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Discussions from monitoring, according to u.s. officials believed on intelligence reports." john mclaughlin, you worked in the cia. you come across say an intercepted russian communication which seems to be the source of this. what would be the certainly cia reaction to intercepting this communication from the russian ambassador indicating that jared kushner wanted to set up this secret communication? >> well, lawrence, if thats what it was, the first reaction would be is this a prank? it would ...

To shield their preinauguration discussions from monitoring, according to u.s. officials believed on intelligence reports." john mclaughlan, you worked in the cia. you come across say an intercepted russian communication which seems to be the source of this. what would be the certainly cia reaction to intercepting this communication from the russian ambassador indicating that jared kushner wanted to set up this secret communication? >> well, lawrence, if thats what it was, the first reaction wou...

The 32-year veteran of the cia, and was the acting cia director. he is also an msnbc national security analyst. i just want to, john, reread this lead paragraph from "the washington post" tonight for anyone in our audience who is joining late. and none of us have read this only once. and so the audience will experience what weve all done, which is read it a couple of times to really comprehend it and believe what were reading. it says "jared kushner and russias ambassadors to washington discusse...

Joining us now, john mclaughlin, the 32-year veteran of the cia, and was the acting cia director. he is also an msnbc national security analyst. i just want to, john, reread this lead paragraph from "the washington post" tonight for anyone in our audience who is joining late. and none of us have read this only once. and so the audience will experience what weve all done, which is read it a couple of times to really comprehend it and believe what were reading. it says "jared kushner and russias a...

Deals with the russians. do they own his mortgage? >> they said two weeks ago, with some exceptions. theres some stuff in there about russia. >> when asked, he said its the miss universe contest. theres a lot more than that. one answer we have is that flynn -- and we know from intelligence reports that he did talk about sanctions, relieving sanctions. >> sometimes i feel like im recapping the americans, the tv show with the russian connection. >> kushner sat in on one of the meetings with flynn....

>> if theres not a response, we will seek additional counsel advice. at the end of that option is the contempt charge. ive said everythings on the table. >> during his public testimony tuesday john brennan confirmed he initiated the russia probe by first learning the fa last year to intelligence he was tracking. >> i was worried by a number of the context of the russians had with u.s. persons and i felt the fbi investigation was well-founded. >> one line of questioning pressed him on intelligenc...

Premise of that article is false, that in any way the president had a conversation that was inappropriate or resulted in any kind of lapse in national security. >> ambassador, you contend it was a nugget at the end of that briefing by general mcmaster last hour that we should be paying closest attention to. what was that? >> well, it was a nugget that mcmaster, the national security adviser, said. the president himself was not completely briefed on the sources of that information and in the cont...

17 different agencies that came to the conclusions that the russians did make an effort to interfere in this election. obviously, theres an investigation going along to see if theres any collusion in this interference. since you became secretary of state in february, have you seen this intelligence now? is it clear in your mind that it is a fact the russians interfered in our elections? >> i have seen the intelligence reports, chuck, yes, i dont think theres any question that the russians were p...

To essentially start with a clean slate. cant start with a clean slate until either they own up to what they did or we punish them in a way they wont do this again. >> chuck, i think its important to understand were not trying to start with a clean slate. terms like having a reset are overused. you cannot reset, you cannot erase the past. you cannot start with a clean slate and were not trying to start with a clean slate. were starting with the slate we have and all the problems on that slate. w...

Senate intelligence committee investigators have grown alarmed as they review intelligence reports. some investigators are persuaded that the evidence will show more than casual contacts between the campaign and russia. one area of particular interest for the committee is mr. trumps business dealings. yes, that is where this is heading. and that a little bit more on that next. youre going to be hanging out in here. so if you need anything, text me. do you play? ♪ ♪