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The quote, the downward spiral. we heard from mitch mcconnell. an interview about an hour ago. typical mcconnell understatement. says he wants to see a little less drama from the white house because they're trying to move forward on their agenda. i am standing here in the dirksen building on a hearing on medicare. they won't make much headway if all the oxygen is being sucked up by the latest tweets and controversies. i have spoken with several senators going into this hearing. again, an unrelated hearing. varied reactions from republicans. john thune says, if it's true, he is troubled. marco ...

In this case it's true. >> the president can declassify information. usually there are three different ways he would do it. either he would make a deliberate strategic decision to declassify information. usually that would be done in consultation with the director of national intelligence or other intelligence professionals. he may do something accidentally. human error, a slip of the tongue, and makes a mistake. but in this case what it looks like at least from the initial report is that he did so with recklessness or carelessness about what the constitutions would be of releasing this type o...

Information. there's no passage of that information without explicit consent. by doing this, what president trump has done is betray that core premise that allows us to have relationships around the world with friends, allies, even some adversaries. the real danger beyond infuriating this close ally is our friends and partners will think once, will think twice, maybe won't share information with us at all. if we hold back threat information, that could cost american lives. >> the president has unique authority to declassify information. >> presidents can disclose information if they believe it...

To the reports that the president shared official material with the russians. >> it's very troubling. it suggests, if true, that the president does not appreciate how risky and dangerous it is to share classified information with one of our main adversaries, russia, with their foreign minister and ambassador specifically about a highly classified, highly sensitive source that has given us critical insights into isis, into their planning of potential future attacks against the united states. the story as reported suggests that the information that was shared by the president would allow the rus...

Coons, what are his republican friends and colleagues on the hill telling him. his base is solid. his supporters think he's doing a great job. lead story of some of the web sites, this is a deep state. this is fake news. the punishment should be on the leakers, not on the president. we don't know if he's losing support on the hill. >> what are you hearing from some of your sources related to all this? >> hallie, you know, we haven't confirmed the details of what happened in the oval office to our reporting satisfaction, but i am speaking to current and former intelligence officials who are agh...