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Teleprompter. i do not have it written down. this is the statement from the director of national intelligence spokesperson. quote, director coats does not discuss his private conversations with the president, however, he has never felt pressured by the president or anyone nels the administration to influence any intelligence matters or ongoing investigations. he has never felt pressured. again, that statement just coming out moments ago from the office of dan coats, the director of national intelligence. joining us now by phone is adam entous, "the washington post" national security reporter w...

Reporting on this point. as you might have heard, i've been out of it, not only off the show, but i've been literally out of it for a little while. as far as i understand it, you with "the washington post" had previously reported that the president had made requests to the director of national intelligence and the nsa director that they should make some sort of public pronouncement, throwing cold water on the trump/russia investigation saying there was no collusion. you're advancing that tonight saying the director of national intelligence was asked by the president to personally intervene wit...

National security reporter with tonight's scoop at "the washington post." adam, i appreciate you joining us on very short notice. congratulations on this scoop. thanks for joining us. the headline tonight, top intelligence official, director of national intelligence, dan coats, told associates, contemporaneously at the time, in late march, that the president asked him if he could please intervene with fbi director james comey to try to stop the fbi russia investigation, particularly as it pertained to national security adviser mike flynn. again, there's no allegation here in terms of "the wash...

Asked -- director of national intelligence -- getting asked whether he and the nsa director discussed amongst themselves these requests from the president. watch. nine seconds. watch. >> have you talked about this issue with admiral rogers? >> that is something that i -- i would like to withhold that question at this particular point in time. >> not a term of art. i would like to withhold that question. that's not a thing. dan coats said he would like to withhold on that. pause. we all got pregnant watching that pause that was so long. that happened back on may 23rd. no answer.

Contemporaneously at the time, in late march, that the president asked him if he could please intervene with fbi director james comey to try to stop the fbi russia investigation, particularly as it pertained to national security adviser mike flynn. again, there's no allegation here in terms of "the washington post" reporting that dan coats committed his concerns about this to writing, as has been reported about similar concerns regarding james comey himself and the nsa director, admiral mike rogers, but you can expect dan coats to be asked about this tomorrow in open session. we've got more on...