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Comment, it's a mystery wrapped in enigma. >> that applies to this administration. after two years, what is motivatpoet rate ising, motivating, what has been a space a single question in american politics. >> carol lee, who was in the meeting from the trump side? i know the president was in the counterintelligence briefing, who else was in it? the second part, it strikes me as i read the report the cia had talked before these meetings saying we are seeing contacts between russia and the campaign. james comey launched it that summer. >> that came before those briefings, in other words, they kne...

Report coming after we were learning she was interviewed by special counsel investigators on thursday and friday this week. so this makes her the latest person in the president's inner circle to be questioned by robert mueller's team. let's discuss where this fits in with the russia investigation. samantha, former cia operative, mike baker and paul cowen are joining us. so man that, you worked for the white house, advised president obama in national security matters. is it normal for foreign operatives to contact top presidential advisers like this? >> thanks, ana. there are two related issues...

Senate that work on these issues and we're supposed to get a quarterly counterintelligence briefing where the fbi sits down with us and says these the cases we're looking at, you need to know about these, these are of national significance, that hasn't happened in the past, isn't happening now, not on i think what the most significant potential counterintelligence investigation of the modern era. more than that. when the intelligence committee is doing an investigation and here on a bipartisan basis, we agreed to do this investigation, we have a detailed scope of investigation that's signed by...

>> i don't know enough about how intelligence committees work to know how much the fbi should be cooperating with you. obviously the fbi is within the department of justice, they are reportedly doing their own investigations into contacts between trump folks and russia. obviously the house and senate committees are doing a legislative branch investigation as well. how much help do you expect to get from the fbi? >> there are two ways the fbi is supposed to be communicating with us on this. the first is in the gang of eight. the select members of house and senate that work on these issues and w...

Tonight, sir. >> a pleasure, thank you. >> i don't know enough about how intelligence committees work to know how much the fbi should be cooperating with you. obviously the fbi is within the department of justice, they are reportedly doing their own investigations into contacts between trump folks and russia. obviously the house and senate committees are doing a legislative branch investigation as well. how much help do you expect to get from the fbi? >> there are two ways the fbi is supposed to be communicating with us on this. the first is in the gang of eight. the select members of house an...