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The two-page summary that cnn reported that was given to donald trump last week. donald trump would not address the central issue of the report. did he receive that report and what he makes of the fact he was given such a report. neither would kellyanne conway when pressed by anderson overnight. >> i'm trying to figure out from you what you can say about what is true and what is not and you cannot -- you cannot take issue with any specific that we have reported. i yet to hear you say specifically that is not true. >> it's not true. >> those were in the briefing documents? you are saying that c...

Allegations against mr. trump and russians claim to have compromising personal and financial information from trump. clapper issued a statement explaining why the unverified information was included in briefing documents last friday. quote, part of our obligation is to ensure that policy makers are provided with the fullest possible picture of any matters that might effect national security. the statement was the first on the record confirmation from a government official that trump's briefing documents did include information on the opposition research. the nation's top intelligence official ...

Night, report is a loose word here, why did they not tell the president-elect about it. because your own reporting says there's no confirmation that they briefed him early. >> i appreciate you acknowledging that. >> hold on. if it's worthy of a cnn screaming headline that became this huge fake news story, then why did they not brief him? they had an opportunity. they were here in trump tower. why didn't they tell him if it was so important? >> i don't have the answer to that. >> i have the answer. it's important to politics, not intelligence. >> we report on what we know and -- we report on wh...

>> not true those were in the briefing documents? categorically? >> it's true you have no evidence other than unnamed sources you don't have the briefing documents. that's what's true. they would not have access to the briefing documents. >> you don't know who the sources are but there are multiple. >> tell them to come forward. they can have this chair anytime. tell them to come forward. >> this is a red herring. you're trying to distract from my question which is you do not have information whether it's true or not. >> you can use pivot, distract, red herring all you want. the media have a 1...

To have material on trump. >> they did not verify it. they just said it was important enough to include as context in the briefing for the president and president-elect. >> that is exactly what they said. joining to us discuss this is political reporter eugene scott. thank you for being with us. we saw the news conference yesterday. donald trump would not confirm that he was given this information by intelligence officials. last night with anderson cooper, kellyanne conway would not either. >> i'm trying to figure out from you what you said about what is true and what is not. you cannot -- you...