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President trump reportedly handed over secret intelligence to the russians. the "washington post" said trump revealed highly secret intelligence to the russians. it was a sharing arrangement considered so sensitive that details had been held from allies even in the u.s. government. the foreign partner had not given permission to share the information with russia and trumps doing so defies an ally. they revealed the city where the partner detected that threat. a location at the "washington post" ...

The answer is no. we gave them information and got nothing in return. to spin this is just the absolute worst thing that the white house can do. they messed up, and they need to own this. >> former cia director james woolsey, all of you, very much appreciated. well talk about the democrats reacting to the wild week at the white house. what theyre saying this morning about president trumps meeting with russian officials and what theyre demanding from the administration. ill be talking with a co...

Arabia, israel and, of course, italy, as well. hell be meeting with the pope at the vatican. this raises serious questions for our allies, chris, and undoubtedly, this will be at the forefront when the president goes on the overseas trip. he is also attending a nato summit. we also know there is an attempt to deal with the fallout on capitol hill. my understanding is that officials here at the white house will be reaching out to lawmakers on capitol hill to answer their questions about this, but...

Security adviser will be answering questions about all of that when he comes to the podium in a few minutes from now, chris. >> i know youll be standing by for us and asking the tough questions. i want to bring in andrea mitchell. andrea, weve been talking a lot about the potential impact here politically, the steps forward, but what you hearing from your diplomatic sources about reaction to everything thats transpired in the last 12 or 18 hours or so. >> theres a lot of reaction but it is all q...

When he thinks it is appropriate. the question is was it appropriate for him to share that information? >> it has been so far confirmed that a senior national security council official, was concerned enough about what the president had said that he felt it was important to notify the two key intelligence agencies. that was his decision. so i think that hr mcmaster, a person of high integrity himself, widely respected, is trying to diffuse this saying he did not discuss sources and messed. th a s...

Twitter implicitly confirms almost immediately. >> are you saying you almost dont believe what h.r. mcmaster has had to say? >> i respect the national security adviser and i -- >> do you believe him in this instance? >> in his statement he carefully parsed what was and wasnt said in the white house meeting. and i think it will undermine his credibility here on the hill if it turns out that the initial reporting by the "washington post" now confirmed by several other leading news sources is in fa...

Who served in the state department under secretaries kerry and clinton. also returning is evelyn, the former assistant secretary of defense for russia, ukraine and eurasia. since we have this meeting with turkey coming up, joshua, let me start with you. and the key question here, it seems to me, is does this, whats happening now, the questions being raised, and you have h.r. mcmaster coming out to the briefing room, overshadow and complicate everything thats happening? >> i do think this makes a...

What is the mood there? what are we expecting from the national security adviser? >> chris, this is a white house that is in full damage control mode. i was here late into the night as we were discussing earlier. i can tell you top officials here in the white house were meeting late into the night, trying to determine what their next steps would be. and now, the national security adviser, h.r. mcmaster, has become really the front person in terms of dealing with this crisis. so we expect were go...

Decision that was made there. >> correct. the russians had just meddled in the french elections not more than a week prior to that. i have real questions about the decisions being made in the national security apparatus. you have to have a national security team that is functioning, that is agile, that is lawful and plays close attention to how this kind of national security crisis unfolds. >> we are expecting any minute h.r. mcmaster to come in. if i can, can i go quickly to kristen welker? jus...

Vests and not share them with countries like russia. thats exactly the talking point that senator schumer went through. this is the drama senator mcconnell wants to avoid. the sharing of the threats between united states and its allies. >> ned, your take on something else. hr mcmaster, the national security adviser who stepped in to replace michael flynn at a time of incredible turmoil inside the national security apparatus of this administration. he has been perceived among republicans and some...