Putin Interference News Today

>> wolf, its mystifying why the president did what he did in helsinki, why he didnt dismiss out of hand the interrogation by russia of american citizens, why he was not public in bringing up to mr. putin interference in our elections. the list goes on and on and on. but today is the first opportunity that congress will have to question a high-level trump official on what happened in helsinki. and its also our first opportunity to question in regards to what happened in singapore with north korea...

Welcome back. the lawmakers in the room would say little after, even less than the usual small talk. the only hint? a tweet not long after the meeting from republican senator marco rubio in florida, who tweeted this. "i am now very confident senate intel committee i serve on will conduct thorough investigation of putin interference and influence." those words interesting. interference and influence from senator rubio. you guys were on the hill. i was struck trying to communicate with people. i w...

Of new jersey robert menendez. senator menendez, thank you for joining us this sunday. >> good to be with you, jim. >> after that meeting, senator marco rubio tweeted the following, he said "i am now very confident senate intel committee i serve on will conduct thorough bipartisan investigation of putin interference and influence." have you spoken to any members of the intelligence committee about what new they learned from director comey? >> no, i have not. theyre performing a vigorous effort t...

A classified briefing on friday from which the senators emerged serious an tight-lipped. so what new information has the senate learned? im joined now by democratic senator of new jersey. he is robert menendez. senator, thanks very much for joining us this sunday. >> good to be with you, jim. after that meeting senator marco rubio tweeted the following. he said i am now very confident senate intel committee i serve on will conduct thorough bipartisan investigation of putin interference and influ...

Investigation of putin interference. what does that say to you a tweet coming from somebody who has not been in the practice of doing that and really the only member to reveal something about that meeting? >> this is a very rare occasion in washington where theres a meeting of senators and nobody p knows exactly what went on in the meeting. theres been no leaks which tends to make you believe this was a significant session that james comey held with these senators. the fact that marco rubio who ...

Donald trump is expected to hold a campaign rally at 5:00 p.m. in melbourne, florida. as all of this is going on, james comey held the closed door briefing on russia with members of the senate intelligence committee meeting and would not say a word but marco rubio did tweet this. he said, i am now very confident, intel committee, i serve on will conduct thorough bipartisan investigation of putin interference and influence. bob, what do you make of that tweet? >> the intel committees panel, you h...

You make of marco rubios tweet yesterday after that fbi director comey briefing with the intelligence committee. he said im now very confident that the senate intel committee i serve on will conduct a thorough bipartisan investigation of putin interference and influence. interference and influence. what do you make of that tweet? >> its very interesting. because two things are going on. one, its rubio saying he wants the intelligence committee to do this investigation. which is not what a lot o...

Usa." >> as the white house deals with heightened scrutiny over alleged contacts between members of the trump campaign and russian officials, another republican lawmaker is joining the call for an investigation into russia. senator marco rubio tweeted last night, quote, i am very confident the senate intel committee i serve on will conduct thorough, bipartisan investigation of putin interference and influence. that was shortly after he and the intel committee met with fbi director james comey be...

Comey was back on the hill today to meet with the senate intelligence committee, thats him leaving the meeting and ignoring an nbc question on what was discussed. its safe to assume russia came up. after the meet, senator marco rubio tweeted "i am now very confident senate intel committee i serve on will conduct thorough bipartisan investigation of putin interference and influence." following reports trump campaign aides had repeated contacts with russian intelligence during the campaign, raisin...

There to discuss the alliance. >> all right. elise labott, good to see you this morning. thank you. friday, fbi director james comey had a closed door briefing with members of the intelligence committee. afterwards, marco rubio tweeted this. i am confident, senate intel will conduct thorough investigation of putin interference and influence. to discuss, bring in amanda terkel with senior reporter steven collins. good morning. i want each of you to weigh in on this tweet. first, you, steven. wh...