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Impartiality, especially given history as his part of the trump team. >> they really have to make a decision about whether thats his intention or that what he wants to do or whether hes still acting as a surrogate for the president. >> reporter: he explained that he wanted fbi director james comey and nsa director miej rogers to be able to speak freely. they blasted nunes calling it an attempt to choke off public info. but unlike the cancelled hearing, the controversy was very much alive. in fac...

Latte sipping environment in the media if you notice the "new york times" and many of those mainstream media outlets all talking about that buzz word credibility. it seems like they are in cahoots with one another when it comes to the narrative. thats a big bart of it. brian, this just. in a partisan environment in washington. who has heard of such a thing? do you rereally think the house intelligence committee -- i know they are supposed to be impartial. give me a break. this has not been the c...

Judiciary committee. good evening. >> good evening. >> senator mark warner was just say, we just played tape saying this whole nunes matter is more than suspicious. what do you think? >> i think its fair for a legislator to be a partisan and to fight for a president that he suppo supports, right up until he t e takes on the mantle of condu conducting a fair legislative oversight investigation. at that point, the appearance of partiality becomes a real problem. i think that representative nunes h...

Important bipartisan investigation. rightly so, it should be done with the congress. i would say it ought to be bipartisan and -- >> can the house committee investigate? do you think its tainted now with what you know? >> yes. >> it is tainted? >> and its very, very hard to do it. now because people have serious questions, but its impartiality and the impartiality, you cant operate like that. you have to something of the american people and main taint confidence the american people throughout th...

And why was it done. so, this has nothing to do with general flynn. this is additional people who were unmasked. >> but this information that you brought to president trump today, this was new? >> yes, ive never seen this until recent days. >> you are obviously leading the investigation on the house side into what may or may not have happened when it came to the russian interference in the u.s. election, what role officials, advisors with the trump team may or may not have played. would you unde...

Fied. >> harris: congrats on your northwestern wildcats, my frien friend! >> meghan: unfortunately, weve got a get started. lets get started with attorney general jeff sessions. the white house and the doj pushing back hard on reports that he lied to congress during his confirmation hearing. sessions, saying he never met with any russian officials during the campaign on campaign related issues, the white house calling the story "the latest attack by partisan." democrats want sessions to redesign...

Of doubt about the impartiality and fairness of the attorney general, the top law enforcement official of the land. after this, its clear attorney general sessions doesnt meet that test. because the department of justice should be above reproach for the good of the country, he should resign. >> shepard: as attorney general, jeff sessions is in charge of the justice department and the fbi which is invest greating the russian matter. republicans control both chambers. on the same day that sessions...

Headline from washington at this hour. the republican congressman who is now leading a congressional investigation into russian meddling, it turns out, had a secret meeting on white house grounds. it was last week we learned congressman devin nunes went to the white house with classified information before informing members of his own committee. now, we learned before that announcement, he had been at the white house the night before. well, tonight, new calls for him to step down from his post, ...

Investigation. richard burr is leading the senate investigation. nunes and burr called reporters to challenge stories alleging contacts between the trump campaign and russian intelligence officials. now, remember these two gentlemen are individuals who are supposed to be leading investigations that republicans claim are impartial. senator charles schumer stated the obvious, that burrs conduct gives the appearance if not the lack of impartiality. >> senator burrs on notice because what he did was...

Earlier this week in response to a question from our colleague kristen welker are he hasnt called russia in tep years. he does have contacts with russia in the miss universe contest, et cetera. there are questions where this goes from here and how attorney general sessions handles this. >> thank you. i want to bring in the dean of the senate. vermont democratic senator patrick leahy. you said this morning in a the attorney general should recuse himself, that a special counsellor should be appoin...