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>> sandra: breaking tonight. we just got word a short time ago that former fbi director james comey will testify before an open session of congress. it comes amidst two reports of the trump russia probe, including suggestions that resident trump told the russians that his dismissal eased pressure from the investigation, and the "the washington post" w seeing that one of the presidents current advisors is considered a person of interest in the russia probe. the headline is sparking outrage. watch...

Analytics they were reporting something back to him. he was always sounding the alarm, raidsing the red flag. >> did you notice during the campaign your anecdotal was different than your statistics? i kept getting it at the end, my brother and people. i keep hearing things, they should be for trump, the pro-life people showing up. this doesnt fit with the numbers we had been getting from the experts. >> thats when we found in the reporting of the book, we for a long time had difficulty with this...

Kind of reporting something back to him. but he was always kind of sounding the alarm, raising the red flags, going this isnt quite right. >> did you notice that your anecdotal was different than the statistics? i kept getting it at the end. wait a minute. i keep hearing things that shouldnt be for trump and they are. this doesnt fit with the numbers weve been getting from the experts. >> thats what we found when we were reporting the book. for a long time, we had difficulty with this gap betwee...

Anyway. >> james lankford, its important also, james lankford, oklahoma. >> oklahoma. >> now, iowa still is a purple state. >> right. >> for james lankford to come out and say that, thats not as easy for him as it might be for somebody in wisconsin or iowa. >> its the right thing to do, too. >> hearing things, too. they are not just saying it on their own. these are things people said to them. breakfast and town hall meetings and diners. i think theres a story today which was particularly intere...

The formation and accomplishing the task, hell lead it tremendously. hes the type of leader that will speak out. he will go to the president, we can only hope and say, mr. president, this is what im thinking, this is our recommendation, hes not going to lay a bunch of problems in front of the president. hes going to say heres what we think, and this is what i think we should do. im speaking for the national security council, thats his role, i think hell embrace it, and i think hell succeed. >> y...

Do you talk with your republican colleagues about this? do you have any sense about the depth of republican concern? obviously if all democrats vote against him, he is still concerned unless a republican crosses over. >> and certainly this is the first stage in committee and more could happen on the floor. there isnt a lot of conversation because we had ten hours of hearing and sitting on opposite sides of the room and rushing on to the floor to start the health care debate which took us until 2...

Killed hundreds of thousands and more than 4 million to 5 million fled the country, it was like he didnt have an opinion on it. it was deeply disturbing testimony. >> within the committee, and with among these deliberations, do you -- do democrat only talk to democrats? do you talk with your republican colleagues about this? do you have any sense about the depth of republican concern? obviously if all democrats vote against him, he is still concerned unless a republican crosses over. >> and cert...

Against him, he is still concerned unless a republican crosses over. >> and certainly this is the first stage in committee and more could happen on the floor. there isnt a lot of conversation because we had ten hours of hearing and sitting on opposite sides of the room and rushing on to the floor to start the health care debate which took us until 2:00 in the morning. and so it was a crazy day. but i would hopehat my republican colleagues are hearing things that should really bother them. >> sen...

Welcome back, everyone. i want to bring in evan mcmullin, jill dougherty, and jonathan sanders, the associate professor at stony brook school of journalism. im going to start with you, jonathan. we have been talking about this statement by the director of national intelligence confirming cnns reporting. what do you make of it? >> well, i think the idea that mr. trump denied hearing things. i think the intelligence agencies are just getting very frustrated. and in fact, that may be one of the rea...

We need changes in the law. what i pushed for before in my bill and couldnt get and i intend it push again is a change in the hipaa laws to talk about the details with the family. >> the health privacy laws. to tell his family members, we think he needs to stay here, perhaps even be committed. will you help us? >> yes. also call them and say, what else can you tell us about his background and history. we dont know if they did that. its a very skilled set that law enforcement, fbi and psychologis...