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Information is a term of art that turns up in this "washington post" bombshell tonight on president trump reportedly revealing highly classified information to the russian foreign minister and the russian ambassador when they popped up in the oval office last week the day after president trump fired the fbi director. one u.s. official telling "the washington post," quote, this is code word information. the president, quote, revealed more information to the russian ambassador than we have shared with our own allies. code word information, i know that sounds bad, but i'm still not exactly sure i...

Good evening to all of you gentleman. what are you hearing from your sources? >> from myself and jake tapper, two former officials knowledgeable say that president did share classified information with the russian foreign minister, the russian ambassador. intelligence officials tell cnn there is concern russia will be able to figure out that highly sensitive source. there is some disagreement as to how far the president went. this intelligence relates to what is known as special access programs or s.a.p. which cover some of the most highly classified information and proteched with unique acces...

Defense? >> well, i don't know what it's called, but it's wrong. and here's why. there's a lot of classified information that does not have the original sourcing information in it. in fact, if you looked a to the pdb, the president's daily brief, that book given to the president every morning, there's a lot of information there that doesn't have the sources. you would not give that over to the russians. >> can i ask you both a question? what is code? there's something in the fbi reporting about code words. what's that refer to? >> you have different classifications of different information. so...

Something's shared with the russians. and i can't explain that. it's a cap -- at best it's a casualness about his own job and about his responsibilities as president that it's just -- it's hard to be able to explain it anymore. if i just give the president the best of intentions, it's just this is a serious job that he wanted. >> code word information, julia. that's what "the washington post" says on the islamic state. what is this and how secretive is it? >> it's one of the highest if not the highest sort of intelligence designations for information that would be kept exclusive even within yo...

Agencies or with the defense department or homeland security. that information would then go to of course the national security advisor especially if it was an imminent investigation. and then for some reason that information, probably part of the daily brief, gets to trump. and that may include, look, we know that country x has an asset in isis. and that asset is highly vulnerable but willing to share information with us. and something as casually as that said to the russians then will release a series of responses by other countries who do not have our best interest in mind. >> so julgia, mi...