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>> to date we have made 20 requests for individual to be interviewed by the committee. as we stand here today five are alrady scheduled on the books and probably within the next 10 days the remaining 15 will have a scheduled debate. eric: it seems as full speed ahead for the senate intelligence committees investigation into russia and the 2016 election. this is the british broadcasting corporation is reporting that u.s. officials have confirmed part of that explosive dossier by the former mi-6 a...

Why would nuñes then need to return to the white house the next day to brief president trump? eric: they could walk in the oval office, cant they, and have a meeting with the president? >> well, walk-in access varies, obviously d. eric: have an appointment. >> in theory, there is a direct pathway for that information to get from this staffer to the president without it needing to go through the chairman of the intelligence committee, and thats where youre seeing these claims from adam schiff an...

Why arent we dealing with that? then you have to look at the iranian influence and the fact that weve got to get that out. syria is in such sad shape, but it doesnt have to be that way. if you look back, so many things could have been done to prevent where we are today, and thats what we need to focus on now. eric: and thats u.s. ambassador nikki haley. in our next hour here on "americas news headquarters," by the way, part two will be tomorrow night at 6 p.m. eastern, and she told me what surpr...

Basic science research by our federal government, our federal agencies, and this is why its so important that, you know, that these, you know -- eric: protect the federal dollars. >> protect the federal dollars, protect the federal research because if it wasnt for those men or women in those basic science benches, we would not have the discoveries that we have. eric: thats a message to the president. >> mr. president, if youre listening, you know i love you, but lets protect those dollars. eric:...

Significant the penetration was, who they talk to and that they actually manage to influence people to do things they wouldnt otherwise do? eric: in terms of long-standing operations you said that would predate donald trump. >> absolutely and frankly it should. good tradecraft dictates that they russians build on this capability over time. the idea that the russians became interested in influencing the outcome of american politics only during the run-up to the 2016 election frankly is ludicrous....

Security council and its ability to face some issues north korea for example continues its nuclear program, continues ballistic missile firing in launching. >> it all comes down to china and this is whats going to happen. this administration is no longer going to take the conversations with china that they are worried too and they think something has to be done. they have to do something. eric: what type of action would you like to see? >> i think china has the ability to put sanctions on north ...

More heat areas about this the more controversy there is about this the more apt to the american public is to to now do not trust the findings of the congressional investigations. those are key. transparency, sunlight is the best disinfectant that we have to be able to trust what congress finds. eric: do think this extends to the senate intelligence committee which hasnt had these issues? >> the probe is going to get a lot more broader for the next couple of weeks. as you know these are the rele...

Issue that youre going to see go away at any point. i mean, democrats are very, very frustrated about this, and theyre going to continue to raise these questions. eric: i mean, nuñes says it shows potentially this alleged surveillance by the obama administration of president trump and/or top officials with that incidental collection. but, you know, with incidental collection, is it just maybe, lets say, flynn talking to the russian ambassador, also potentially could be when almost anybody menti...

>> we havent stopped. thats what im saying, this is not -- that is not a true statement. weve had investigators working every single day on this issue. eric: can the house committee investigation be trusted? the national security reporter for the hill, katie williams, joins us. >> nice to see you. eric: nuñes says hes the best person. is that true? the democrats and critics accuse him of being in the tank with the president and some think hes trying to throw the investigation. >> well, the big ...

He is very much a deterrence to peace. if you look back so many things could have been done to prevent where we are today and thats what we need to focus on now. eric: do you blame russia and the russian people protecting assad? >> the russians and the iranians have been part of why he has been able to basically hurt his people in the process. eric: their report said the administration will give a quote pass to assad. whats your view of that? >> i dont think the administration have given up past...