some others including cnn picked up large parts of it and we were able to confirm it was that the president disclosed what's known as code word information, which is above top secret and a real concern for the national security as well as intelligence communities, john. >> the white house never denied he shared information and the president confirmed that he shared information. joe johns at the white house. thank you so much. want to bring in evan perez. evan, lay out for us exactly the nature of the information that was shared. why it's important and why some people think it puts others at risk. >> well, john, the intelligence that we're talking about is considered so highly classified that back in march the u.s. government officials told cnn that the disclosure of it would cause serious national security harm. they asked cnn to withhold some of the key details from a march 31st story on the intelligence behind the restrictions on