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Nunez, has he or has he not recused himself? there is a report of a radio interview where he said he recused himself, it was just noise from the press. >> i certainly have followed this, this deals with the other part of the congress, the house, rather than the senate. i think based on the press reports it sounds like mr. nunes wants to have it both i wways, recusing himself and finding a way to stay involved. i have enormous respect and know him very well as congressman shift, the ranking democ...

Come before the committee. and you are absolutely right. of course he has a right to claim his rights under the fifth amendment to not increme nate himself. but the irony is, of course, flynn himself repeatedly asserted that if somebody took the fifth amendment they must be guilty so that flynn is in a somewhat contradictory position himself. but of course he has the right to claim that and it does not imply guilt. but the committee is right to ask him to come before the committee and testify, a...

You may not believe that scenario, i saw terrorists do stupid things like they assume they had more time. when you see the word leak, you differentiate embarrassing and what gives the adversary the advantage. that is why the british are angry today. >> david, phil lays out the case from the intel side. these are not things that are shocking bombshells in the u.s. press. we often know the name of the bomber or we have pictures of evidence. these are things that british authorities will no longer ...

How all three got on the trump campaign. it is certainly troubling. >> ari, if i could -- >> ill give you one sec. we live in a world where you get your news alert and oh my god, where is the news alert. any time i get the pop-up news alert that carter page has done another interview, im always extra interested to click in. he never disappoints in his ability, mieke. speak to that on the house intel side. what do you thank you theyre looking at at this stage? >> if i were advising carter page, i...

How did he get into this from this nexus of russian intelligence, fast forward to 2016, how did he get on the trump campaign? it is baffling. when you have flynn and when you have manafort, again, with this old history, you have to wonder how all three got on the trump campaign. it is certainly troubling. >> ari, if i could -- >> ill give you one sec. we live in a world where you get your news alert and oh my god, where is the news alert. any time i get the pop-up news alert that carter page has...

And totally appropriate? >> i dont have anything for you on that at this time. again, i dont -- >> have you looked into it. >> ive asked preliminary questis. i have not gotten answers yet. no i dont have anything further. >> joining us from capitol hill, reporter for "the hill," molly hooper. welcome back. the senate has really has always been the more collegial between the two. is that the case again when you see the division on the house intel side? >> if you watched the press conference yeste...

I want to start by getting you reaction to the breaking news tonight. what do you make of it? >> it confirms where comey was essentially hinting on monday. i mean, him recognizing and acknowledging that there was an investigation of members of the trump team is -- the only conclusion is theres an investigation related to russia and potential collusion. that we have to take as a fact because comey is leading the investigation at this stage. that others are confirming this to the media seems to be...

Hinting on monday. him recognizing and acknowledging there was investigation of members of the trump team is the -- only conclusion is theres investigation related to russia and potential collusion. that we have to take as fact because comey is leading investigation at this stage. now that others are confirming that to the media just to put another marker down. i believe one of the reasons comey came out so strongly on monday -- he didnt need to. i was shocked. thought would be a nothing hearing...

Influence or if they influenced trump in any way. so the fbi has been very careful to sort of keep that away from trump, to not inform him of where the investigation is, and of what theyre doing. so it would be highly, highly unlikely that trump would be getting any of this information from anyone at the fbi. >> so then you talked to justice department intel officials all of the time. when something like this has occurred involving the sitting president, are any of them expressing to you how thi...

Him is because he is very close to putin and so it didnt seem like he was speaking in a straightforward manner. >> all right. so youre on a committee thats going to give you the clearance to know whats going on on the intel side. clapper coming out saying we didnt leak. what do you make of this story about what was included in the briefing to the president elect and why it was there. >> its essential to alert the president elect that there is material he needs to be aware of. certainly for all t...