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The years ahead with president trump. myself and my colleagues have spoken to foreign diplomats, allies of the u.s., who are concerned about how this intelligence, the most secret intelligence is talked about by the president, an ongoing worry that weve heard about before and those concerns deeper now. wolf? >> indeed. all right. thanks very much. jim sciutto reporting. joining us now a key member of both the intelligence and foreign relations committee senator james risch of idaho. thanks for j...

A very defiant president trump says he has the absolute right to share intelligence with russia and his top officials are downplaying any possible damage from his security breach, but were also learning that a close u.s. ally, israel, was the source of intelligence that the president gave away to a u.s. adversary russia. theres growing alarm right now. theres outrage up on capitol hill where the cia director is briefing lawmakers this hour. were back with republican senator james risch of idaho,...

Make that statement, that same point? >> im not going to tell the white house what to do. you heard where i am on it, wolf, and im firm on that. the white house is going to have to take that obligation, and by the way, this trip thats coming up is a huge deal. you heard mcmaster review the details, and i dont know whether anyone was paying attention where they wanted to get to the end where they could ask him about conversations with the russians. look, hes going to meet with the heads of 50 mus...

Whether it was appropriate to disclose publicly. thats not what he did. look, again, i come back to here theres a weasel here, and the weasel is not the.of the united states. its the traitor who disclosed these facts "the washington post." i wish youd go out and interview "the washington post" and ask them to disclose who that is. >> those are confidence, sources as you well know. senator, let me get into it very quickly into another aspect, this entire controversy comes as the president is prep...

As to how to make an airline trip safe because you dont fly just in one country. frequently you fly from country to country and its important that every single intelligence agency in the world thats interested in harrell safety be fully engaged, be fully informed on whats going on. so i -- this thing is way blown out of proportion when it comes to who is going to be upset about this. >> senator, theres much more to discuss. >> there is. >> i want you to stay with us. much more with senator risch...

Care act she had been uninsured for 24 years. now she has insurance because of the affordable care act, she is worried about herself, shes worried about her grand kids future if her health care gets taken away. she puts her picture on the ad. she signs it by name and then below her name theres 200 other people in congressman darrell issas district and, again, full-page ad in his local paper. they end it by inviting others to join them. "would you like to add your time the petition? would you lik...

Good morning. >> we will. >> good morning. >> were friendly. dont mind us. well fit. yeah, theres more of us. were still coming. senator rischs staffers very politely welcoming those folks and then they politely listened and agreed to pass on the request that senator risch should hold a town hall with his constituents back home in idaho and then they handed over their request in writing and it was signed by over a thousand people. no word yet on whether that idaho town hall will actually take pl...

Worried about her grand kids future if her health care gets taken away. she puts her picture on the ad. she signs it by name and then below her name theres 200 other people in congressman darrell issas district and, again, full-page ad in his local paper. they end it by inviting others to join them. "would you like to add your time the petition? would you like to call representative issa and ask him to come to the town hall?" they give the phone number so other people can invite their congressma...

Watch this. >> good morning. >> how are you? >> good morning. good morning. >> hi there. >> i hope you guys all fit. good morning. >> we will. >> good morning. >> were friendly. dont mind us. well fit. yeah, theres more of us. were still coming. senator rischs staffers very politely welcoming those folks and then they politely listened and agreed to pass on the request that senator risch should hold a town hall with his constituents back home in idaho and then they handed over their request in w...

Senator rischs comments on iran, iran was designated a state sponsor of terrorism in 1984 following its connection to the 1983 bombings of u.s. marine personnels in lebanon, a horrific event. killed 241 u.s. service personnel. that label on iran has unfortunately not changed. just this june the state department in its annual report on global terrorist activity listed iran as the state sponsor of terrorism. the report indicated that iran in 2015, quote, provided a range of support including finan...