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At this point, to hear a democratic senator say he wants an independent prosecutor, a special prosecutor, thats not a change. >> thats a great point. ned, let me bring you back in on that point. if you didnt hear, were talking about the possibility of a special prosecutor. that is a difficult task. do you anticipate thats the next step? >> well, i think it certainly needs to be. i think were beginning to continue to see resistance from this white house because they certainly appreciate the fact ...

School part time. >> tim, quickly, your report seems to have gotten a reaction today because didnt the committee announce today that they are bringing on two more staff? >> i think that was in the works. and i think a lot of democrats who wanted the investigation to move more quick ly glad to hear this news. the thing is these two individuals, theyre not primary investigators like the other seven that i discussed. they also will have other responsibilities. so their work on the russian investiga...

Obstructing of justice. that was their way of at least showing, trying to show the world that they are taking this investigation seriously. but i think what tims reporting and other reports we have seen today shows is that chairman burr might not be. and you go back to february when we found out that chairman burr had gotten on the phone with reporters to try to knock down stories about russia at the white houses request. and i think you saw after that, you saw him try to double down, try to red...

Congress, 16%. then there is 8% of those who dont want an investigation. but ned price, what is fascinating about that, 73% want an independent commission. that 73% is composed of a significant number of trump voters. you cant get to 73% without having a bunch of trump voters in there. so those voters arent saying lets be defensive about this and not discover what happened. even they are interested. >> even they realize, lawrence, that this is an issue that transcends party lines. look, this is ...

At some point it could be pointing to the attorney general in some capacity with the trump campaign. >> yeah, absolutely. so the attorney general, jeff sessions obviously has recused himself from this investigation. he is not involved in it at all. but at the same time, you keep hearing that he -- sessions is pushing the fbi to crack down on leaks, to look at leaks that are connected to this case, which if so is completely inappropriate. if youre out of this case you should have nothing to do wi...

So the attorney general, jeff sessions obviously has recused himself from this investigation. he is not involved in it at all. but at the same time, you keep hearing that he -- sessions is pushing the fbi to crack down on leaks, to look at leaks that are connected to this case, which if so is completely inappropriate. if youre out of this case you should have nothing to do with it you. should have nothing to do with any leaks about any information in the case. and as you said, see a potential wi...

Swing the presidential election to donald trump. one of the reuters reporters that broke that story, ned, either talk about that think tank. how do we know they are linked to vladimir putin. >> this is not a think tank in the sense of western think tank, council on foreign relations or brookings, this is an in-house government research policy shop whose chief is appointed by putin and whose ranks and the head of this think tank internal kremlin policy shop is actually a former head of -- current...

Person to be subpoenaed to this hearing that is going to be open. what do they want from her? >> youre absolutely right, greta, she is key. sally yates knows a lot about what the u.s. intelligence community collected on ties between trump associates and russia. she also knows about what mike flynn was up to. she had some concerns about flynn. she said he was blackmailable. we know that she told the white house that he misled the vice-president about his contacts with the russian ambassador serge...

That, oh, okay. well this was a sort of peek window into the possibility of what might be behind some of those claims. >> well, i think its worth remembering that the intelligence community came to these conclusions with high confidence on the part of all 17 intelligence community agencies when it comes to these core asssments at play here. so its clely not just going to be one think tank report hypothetically or any other one piece of intelligence. this has to be a pretty full body of intellige...

About whether he leaked classified information when talking about those intelligence reports. joining me now, ned price, former special assistant to president obama, former spokesperson and senior director at the national security council. i guess the lizza reporting here, ned, is confirmation of what i think a lot of peoples working theory of this has been. but its still pretty stunning to read. >> well, it is absolutely stunning. i mean consider for a moment, chris, the hubris required on the ...