2017 oval office meeting. in july 2017, president trump met with vladimir putin. you'll remember the g20 summit in hamburg, germany. this is the private meeting where he confiscated the interpreter's notes afterwards. very unusual. i'm told by an intelligence source with knowledge of the intelligence community's reaction to that meeting that they were concerned that then again, the president improperly discussed classified intelligence with russians. >> this is fascinating. and, again, the white house denying all of it -- or the narrative that they claim that the media is portraying you and the nor"the new york times." >> they are. but keep in mind i spoke to a number of sources for the story. it included sources directly involved in this decision-making and the discussions around this decision. >> jim sciutto, thank you so much. appreciate it. >> i want to talk more about cnn's exclusive reporting now. let's bring in james clapper, the former director of national intelligence. director, thank you so much. i've got to get your reaction to jim sciutto's reporting that the united states extracting a highly placed covert source from inside the russian government, in part because of concerns the