Update with the Senate Investigation with russian involvement into the elections. Let me just say that we cannot say enough of the committee to look at all activities that russia might have taken to alter or influence the elections. Edition the mission is to look at contact with russian governments officials had influenced the election process. We take that seriously and when you look at our committee the oversight rules that we function in every single day just on a larger scale. For those who have suggested this is outside of our expertise i will remind you the last public investigation was the Senate Investigation into benghazi we have three professional staff and it took one year and in comparison to the public hearings in the house our findings were out much quicker and are consistent with the house process. We will share what we have accomplished to date devoting seven professional staff positions to this investigation these are staffers who already have the clearance and the knowledge of materials they will look at starting on a number one. That was the first public hearing the committee hilt held with director komi eric clabber when they came to United States senate to testify on the completion of the report of the last administration the full committee had an opportunity to ask all of the members initial questions and as this to have opportunities to come back in and official capacity to share answers to questions we might have. The staff has been provided the unprecedented amount of documents that include up to this point heavily been shared with the gang of faith and staff directors it is safe to say our staff currently is working with through thousands of analytic products to determine if the process the reviewers went through to compile their report were an agreement and their ratings match the to date providing dozens of pages of documents a majority of those were with within weeks of completing i might say we are in constant negotiations with the Intelligence Community about access to where we access the documents and if we have the capabilities to use computers. This is not abnormal is in every investigation i have seen so idol find this to be unusual but it is a challenge which is not yet and click the additional documents the committee has requested and what we will request to come to conclusions of the mission of this investigation this week we began to schedule our first interviews. To date we have made 20 request for individuals to be interviewed by the committee and as we stayed stand here forever scheduled and probably the remaining 15 will have a schedule date to be interviewed. We anticipate inviting additional interviews that could turn into public and private hearings that yet to be determined and number of individuals have volunteered and let me assure you they will be processed as the committee determines they are ready where they are pertinent the only individual who was publicly a democrat is chair read and the committee will conduct an interview when they decided this time to set a date because we know the scope of what needs to be asked tomorrows hearing is to examine the capabilities to influence elections globally with a have done in the past that is important to bring to light for the American People here and throughout the world and what we should expect in the of future. We have to panels to look at the policies that are two hours each in the morning and in the afternoon that russia is implementing to look at the technologies to display their capabilities. I will conclude with this. We will always tell you the investigation will go wherever the intelligence will need it so it is crucial everyday we spend to separate fact from fiction to find the intelligence to give us the factual side all the names and places just because you say it does not mean it is fact it is incumbent on us to connect that intelligence to make a determination as to the relevance of our investigation so we work hand in hand and contrary to popular belief we are partners that this is completed to have bipartisanship. I will repeat many things the chairman has said but it is important to hear from both of us. There is a lot of drama with the stories that you are running and it is important to remember not to lose sight of what the investigation is about the outside foreign adversary effectively sought to hijack our most critical process as the election for president and then decided to favor one candidate over another i can assure you they did not do that it was in the best interest of the American People. Vladimir putin school is a weaker United States states, economically, ugly and action be a concern to all americans regardless were here to assure you in the American People we will get to the bottom of this. The chairman and i both have a serious concern about what the russians have done and continue to do around the world. Some of the techniques that they used a thing would send the chill around the world the committee will follow the intelligence wherever it leads we need to get this right so that means it will not happen as quickly as we would like begetting right is more important than getting it done quickly. When i have been remarkably proud of is the committee of both sides of the aisle will love love of seriousness in the attention in the commitment to follow the intelligence we have seen progress trying to look back at source materials in we are starting to talk to some of those analyst who helped put together finding out what was left on the cutting room floor that might be worthy of looking further in a number of those interviews are scheduled the Intelligence Committee for the most part has been free cooperative was some parts we have a challenge but we cannot do this job were tell the American People or conclusions unless we have access to na know the patriots working in the Intelligence Community will go wherever the facts lead as has been mentioned we only announced jared and we will schedule that with him when we can ask the appropriate questions. There is a lot of names in there will be the appropriate time but it has to be done at a time and place where we have the right questions to ask the hearing tomorrow is the first in a series because some of the techniques used that has made our lives simpler to be misused from those who only get news off of twitter or facebook that raises serious questions even beyond this investigation so thanks to the chairman and the Committee Members we will get this right and follow the intelligence. We will answer anything about the senate Intelligence Committee not questions on the house we will refer that to them. The white house has said any discussion of coordination that they know nothing is there so can you rule out there was coordination greg. It would be crazy to draw conclusions but we have let the of process go through and we hope that is what you could like us to do. Said they are not always accurate with the next piece of intelligence so lets get a l. Little deeper before you ask us to right conclusions. Center wyden said so is that close enough . The committee looks as if there are any types of relationships. Even before we started this investigation that this president like all candidates should be able to release their tax returns. So do they have those resources . We will not get into the names on our list but i can assure you it is lengthy mark and i both agreed were willing to issue subpoenas it is tough to make the u. S. Subpoena god of the United States we understand the limitations but were tapping into everything how we increase our reach to get intelligence that is pertinent to the investigation. Have you coordinated with of white house that all . No, sir. It is the relationship and the trust that we have i have been constantly impressed but so many Committee Members of both sides it is not only our relationship but the fact they have our back. Can you speak to the level of satisfaction about the integrity of the committee have it is working and its functions . Not only for the first time have the members had access back taxes to the gang of eight information that is unprecedented. So with starts with the trust the Intelligence Community as with the staff and the membership at large would be extremely easy for them to Hassan Rouhani us to have access mandates have not that gives as high hopes to reach a conclusion to be exploring every crevice that we can find. Part of this is the normal course. Your staff tries to set the interview from that standpoint cutting read these documents from the cia . Not knowing where to begin or where it ends with a large volume of information . I am not sure who your hearing is from it is not the professional staff. It is a lot of information. Absolutely it is thin three binders you open the front cover code to the back then you work on the second and third. The professional staff had to figure out what intelligence they needed to ask for and figure out of food to interview the will not tell you it is easier but it is one of the of biggest investigations. With those challenges and then go back into that document with any of those individuals whether it is appropriate we have to know what the right questions are to ask. [inaudible] i knew you would ask that but i want to make sure the Intelligence Committee knows some have been very responsive but to do our job not every document the agency holds is the product of that agency so with his impossible to provide another agency document. The faster we can work through who has ownership rights then we can ask for a specific document. Were not asking the house to play any role in our investigation we dont play role in theres. How low confident are you the warehouse will not interfere in writing a bipartisan report back. Absolutely. If we dont come to rejoin conclusion with the manipulation that to place in the election and people say what is going on then we will not fulfill our duty on the first question i see no evidence by have said repeatedly this this the right and then you but if there is any attempt to stifle or getting the access we need you will hear from us. Relocating to the changes to the Republican Party platform . That is not in the scope of the investigation. Does anybody blocked sally yates . They said they i am at deaf have her testify but they have to decide on a schedule. They have not blocked her . No spin the allied of americans want to know if the president himself if there is a trust issue right now is everything that would raise the direct link to the president himself quite. We will not take a snapshot in time but we know our challenges to answer that question in our conclusions. Is there a circumstance you would not share greg. He usually knows my sources before i do. The white house complained the Intelligence Committee community has leaked information improperly. The normal course of business is about the leaks so that this an ongoing process if they take place during the investigation in the same way and if so then we will refer to the appropriate lawenforcement agency. We are so early in the investigation. What we are concerned about but it is extraordinarily damaging to the men and women who serve our country by do think as an editorial comment it did ministrations said they did nothing and there is nothing to leak the more cooperation we can get the sooner we can move forward. As the fbi had counterintelligence information or are you stepping on their toes wet. I will leave that up to the fbi to make comments of there is one were always conscience conscious of the fact know the Law Enforcement process to work with the appropriate people can you give us a sense of the scale of the numbers of people involved in the attack . We know about the hacking but what really concerns me that there were reports of 1,000 paid internet trolls taking over a series of computers generate moves down to specific areas of wisconsin areas of pennsylvania were michigan maybe trump verses clinton but clinton was taking money from a source and we have also seen the fact if you global Election Hacking when you get four out of the first five news stories are washington propaganda so be clear i am not here to read litigate the election but the fact part of their responsibility is to put the American Public on a higher level it could be other foreign nations as well we are in a whole new realm the future threats to the basic democracy in. Gan to have to European Countries where russia is the balance this procter of their leadership and as a covert action is an effort in germany and france we feel part of the responsibility is educated around the world in the committee working with the administration how we think proactively we cannot allow this to happen. Bacon act and its own selfinterest but not americas interest. [inaudible] no disrespect. Key will disrespect me alltime. Can you say handover heart . Absolutely. I will lead mitt i voted for him. I have never done that before. But i have a job in the United States senate and i take this job extremely serious we might look at politics differently but not the responsibilities we have on the committee differently to earn trust and respect so i feel open and good about sharing information that enables us to do our job better. I have confidence we can get to the bottom of this. Have you had contact with Michael Flynn or why you would talk to jared . I think it is safe to say we have pad conversations with a lot of people. In the interview process if you feel they are not Public Affairs relevance but any investigation of this kind to determine the of value the witness has we were not given a free pass to do a witch hunt buttery investigation we will see highprofile people and analysts orate a 28 yearold who answer the phone at the white house and said you talk to the ambassador . Widow want that person to have to get a lawyer to be interviewed. But to understand what role they played without any liabilities and your conscience to assess each individual person but we dont rule anything out. I think they start next monday but it is immediate spirit these are the people that fall into that category is roughly two hours we dont want to look at what was just in the report but you figure if the analyst made the right determination that is a lot more than what they knew in december with of process. [inaudible] what about organized crime in russia greg. They did not say organized crime but connection to the russian government those who are part of those networks do seem to have ties does this investigation need to be completed . That is specifically with that in mind to route the world i think is safe to say what we know about the capabilities we would push it out to those elections but we are within 30 days of the first president ial election. [inaudible] one eyed spirit were not complaining about that into headaches their understanding of blue has access where they store the information into is responsible and understand into with the same people documents if we dont leave up to the security manual of the Oversight Committee successfully do its job. Basically we try to get access our we have all of that to make sure every Committee Member so there it is healthy tension. At the confirmation hearings every person who was nominated and confirmed to rask for the raw Intelligence Data there is rarely a uh time people would ask for that and we will test some people but will end with oriented the first part we will go wherever the intelligence leads us trust me you will not have to beat it out of us we will not do it unless we have something to share a little bit of the road map we are just not data point that is every two or three weeks with the changing conditions of the investigation. But the most important thing ever taken on we will get a right. [inaudible conversations]. What is clear from the pentagon documents to be comfortable with the idea criticizing democrats to try to block of a confirmation vote