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To offend his core base that likes this decision, and not wanting to complicate and trigger a whole series of new questions about when did the president change his mind and what does he think now? katy? >> and john, the world is reacting to this, not only world leaders but newspapers around the world. take a look at this cover in germany. its the president golfing, and hes using the world as his golf ball. it says, "youre fired" underneath it. break it down for me in real life terms. what does i...

Program thats there for people who have decide today go into public service who said im going to work for a lower paying job in public service and well do a little loan help you pay the college debt on it. -- take good programs and help students get into college and make it through college you might have had a chance, zeroed that program out, increase the cost of student loans for low income students. its like one puncin the fac after another to hardworking people, to people who are trying to ma...

Did believe and help build their own future, theyll be doubling the funding and try not to take from underneath it. lets be clear, they want to yell and slash and burn in these programs, the reason for that they can produce tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires. look at this so-called health care plan. its a tax cut plan, 24 million people off health care. raise cost for middle class families, open the door to discrimination against people with pre-existing conditions and people with mental...

Any of the information in that was valid, but i dont have any firsthand knowledge of it. >> do you know if the bureau ever relied on the steel dossier as any -- as part of any court filings? applications, petitions, pleadings? >> i have no awareness. >> did the cia rely on it? >> no. >> why not? >> because we didnt. it wasnt part of the corpus of intelligence information that we had. it was not in any way used as a basis for the intelligence community assessment that was done. it was not. >> all...

Informed about the nature of my engagements, but the materials that were shared with the bureau would not have been shared with the dni. >> do you know if the bureau opened a matter? well, first of all when was that, with as much specificity as you can give us? when did you refer that information to the bureau? >> would you accept last year as the answer? it was during the summertime -- >> okay. >> but even previously, there are ongoing sharing of information with the bureau, and so, it was over...

I know that, again, the obama administration in january took actions against them. so i believe that depending on how this investigation proceeds by the fbi and the special counsel, as well as by the work of the committees, and i agree the appointment of a special counsel should not in any way stop these intelligence committees in the senate and house from doing its work, because youre supposed to be looking at what to do to strengthen the system so were better prepared for it. i believe consequ...

Im not going to respond to your -- >> i think thats what were -- again, im trying to get some understanding of what sets off a red flag. you know, when do you refer to law enforcement? i know you werent the director at that time. boy, that hits all the things you were talking about in the playbook. elections, influential american and building a relationship. trying to get to the substance there. but its interesting you cant respond to a personal conversation, but this is what were talking about....

By the bureau made to try and understand whether or not any of the information in that was valid, but i dont have any first had knowledge of it. court filings, applications, petitions, pleadings -- >> i have no awareness. >> it was not part of the corpus of intelligence information that we had. it was not in any way used as a basis for the intelligence community assessment that was done. it was not. >> all right, my last line of conference, i hope i have waited sufficiently long enough to ask yo...

Thank you, director. since you shared that information, have you reviewed the development of that fbi evidence or any other evidence? >> im unaware of what the bureau has done with that information and i have no knowledge of anything even that the agency has done since january 20th. >> are you aware of what the bureau has briefed this committee with respect to evidence of collusion? >> i watched jim comeys hearing and his comments, and ive gone through his transcript, so im aware of it, yes. >> ...

I believe theres some surveillance programs that are up for reauthorization. what would you say to the american people as names or unmasked on the last day that people are in office and classified information appears on the front pages of major u.s. newspapers? how would you tell your constituents lets reauthorize this program again despite the fact that we have abuses? help us make that argument when we go home. >> you and your colleagues are going to have to make that argument based on the mer...