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Who has been installed as the deputy attorney general. the justice department continues to deny that that request was made. but multiple news sources today have now reported it. and its also been reported that comey briefed lawmakers after he made that request and told them that he had made this request of the department of justice. now "the wall street journal" is adding to that reporting tonight with this. on monday, mr. comey briefed lawmakers on his request to brief the investigation. the la...

>> i think you just said it yourself. her job is to talk to the intelligence agencies, the intelligence communities, tonc gather information, to evaluate it, and figure out what to do with it vis-a-vis the president. she was not there creating the intelligence reports. the head of the dni is that person who all of that rolled up to. so, i would not say that she was an integral figure or central figure. i am not sure she would say that, either. >> tucker: are you being serious?. thats what she ju...

Democrats in the senate and answer simple questions? >> i think he just said it yourself. her job at the top to the intelligence agencies, the intelligence communities, to gather information, to evaluate it, , and figure out what to do with it vis-a-vis the president. she was not there creating the intelligence reports. the head of the dni is that person who all of that rolled up to you. so, i would not say that she was an integral figure or central figure. i am not sure she would say that, eith...

Democrats in the senate and answer simple questions? >> i think he just said it yourself. her job at the top to the intelligence agencies, the intelligence communities, to gather information, to evaluate it, , and figure out what to do with it vis-a-vis the president. she was not there creating the intelligence reports. the head of the dni is that person who all of that rolled up to you. so, i would not say that she was an integral figure or central figure. i am not sure she would that, either. ...

If kim jong-un doesnt get the message from trump, from china, he is in a whole heap of trouble right now. >> what do you make of this, kimberly? is the timing the thing, that it happens today? >> i think the timing, the execution, a president that is listening to the intelligence reports, listening to the people that he picked to help them stabilize our country, other regions that he knows are in our best interest to have national security, we are playing catch-up from eight years, to be quite h...

Adviser could be acting as a foreign agent. plus, its the first rule of politics. dont compare anybody to hitler. i guess nobody told sean spicer. >> we didnt use chemical weapons in world war ii. you know? you had a -- you know, someone whens despicable as hitler who didnt sink to the -- to using chemical weapons. >> weve got the latest on the attempts to clean that up and whether that will be enough for president trump. we want do get started with the breaking news on the trump administration ...

Welcome back. last week donald trump told "the new york times" he believes the obama national security adviser susan rice broke the law and mishandled secret intelligence information. but cnn reports a very different story. rices decision was to ask for more information when she saw intelligence reports detailing conversations between trump transition officials and foreign nationals who were under legal u.s. surveillance. the president, president trump, says he believes rice abused her power. th...

Cnn is learning now about the claims of chairman devin nunes that members of the obama administration improperly requested the identities of americans appearing in intelligence reports. now, just to refresh your memory, heres what congressman nunes has said previously. >> theres some information in those documents that concern me and the reports that i read that i dont think belong there. it would make me uncomfortable. some of it i think it bothered me enough i went over to the white house beca...

Recused himself from the investigation, is being investigated by the house ethics committee because of his handling of the documents. whats the status of that investigation? >> it appears to be moving forward in the aftermath of nunes deciding to recuse himself. democrats and republicans on the panel have agreed on a list of witnesses to interview. theres a division on who they want to interview. the republicans are interested in determining who leaked classified information. the democrats are l...

That americans identity so they can understand the gravity of those intelligence reports. >> what is that process, jim? what is the process for actually unmasking the identity of someone there a report like this. >> there is how it works. these rules were set by the intelligence community. certain national security officials can make some requests, a limited number. the intelligence agents, particularly nsa, they decide whether to grant them. to be fair, i am told in practice, they requested the...