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Said he had left the cia some number of years ago. it wouldnt have been difficult for jerry lee to figure this out. so why he came back here, i think, is one of the enduring questions that, at least in public, we just dont know yet. >> ned, we talk so much about spying these days and count counter spying. how does china lure someone like this? for those who are covert oper e operators and analysts, im sure the cia works to make suregoingd in by other government. >> the chinese are one of the mos...

Limited information. but federal officials say the cia interviewed lee several times during the last five years. why, based on what you know, would it take them so long to arrest him? >> well, thats one of the questions we dont know. specifically, why jerry lee decided it was a good idea to come back to the united states. theres been press reporting out there suggesting that he came back to the united states a couple years ago when the fbi conducted these covert searches of his hotel rooms in vi...

Because he was involved with the transition and involved in meetings that call into question his role. >> is that just bad blood between christy and the kushners or does christy have a point there? >> he has a point. its not just jared kushners involvement in the transition. its that he also attended that june 9th meeting, that he met with sanctioned russian bankers during the time of the transition. and so theres a lot of question about the relationships jared kushner had that he did not disclo...

His contacts. michael flynn lied about his contacts. jared kushner and don junior and others were not forthcoming about nir contacts. only through press reporting and outside sources have we been able to learn the truth. its time to come clean with the american people and also time for the house intelligence committee to serious, particularly getting them in the chair and finding out what happened. >> donald junior one of those witnesses expected to testify before your committee next week. what ...

That he finds himself in? >> i dont believe he understands it. he also didnt express any -- he didnt give us any assurances that theyre doing anything to stop russia in the next interference campaign that they want to run in. and finally, joy, i also am deeply concerned that if this was only jeff sessions who failed to recall contacts with the russians, maybe there might be innocent explanations. but he is the ninth individual in this trump campaign team who has failed to recall interaction was ...

He seemed to be laughing that off. did you get the sense that the attorney general understands the seriousness of the situation that he finds himself in? >> i dont believe he understands it. he also didnt express any -- he didnt give us any assurances that theyre doing anything to stop russia in the next interference campaign that they want to run in. and finally, joy, i also am deeply concerned that if this was only jeff sessions who failed to recall contacts with the russians, maybe there migh...

From the united states, meaning if, in fact, kim jong un tries again to fire a missile over japan, it will be shot down. i expect these remarks tonight will be pretty powerful.rk >> the president has several audiences to address here as he does in virtually everything he says on this trip, china being the most important. he has a very difficult task before him tonight. he has a square or circle in effect, he has to say as president, he will do what is necessary to defend america from the north k...

Of additional military equipment from the united states, meaning if, in fact, kim jong un tries again to fire a missile over japan, it will be shot down. i expect these remarks tonight will be pretty powerful. >> the president has several audiences to address here as he does in virtually everything he says on this trip, china being the most important. he has a very difficult task before him tonight. he has a square or circle in effect, he has to say as president he will do what is necessary to d...

You. jessica schneider reporting. joining us now, a key member of the house intelligence committee. democratic congressman eric swalwell of california. thanks so much for coming in. all right. you just heard president trump in february, this past february, deny any russia connections at all with his campaign staff, but based on everything youve learned, was president trumps answer in february honest? >> no. no. in all of his answers on russia have been dishonest. at first this started with ive n...

Claimed have been fake voters, theres no basis yet as of yet of fact behind that claim. when you do look at one of the concerns, though, 2018, your state, minnesota, great state, working on concern of potential meddling from other foreign powers or other foreign entities, that is one of the headlines of the associate press reporting on your first three days that you and others are indeed concerned abiliout that. >> absolutely, that ought to be the top priority, which is one of the reasons im so ...