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With the united states. >> right. so the national security division of the department of justice writes this is their manual, the purpose of fara is to ensure that the u.s. government and the people of the united states are informed of the source of information and the identity of persons attempting to influence u.s. public opinion, policy and law, unquote. would you agree that guarding against foreign espionage or foreign influence measures false under this heading? >> yes. >> in general is wil...

Mostly watching fox and being influenced by that information is whats different now. >> whats important too, when were covering this administration, theres been a lot of times that the administration has tried to deny access to them by different media, right? >> we have already seen a picking and choosing of more favorable outlets. for example the secretary of state in asia, he allowed only one reporter on this plane, rather than allowing a passel of press, the reporter still asked tough questio...

You have talk radio and news channels around the country using their own tax dollars that go to fund these outlets that turn around and compete with them with the imprim tore of the federal government. >> let me bring in brian stelter who is our media expert. he doesnt like to fund liberal media, and fit was conservative that would be okay? >> i think this is a philosophical issue that goes all the way back to the 1970s. we saw former president bush in the mid-2000s trying to defund the media, a...

The word wire tapping and then going back to some of these news reports from fox and other outlets that didnt add up to the allegation that the president was making about the former president. i think after we get past this hearing if theres not any significant new news that we hear from fbi director james comey or someone else, i dont anticipate that the president will quote/unquote back down or apologize. i think theyll try to find a way on to move on because that is his style. >> this might b...

Agency. he added these claims are ridiculous and should be ignored. weve received assurances that these allegations wont be repeated. but during the news conference the president said no apology was necessary. >> all we did was quote a certain very talented legal mind who was the one responsible for saying that on television. i didnt make an opinion on it. that was a statement made by a very talented lawyer on fox, and so you shouldnt be talking to me. you should be talking to fox. >> reporter: ...

The fbi director and been told theres no evidence -- >> asked and answered. interesting how you jump to all the conclusions about what they have and dont. seem to have all the answers. end of the day -- >> >> hold on jim. vast amount of reporting i just detailed about activity in the 2016. theres no question there was surveillance techniques used throughout this by variety of outlets reporting. when you ask those two people whether or not -- as chairman nunez said yesterday, take it literally --...

The defense of the intelligence committee and members when they said no connection to russia. didnt report it then -- want to rrt. >> i did report what clapper said. >> when chairman nunez said no awareness it existed, zero reporting. yesterday said i think its very possible. dont include in the question mark. bottom line is president said last night additional information will be coming forward. ton of media reports out there indicate that something is going on. i think its interesting, where w...

Vindicated. >> i believe he will. >> you were quoting sean hannity there, and the house -- >> i get youre going to cherry-pick. >> youre citing sean hannity -- >> you tend to overlook all the other sources because i know you want to cherry-pick it. no, no, but you do. where was your concern about the "new york times" reporting? >> we have done plenty of reporting on all of this, sean. >> you want to cherry-pick one piece of commentary. >> of the connection of the president to the associates has ...

>> give me some credit. >> ill give you some. >> a little intelligence, maybe. >> clearance. i wasnt done. clearance. >> those two -- >> maybe both. >> come on. those two panels have spoken with the fbi director and told there is no evidence of this. >> i think this question has been asked and answered, jim. its interesting you jump into all these conclusions what they have, what they dont have, and you seem to have all the answers, there has been a ton of reporting. >> in a week or -- >> jim, i...

Answered. its interesting about how you jump to all the conclusions and seem to know all the answers. at the end of the day, there was a ton of reporting -- hold on. let me answer it. there has been a vast amount of reporting which i detailed about activity going on in the 2016 election. there is no question that there was surveillance used throughout this. i think by a variety of outlets that reported this activity concluded. when you ask the two people whether or not and as the chairman said w...