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Assad. which means after going down to a quarter of syria with russian and iranian intervention, and now this moment, assad has reconstituted. >> right. they were really clear eyed about what civil war means and they were careful not to get involved. they had an agreement with the regime from the beginning. we're going to control our areas but won't rebel against you. because of that, isis attacked them. they control oil fields in the kurdish region. they control oil refineries and lots of valuable real estate. the war kind of came to them. and then partnership with the u.s. began. and now the...

A quarter of syria with russian and iranian intervention, and now this moment, assad has reconstituted. >> right. they were really clear eyed about what civil war means and they were careful not to get involved. they had an agreement with the regime from the beginning. we're going to control our areas but won't rebel against you. because of that, isis attacked them. they control oil fields in the kurdish region. they control oil refineries and lots of valuable real estate. the war kind of came to them. and then partnership with the u.s. began. and now the same soldiers that the u.s. trained, a...

That issue. >> currently? >> currently. >> what is your understanding of what that means? >> well, it was a little bit of a surprise when he said that. i wasn't expecting it. it sounds like there may be -- he said many elements within the fbi who are actually looking to see whether there are counterintelligence risks associated with flynn's lying. and it raises the question who else are they basically assessing from a counterintelligence standpoint. it goes to the issue that even though they may not have committed crimes in their interactions between themselves and russians, the relationships ...

And it raises the question who else are they basically assessing from a counterintelligence standpoint. it goes to the issue that even though they may not have committed crimes in their interactions between themselves and russians, the relationships between those entities may have been embarrassing or they may have lied about them such that they would be subject to manipulation or compromise by the russians to the detriment of our national security. >> congresswoman, did anything you hear today change your assessment of the exposure that we have to something like this happening again in 2020? ...

He's going to speak to two committees committees. joining me now is illinois congressman raja krishnamoorthi, a member of the intelligence committee. it's one of the committees that will be allowed to question him. thank you, congressman. >> absolutely. >> i appreciate you joining us for this breaking news tonight. what do you want to know from the special counsel? >> there's so much that we want to know. i think that one of the things that we'd like to know is he said that there was insufficient evidence of a conspiracy but what was the most compelling evidence? what was the evidence that we ...