mr. trump. chris: it's been verified by the national of intelligence that's he's been briefed the information. >> it was responsibility in the minds of the intelligence directors of the intelligence community to make sure that there was going to be no evaluation of it but making sure that the president elect was aware this was circulating. chris: couldn't you have done a bunch of better ways, for instance, staff level person give it to a staff level person rather than spy chiefs giving it to the president? >> anybody who has read the report that is are out there, i think there's allegations in there, again unsubstantiated that were circulating. that was the extent of what it was that the intelligence chiefs wanted to do. chris: one of the questions is whether the intelligence community is going after or somehow trying to undercut by selective leaks the new