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Down on seoul just minutes away. so it is a very, very stark outlook if things were to go south, if the, as they say around here, balloon goes up. i think, yeah, people i think, deep seeded have a worry, but day to day they continue on. >> good point, its not just nuclear war theyre worried about but conventional war. lester holt for us in south korea. lester will anchor "nbc nightly news" tonight from south korea with much more on that threat from the north. >>okay. up next, more on the report ...

There. >> its confusing because a lot of this is classified, so they cant disclose who they choose to disclose or give selective information to the press to shape their own narratives. and im talking about both sides of the aisle on this. what devin nunes said initially was that some information was picked up incidentally through legal u.s. surveillance that suggested that perhaps some trump communications appeared in intelligence reports of trump team communications. its not even clear if peopl...

♪ >> dana: update on the incidental collection controversy. sources have told fox news it was president obamas former national security advisor susan rice who requested to unmask the names of trump transition officials from intelligence reports. a week and a half ago, rice denied knowledge of the unmasking. >> i know nothing about this. i was surprised to see reports from chairman nunes on that count today. i really dont know to what chairman nunes was referring but he said whatever he was ref...

Intelligence reports or classified information. i think it would be helpful to step back and understand the context and the process that goes into handling these types of intelligence reports. it is not uncommon, in fact for decades and absolutely since 9/11, national security officials have received intelligence reports and there are reports that the professionals have decided are critical to our national security. those go out to senior officials across the government recollection the white ho...

Explosive news today on who ordered the unmasking of the names of trump transition officials from intelligence reports. a top aide from the obama administration is named. next

>> did the president direct anyone in this white house or in his national security team to try to find information or intelligence to back up his assertion about what happened? >> i dont -- im not aware of anything directly. i would have to look into that. >> when you have that connection of dots all the way along, does the process -- does the providence of this information not become relevant to the overall investigation? >> its up for the people who are conducting the review to decide that, no...

From counsel would submit to questioning in such a highly politicized which and environments without assurances against unfair prosecution, this comes as the revelations of two white house officials, house intelligence committee chairman devon nunez allowing him to examine intelligence reports at the white house complex prompting the white house to invite the top democrat on the committee to view the same evidence. >> i am unwilling to come to review the materials, i did make clear in my letter ...

Willing to look into -- >> please dont put words in my mouth. i never said i would look for answers. i said id look into it. >> did the president direct anyone in this white house or in his national security team to try to find information or intelligence to back up his assertion about what happened? >> i dont -- im not aware of anything directly. i would have to look into that. >> when you have that connection of dots all the way along, does the process -- does the providence of this informatio...

Process matters. who cleared nunes into the white house, what door did he come in, who did he meet with? he could not answer the question of who nunes white house source was. he argued the questions are getting in the way of dealing with the substance of what chairman nunes had to report about this incidental collection of some names of trump associate in intelligence reports, which anderson is, of course, a side show to this larger investigation into any possible ties between trump associates a...

Determine that it was -- it looks like it was legal collection, incidental collection, but then made itself into intelligence reports. so it has to deal with fisa. and there is multiple number of fisa warrants that are out there. but there is nothing -- nothing criminal at all involved. >> simply by mentioning the existence of fisa warrants, devin nunes may have disclosed classified information breaching an intelligence committee rule that states the committee on ethics shall investigate any una...