Expanding investigation over the russia investigation reaching a boiling point on capitol hill. As a protester hurled russian flags at the president , accusing him of conspiring with russian agents as members of his team met with white house intel lawmakers. This morning it isnt the Trump Campaign at the center of the russian news. Its the clinton camp. After a major Washington Post report found the clinton team and the Democratic National committee, quote, helped Fund Research that resulted in a now famous dossier containing allegations about Donald Trumps connections to russia. And possible coordination between his campaign and the kremlin. After a lawyer representing the Clinton Campaign and dnc retain fusion gps to conduct the research. Nbc has confirmed the post report. And it was news immediately seized upon by White House Press secretary Sarah Huckabee sanders. The real russia sand l, Clinton Campaign paid for the russian dossier and covered it up. The president who denounced the dossier and colluding with russia, he said saturday the doj should, quote, release who paid for the infamous document. For more we go to nbcs tracie potts in washington. Good morning. Reporter frances, good morning. Complicated story. But lets breakdown who is involved here. You mentioned a few of the names perkins coy, thats the law firm that was working for both the clinton camp and the dnc. They hired fusion gps which was this Investigative Firm that hired Christopher Steel, the former British Intelligence officer that pulled up that dossier, that information that President Trump said was absolutely false. And now this morning confirmation that it was all tied to the Clinton Campaign and the dnc. We have reaction this morning not from the Clinton Campaign, but from a former spokesperson for clinton saying that he was not aware that this firm was hired before the campaign. The first i learned of Christopher Steel or saw any dossier was after the election. This from brian fallon, the former clinton spokesperson. He says, but if i had gotten it handed last fall, i would have had no problem passing that along, urging reporters to look at it, Opposition Research happens on every campaign. We are also getting a statement from the dnc, the Democratic National committee about this. Their statement reads, that tom perez, the now head of the dnc and the new leadership were not involved in any decisionmaking regarding fusion gps, again, that Investigative Firm, nor were they aware that perkins coie the law firm was working with the organization. But lets be clear, they say. There was a serious federal investigation into the Trump Campaigns ties to russia and the American Public deserves to know what happened. Now, all of this news broke while the russia investigation was continuing here on capitol hill. Michael cohen, an attorney for President Trump, being questioned. Lots of questions about whether there were ties between President Trump, cohen you see here, the russia investigation. But now this new information that some of the most salacious details, again, that the president has denied, were tied to a law firm that was being paid by the Clinton Campaign and the dnc. It is complex. Thank you for the breakdown, tracie potts for us. Thanks. Now to another major headline coming out of washington this morning after two Top Republican senators took the extraordinary step of publicly rebuking the president of the United States calling trump a danger to democracy. Accusing him of debasing the nation. With arizona senator jeff flake joining bob corker of tennessee in a uns noing that he will not seek reelection next year while taking the opportunity to speak truth to power. However, not everyone agrees. Pathetic, weak, gutless, spineless, never trumper, establishment forces all lashing out against the president today. Heres my answer to all of you tonight. Good riddance. Happy trails. Dont let the door hit you on the way out of town. Well, the question now is will any other sitting republicans join those two senators in the white house take down . Nbcs blayne alexander has more. Reporter senator jeff flake announcing he is not running for another term. Must stop pretending that the degradation of our politics and the conduct of some in our executive branch are normal. They are not normal. Reporter and delivering a scorching critique of President Trump. The personal attacks, the threats against principles, freedoms and institution, the flagrant disregard for truth and decency. Reporter this as President Trump travels to capitol hill to talk tax reform. A gop unity lunch amid growing division. His weeks long feud with republican senator bob corker now reaching a boiling point. I think the worst of it is going to be just the whole debasing, if you will, of our nation. I think that will be the contribution that hurts our nation most. Reporter corker stoked todays back and forth saying President Trump should stay out of tax reform. The president hitting back on twitter, calling corker a lightweight who couldnt get elected dog catcher. The white house down playing the back and forth saying americans are more concerned about jobs and the economy. I think those are the things that people actually care about, not some petty comments from senator corker and senator flake. Reporter Republican Leaders trying to look beyond all of it. So all of this stuff you see on a daily basis on twitter this and twitter that, forget about it. Reporter as republicans focus on getting their party and their president on the same page. Blayne alexander, nbc news, washington. Five michigan teens are facing life in prison, accused of murder after allegedly throwing rocks from an overpass killing a man riding in a car below. The teens are between 15 and 17 years old, but will be tried as adults. The victims family now asking why it happened. Nbcs blake mccoy has more. Reporter a young father is dead from a senseless act. His fiance is struggling to comprehend. He took away a childs father. And the love of my life. His stupid act took away a life. Reporter it was from this overpass near flint, Michigan Police say a group of teenagers threw a sixpound rock that crashed through the windshield of a car Kenneth White was riding in, striking him in the chest and head. Those kids, they may have thought it was a prank, but its not a prank when youre throwing sixpound rocks at a vehicles. Reporter the five teens appeared in chains and remained mostly silent during a tense arraignment each entering not guilty pleas for charges that include Second Degree murder as the families listened through tears. The judge denied bond. They will be tried as adults and could face life in prison. It was a willful and wanton act that resulted in somebodys death. These people should have known better. Reporter investigators say the teens hurled at least 20 rocks from that overpass, hitting at least eight cars on the highway below. Police say the oldest suspect, 17yearold kyle anger, turned himself in. The four other teens, 15 and 16 years old, were arrested shortly after. A call for justice for a family torn apart. Took a good man and a good father. Look what you have done to a terrific family, a terrific dad. You have taken his life for nothing. Thanks to blake mccoy for that report. We are now getting new insight into the investigation of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. The fbi is releasing more than 1500 pages of documents about the december 2012 shooting which killed 20 first graders and six educators. There is evidence adam lan sa considered the attack a year in advance as early as march 2011. And according to the fbi Behavioral Analysis unit, rather, the shooter did not snap, but instead engaged in careful methodical planning and preparation. One person interviewed during the investigation says his mother was concerned about her son a month before the murders. She supposedly said he had become a shutin and hadnt gone anywhere in three months. He fatally shot his mother in their home before attacking the elementary school. We want to turn now to nbc meteorologist bill karins with a look ahead at your wednesday weather. Hi, bill. Good morning. Good morning. Eastern new england is the worst by far. Heavy rain overnight, flash flooding around the hartford area and now we are watching some of the heavy est rains on the top of boston. Lightning strikes popped up. Very tropical air mass. That is why were getting the heavy rainfall rights. The areas of red is where we have flash flood warnings. Green is a flash flood watch. The watch goes through the middle of todays and the warnings are because of the last couple hours we saw a lot of rain in a short period of time. Heres the timing of how were going to deal with this. By 5 00 p. M. This evening the front hangs up here by cape cod and then we actually see the low pressure system coming up the coast and sending more rain back into thursday. So, its Geneva Convention to be a good 36, maybe even 48 hours before eastern new england finally clears it out. Rest of the country is actually looking pretty nice. Early today. R thats actually pretty. Surprised . Its called always discreet boutique. It looks and fits like my underwear. I know what youre thinking. How can something this pretty protect . Hidden inside is a super absorbent core that quickly turns liquid to gel. 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