice in there that caught your eye? >> well, inadvertent. unfortunately he said he writes because of the pace of events, i inadvertently briefed the vice president-elect and others with incomplete information regarding my phone calls with the russian ambassador. i have sincerely apologized to the president and the vice presiden...

This was three weeks from when he was inaugurated and became president of the united states. he said specifically there are tremendous threats to our country. we will not allow that to happen. listen to what clapper, general clapper, told jim schudo. >> we in the nic -- >> does a ban like this, does if damage u.s. image, but also counter terror partnership? >> yes. i do worry about those countries in question, with whom we do deal and who are reliable partners. >> until three weeks ago he was th...

That langley. that was an important thing to do, wasnt it? >> it was. i think the president had reason to feel agreed about his first briefing for the cia director. at the same time, i appreciated the indians but maybe not the chiefs. im not to denigrate either general clapper who ive had a chance to work on or the director, but but the new chiefs on the way mike pompeo is not approved yet, i know he went with the president today, are you surprised, thats an important post. >> there is no reason...

This is what he tweeted today. "it now turns out of the phony allegations against me were put together by a political opponent and a failed spy afraid of being sued. fake news. russia says nothing exists. probably released by intelligence even knowing there is no proof and never will be. my people will have a full report on hacking within 09 days." general clapper has said it didnt come from intelligence. second of all originally we all know weve been told from republican primary opponents, then...

One of the things thats happened gradually in this case andrea is the move from saying the top leadership almost certainly knew which is where we were on october 7th to what we were hearing from general clapper at a recent hearing which is that vladimir putin himself had ordered this. when you hear that you know they must have had some kind of piece of evidence to make them say that. >> at that hearing, general clapper did say that they had received even more information, more data, in the inter...

Intelligence. >> i believe our intelligence general clapper and admiral rogers who testified before the armed services committee are credible people. and well-respected general clapper had 53 years in the intelligence business. and yes, intelligence authorities have made mistakes in the past and have been wrong in the past, but what theyre saying is theres a long history of russian attempts to affect the outcome of our election. >> theres also a report in usa today this morning that im sure youv...

I began by asking the both of them about mr. trumps claim friday morning that what were seeing is nothing more than a political witch hunt. >> i believe our intelligence leaders, general clapper and admiral rogers who testified before the arms services committee are credible people and well respected. general clapper, i think, has 53 years of experience in the intelligence business and yes, intelligence authorities have made mistakes in the past that have been wrong in the past, but what theyre ...

The bill and then, you know, do things to them, its not necessarily a broken promise yet, i wouldnt say. >> i think its important to keep an eye on house republicans because right now theyre saying some of them are shrugging. some of are saying, oh, maybe there will be backlash, but i wouldnt be surprised if a couple of days down the road if they say, hey, if this is what mr. trump wants, this is what president trump wants, this is what president trump gets. weve already seen them fall on their ...

We dont. that was 13 years ago. they make the case theyve learned valuable lessons, and they do their job better now. >> i think one thing we have to watch is of the four guys meeting with him today, at least two of them will be gone. james clapper and john brennan. the other two, including comey and this is their first face to mace meeting since the election, the fbi director. will his attitude change once his own people are in there? thats what i wonder. dan coats no, maam made to be clappers ...