Any better. Craig, thank you. Thank you. And thanks very much to all of you for joining us, dont forget, you can watch out front any time, anywhere. Just go to cnngo, a. C. 360 s. T. A. R. T. Starts right now. And good evening, thank you for joining us. Were waiting to hear from fbi director james comey whos going to speak at a dinner for the Intelligence Community. Well bring you those answers to questions live when they happen. Earlier today, the top two members, the Senate Intelligence committee spoke to reporters in advance of their first public hearing tomorrow into all things russia. And while its obviously too soon to draw any conclusions as to the shape of their investigations, the shape its going to take, its hard to miss the sharp contrast between todays rollout between straight
forward, devoid of policy, a train wreck over on the house side. Both the house and the Senate Intelligence committees are supposed to investigate russian meddling in the last election as well as political collusion between the Trump Campaign and moscow. And the House Committee is on hold while chairman devin nunes is facing collusion with the white house itself, claiming to giver President Trump cover on his claim that the Obama Administration wiretapped him. Its really a tantalizing piece of information from ryan lizza who first wrote about it for the new yorker. Its an important piece of the information that adds to the timeline of what Chairman Nunes did last week thats brought the house Intelligence Committee to a halt. And it also adds to the suspicion that Nunes Colluded in some way with the white house,
then searched trumps phone calls. Thats a senior white house official telling ryan lizza of the new yorker to tell us more after this hearing about this inadvertent collection of information from trump, here is Chairman Nunes in his opening remarks. Listen. Where the communications the Intelligence Community has extremely strict proceed yours for handling information for any u. S. Citizens who are subject to even incidental surveillance and this committee wants to make sure that all relevant activi activities have followed all relevant laws, rules and regulations. I have been saying this for several weeks, we know there was not a physical wiretap of trump tower. But we know that it was still
possible that there were other wiretapping being used between trump and russian associates. It sure seems like the white house official who spoke to ryan lizza either knew or made some type of guess about what nunes was going to be focusing on in his initial comments. And you add that to the fact that before this hearing, the president himself, President Trump, has said something and he made it seem it was like coming from the white house. Listen to what President Trump said in an interview with tucker carlson, keep in mind this is 11 days after his wife tapping claim, four days after that hill article, and five stdays after e house hearing. We will be submitting certain things and i will be perhaps speaking about this next week. But its right now before the committee and i think i want to leave it at that. I think youre going to find some very interesting items coming to the forefront over the next two weeks. Well, five days later, the house hearing, Chairman Nunes does what the senior white house Official Predicked to ryan lizza. Then the very next tuesday, White House PressSecretary Sean Spicer said this. Can we expect the president to present evidence that he was wiretapped by barack obama or will he speak about it . Because he didnt mention it last night in his rally. Lets see how the week goes. We now know how the week went, in fact it was the next day that those dominos started to fall. The day after last wednesday, when sean spicer spoke about it. The same Talking Points that ryan lizzas senior white house source boasted about before the fact. I recently confirmed that on numerous occasions, the Intelligence Community collected information about u. S. Citizens involved in the trump transit n
transition. From there he went to the white house and briefed the president on what was troubling to the white house. Does this seem to describe what the president was talking about the Quote Wiretapping that was talked about as broader surveillance . You what i have read seems to be some level of surveillance activity, perhaps legal, but i dont know that its right, and i dont know that the American People will be comfortable with what i have read, but let us get all the reports. Chairman, was the president involved . It is possible. Bear in mind that Chairman Nunes spoke to the press, paul ryan and the press again. And then the president makes a Public Statement saying he feels somewhat vindicated, even though
the whole issue of inadvertent collection had nothing to do with President Obama wiretapping his phones. Nunes has not giving who the chairman has not told anyone else those details. His white house is referring questions back to nunes, and perhaps the most important work of all, the work of the house Intelligence Committee seems to have ground to a halt. You caught up with Chairman Nunes today, and pressed him on more details about the investigation, what did he say . Reporter he doesnt really want to talk much about that information that you discuss that he reviewed last week, the information he got from that white house source. That question continuing to linger, how did he get on White House Grounds, who cleared him and who allowed him to see this information, including who the source is. I asked specifically, did anyone at the white house give you permission, authorize you to review Classified Information. He refused to say, he said i am
not answering that question anymore. But i also asked him about whether he communicated with the white house before actually talking to donald trump last week in that private meeting, if he had any communications about the information that he had reviewed, also would not answer. Take a listen. One thing that im curious about, the Surveillance Information you did see, did you talk to anyone at the white house before talking to donald trump . We have already talked about all this, ad nauseam, and the issues are really, really critically important when it relates to american citizens who could have been picked up in incidental collection and you guys should all take that very seriously, because its part of our oversight duties. Did youre see the information . Thats the hope. Thats what were trying to get, thats what we have been trying to get since march 15. Whats been the holdup . Thats in the march 15 letter
that i gave to all of you. What can you tell me about being on White House Grounds. Hoping to get this information to us in a timely manner. Reporter its unclear how that evidence in that march 15 letter, they asked for a bunch of information from the intelligence agencies. And its unclear about how that equates to what he saw privately from his secret source, but that devin nunes is willing to have some after he first needs to get an agreement with the Ranking Member and somebody on the committee, that has not happened quite yet, anderson. So he said theres not going to be public hearing until after recess in april . We asked him point blank, when you do you expect to have
those public hearings, before recess . He said he highly doubts that will happen, so anything public will have to wait for at least a few more weeks. Yesterday Chairman Nunes told the new yorker that he would have to even though he cancelled yesdss public hearing. The fbi is pushing back on that, right . Reporter yes, say, there was no agreement for him to come forward and devin nunes made an agreement with adam schiff, the top democrat on the committee to agree for comey to come forward, otherwise comey would not do that without that bipartisan agreement. Schiff has resisted because he wants to have that public hearing, he wants clearance for a private meeting as well as a public hearing with sally yates to talk about some of those
conversations between between Trump Associates and russian officials. And adam schiff telling our own wolf blitzer just a few minutes ago. Lets get delayed reaction from jim acosta. The White House PressSecretary Sean Spicer was asked who let Chairman Nunes on White House Grounds, did he actually have an answer . Reporter the short answer is no, anderson, this has become a daily ritual where reporters Ask White House officials, namely sean spicer, the press secretary, for any new information on how the house chairman devin nunes made his way to the white house for a secret meeting. And spicer earlier this week said he would look into all of
this and try to provide some answers to reporters later on this week, that simply did not happen today and i will tell you, i did press sean spicer specifically on whether he knew who the source of this information was, that was involved with devin nunes and provided him with this Bombshell Information and sean spicers oneword answer to that was, no, he did not know who this mysterious source is and so well continue to ask for these answers, its not all together clear where were going to get those answers. Keep in mind earlier today, sean spicer, while he was sounding somewhat willing to get to the bottom of this earlier this week, he was criticizing reporters earlier at the briefing today, saying that reporters were fascinated with the process of all this. Its not difficult information to find out, who signed in the chairman of the house Intelligence Committee, if the white house wanted to give out that information, you know, its on White House Grounds, im
sure theres a book or computer they can just look at. Reporter thats right, there is such a thing as the white house visitor logs that track the visitor who is make their way in and out of the white house, i swipe my badge every day, the u. S. Secret service has records of coming into the white house, whatever time that was earlier today. Members of congress, dignitaries, peerm who have appointments inside the white house with various officials, they have to go through the secret service. And those white house visitor logs while they are maintained by the secret service, it is the white house who basically keep the keys to the castle here, they are the one who is can decide whether or not this information is going to be made public, and as we have been saying all week, the Obama Administration made these visitor logs public, you wouldnt be able to search this information in real time, but you would be able to go back and
look at that information later on. The Trump Administration is just not doing that. Now on todays hearing on the Senate Intelligence committee and how sharply different it appeared, in terms of everyone surrounding the House Committee. For that lets go book to the hill and cnns jessica snyder, what details did the senate lay out about their investigations because their meetings are going to be Behind Closed Doors . Reporter they are, anderson, but the Intelligence Committee moving full steam ahead on this, the chairman saying he has a full staff already knee deep in these documents and Senators Burr and warner, they also say they have 20 witnesses they want to interview, they have set up interview weather fiiew with fi. We know that former Trump Campaign manager, paul manafort, he has agreed to talk to the committee and Jared Kushner has oft offered the same. And those he met with that state run russian bank, back in the summer at the height of the transition, the senator saying theyre pleased that Jared Kushner has made that offer, and then of course theres the issue of general Michael Flynn, it was talked about a little bit at the Press Conference, however i did talk to general flynns lawyers, his lawyers say they have spoken to the committee, flynn has not spoken to the committee. But at the same time, Senators Warner and burr, they say they will be working hand in hand on really a bipartisan basis. The circumstance with which you wouldnt share with are warner your sources the intelligence on this investigation . He usually knows hi sources before i do. I have also got his cell phone, which means he hears from me more than he would sometimes like. Really a change in tone, from
a bit of a partisan finger pointing we have seen on the house side of things, these two senators coming out wsaying the want to Work Together on this and not get into petty differences. They were also asked if there was any involvement with the campaign and russia. What did they say . Reporter they say they will not be revealing any of them. They are telling the public not to expect any information. That this information is under wraps. Reporter can you definitively rule out that there was no coordination between Trump Officials and russian officials . We want to let this information go through before we would form any opinions and we would hope that thats what you would like us to do. Let us get a little bit deeper
into this before you ask us to write the conclusions thats clearly what we intend to do down the road. We and the members of the committee are going to get to the bottom of this, if you get nothing else from today, take that statement to the bank. This is quite a different scene than what we have seen at the house Intelligence Committee, where we have seen that drip, drip, drip of information and those competing Partisan Press conferences. Just at the end of the Senate Intelligence investigation, is it clear what they will make public . I mean obviously all their meetings are Behind Closed Doors, so that they can ask, you know, information about thing that are classified, but what do they actually end up making public or do they not . Its interesting, anderson, tomorrow is the day of some of those open hearings, so the public will be privy to that tomorrow, but its unclear what they might reveal to the public. We understand that it might be in private although it might be under oath. Coming up next, democrats in the house Intelligence Committee, does he think that the chairman is actually sabotaging the investigation. And later fbi Director Comey, were waiting for his remarks, apparently hes going to be answering questions, we want to know will he touch on the russian investigations . We could find out momentarily, stay with us. Knowing where you stand. Its never been easier. Except when it comes to your retirement plan. But at fidelity, were making Retirement Planning clearer. And it all starts with getting your Fidelity Retirement score. In 60 seconds, youll know where you stand. And together, well help you make decisions for your plan. To keep you on track. Time to think of your future its your retirement. Know where you stand. It can seem like triggersture pop up everywhere. Luckily theres powerful, 24hour, nondrowsy claritin. It provides relief of symptoms that can be triggered by over 200 different allergens. Live claritin clear. Why pause a spontaneous moment . Cialis for daily use treats ed and the urinary symptoms of bph. Tell your doctor about your medicines, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. Do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, or adempas® for pulmonary hypertension, as this may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. Do not drink alcohol in excess. To avoid longterm injury, get medical help right away for an erection lasting more than four hours. If you have a sudden decrease or loss of hearing or vision, or an allergic reaction, stop taking cialis and get medical help right away. Ask your doctor about cialis. We were in a german dance group. I wore lederhosen. So i just started poking around on ancestry. Then, i decided to have my dna tested through ancestry dna. It turns out im scottish. So, i traded in my lederhosen for a kilt. Breaking news tonight, Ranking Member adam schiff will meet tomorrow night with chairman devin nunes. Joining us now, a Democratic Com