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>> reporter: its a possibility fired fbi director james comey alluded to during his testimony june eighth. >> would closing out the flynn investigation have impeded the overall russian investigation? >> no. unlikely except to the extent there is always a possibility when you have a criminal case against someone and you squeeze them and flip them they give you something else. >> reporter: he hasnt indicated whether flynn is cooperating or not. house investigators dont know precisely when flynn tr...

Congressman, do you agree? >> i dont know, wolf. i cant say. certainly just as a former prosecutor, i can tell you that when you have cooperative witnesses whose testimony can otherwise be corroborated, that always helps you go farther in your investigation. but i cant speak to general flynns cooperation. >> all right. stand by, congressman. theres more we need to discuss, and we will right after this quick break. will you be ready when the moment turns romantic? cialis for daily use treats ed a...

>> what was the donald cook doing so close to our land? who was trying to provoke whom? and we are determined to protect our territory. >> reporter: defense secretary james mattiss view has not changed since he took office. he recently told congress he has few expectations about military cooperations. wolf? >> all right, barbara, barbara starr at the pentagon. thanks very much. want to get back to congressman eric swalwell. congressman, do you believe these incidents with russia will encourage p...

Mueller -- in a criminal investigation. you guys are looking at oversight in the house and senate. the ranking member of your intelligence committee, democrat adam schiff, he wants your committee to look into possible obstruction of justice. has your committee come to a final agreement with special counsel robert mueller on this? are you going to pursue that? >> we should pursue that. i support ranking member schiffs belief in that. you know, the obstruction of justice concerns stem out of the r...

Means? better numbers for the poll. hes keenly aware of how unpopular the american health care act is. he means inject a little heart. >> hes looking at polls? >> i do. >> very surprised. very quickly, robert mueller, the special counsel just wrapped up his meeting with the house intelligence committee. the leadership, were you surprised today that sean spicer at the briefing said he never discussed with the president whether the president believed russia actually meddled in the presidential ele...

And calculated adjustments. when threats raise, we want to make sure that our air crews and our ground crews are operating safely, and that we take into account all possible threats. >> reporter: in the latest sudden combat encounter, they shot down an iranian-made drone threatening southern troops just days after the u.s. also shot down a syrian fighter jet and another drone, all in self-defense, according to the pentagon. a key question now, after three shoot-downs, can russia even control syr...

Security secrets in the oval office. russia is threat nipping our armed forces and the people who serve our country. the other thought, wolf, it looks like we are at war in syria. but this would be a war that would be without the authorization of congress. and its time that congress votes on what is the time line, what is the troop commitment, and what is the terrain that is covered. >> today the white house press secretary sean spicer wouldnt answer whether president trump actually believes tha...

Protect their sphere of influence in syria. and they see assad as their only way to protect their influence. >> reporter: some democrats say a new war may be brewing. >> this is a dangerous escalation. i think that we are getting closer and closer to open conflict with iran and russia. >> reporter: russia also says it shut down the communications line with the u.s. military overseer i cant. the two sides still quietly do talk. this as the russians are still engaging u.s. aircraft over the baltic...

In the senate? what are they afraid of? there is only one reason why republicans are doing this. theyre ashamed of their bill. the republicans are writing their health care bill under the cover of darkness because theyre ashamed of it. plain and simple. >> and wolf, there is a strategy behind what republicans are trying to do. they saw what happened in the house, obviously where a lot of these debates played out very publicly. the blowback was very fierce. thats the rationale behind it. to this ...

Administration officials that hes angry, hes upset about this probe, but over the weekend, we were told there are no plans to fire the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. i think that issue of recusal is definitely still lingering out there because some say he essentially became a witness in the case because he was involved in the firing of james comey. of course, he wrote that letter that was relied on in part for the firing, where he discussed james comey flouting doj protocols. at least f...