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What again does this feel like to you? >> well, republicans are trying to buy time after reading the complaint and finding it as jarring as senator ben sass warned them 24 hours ago that they might. and they dont want to talk about it. so that is why we saw so many accounts today from capitol hill with senate republicans saying they hadnt read it yet. they think its bad. two things. the hope is two things. one they can buy time until they can find out if this is true meaning they can wait out an...

Let me ask you a question. >> if he had walked it back and said, okay. i agree to sign that legislation, would that have been acceptable to people? have you gone in that direction? >> the problem is, there is a precedent here. we know how he behaves. we know what he is about. and the marsha blackburn speaking for legislation and mark werner puts on something that anybody will go, of course. lets just make sure it is a very clear law that somebody has to go to the fbi and its stunning that republ...

Nine-hour session, taking questions from the senate intelligence committee. >> i want to thank you all for sticking around and waiting for me. at this point in time i really appreciate the opportunity that was given to me to clear the record and to tell the truth. i look forward to tomorrow, to being able to in my voice to tell the american people my story and im going to let the american people decide. >> reporter: the top democrat on the committee senator mark werner says todays testimony was ...

Its not clear that the congressional senators -- gop senators are putting any pressure at all on president trump. and thats whats going to be necessary for the president to make the move at this point, i think. >> i wonder if this new cnn polling might make a difference. it finds a majority of americans blame president trump for the shutdown. look at that. 55% compared to 32% who blame the democrats. doug, any surprises there? >> no. its only going to get worse. this is trumps shutdown. history ...

A lower cost. does that mean theres collusion? theres no evidence of that yet. there is no evidence of that. >> there is a lot of smoke because each day there are pieces of wood that are added to the fire. what mark werner also said is one of the things theyre going to ask is why donald trump, on the day that jim comey announced that he was doing an investigation of russian collusion, calls dan coats, head of the director of national intelligence and says, can you push back on that? and calls ad...

Work to the bipartisan senate intelligence committee, richard burr and mark werner have been working hard to get to the bottom of this. i know theyve up to this point have received excellent cooperation from the fbi which leads me to my third.. my hope is that well get an fbi director nominated and confirmed as soon as possible to restore the leadership they need in that great bureau. >> jenna: as we are, again, watching the live picture of the arrivals to this meeting that youre going to be tak...

Senate intel committee, virginia senator mark warner who said just because there is now a special counsel, his committees work will not slow down, but that he wants to hear from the deputy attorney general today that the justice department is still gonna cooperate with whatever the committee ends up needing. >> i just want to make sure that we have complete cooperation from the justice department and the fbi, to make sure that we have access to the witnesses we need and that we get the informati...

Mitch mcconnell said its time they hear from james comey as soon as in public to respond to the issues that have been raised in recent days. instead of talking taxes or health care, theyre now spending another day discussing all-consuming controversy surrounding the president. but there does seem to be a shift on capitol hill, however subtle. some republicans are now calling for a special prosecutor or even, reportedly, mentioning impeachment. jerry nadler of new york, who is a member of the hou...

Requests trigger. >> got it. pete williams in our washington newsroom. james woolsey is a former director chair at the cia. special assistant and national security council spokesperson with the obama administration, and daniel iline is ambassador to the u.s. james, lets start with you. this is potentially going to be a credibility war. if this memo is seen by a closed door hearing in congress or potentially an open door hearing in congress, who is going to win credibility more when it comes to d...

About the tweet. i have talked to the president. the president has nothing further to add on that. >> why did he say? why did he tweet that? why what should we interpret from that. >> like i said, the president has no more. >> are there recording devices in the oval office or the residence. >> as i said for the third time, sir, there is nothing to add on that. >> does he think its appropriate to threaten someone like mr. comey not to speak. >> thats not a threat. he simply stated a fact. the twe...