about whether or not it was actually an effort to set up a back-channel discussion with russia, and that s something prince denied under oath. manu raju on capitol hill. we ll watch for corey lewandowski to arrive. in the meantime, joining me former fbi special agent asha rangappa. let s start with the new york times. there s nothing illegal about asking a witness after the fact what you were asked as part of an investigation. people do that. lawyers often do that more than people that might be the focus of an investigation. it does happen. what gets interesting is that the president s conversation with don mcgahn, the white house special counsel where he asked don mcgahn to issue a correction about the story that the president told him to fire the
uncomfortable? listen, my mom suffered from dementia for the last four years of her life, a woman from trinidad and a woman from ghana took care of my mother and treated her as if she were her own mother. i believe all people contribute to the fabric of this nation. we have to figure out how do we repair a broken immigration system that allows people who deserve to be in our country to get here. we appreciate you being with us today, congressman dan donovan. thank you, poppy. thank you very much. just in to cnn, the house intelligence committee says they now have given steve bann a little more time, until the end of the month, two more days, to sort o what he can and can t say to hill investigators. he refused to answer a lot of questions about his time, not just in the white house, but after he was in the white house, also during the transition period. manu raju live on capitol hill with the latest. manu? reporter: yeah, two bits of news out of the house intelligence com
this as former white house press secretary sean spicer becomes the third trump official to be interviewed by special counsel who is looking into the russia probe. manu raju live on capitol hill with the new cnn reporting. reporter: good morning, chris. there is growing tension on the capitol hill committees investigating russian meddling and possible collusion of the trump campaign. they are saying this, wrap it up within the next two months. one top republican of the senate intelligence committee jim rish said they shouldn t be chasing weak leads. other republicans said democrats are trying to keep this hanging into the election season. but democrats like adam schiff say there is plenty left to investigate and plenty more witnesses to talk to. he said republican have is rushed witnesses into the committee before they received relevant documents. we re told one example is jared kushner, who met with the committee this summer before the trump campaign turned over key
posture. i think the biggest thing, and manu hinted at this as well. last night up on capitol hill, first and foremost, i was the person who had to tell foreseparate republican senators what had happened. ne they weren t aware. the biggest question i got back from them, even those that have since put out statements supportive of the president s action is, why now? why are you doing this? you had a health care whin? a huge foreign trip in a couple of weeks. that can kind of reset your administration. why are you doing this right now? and one final thing, i just spoke to vice president mike pence, who gave an impromptu prmps on capitol hill. and he made clear, the administration has no desire despite their claims there is no collusion, noe evidence of collusion, to see a special prosecutor or a special panel. let s follow up on that point. a number of things said by senior administration officials. and one of the reasons they rolled mike pence out this morning is that the president was
for this investigation, he s fired. jeff zeleny, a busy day at the white house. i want to note that the department of justice is denying that, cnn s reporting. the new york times also reporting that director comey had asked rod rosenstein, saying he needed more money, more resources for his russian campaign meddling investigation. the justice department is denying that. but we are told by sources on capitol hill and the new york times is reporting this as well. we ll continue to track that. before we get to the panel, cnn s manu raju live on capitol hill. manu, leader mcconnell waved off any calls for new, more independent investigation. is that the final word or are there any cracks in the republican resolve? reporter: john, there are certainly cracks among republicans about exactly what happened here. a lot of concerns from republicans about the timing. what will you re not seeing, though, is unity from the republicans about what to do next. a lot of different ideas and some