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Which then upsets this guy. >> i can say this the chairman will need to decide whether he is the chairman of an independent investigation to conduct which includes allegations of potential coordination between the trump campaign and the russians or hes going to act as a surrogate of the white house because he cannot do both. greg: in case you dont know that adam schiff. i know you first ottawa sheriff from toy story. [laughter] he gets that a lot. he has fewer features than a pre-paid phone. can...

Into conduct which includes allegations of potential coordination between the trump campaign and the russians, or hes going to act as a surrogate of the white house because he cannot do both. >> reporter: he cannot do both. adam schiff in that same press conference talked about how this makes an even stronger case that there may be a need for an independent commission to look into this. this is something democrats have been calling for, republicans have been balking at. whats so interesting is i...

He says it compromises this entire investigation. he was very fired up about it earlier this evening. lets watch. >> the chairman will need to decide whether he is the chairman of an independent investigation into conduct which includes allegations of potential coordination between the trump campaign and the russians or he is going to act as a surrogate of the white house because he cannot do both. >> reporter: as you were laying out earlier, the timing is definitely interesting to say the least...

Democrats on the committee. and the entire committee frankly. the chairman yesterday told reporters why he went to the president. he says he apologized. but democrats are not convinced. >> this is information that was brought to me that i thought the president needed to know about incidental collection where the president himself and others in the trump transition team were clearly put into intelligence reports. and i thought it was important for the president to know this. thats why i briefed t...

Democrat adam schiff. today adam schiff was stunned by what his chairman did. >> the chairman will need to decide whether he is the chairman of an independent investigation into conduct which includes allegations of potential coordination between the trump campaign and the russians or he is going to act as an surrogate of the white house. because he cannot do both. and unfortunately, i think the actions of today throw great doubt into the ability of both the chairman and the committee to conduct...

Decide whether he is the chairman of an independent investigation into conduct that includes allegations of potential coordination between the trump campaign and the russians or he will act as a surrogate of the white house. he didncannot do both. >> as you were laying out the timing of this is interesting to see the least. >> the white house is a lifeline. however if it sparked an independent investigation upon capitol hill, it might be a short lived lifeline. >> he did say he felt somewhat vi ...

Democrats raising questions about just why he did feel the need to personally brief the president. here is the top democrat on the house intelligence committee, adam schiff, talking about that. take a listen. >> the chairman will need to decide whether he is the chairman of an independent investigation into conduct which includes allegations of potential coordination between the trump campaign and the russians or he is going to act as a surrogate of the white house, because he cannot do both. >>...

President, himself, and others in the trump transition team were clearly put into intelligence reports that ended up at this white house and across a whole bunch of other agencies and i thought it was important for the president to know this. thats why i briefed the speaker this morning and i came down here as soon as i could. from the dozens of reports i was able to see, i was able to determine that it was -- it looks like it was legal collection, incidental collection, that then made it, itsel...

Surveillance. >> nunes himself under fire for going to the media before briefing democratic members of the house intelligence committee. >> we cant have a presidential whisperer. >> seizing on nunes statements. >> theres a lot of questions his statement raises. >> the top democrat responding to the republican chairmans actions for potentially points higher -- politicizing russias interference in the last election. >> the chairman will need to decide whether he is the chairman of an independent i...

Potentially politicizing their bipartisan investigation into russias interference in the last election. >> the chairman will need to decide whether he is the chairman of an independent investigation into conduct which includes allegations of potential coordination between the trump campaign and the russians, or hes going to act as a surrogate of the white house because he cannot do both. >> reporter: president trump responding to the revelations. >> do you feel vindicated by chairman nunes comin...