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Counterintelligence investigation is to protect people. >> still with us, elizabeth, jeremy, frank. frank, i want to get your reaction to what we just played from lindsey graham there. he's basically saying this counterintelligence probe launched in the summer of 2016 about potential ties between folks in the trump campaign and russia. he's saying that had to have president obama's knowledge and apparently signoff. what's your reaction to that? >> so -- so he also said that the whole point, quote, of a counterintelligence investigation is to protect people. it's to protect the united states is...

Ridiculous. and it's only because immediately so set against him that they even tolerate this. >> jesse: well, they know what's going nowhere in the senate. they know the majority of the american people don't support impeachment. so they just want to hurt him in the house so people think, oh, wow, who are paying attention this guy was impeached. maybe i shouldn't throw him a fund-raiser. >> politically, i believe it will backfire. >> jesse: why is that? >> i think the american people have had enough of it. after the mueller performance a couple of weeks ago. the clearing of him on both collusi...

I mean they even tolerate this. >> jesse: well, they know that it's going nowhere in the senate. they know the majority of the american people don't support impeachment. so they just want to hurt him in the house so people think, oh wow, who aren't paying attention this guy was impeached. maybe i shouldn't throw him a fund-raiser.february i punt end. -- maybe you shouldn't send him a check. >> politically, i believe it will backfire. >> jesse: why is that? >> i think the american people have had enough of it. after the mueller performance a couple of weeks ago. the clearing of him on both coll...

Still under an active counterintelligence probe. because one thing we still don't know is whether that investigation ever officially closed. if you'll remember, it was handed off to mueller in early 2017 from the fbi which hoped that probe into the president. we don't know whatever happened to it. >> incredible. let me ask you about something involving your own reporting, which is interesting timing. it comes at an interesting time. it suggests the top intelligence chief may be on his way out. he met with devin nunes to talk about a reflakesment freplacemet for dan coats. >> the president has ...

Counterintelligence probe of the trump campaign is yielding results. as you know schiff told cbs news that fbi ask started to hand over information to your committee in recent days. have you seen more cooperation from the fbi as well? >> yes. we have. and this is something that i was referring to earlier. i think that some of the pressure that is being brought to bear on the doj and fbi with regard to the counterintelligence materials is actually coming from not only our side but also the republican side which is a good thing and it is starting to yield cooperation. you may already know this b...