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About this point earlier today that the president of the united states did not disclose sources and methods. does that bother you at all, the fact that the president may have not disclosed sources and methods but they have not again knocked down this reporting that he did again reveal classified information? >> press reports indicate that he at least revealed the city in which the israelis discovered important information, and thats not something that should be revealed to russia, worse yet, rae...

Weve got new reporting this afternoon, nbc news has confirmed "the new york times" report that israel was the source of isis-related intelligence that president donald trump shared with russia last week at the white house. a short time ago, democratic congressman brad sherman tweeted -- prediction -- israeli government will say sharing its information with russia is okay. bibi favor to trump. but will israel or other allies trust trump with information again? im joined now by the congressman who...

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Looking at and positing on what would russias potential reaction be? that could be taking action against the target themselves in some way, sharing the intelligence with another one of their partners who is certainly not allied with us. iran comes immediately to mind. and so trying to assess from that perspective, what if something bad happens to the source. intelligence flow, and then bad action against the source. >> ambassador, very simply, i mean this revelation that the president appears to...

How this information is given to the president? >> well, they vary from white house to the white house because the personalities and proclivities and interests of the presidents vary from white house to white house. if you have a president whos really into intel, he reads it and studies it. george w. bush was an expert on following the intelligence associated with al qaeda, for example. he worked at it hard every day according to the people that were there. then he knew what the rules were. pres...

Statement, "israel has full confidence in our intelligence sharing with the united states and look forward to deepening that relationship in the years ahead under president trump." we just heard peter refer to that statement. what else can you tell us about this intelligence relationship with israel? how significant is it? >> its hugely significant, craig. i got to say, this kind of a sharing mistake is sort of the worst nightmare for the intelligence community. it is one thing to inappropriatel...

Ally, that the information, that intelligence, had been shared by the president with russia? and when that took place. my colleague, hallie jackson, peppered sean spicer with some questions on this topic just a short time ago with sean spicer. take a listen. >> few more questions for you, sean. number one, israel is the ally here who provided information that the president then shared with the russians. it is our reporting that that is the case. can you please speak to that? >> i cannot comment ...

On camera, he insists that everything the president said and shared was, in his words on multiple occasions, quote, wholly appropriate. >> hey, peter, really quickly. the off-camera briefing there from sean spicer was a little odd i think to a lot of folks, audio only. any idea why that was the case? >> i havent asked them specifically about that. this is certainly not the first time weve had an off-camera breefrg briefing. as a messaging effort, a lot of times they want the face of their messag...

Republicans plan to take any action or truly demand answers from the white house. many of them just say that they hope more information will be provided. they see this as another distraction from the republican policy agenda. i think what jeff flake told those reporters on capitol hill, jeff flake, republican from arizona, said he is used to drama from the white house and at this point it really is what it is. it is sort of going to continue, he said. not really taking into account that if anyon...

For more on that, were going to bring in general wesley clark, former nato supreme allied commander. there is the general. general, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> for joining me. just first of all, your general reaction. again, reporting that israel is the source of this information. >> well, first of all, presidents do sometimes talk about things that are classified, and legally they have a right to declassify it. the right process wasnt followed in this case. im sure that h.r. mcmaster is...