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Toward the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell. tell us about this. >> this back and forth has been going on for some time about what the obama administration did and didnt do in 2016 as the intelligence community was learning more and more about efforts by the russians to interfeinte interfere in the elections. then candidate trump was raising concerns about a, quote, rigged system. saying over and over again, the system was rigged. well, then the obama administration was nervous about maki...

Hes not going to ask for any special permission from president trump. a final resolution could come soon. a source telling cnn the fbis expected to wrap up the background check within a month. meantime, a report in the "washington post" says officials in four countries discussed ways they could manipulate jared kushner. according to the report, mexico, israel, china, and the united arab emirates considered taking advantage of kushner. they would have used kushners intricate business arrangemen...

Decision about his downgrade and will not ask for any special treatment or permission from president trump. a final resolution could come soon. a source telling cnn the fbi is expected to wrap up kushners background check in a month. a report in the "washington post" says officials in at least four countries discussed ways they could manipulate jared kushner, according to the report. mexico, israel, china, and the united arab emirates considered taking advantage of kushners intricate business ...

The security clearance process, insisting he will accept the decision about his downgrade and will not ask for any special permission from president trump. a final resolution could come soon. a source telling cnn the fbis expected to wrap up mr. kushners background check within a month. at that point, it would be up to the white house. meantime, a report in the "washington post" says officials in at least four countries discussed ways they could manipulate jared kushner. according to the "wash...

Investigation. thats just a dangerous road to go down. it really needs to stop so muellers team can be assessing all this information without it being tainted in the public arena. >> ben, can i ask you about some reporting from "the washington post"? the president is skipping written intelligence reports and instead relying on oral briefings? the post notes thats contrary to the practices followed by the past, i think, seven predecessors. what do you make of this? is that an area of concern? >> ...

Record and were going to continue to honor that off the record obligation and not reveal what he talked about. but i think its fair to say that his actions in that time frame show he was increasingly agitated and, yes, alarmed by what he was finding. >> chuck grassley is talking about a criminal complaint about christopher steele potentially peddling false information but also not being truthful about his media contacts to the fbi. whats your take on that? >> so we learned some new things about ...

Watch this. >> what i saw has nothing to do with russia and nothing to do with the russia investigation, has everything to do with possible surveillance action exists. the president -- activities. the president needs to know these intelligence reports are out there. >> some lawmakers are questioning his motives. the night before, nuance received a mysterious phone call, suddenly left his staff, and headed to the white house grounds to meet a source. "the new york times" later reported that a pai...

Union stevepeech. im sure he had the interest. >> devin nunes whose staffers wrote the memo alleging abuses that democrats say takes classified information out of context ignored reporters questions yesterday. take a listen. >> can i ask you about the release of the memo? >> talk to the democrats. they talk to you, i dont. >> but last march congressman nunes was much more eager to get reporters attention holding two news conferences hours apart on capitol hill and at the white house when he atte...

What the president also part of that incidental collection, his communications? >> yes. >> they were? >> the president needs to know that these intelligence reports are out there, and i have the duty to tell him that. >> chairman nunes? >> i somewhat do. i must tell you i somewhat do. i very much appreciated the fact that they found what they found. >> chairman nunes, can we ask you about the release of the memo? >> lets talk to the democrats. they talk to you. i dont. >> what a difference a few...

Today, what do you think the president should do in this case? >> jason, if you dont cut me up or interrupt me for 30 seconds, i promise not to wipe the floor with anybody. give me 30 seconds. >> we have 10. >> we have a unanimous vote in t the u.n. security council. let tillerson do his job. the president cant wake up every morning and tweet nonsense after planning his golf game and vacations and ignore intelligence reports. >> what do you specifically thing he should be doing given this curren...