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Tonight. it says quote, in fact the ally has repeatedly warn -- in fact the ally has repeatedly warned officials it would cut off if it were shared. how do you respond to this former cia? >> well, it's a common concern between allies that share intelligence information back and forth. i mean there's constant bickering and concern raising in this realm about this very issue. but generally you don't have the president of the united states compromising sensitive information to a foreign advery just brazenly. and it really is cause for concern. inrussians will take this information, donald trump d...

Light matter. you're giving the keys to the kingdom in moskow center here. >> and also on the intelligence side, we are a country that's actually good at intelligence gathering. we share with other countries that aren't as sophisticated. so they're only as strong as we are. so the weaker we become in terms of ourcapacity to get intelligence from europe or any of our allies, those other countries become weaker. that includes a country like canada which is highly dependent on us for intelligence. so it's not just us that's going to be impacted. other countries that are sort of intelligence consu...

Based on this information, and the details, could russia conclude where it came from? in particular what partner of the u.s. the source the information, which would be uncounk uncomfortab uncomfortable. >> what's the reaction from the white house? >> well, the white house is somewhat unified, although their messaging is a little confused as to what they are denying. in general they're saying this story is false. let's listen on the white house national security advisor, h.r. mcmaster. >> there's nothing that the president takes more seriously than the security of the american people. the story...

>> it's a common concern between allies that share information back and forth. there's constant bickering and concern raising about this very issue but generally you don't have the president of the united states compromising sensitive information to a foreign adversary this brazenly. and it really is cause for concern. the russians will take this information, donald trump didn't have to talk about sources or methods. but if the information was very detailed, the russians can use their knowledge and their other resources to reverse engineer the information. rit it's not certain they'll be able ...

Years before he realized he needed to appoint a chief of staff. >> shane, does the staff matter or does it all go to man at the top in the white house? >> to some extent it goes to man at the top here. he talked last week he had some communications plans about the firing of his fbi director. they can't spin that in a way that makes it a positive story for the president. >> he says you can't always listen to them because they don't always have the information he does. >> yeah, and they went out and undermined him. two days later he said nope, i had already decided when i gut that recommendation...