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Sarah, whats the word youre hearing in terms of the president preparing for not only the overall gathering at the summit, but his specific meeting with vladamir putin? >> reporter: the white house recognizes that they will be under an enormous amount of pressure to confront putin about the election meddling. its clear that if for no other reason than to avoid the backlash back home that would occur if trump did not bring up election meddling, i think the white house is trying to find a way to in...

Election, i would have walked away. well, in fact, on october 7th, the department of homeland security and the director of national intelligence put out a public statement saying it was the russian government that was behind the election hacks. so its not really credible that the attorney general never heard about this. he heard about this well in advance of election day. >> and he said maybe. he said maybe at first. maybe hed walk away. then when he was pressed by a different senator, he said, ...

Speak of that committee hearing was just noticed, and i think its got to be reviewed. >> next wednesday, the day before comeys testimony, a senate panel will heal from officials on surveillance, including the nations intelligence chief, the nsa director, be acting fbi director, including the deputy attorney general. he thinks the unmasking of americans went beyond members of the trump team. >> i have reason to believe that a conversation i had was picked up by some foreign leader or by some fore...

Speak of that committee hearing was just noticed, and i think its got to be reviewed. >> next wednesday, the day before comeys testimony, a senate panel will heal from officials on surveillance, including the nations intelligence chief, the nsa director, be acting fbi director, including the deputy attorney general. he thinks the unmasking of americans went beyond members of the trump team. >> i have reason to believe that a conversation i had was picked up by some foreign leader or by some fore...

Not, the subject of the sanctions, against, regarding the election hacks, did not come up. and now it emerges that he did discuss the sanctions with the russian ambassador according to intercepts. calls reviewed. the vice president of the united states went on national television and told the public flynn didnt discuss the sanctions. it now emerges they and a bit of a credibility problem, jacob? >> you use the word, "credibility problem." intelligence intercepts you say of the phone calls. what ...

Fuming. >> its classified and we cant tell you anything. all i can tell you is the fbi director has no credibility. >> reporter: the republican leaning "wall street journal" editorial board says, quote, the best service mr. comey could render his country is to resign calling him too political for a position thats supposed to be apolitical. this while the department of justice inspector general investigates comeys actions before the election. his decision to hold an unprecedented press conference...

Unprecedented press conference last july closing the investigation into hillary clintons e-mails. and then breaking with doj policy by sending a letter just before the election alerting congress he was renewing a probe into her private searrver. democrats mad about his decision not to sign on to a let are saying russia was behind the election hacks. and refusal to speak publicly about ongoing investigations into people formerly connected to the trump campaign and russia. >> he didnt say even whe...

Private server. democrats mad about his decision not to sign on to an october letter from the intelligence community saying russia was behind the election hacks. and refusal to speak publicly about ongoing investigations, into people formerly connected to the trump campaign and russia. >> you didnt say one way or another whether theres an investigation under way. >> correct, i dont, especially if a public forum, we never confirm or deny any investigation. im not -- >> the irony of you making tha...

Was renewing a probe into her private server. democrats mad about his decision not to sign on to an october letter from the intelligence community saying russia was behind the election hacks. and refusal to speak abopublicl about the trump campaign and russia. >> he didnt say one way whether theres an investigation under way. >> correct. i dont. especially in a public forum, we never confirm or deny any investigation. >> the irony of your making that statement, i cannot avoid but ill move on. >>...

Cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> intel reaching out to donald trump president-elect. james clapper trying to reassure the president-elect the intel did not leak the story. clapper issuing a rare statement saying hes profoundly dismayed by leaks. >> president-elect blasting journalists at his first press conference. though mr. trump did finally concede that russia was behind election hacks. all this as senate republicans move a step closer to miss mantling obamacare. were just eight days from inaugu...