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Nows -- a record low number of them view us as a trusted ally. weve gone down, i think, 37%. there is a real problem there, says and -- those are some of the key allies. britain is part of this five eyes intelligence alliance with us where weve promised not to spy on each other, and we share intelligence information. any friction there is a really big deal. >> the friction here can be economic as we talk about issues of international security. we cannot knock on wood within the recent weeks and ...

>> of course, he was bought and paid for by russia. >> well, you know, jeff sessions taking meetings with the russian prime ministers, it is not good but it is not evidence to your point that this is a president who has bought and sold by russia. >> the thing thats difficult with donald trump is an unwillingness ever to admit any weakness or any missed statements. it seems clear that the tweet on a saturday morning, i remember it well were not the results of intelligence information he got from ...

Running late today because moments before the press conference was supposed to start, the senate intelligence committee, a chairman, republican, vice chair, democratic, issued a joint statement, based on the information available to us, we see no indication at trump tower was the subject of survllance by any element of the united states government, either befe or after election day 2016. those to men are very high up the food chain when it comes to getting intelligence information. malcolm f you...

Russia. and, you know, hes basically been trying this whole week to push us away from the russia story. but in this case, if a fisa court was involved, that means that president obama had probable cause to think that there was something serious going on there. and this comes at the same time that were learning about the president also pushing out all kinds of intelligence information at the end of his administration to try and make sure that that went on the record. and of course it comes on the...

Undermine those sanctions, undermine that signal that we were sending to russia, that would be of huge concern. >> i wonder, i dont know if youve seen the pictures out of mar-a-lago, the kind of impromptu open-air situation room amongst the diners there. have you ever seen anything like that in your life? >> chris, this is why im saying, you cant make this stuff up. anyone who is involved on the intelligence side, all of us, both sides, both parties, we are counselled and tutored so much about h...

Picture here is the trump administration and its agents are looking to find new ways to defeat isis. if that means talking to people on the phone who are in comparable positions in foreign governments, so be it. more information needs to come out before you can start making character attacks on someone like mike flynn. he deserves the benefit of the doubt when it comes to character and integrity questions. >> emily, regardless, democrats are certainly jumping on this. theyre calling for an inves...

United states using intelligence information he has to try to protect national security. >> chris: we bring lisa in. one of the counter arguments was the judge, and again, there are some interesting facts. you hear the judge in federal district court in washington state arguing with the president about national security but he said there is no evidence that any of the people from these seven countries have committed fatal terrorist attacks and the argument about national security doesnt hold muc...

Is the cia basically a political place? >> i dont think its helpful. i think its very important to have a good relationship and a relationship of trust between the president and the folks that cia. they work for him, not vice versa. i think its up to them to show him the value they can bring to his decision-making process. i am pretty confident based on the conversations that i had with mike pompeo, he knows how to fix that relationship its a great asset for the president. and they just need to ...

>> i dont think its helpful. i think its very important to have a good relationship and a relationship of trust between the president and the folks that cia. they work for him, not vice versa. i think its up to them to show him the value they can bring to his decision-making process. i am pretty confident based on the conversations that i had with mike pompeo, he knows how to fix that relationship its a great asset for the president. and they just need to figure out this relationship. its basica...

In terms of intimidation. >> theyre leaking against him. we both know that. >> we both know that. hes got grounds for his complaint. this is a standard washington thing thats been going on for years when bureaucrats in department a, b, or c dont like what the president of the united states. ketchup is a vegetable. they leak stuff out to and jam the president. >> thank goodness they do. >> oh, my god. otherwise, we wouldnt know about these things. >> so you think its a great idea to leak classifi...