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Clouds is what it is. there is no vindication. but the cloud that devin nunes is talking about has just spread everywhere. >> and his instinct, i guess, devin nunes, when he learned this information was, you >> tell them as quickly as possible. >> his explanation was that he was concerned about this so-called unmasking, there was something that was done and done in the wrong way. >> he said the president has a right to know about it. >> the president should know about it. it may have mentioned t...

Then when you have the fbi director come out and say, this is an active investigation, that changes the cal cue house, and the real political impact of this, is doesnt go away, the issue doesnt fade. and even worse for the trump white house, fbi director comey made it clear that theres no timetable on this investigation. hes not going to give updates to congress, he cant say how long its going to last. so this cloud -- which even republicans said is now hanging over the white house, is going to ...

Long its going to last. so this cloud -- which even republicans said is now hanging over the white house, is going to last for some time. perhaps for years. and thats -- >> general clark? >> theres a very easy way for the white house to get rid of the cloud, and thats simply lay it all out there. i think it starts with the tax returns. i think it starts with his business connections because of suspicions of russian involvement. he said he didnt have any, fine. lay it all out there. and then have...

Governing when you have this cloud over your head. listen, i was in the white house during watergate, and i can just tell you, that was a much, much bigger, and this is not watergate, but theres that same sense of, you know, we dont even know what the truth is inside the white house. none of us knows and we dont know where this goes. it leaves you with a great pit in your stomach. >> and in terms of the cloud hanging over, ryan, the white house continuing to have this line of theres nothing to s...

Dont overestimate the fact that i say i cant comment. i cant comment on anybody. >> i understand that but heres the challenge. you have announced you have this big investigation and now you have got people that are involved in our government that are secretary of state for example. these are important players and the longer this hangs out here, the bigger the cloud is. i know that you are not going to tell me whether or not you have any evidence, but i can tell you that we dont have any evidence...

In this investigation. even though its been going on since last july, this is a counter-intelligence investigation and they notoriously go on for months, sometimes years. there is no time line yet of how long this will go on. and so they cannot answer that question right now, wolf, because if it changes then hes going to be facing the same problem he had back last year which is where he promised at the end of the investigation to update members of congress and right now he has a certain amount o...

Time. and if one of those falls away you can still be against one of them. its not an either or type of thing. there is no doubt that candidate trumps positions were more favorable to russia and therefore the end result for them would have been better had he been elected and he was. >> the fbi director says there is a criminal investigation underway right now. actually its been underway since july, that represents a significant development. and as the chairman of the committee pointed out a clou...

And at that point the fbi director breathed not a word about that prior to november 8th. there were two candidates facing fbi public scrutiny. the public only knew about one. i didnt hear follow up questions, i think a question would have been appropriate about why he chose to only speak about one investigation and not the other. >> rick santorum? >> this is a huge cloud. i agree with that. what is the end point? what were the russians trying to accomplish? what is the pointed this investigation...

That nothing has changed, i think was his quote, i think a lot has changed after this hearing today because as devin nunes put it, and i think hes right, a cloud is hanging over the trump administration right now. and they are going to have a hard time figuring out how to handle it. >> dana bash, you heard white house press secretary sean spicer say they are not backing away from their original allegation -- they are not backing away at all based on what they heard from this testimony today. >> ...

Department, main justice, donald trumps justice department says president trump was wrong. you just have to underline that and.line that and but then the fact that president trump wouldnt let it go. that they wouldnt say let it go. the tweets they are sent by the official potus account by the staff and mischaracterizing or taking out of context things that that the fbi director was saying at a congressional hearing. you start this spiral. to the point where we ended, chairman nunes at the end wa...