Cnn executives to not report certain details about the threat, including the city from which some of the intelligence was collected. By reporting are the citys name, Trump Administration officials insisted, that would tip off american adversaries about sources and methods used to gather the intelligence. Tlt would, th it would, they get people killed. Cnn did not report the details or the name of the city and last night the Washington Post reported and government Officials Say that President Trump in a meeting with the Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and the u. S. Ambassador Sergey Kislyak revealed highly classified information about this specific isis laptop threat. The post reported that the president , quote, described how the Islamic State was pursuing elements of a specific plot and how much harm such an attack could cause under varying circumstances. Most alarmingly, officials said, trump revealed the city in the Islamic States territory where the u. S. Intelligence partner detected the threat, unquote. Its the same city. Its the same city that cnn was cautioned not to report, but heres the president S National Security adviser general h. R. Mcmaster when asked earlier today about the president sharing the name of the city with the russians. If you were to say, hey, from where do you think a threat might come from territory that isis controls, you would probably be able to name a few cities, i think, and so it was it was nothing that you would not know from opensource reporting in terms of a source of concern. Again, this is the same city that intelligence Officials Say if we told it to you right now it would get people killed, but somehow were simultaneously supposed to believe that President Trump sharing this information, the city and more with a u. S. Adversary russia is, quote, wholly appropriate as mcmaster said repeatedly today. Thats also a term he seemed to define in terms of if a president does it in the name of National Security, it is by definition appropriate. Now last night after the story came out the Trump Administration originally pushed back against the notion that President Trump had divulged sources and methods of intelligencegathering which neither the Washington Post or cnn had reported. What we all reported is what the government was saying back in march when we showed the restraint with publication, the same restraint that the president did not show with russian officials, that he shared information, that then as now could lead to u. S. Adversary say, i dont know, russia, using counterintelligence to try to figure out how the u. S. Knows what it knows, and just so you know. As of today, before this broadcast, we are still being told by the Trump Administration to not report the name of the city, and we wont. The white house is in damage control mode once again, and jim acosta is at the white house for us. Jim acosta, i have to say once again it seems as though the president is undercutting members of his own White House Team who are providing what they hope are explanations for things he has done. Reporter thats right, jake. The president did that last week when it came to the firing of fbi director jim comey. He is doing it this week when it comes to this information he shared with the russians and as for that information we should pass on that u. S. Sources are telling us other at cnn that the source of that information that the president provided to the russians was the was the government of israel, at least some of that information came from israeli sources, and all of that is unfolding as the white house is still refusing to say that the president even shared classified information with the russians as the stonewalling here at the white house continues. Did you reveal classified information to the russians are, sir. Reporter for President Trump the question of the day is not about his meeting with the president of turkey, its about the meeting the presidnt had last week with top russian officials in the oval office where he shared classified information that came from a key u. S. Ally, israel, on threats posed by isis terrorists. Mr. President , did you share classified intelligence with the russians. Reporter time and again in front of the cameras the president would not answer the question opting instead to offer a general assessment of his russian encounter. We had a very, very successful meeting with the foreign minister of russia. Our fight is against isis. Were going to have a lot of Great Success over the next coming years reporter president defended his informationsharing on twitter. As president i wanted to share with russia in an openly scheduled white house meeting, which i have the absolute right to do, facts pertaining to terrorism and Airline Flight safety, humanitarian reasons, plus i want russia to greatly step up their fight against isis and terrorism. Its wholly appropriate for the president to share whatever information he thinks is necessary to advance the security of the American People. Reporter National Security advisers h. R. Mcmaster also declined to answer whether the president disclosed classified information. Mcmaster says the president didnt know where the information came from, a jawdropping moment for reporters in the briefing room. I should make maybe the statement here that the president wasnt even aware, you know, of where this information came from. He wasnt briefed on the source or method of the information either, so im sorry this has to be the last question because we do have are the president of turkey coming i think momentarily. Thank you very much. Reporter for mcmaster it was another careful explanation of the president s actions after he cautiously danced around whether trump shared classified information. At no time were intelligence sources or methods discussed. Reporter the president is now coming under criticism for something he accused Hillary Clinton of during the campaign. We cant have someone in the oval office who doesnt understand the meaning of the word confidential or classified. Reporter leaders from both parties appear to be showing signs of exhaustion from a white house in nonstop chaos. I think it would be helpful to have less drama emanating from the white house. The truth as it were sits atop Shifting Sands in this administration. Reporter and it does appear that the information that the president provided to the russians did concern some members of this administration. Which ear told that one key member of the administration, the Homeland Security adviser, counterterrorism adviser, was one of the officials who raised concerns over here, jake, and im told that cia director mike pompeo expected to talk to the Senate House IntelligenceCommittee Later on this evening, he is expected to field questions about the president s meeting with the russians and what he shared with the russians last week. Jake. Japan acosta at the white house, thank you so much. Questions being raised, of course, about whether or not President Trump can be trusted with classified information. Our next guest just left a classified hearing with the Senate Intelligence committee. Stay with us. Times up, insufficient were on prenatal care. Es. And administrative paperwork. Your days of drowning people are numbered. Same goes for you, budget overruns. And rising costs, wipe that smile off your face. Were coming for you, too. 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Members of Congress Want to know much more about what President Trump told lavrov and kislyak. Joining me now is senator joe manchin, democrat from west virginia. Good to be with you. Has the administration briefed Committee Members on what President Trump did disclose to the russianss . It hasnt been done, jake. We would like for it to be done, if theres a tape, any of that transcript, we want to see it. Youre calling for the tape or transcript to be shared with the intelligence committee. What do you know about the nature of the information beyond what cnn and the Washington Post and others have reported . Well, basically what they have been reporting is things that has been talked about. I dont know the verification they have and their sources. The only thing i can say, jake, it is theres 19 senators out of 100 that are privileged to that type of information, whatever it may be, at that high classified level. That means 81 senators i cant talk to. When i come out of these meetings, i cant talk to them. They ask me direct questions and i cant answer. If i do, im going to get thrown off the committee or even worse. With that being said, im very much concerned about people and our allies and our Intelligence Community might be put at risk. As i said at the top of the show, when cnn was about to report and break the story of the laptop bomb threat in march, the Trump Administration really pushed back and made sure that we did not provide certain key details about the threat, including the name of the city where some of this intelligence came from, but we know, the white house has confirmed that President Trump shared the name of the city. Explain for our viewers, if you will, why that name going to the russians is so problematic for so many people. Jake, thats just something im not going to delve into. Im just not going to do that. Fair enough. You have called the the news that came out last night deeply troubling. Explain why you feel that way. Deeply troubling. We have the most intricate professional intelligencegathering community in the world. The United States of america. And we have allies, jake, around the world that depend ounce as well as we depend on them. Theres been a trust factor there for many, many years in place thats kept our country safe, even with the things that have happened. We have been kept with the biggest target on our back in the western world fairly safe. Is that all going to be for not now if they dont think they can share this information or wont do the job because they think it makes them vulnerable. Thats why its so troubling to me that people in relationships and peoples lives could be in jeopardy. And we know now that the intelligence, at least some of it, it was shared with the United States from israel. Do you worry about how this might affect the strategic relationship between this close ally, the United States has and the middle east, and the United States . Jake, with all due respect im not going to confirm or deny or any of that, speaking about that. I really am not. I hear you. I understand. No one really should. All right. National security adviser mcmaster said today that the president did not know that the information was classified when he shared it. In fact, he said, quote, he wasnt even aware of where the information came from. You deal with classified information frequently. Our viewers have seen how careful and cautious you are. How could the president not be aware . Cant answer, that jake. Whoever basketweaved hriefed hi. He knew what he was talking about in generalities. They should have been briefed on that, and i can assure you anything with Sensitive Information has top secret classified information on it, classified, top secret. That mean it doesnt leave that position, that position or that area, and it stays right there. You either see what you see and you keep it to yourself. I cant explain this at all. I really cant. I wish we had an explanation, but i cant. Can the president be trusted with classified information, sir . Well, i would just im hoping im really hoping, jake, that someone is able to sit down with the president and get him to the level of all the people in the world, not just 330 million americans, that depend on us to get it and get it right and to protect them also and to be able to make decisions based on intelligence, information that we received, that nobody else has f. That is not basically what the allies can trust us with, its going to make it very difficult. Hes our president. I want to work with this president. Ive tried to work with the present adminisration, and i will continue to do so, but i would caution him, caution him to to be extremely careful. Russia is not our ally. Russia is not our friend. Russia does not wish the american the United States of america or the American People well, that we know. We have trusted allies who have fought with us in every war. They have been willing to fight and die for us for the same causes we believe in. We know who our friends are and we know who we can trust. Weve relied on their information exchanges back and forth for many, many years, and the same with us to them. With that, you ought to stick with your friends. Senator joe manchin, democrat of west virginia, thank you so much. Thank you, sir. What does russia have to say about the classified information President Trump shared with the Russian Foreign minister and Russian Ambassador spy in the oval office . Well go to moscow next. Its time for some straight talk. If you love your phone but hate your bill. Do something about it no, not that. Straight talk wireless lets you keep your phone, number and 4g lte network for a lot less, with the bring your own phone activation kit. Its time to ask yourself. Why havent i switched . Unlimited talk, text and data for fortyfive dollars a month, no contract. Straight talk wireless. Only at walmart. Welcome back to the lead. Im jake tapper. The world lead now. A guarded response from the kremlin after reports that President Trump shared highly classified information with russian officials in an Oval Office Meeting last week. On a Conference Call with journalists today, a russian a spokesman for russian president Vladimir Putin interrupted a question on the topic to quickly dismiss the reports as, quote, utter nonsense. Matthew chance at cnns Moscow Bureau joins us. Matthew, the kremlin is coming off, shall we say, as irritated over this latest controversy in washington. Reporter irritated, jake, if not absolutely angry. Dmitry peskov who is putins spokesman who we spoke earlier on the Conference Call, didnt even want to let us finish the question before he interrupted saying this is nonsense, and i havent got any comment on this. We absolutely do not want any relationship to this nonsense and then he refused to answer any further questions even subsequently so a cat goshal response from the kremlin. On the Foreign Ministry spokes spoke with us as well, was scathing and called the allegations part of an Information Campaign to create evidence of trump connections with russia, and she also recommended that people dont read american newspapers because she said that they are dangerous, are but, of course, jake, all these comments, frustration, underlaying just how concerned the kremlin is because they really believe or they real matthew reporter it could be a real relationship that could brew with the white house. Matthew chance, thank you so much. So what does sharing intelligence of this nature with russia mean for the source of the actual information and americas ability to rely on other nations foreign intelligence in the future . Stick around. Is this thing on . Sting huh . 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