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Welcome to our continuing coverage of israel at war. Im Anderson Cooper in tel aviv tonight. Information we have just received shows israeli tanks and personal near the border with gaza. The idf also announced they would increase airstrikes on the spokesman said the military is now focused on the next stage. And then there is this. Cnns team on the ground here saw dozens of tanks and Armored Personnel Carriers and even bulldozers on the border with gaza, the sort of equipment one would expect to...

That has confused me the most about this presidency and that is how the administration can stand by a president who will allow the world to sow doubt in our intelligence institutions. >> its not confusing at all. hes done it twice. >> no. mattis, pompeo, i dont get it. >> weve seen it openly with donald trump. russia first and now donald trump and saudi arabia and that has to do with money. it has to do with personal money. the numbers this hes putting forward are bogus. theyre false. what he sa...

Kingdom and its rulers, stating in part, quote, the world is a very dangerous place and our relationship with the kingdom of saudi arabia. and later told reporters, quote, were with saudi arabia. were staying with saudi arabia. meanwhile, nbc news has learned exclusively that the saudi ambassador to the u.s. prince, khaled bin salman, who is a brother of the crown prince, has returned to the u.s. khalid left washington for riyadh shortly after khashoggis disappearance in october. a lot of questi...

Forget that. again, were trying to build american power outwards and its always been an exercise based in the first instance on our values. what kind of country the united states is, then overlaid with military power, with our alliances, with our network of intelligence institutions, but the truth is, as reverend sharpton says, weve got thousands of people deployed in africa trying to conduct missions. if theyre not operating with a base of public support where people say the united states is th...

Nervous. they just want this investigation to be wrapped up as soon as possible and they dont want any chatter of russia coming to their e-mails are or their cell phones. they want it as far away from them as humanly possible. >> do you think that as this investigation continues into 2018 there will be more cracks within the gop or do you expect there to be more unity around the president? >> i think we should note that there have been several republicans who have spoken out against this adminis...

Professionals. an act, if true, that could erode the publics trust in our intelligence institutions. >> reporter: yet instead of confirming or denying any specific conversations the director of the national security agency and the director of national intelligence would only answer broadly saying they had never felt pressured by the president. >> in the three-plus years that i have been the director of the national security agency, to the best of my recollection i have never been directed to do ...

Professionals. an act if true that could erode the publics trust in our intelligence institutions. >> reporter: the director of the national security agency only offering this broad claim. >> i have never been directed to do anything i believed to be illegal, immoral, unethical or inappropriate. and to the best of my recollection, during that same period of service, i do not recall ever feeling pressured to do so. >> reporter: but as the hearing went on, frustration from both sides of the aisle ...

>> my questions deserve answers. >> reporter: in a contentious intelligence hearing today, senators from both sides of the aisle expressed frustration and at times anger at the presidents intelligence chiefs. >> i do mean it -- >> reporter: repeatedly asking the men to confirm or shoot down news reports that the president asked them to help end the russia investigation. >> if any of this is true, it would be an appalling and improper use of our intelligence professionals. an act, if true, that c...

Nobles. >> reporter: the nations top intelligence officials today refusing to provide details of the conversations with the president. >> i do not feel its appropriate for me to in a public session in which confidential conversations between the president and myself, i dont believe its appropriate for me to address that in a public session. >> reporter: not answering a barrage of questions about whether president trump tried to interfere with the investigation into russian meddling. >> if any of...

Democrats and republicans on the committee. >> in a contentious intelligence hearing today -- >> weve gotten no answers from any of you. >> senators on both sides frust and anger. asking to confirm or shoot down news reports that president asked them to help end the russia investigation. >> if any of this is true, it would be an appalling and improper use of our intelligence professionals. an act if true that could erode the publics trust in our intelligence institutions. >> yet instead of confi...