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Lawmakers or at least talking with them about this. you have been somebody -- both of you have worked inside administrations before. ill start with you, michael. what is happening behind closed doors in the west wing right now? >> well, there is a reason that this >> there is a reason this administration leaks like a sieve. the president shows no loyalty for the people who work for him. he puts out mcmaster and powell, who really are the last, most respected members of this administration, with ...

Nbc contributor as well. first of all, they are saying that the president did not reveal anything that was classified or inproto, or he is not saying he is saying the president did not reveal anything that was inappropriate. clearly the president legally has everything right to declassify anything, but the issue here is whether or not he was revealing to the russians information that was classified and should not have been revealed to an adversary. >> thats right, and when he was asked very dire...

Sharp backlash from democrats and some republicans. here is general h.r. mcmaster coming to the podium right now, chris. >> you see him there with sean spicer. lets listen in. >> -- prior to his arrival, as i promised, general mcmaster will give an update on the presidents trip that starts this friday. i know there are additional questions regarding some news of the day. without further adio, general mississip mcmaster. >> good morning, everybody. we discussed the presidents upcoming trip. i pro...

Briefing that says, heres what you need to know about the person youre meeting with, about the geopolitics of the region, what you should know. whats the important background. he apparently asked that to be distilled to less than one page. essentially bullet points. what do you think about that? >> first of all, im an intelligence officer or member of his staff, i think, he is not valuing what i can bring to the table. hes not bringing in new information. but the other problem, i think the bigge...

Royali inout there, what is the responsibility of a national security team? we talked about being in the room. would you interrupt, for example? thats passed. now looking forward and understanding that this is a national security team, and i said this before, that had bipartisan -- largely bipartisan support, one of the few things about this administration that had bipartisan support, you often heard democrats say publicly and privately, at least theyre there. what is their responsibility now? >...

This -- in these matters, instead of, you know, providing the information and being forthcoming. >> your take away? >> heres the question from the perspective of what the role of the intelligence committee is, theyre providing intelligence to the president so he can be better informed to make decisions that protect the united statess national security. so the questions that members of the intelligence committees in particular are going to have is why is he -- why did he give this information to ...

In last week, almost a graduate senator for him in the two weeks. instead, theyve been dominated by the firing of comey. all of this self-up flikself-in. you heard the rumblings of turnover in the white house and changes. potentially down the road. there is no way that this communications team or even the chief of staff can explain what the president has been up to. >> andrea, aino youi know you by. andrea will be anchoring the next hour of this as we wait for h.r. mcmaster. my apologies in adva...

This senior white house official also told me there was no stenographer in the meeting between president trump and russian foreign minister lavrov yesterday and that anyone detailing what transpired is reading from his or her notes. now, that is important, because "the washington post" referenced a transcript. also from the white house, a post today as to how this got out in the first place, and it resembles that childhood game of telephone, with far graver consequences. a senior white house off...

He read yesterday and the other statements put out from rex tillerson and dina powell and others. theyre carefully worded and theyre all red herrings. what the statements deny including the statement that he read in front of the white house yesterday as were seeing on screen, the "washington post" story doesnt actually allege what was denied. then, of course, this morning the president came out and pulled the rug out from under h.r. mcmaster, from his secretary of state and his deputy national s...

The president and the foreign minister reviewed a range of common threats to our two countries, including threats to civil aviation. at no time, at no time were intelligence sources or methods discussed. and the president did not disclose any military operations that were not already publicly known. to other senior officials who were present, including the secretary of state, remember the meeting the same way and have said so. records of all accounts should outweigh those of anonymous sources. i...