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Tell me that that is pretty standard procedure. senators warner and burr also said that it is pretty standard for whistleblowers to go to the committees and ask how to proceed. walk me through your reporting. >> well, weve been looking at what the whistleblower did before he filed the whistleblower complaint. and you are exactly right, this is standard procedure. the whistleblower first went to the cia general counsel and gave a vague warning. and that prompted an investigation by the cia and th...

Through this process, and get it to the intelligence committees. its just giving it to them for their attention. it doesnt mean its going to become public. and i think its really undermining their oversight authority. and i should add, anderson, that the reporting requirement is not just for the house intelligence committee, but also for the senate intelligence committee. so it will be interesting to see whether senators warner and burr also, you know, stake out some kind of interest in getting ...

Through this process and get it to the intelligence committees. its just giving it to them for their attention. it doesnt mean its going to become public. and i think its really undermining their oversight authority. and i should add, anderson, that the reporting requirement is not just for the house intelligence committee, but also for the senate intelligence committee. so it will be interesting to see whether senators warner and burr also, you know, stake out some kind of interest in getting t...

Creates this impression that the election system here in the united states is vulnerable. is that right? >> absolutely. and we know that russia targeted all 50 states, penetrated some more than others including the state of illinois had access to some 200,000 voters information. so this is clearly an issue. i mean, the positive side is kudos to senators warner and bur for being the adults in the room throughout this process and having an effective and bipartisan inquiry here on this committee, l...

You make of this very public split between senators warner and burr, given that the intelligence committee in the senate, unlike the house, has worked well together in a bipartisan way. >> yeah, im not sure id read too much into it just now, anderson. look, there are still witnesses to be called on the senate side, theres still a final report to be written, and of course, the very word "collusion," which is the word over which senators burr and warner split is subject to a lot of different inter...

Senator harris saying the federal government has to take this seriously. bernie sanders, we must protect our democracy. amy klobuchar says the white house has to support bills that protect us. a lot of talk. what are they actually going to do? >> its a question we need to continue to ask. huge senator to senators warner and burr for doing this in a bipartisan way and pushing these issues when very few other people were carrying the ball over time. but i think that the question is now, okay, you ...

Principally for the purpose of influencing the election. so this is a big deal. and the implications, the presidents legal team, the president himself are not simply going to spin their way out. >> not to diminish the manafort trial here, but the fact that michael cohen said again that the president broke the law has huge political implications. if you buy into the notion that a sitting president can be indicted, which is what two justice departments have said, this is a political issue. will co...

Hacking. and whether or not mr. trump knew ahead of time about that crime and even cheered it on. we know that he publicly cheered it on. thats a whole other set of worms. >> no collusion, no collusion. this has nothing to do with russia and the president says rudy giuliani. that information, if they have it, which is corroboration, goes to the heart of russian involvement with the president. >> shan, in the process of hearing from warner and burr on the senate, they went back to michael cohens ...

Since quents employee get from sad d adam schiff that he wanted knee hand all documents that i provided the special counsels office and the short answer is absolutely not even if he was in the minority. i dont think he needs those documents. if he feels he does, get them from rosenstein and mueller. im not going to give him the documents but im also not going to go in there because as opposed to senators warner and burr, i dont believe adam schiff has conducted himself in an independent bipartis...

The probe according to critics on the house intelligence committee and this has destroyed the credibility of the house intelligence committee. the fact that senators warner and burr are working so closely together on the senate side for the most part has at least preserved that committee. but the house intelligence committee frankly is a joke despite the efforts of adam schiff, swallow and others to preserve their investigative work. >> and george will, we understand donald trump is a remarkably...