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>> ill dig deeper with our reporters skpish s and speciali. mark preston, how extraordinary was that? >> beyond extraordinary. and i think its historic in many ways. there have been countless speeches given on the senate floor. but at this moment in time, to hear a republican senator go to the floor and be critical of the whole process and his party, i think, is really one of those moments where we have to take a step back and we really have to listen to what he said. this is the kind of speech,...

Is it 35%, 40% of the population, people in my electorate are going to vote, so therefore i have to be careful about what i say, as senator risch was tonight, or history in 20 or 30 years will ask where was i when a man who lied from the stort about the sit whereinship of the former president, who came to the president about attacking a war widow, when do i speak? i want to know when people who still have a chance will speak. he was courageous today, thoughtful. theres a bunch of people out ther...

>> how many? >> i cant answer that. but there were enough that im not sure exactly how many people there were. >> because you hesitated before you heard the tweet from the president. >> i did. i thought you were going to ask me for a count on it. but there were a number of them obviously, he got a standing ovation when he came in the room. he got a standing ovation when he left, and at least a couple of points in there that people were respectful of him and gave him -- >> senator risch, always g...

Officials. >> what about -- >> that was the point of my question yesterday. >> exactly. you just introduced what you were saying. you had the director of national intelligence, mr. coats, the head of the nsa, both of whom refused to talk about their conversations on this very subject with president trump, what would you like to know? >> i would like to know whether they had similar conversations? that was a purpose of my question, they did not answer them. they had no reasons. >> there is no leg...

From his questioning today. >> with regards of these conversations and his interview of lester holt on nbc, the president said i had dinner with him, he wanted to have dinner because he wanted to stay on, is this is an accurate statement? >> no, sir. >> did you initiate that dinner? >> no. >> he called me at my desk and asked me was i free for dinner that night. >> did the same interview the president said in one case i called him and one case he called me, is that an accurate statement? >> it i...

The same collusion. >> when senator risch focused on the word "hope," i hope you can do this. do you buy that? if somebody whos in a powerful position, you know looks you in the eye and along in the office, i hope you can do this. this is somebody in a powerful position, this is the president of the united states in the oval office with you alone. i think mr. comeys responsibility would be what was all of us and this is something the president wants done. thats what henry the 2nd said well, no o...

When you get the president of the united states in the oval office saying something like i hope or suggest, would you, would you take that as a directive? >> yes. it rings in my ears, i was just going to quote that. thats exactly of the same situation you are thinking of along the same lines. >> it was interesting to hear director comey and you seizing on that line. >> it was not rehearsed, i promise. >> it came to me as i was listening to rischs question of the power of the word or the sovereig...

Director of national intelligence dan coats and said give me some help here. try to go to comey and have him make the information public that im not the focus. it was not an effort to kill the entire russia probe which is also corroborated by james comeys prepared testimony sgl. a lot more to go through in time. thank you, catherine. >> shannon: joining us now republican senator james risch of idaho, a member of the senate intelligence committee. he was there asking questions today. he will be b...

And most passionate was senator warner, the ranking democrat on this committee. we have a look at some of his statements that well get from him today. we have a bit of a preview. after going through the seven pages of what well see from comey in his opening, warner said i want to emphasize what is happening here. the president of the united states was asking the f.b.i. director to drop an ongoing investigation into the presidents former national security advisor. he continues in further violatio...

Yesterday. we talked to jim risch, gop senator earlier who was a prosecutor. the way theyll go after this today could be very precise. we know a lot of strategy. james comey also a very skilled attorney himself. who will you be watching for today? >> both sides. again, as weve been saying, you just dont know that moment. it is like a presidential debate. it is very seldom planned but there is one moment that will be the main news clip today and that could have a lot of impact on how the story pl...