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Session, who was the ceo, is the ceo of one of the largest oil companies, he had done a deal with him. they were friends. i dont want our secretary of state to be so cozy with our biggest adversary. >> congresswoman spear, thank you very much for joining us on "new day". >> thank you. >> lets get to chris. talking about the hearing yesterday, the big question was why. why did russia want to ber serene in the 2016 election. we have tom pickering coming on. how does that filter into his take abo...

And said, we didnt realize how organized the democrats would be coming into this hearing because they were very effective at fomenting the notion that the president was illegitimate. and there is a cloud over the actors in the white house at this point. and the democrats left this hearing with more questions out in the twitter verse and the news than when they came in. so republicans did not like that. they really wanted to focus on this issue of the leaks and the sustained leaks that have been ...

Staffers, and then comey wound up being asked about it yesterday in the hearing and wound up divulging there is, in fact, an investigation. its been going on since july. we never heard about it until yesterday. >> i think these issues would have come to light, because the house intelligence committee, at a minimum, is looking at four areas. tools that were using, and any american that was potentially colluding or corroborating with russian intelligence. so that was -- that is, that was one of th...

Did not seem to think that it was over. and in fact, sean spicer seemed to suggest that investigations into this will continue. let me play this for you. >> is the president prepared to withdraw that accusation, apologize to the president? >> no, we started a hearing, its still ongoing. >> what does that mean, congresswoman? weve started a hearing and its still ongoing. >> i think he was just flummoxed. i dont think he knew where to go with it. hes oftentimes put in a very difficult position. bu...

Russian government. >> interesting question. i want your head on this. for the people at home, by the way, will hurt isnt just a congressman, although that would be plenty enough as a pedigree, but he worked in intelligence, worked for the cia, so he has unique insight into these things. the president was tweeting yesterday, trying to create his own narrative, certainly within his rights and hes clever with it, but he brought up that there was no look into potus about connections to russia. and ...

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Balances within our government are working. sometimes it doesnt feel like the government is working properly, but i think this is an example of where it is. and the fact that you had this hearing in a republican-led committee, and that days priority, you had republican leaders from the senate and the house talking about disagreeing with the white house. so you think this is -- this shows the checks and balances that are there. i know people want more answers, they want it quicker, wbut thes type...

Removed from the presidents revised travel ban. as reporters left the oval office, he joked to the president, we have nothing to do with the wiretap. and dry conditions out west are sparking a record number of grass fires this wildfire season. the latest in oklahoma with emergency crews battling a blaze destroying multiple homes and burning more than 800 acres so far. people in the affected areas have been asked to evacuate as firefighters work to contain the wildfire. all right, well get to...

Domestic intelligence organization. >> reporter: that sparked a fact check from the democrats. >> it says the nsa and fbi tell congress that russia did not influence the electoral process, is that accurate? >> we have offered no opinion, have no view, have no information on potential impact because its never something we looked at. >> reporter: but after comeys rebukes when the white house was asked if they are going to apologize to president obama. >> no, we started a hearing, it is still ongoi...

About? what is classified? how do you know about the meeting? he said, you know how i know he was there, i saw the pictures of him walking out of the room. >> well see how this plays out, molly hooper, thank you for joining us this morning. following yesterdays intel hearing, press secretary sean spicer tried to distance the administration from a former member of president trumps campaign. >> you mentioned the haters on in the campaign earlier and carter page, but there was also a question abo...