Incredibly damning allegation based on cnns exclusive reporting. Heres trump late today. Can you respond to the reports today that say that you have mishandled classified information to russia. No, i know nothing about it. I see the cia responded perfectly, so whatever the cia said is fine with me. But i heard they responded perfectly. I know nothing. Okay, the question first to cnns bombshell report that trumps intelligence community, the cia, extracted a crucial spy from russia, in part because of fears that trump, the president of the United States, trump could expose the spy through his mishandling of classified information. According to administration officials, the decision to remove the spy who i want to be clear, was a crucial spy for a few reasons, one of which was that this person was at a very high level inside the russian government and was considered vital to the United States well, the extraction occurred soon after this 2017 meeting in the oval office. You may remember this picture, because this is the meeting where trump shared highly classified intelligence about isis with the Russian Foreign minister, sergey lavrov, and the thenrussian ambassador to the United States, sergey kislyak. Now, at the time, trump defended himself by tweeting that he had the absolute right i have the absolute right to share u. S. Intelligence. Well, thats true. Of course, sharing it with an adversary of the United States would go counter to the what people want that to be used for. Well, the president s then National Security adviser was then forced, because the president defended himself, to then twist himself in a pretzel to defend trump. Remember this . Are you denying that he revealed information that was given to the u. S. By an intelligence partner . So what we dont do is discuss what is and what isnt classified. What i will tell you is that in the context of that discussion, what the president discussed with the foreign minister was wholly appropriate. Well, according to sources in both the intelligence agencies and the Trump Administration, the accurate words for what trump did were wholly inappropriate. But the true shocker about what trump said today was these specific words about the reporting. I see the cia responded perfectly. So whatever the cia said is fine with me. But i heard they responded perfectly. Responded perfectly, fine with me, perfectly. This cia, the one about which trump has tweeted perhaps intelligence should go back to school, or the intelligence people seem to be passive, extremely passive and naive when it comes to the dangers of iran. That same cia that he said this about do you trust intelligence . Uh, not so much from the people that have been doing it for our country. Well, theyre perfect tonight. Boris sanchez is outfront at the white house. Boris, pretty amazing, right . Nothing but bad things to say about them and how, you know, dumb and naive and clueless and he doesnt trust them, except when they say what he wants them to say. How is the administration responding to this bombshell report tonight . Erin, so far the response from the administration has been dismissive, even though five separate sources, all who served in the Trump Administration told our colleague jim sciutto that President Trumps disclosures to these russian officials ultimately had an impact on this top u. S. Spy in russia being extracted. We should point out, sources have indicated that at the time, cia director mike pompeo told other Top Administration officials that there was too much information coming out about this spy. So pompeo at the time clearly recognized the risk that this spy was facing. Pompeo, now secretary of state, declined to comment for this story through a spokesperson. A spokesperson for the cia did put out a statement, saying that cnns narrative that the reporting here is inaccurate. Suggesting that its the result of misguided speculation. The press secretary for the white house, stephanie grisham, put out a statement saying that cnns reporting is not only incorrect, it has the potential to put lives in danger. Of course, you heard directly from President Trump there, saying that he knows nothing about this story. Its really just another instance of the division and the divide between President Trump and officials in his intelligence community. Erin . And of course, boris, it sounds like, look, there are five sources. Its clear what the reporting is here. When he doesnt like it, they just say, its all a bunch of lies and this spokesperson that they have at the cia, then they love the cia. So its pretty incredible when you see all of that. Boris, thank you very much. And i want to go now to democratic congressman eliot engel, who is the chairman on the House Foreign Affairs committee. So this is right in the center of what you are dealing with, chairman. So this, what we understand, from the reporting, as boris said, five sources. One of the u. S. highestlevel covert sources inside the russian government. Just so people understand, chairman, what does the loss of a spy at this level, of an asset at this level do to americas ability to counter one of the greatest threats that there is to american National Security . Well, its terrible. And it really strikes at the heart of it, because its not only this asset, its what comes down the tube. So what other assets are we going to get if this is the way we treat someone that we have now. So it does tremendous damage, again, not only immediate damage, but for the future, as well. Do you know anything about what this spy was providing to the United States or about why this person was considered to be so crucial . Well, i dont know the specifics of it, but obviously, skprugs the united stat russia and the United States have spied against each other many, many times. So we know that both countries have spies. The question is, how do we handle spies . And i dont know what it is with this mirpgs aadministration and president. Everything seems to be fly by the seat of your pants. Not thought out, just thrown out there, amateurish. I just dont get it. I dont understand it, and its one after the other after the other after the other. And when is it going to end . Do you think that President Trump can be trusted with classified information . I mean, obviously, the reporting is here that he was fear about what he said would expose this spy. I would presume not necessarily by putting the spys name out there to the russians, but sharing enough information that it became clear who was providing it. Well, my god, if you cant trust the president of the United States, who can you trust. This is just its shocking to even think that we would be having this conversation and that it would be the realm of possibility that the president of the United States was in collusion with some unsavory characters that we dont even like to think about. I hope not. I hope not. But, you know, it keeps coming up again and again and again. And you know, you worry, what is it with putin that this president has a fixation with . I mean, everything with putin, that putin does, thats not beneficial to the United States, the president of the United States seems to look the other way or encourage it or not care about it. It makes you scratch your head. When would you ever have imagined that this kind of thing would have happened in the United States . I know i wouldnt have. Chairman, i want to ask you also about afghanistan. Over the weekend, the president revealed he wanted to host secret peace talks, which included taliban officials at camp david and he says he canceled them after a taliban car bomb killed a u. S. Soldier. Here is what he said today. Theyre dead. Theyre dead. As far as im concerned, theyre dead. They thought they had to kill people in order to put themselves in a little better negotiating position. And of course, hes talking about the talks being dead, chairman. Do you want to see these talks revived in any form . Well, i dont want to see taliban in camp david, period. Who was the brilliant person that came up with that . I mean, its just absolutely outrageous. And, you know well, weve been reporting Vice President pence was against holding the talks there. Do you have any sense as to why the president was pushing ahead with this, right around the anniversary of 9 11, to have the taliban at camp david . No, i have no sense of it at all. It makes me scratch my head. And again, you were saying september 11th, you know, im from new york city. It was my hometown that was attacked. I just cant think of anything more disgusting you know, camp david is sort of a revered place for americans. I cannot imagine anything more disgusting than the taliban being there. Chairman, i want to ask you about one other important story tonight. Youre, of course, in addition to Foreign Affairs on the Commerce Committee and energy committee. The New York Times is reporting tonight that wilbur ross, the secretary of commerce, threatened to fire people, top employees at noaa if they didnt basically disavow a tweet from the birmingham office. I dont know if you remember this tweet. Its the one that contradicted the president s false claim that dorian was likely to hit alabama. The Commerce Department is saying, of course, this reporting is false, but this is a New York Times report. Its thoroughly vetted. Do you believe it . And do you think that secretary ross needs to resign . Well, i believe it, because i think the New York Times is careful. Its certainly a reputable paper and certainly careful in making sure that what it says is truthful. So i think its shocking maybe it is sonnet sho shocking. You know whats most shocking . That it isnt shocking anymore. Im almost numb. Its one thing after another after another. And yes, i think he should consider resigning, because i think its a disgrace. Chairman engle, thank you so much for your time, sir. Thank you. Next, President Trump said he had nothing to do with the air forces decisions to stay at his properties because hes rich. I dont need to have somebody take a room overnight at a hotel. Plus, 2020 contender tim ryan defending comments he made about joe biden declining. Its not like i said something that a lot of people arent thinking or he wouldnt have went on colbert to talk about it. Are democrats really worried . 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Trump defending the controversial resort visits as the House Judiciary Committee plans to move forward this week with its impeachment investigation. Manu raju is outfront. Manu, this is now going to be a part of the impeachment probe, right . And its going to be important. And you now know also the timeline. Impeachment has gone from being vague to this is what were talking about, this is specific from chairman nadler to now. You know timing. Reporter yeah, theyre expecting to get a result. They want to have a final decision by the end of the year about whether or not to recommend articles of impeachment against the president of the United States. And at that point, the House Judiciary Committee would presumably vote to impeach the president , then it could go to the full house. And then after that, the senate, twothirds of the senate would have to decide whether or not to convict the president and try to remove him from office, something that would be highly unlikely given the republican control of the senate. Nevertheless, this is a significant escalation in what we have seen over the last several weeks here. The Judiciary Committee on thursday will be voting to formalize this process in considering how to deal with witnesses and investigations and hearings in the days and weeks ahead. And essentially mirroring what the same committee, the House Judiciary Committee did in 1974 when it came to the nixon impeachment proceedings. Afterward, we expect corey lewandowski, the former campaign manager, of for President Trump to come before this committee and ask be asked questions under the expectation that this is essentially these are essentially impeachment proceedings. But erin, i asked the house speaker, nancy pelosi, whether or not she agrees with jerry nadler, the Judiciary Committee chairman that they are in, quote, formal impeachment proceedings. She would not say, instead, that its only a possibility that they may ultimately impeach. And just moments ago, the House Majority leader, the number two, steny hoyer who has been resistant and skeptical about moving forward with impeachment says all theyre doing is a continuation of the investigation thats been happening for months. Youre hearing a divide, erin, still about democrats about whether or not this is the way to go forward. But the moment house judiciary democrats are pushing ahead on something that could lead them to recommend articles of impeachment. They have made very clear its a formal impeachment hearing. Right now, Patrick Healey and april ryan. Patrick, i spoke to a democratic congresswoman, Madeleine Dean on friday. We all said, this is going to be really important, this time they go home. Gun control and impeachment. Shes on the Judiciary Committee. She said, she had a whole lot of town halls and the issue that was resonating with people was corruption and trump profiting from office. Right. Exactly what were talking about here. Not so much russia, but this. Is this now the way democrats are going to get to impeachment . Its a real issue for trump, because a lot of democrats have said for some time, we dont know how russia is going to turn out. We dont know how obstruction of justice and the Mueller Report is going to turn out. But corruption is sitting right the there. The reality is this president came into office owning a great Many Properties in washington, d. C. , around the world, and there were questions. And there were questions about would there be conflicts of interest. About government contracts, government workers staying at some of these places. And now youre seeing Vice President mike pence on down to the air force to other parts of other branches of the government, that are staying here. You know, i think a lot of americans got used to the sense that the government would be above even the perception of a conflict of interest. Not the case at all. Here, theres none of that. Now were getting justifications of distant, distant relatives of whatever, of being the justification when youre going to meetings 200 miles away. Its silly. April, is President Trump worried, ultimately is what this comes down to, about this focus on corruption when it comes to impeachment . When it comes to impeachment, this president is worried. Hes pulling his hair out. Well, im not going to say that. Maybe hes put mting more hair spray on his hair to hold it down. But the bottom line when it comes to impeachment, the iword is an albatross around this president s neck. He is allergic to it. And this is just yet another nail in the impeachment coffin. This is not just about good taste, as the president says. This is about taxpayers money being used to line the president s pockets, bottom line, by his Vice President and by the military. This is not good. This is worst than a conflict of interest. And erin, when this when you see Something Like