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>> id say immediately call the fbi. what bothers me probably most about juniors responses that there was no instinct that there was something wrong about this. you dont need to be an authority on federal election law to have an instinct that, wait, theres something wrong with my meeting are russians who may or may not be corrected to the kremlin who are talking about bringing in dirt on mrs. clinton. its just the wrong instringt. >> robert deets, jennifer rogers. i think were going to have to le...

To say that what happened here is just your average collecting of oppo research. i think that when a foreign power who is our adversary comes to someone and says we want to help you in the campaign, that that is something that you immediately call the fbi about. that is not something that you say, sure, lets set it up and go from there. so that to me is a big difference here. whether it makes a legal difference, again, you know, it has to do with what still remains to come out about the meeting,...

Matter. >> were there other things that contributed to that that you can describe in an open session? >> there were other things that contributed to that. one significant item i cant. i know the committee has been briefed on. theres been some public accounts of it which are nonsense, but i understand the committee has been briefed on the classified facts. >> later today, a former official who worked for loretta lynch who wrkd at the justice department tells nbc in 2015 she suggested he refer to ...

The president .of the united states, but i stand by the comments i just made to you, sir. >> then there was this exchange dealing with the law. >> what is the legal basis for your refusal to testify to this committee? >> im not sure i have a legal basis. >> robert deets is the former senior counsel with the cia and former counsel of nsa, and clint watts, former fbi special agent. okay, bob, is there any authority for those two men not to talk about what we understand to be nonclassified informat...

And today, we are learning about a letter from democratic senators franken and leahy asking the fbi back in march to investigate any contacts between sessions and russian officials. with me michael smith, "the new york times" reporter writing about how trump could should he choose attempt to block comeys testimony. robert deets former counselor at the cia and nsa, and ken delaney national news reporter. first ken to you. my eyes have been on for the last couple days the possibility we may see th...

Talking about both major stories today. >> one of these conversations the president said happened at a dinner where the fbi director, according to the president, was asking to stay on as fbi director. dont you see how thats a conflict of interest? the fbi director is saying he wants to keep his job and the president is asking whether or not he is under investigation? >> i dont see that as a conflict of interest and neither do many of the legal scholars and others that have been commenting on it ...