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Time around august 17th when he received his first intelligence briefing. and yet despite being breefnd russia's role on the dnc hack, despite being warned that russia was actively trying to infiltrate his campaign, the president kept on denying russia did anything wrong. >> i don't think anybody knows it was russia that broke into the dnc. she is saying russia, russia, russia. maybe it was. i mean it could be russia. but it could also be china. it could also be lots of other people. it also could be somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds, okay? >> ah, yes, the 400-pound bed hack...

The warning in a briefing from senior counterintelligence officials who urged him to alert the bureau about any suspicious overtures of the campaign. we don't know when that briefing took place, just that it and yet despite being breefnd russia's role on the dnc hack, despite being warned that russia was actively trying to infiltrate his campaign, the president kept on denying russia did anything wrong. >> i don't think anybody knows it was russia that broke into the dnc. she is saying russia, russia, russia. maybe it was. i mean it could be russia. but it could also be china. it could also be...

Counterintelligence agents and the fbi are seeking to keep an eye on this activity to some extent. in some cases, the fbi will use surveillance to track the suspected russian intelligence officers as part of a counterintelligence effort, and that's how the u.s. was able to identify and expel 35 russian diplomats accused of spying last december in response to election meddling. but we're told that some of the russian diplomats have violated protocol recently by leaving the d.c. area without notifying the state department. that has been a source of concern. russia, we should point out, has simil...

Headquarters where he met with counterintelligence agents who have been working on the russia investigation since july. >> important details, very fast moving story, i must say that. jessica schneider, thank you. much more on russia but another breaking store they hour. the congressional budget office score of the revised republican health care bill is out. i want to go to sunlan serfaty. sunlan, it says 23 million more americans would be uninsured under this bill. >> that's right, wolf, one of the big headlines coming out of of this much anticipated analysis from the non-partisan cbo coming t...