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That the podium today. >> i think it does. it would be great to have jim clapper come on and perhaps jim will get him on camera at some point. that would be great. but it essentially is confirming to us that additional information was provided to the president-elect at this meeting last friday. it is something that when we pressed donald trump about there today, he said i cant comment on classified matters. thats what youve also heard from other senior transition officials. this is the direct of...

Phony stuff. it didnt happen. and it was gotten by opponents of ours as you know because you reported it and so did many of the other people. it was a group of opponents that got together, sick people. and they put that crap together. it should never have been released. i read what was released and i think its a disgrace, absolute disgrace. >> this statement from james clapper clearly refutes what he said at podium today. >> i think it does. would be great to have clapper come on, perhaps get hi...

Statement. >> a lot to discuss here. well spend time with us. this is a very important facet to this now development in the story. let employee bring in carl bernstein, cnns political commentator. he joins us by phone. youve been working on the story. what do you make of james clappers statement? >> essentially it says that the story that we reported that donald trump was presented with this two-page document was indeed accurate and it seen goes to why it was presented which is pretty much what ...

Intelligence speaks to the president-elect and releases a statement that directly contra dicts. read it again. part of the obligation is ensure that policy makers are provided with fullest information that might affect national security. referencing the document we were first to report. contradicting the allegation, and this is highest national security official in the land, just an hour after kellyanne conway for a half hour accused us of fake news. i think its remarkable moment. and james clap...

The information is reliable and didnt rely on it in any way for your conclusions. however part of our obligation is ensure that policy makers are provided with fullest picture of any matters that would affect national security. president-elect trump again affirmed -- serve the administration and american people. signed james r. clapper. highlight a line at end. references this document that was part of cnns story, not the contents of the document but the story yesterday, exclusive, was this docu...

I think thats exactly what is implied in that memo that jim sciutto just read. it was interesting to see donald trump today. he went after the news media. he went after the intelligence community. lets not lose sight of that. he once again went after the intelligence community and essentially accused them of being part of this political smear to delegitimize his presidency. and we can play a clip of that from the news conference earlier today. >> its au fake news. its phony stuff. it didnt happe...

Conway for a half hour accused us of fake news. i think its a remarkable moment and james clapper, he will go to hearings. he certainly has done interviews a number of interviews with myself at cnn and others but to issue a statement in his name after speaking directly with the president-elect he is setting the record straight here. and we did a lot of hard work on this story. we were already very confident in our reporting. but ill just note this is fairly powerful backing on paper. >> yeah. ki...

Core rose sib and danging to our national security. we also discussed the private security company document which was widely circulated in recent months among the media, members of congress and staff even before the intelligence community became aware of it. i emphasize that this document is not emphasis a "uss intelligence community product and i do not believe the leaks came from within the ic. the ic has not made any judgment that the information in this document is reliable and we did not re...

Security company document which was widely circulated in recent months among the media, members of congress and congressional staff even before the ic became aware of it. i emphasized that this document is not a u.s. intelligence community product and that i do not believe the leaks came from within the ic. the ic has not made any judgment that the information in this document is reliable and we did not rely upon it in any way for our conclusions. however, part of our obligation is to ensure tha...

Acosta, brian stelter and our chief national security correspondent jim sciutto. a statement issued that the report presented to the president-elect confirms cnns reporting. >> and confirms that he spoke directly with the president-elect tonight. this is james clapper. i want to read the statement in full, allow the viewers to make their own judgment. but it begins this evening. i had the opportunity to speak with president-elect donald trump to discuss recent media reports about our briefing la...