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And let this tremendous event happen without trying to stop it? i don't know. i think more drama will be had before the hearing. >> the white house has said they're reviewing it. they have a deadline but they also have a problem with the president's public statements, right? >> i think that's exactly right. and david is correct when he says we are in for a little bit more drama. there will be tension here between the advice of the white house counsel and other lawyers will give because executive privilege is very far-fetched here. for one thing, the president himself has been tweeting publicly...

Emotions, not about his feelings. i would be surprised if we heard him try to justify his actions. i think that he will, as he always does, talk about the facts and let them speak for themselves. >> the facts, david, go to the heart of his firing. it's not about how good he was at his job, right? it's why was he fired. in law they talk about being fired for cause or not for cause. the only fbi director to ever be removed mid-term, sessions, was for cause after a full internal inquiry resulted in conclusions from within the doj that he had misused funds. this is the first time a president has d...

What the service that actually shared this data with the u.s. thinks about it and whether or not they could cut off future cooperation. that's the critical issue. >> don, could i -- >> yes. >> -- push, not to disagree with david sanger who knows this issue well, to say, identi've g a lot of intelligence officials reach out to me tonight to push back on the idea that the president can declassify anything willy-nilly. yes, he can, there's nothing illegal about it. in terms of the way it is done, it's not just the president can fly off and reveal classified information and it's all okay. they say...

Withheld plot details including the name of the city not to jeopardize intelligence capabilities. so if you know the name of the city and other plot details, how does that line up with what the white house is saying tonight? >> well, exactly. i mean, these are details -- there's two things, don. so our sources were not wanting to compound the mistake here by revealing information that they believe trump should not have revealed to russian officials. and then there are other decisions we made as a news organization, had conversations with multiple officials and the reporting on this, to withhol...

Strong track record, should we say, in charming american presidents. who can forget in 2001, when george w. bush looks into his eyes and caught a glimpse of his soul, got a sense of his soul, i think he said. president obama when he first met putin, as well, was equally kind of bulled over. so putin does this. he is really good at getting american presidents, at least initially, to like him and to see a future in the relationship. then, you know, maybe it won't go as well as hoped in the years ahead. >> with what happens after that has been the problem. matthew chance for us in moscow, thank y...