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Heres a sampling of some of them trying to react to the "washington post" bombshell about the president sharing highly classified information with the russians. >> i think it would be helpful to have less drama emanating from the white house. >> obviously theyre, you know, downward spiral right now and theyve got to figure out a way to come to grips with all thats happening. >> its not helpful that this was with the russians, right? i mean, this is just weird. we and the russians do not have ali...

Mitch mcconnell today said they could use a lot less drama coming from the white house. its getting in the way of their agenda. we had an opportunity to catch up with a number of senators today in the hallways of the dirk sen senate office building. heres some republicans. >> i dont want to rely on a press article and im not disputing it or admitting it. i need to know more. >> its a serious allegation. were looking at the responses and with the town full of folks like you all, generally we get ...

The committee accomplished this week and your role in it? >> yeah, look, as you know, this is not an easy process. because theres politics on both sides of this and im trying to navigate as best as i can. i would say that what weve been very successful at is, we have people that continue to come forward to provide us with information. and we want that to continue. and the only way we can do that, as long as we provide an avenue that the public or others can come to the committee that want to off...

Me. >> reporter: its a very big week for the committee a hearing on monday and can you summarize what the committee has accomplished this week? >> as you know this is not an easy process because theres politics on both sides and im trying to navigate as best as i can. i can say what weve been very successful at is we have people that continue to come forward to provide us information and we want that to continue and the only way we can do that as long as we provide an avenue that the public or o...

Democrat tim kaine saying that i dont look at israel or any nation directly affectsed by the iranian program wanting to deeply know whats going on in the negotiations, i dont look at that as spying. and house reports that israel is sharing insider information with lawmakers. >> i was shocked by the fact that there were reports in this press article that information was being passed on from the israelis to members of congress. im not aware of that at all. >> should we be surprised is, monica, tha...

>> i read that story this morning, and frankly, i was a bit shocked. because theres no information revealed to me whatsoever. i was shocked by the fact that there were reports in this press article that information was being passed on from the israelis to members of congress. im not aware of that at all. >> taking questions at a press conference today, president obama declined to comment on "the wall street journal" report. he did address, however, his administrations response to israeli prime m...

Presidency, hes tried to push the idea of a two-state solution. he doesnt want -- he and secretary kerry dont want the israelis to give up on that and netanyahu netanyahus remarks make that very difficult. the larger issues here are the israeli-palestinian difference. >> i want to read you a statement from the speaker of the house john boehner who said i was shocked by the fact that there were reports in the press article that information was being passed on by israelis to members of congress. i...

Megyn: whats the story. >> reporter: we just found a press article where he admitted he pledged to his colleagues that he would give the presidents nominees a fair hearing and he would move their nominations out. hes entitled -- hes now a democrat and a big obama supporters. he can say whatever he wants and rewrite history. but the fact of the matter is he was publicly saying im going do this because his colleagues wanted that assurances. its in the press that he did say that. number two, he did...

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Obviously there is a great deal of concern. heres a little bit of that republican sound. i spoke with a number of republicans in the hallways of congress today. >> -- cant go into classified information. it is a critical thing. but again, i dont want to rely on a press article. im not disputing it. im not admitting it. i just need to know more. >> if it is accurate, it is very concerning. >> i think its something thats way blown out of proportion. i accept the generals explanation that he went o...