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Moscow, not of conversations he had with sessions. so it's all possible that a diplomat will embellish a little or maybe make things up in order to make himself look better in the eyes of his superior, but from what we know of kislyak, he's got a pretty good track record of reporting accurately on his conversations and activities. >> ellen nagashima, breaking that story, thank you for taking a few minutes and filling us in. for the republican reaction to tonight's news, joined now by ms nbc host hue hewitt and republican congressman leonard lance. your reaction. you we heard the conversation i...

. all right. for more on tonight's news, i am joined now on the phone by one of the reporters with the washington post who broke this story about jeff sessions in a meeting with the russians during the 2016 campaign, ellen, thank you for taking a few minutes. the public statement we have had so far from jeff sessions a few months ago about this issue, he said, quote, i never had meetings with russian operatives or intermediate ayres about the trump campaign. that's the on the record concession of sessions, that is the accuracy called into question by the story you are reporting. tell us exac...

"washington post" has just broken here. it's like they took ten page 1 scoops and put it all in one big story in terms of how the administration responded. we'll be speaking with ellen nagashima from the post in just a moment. before we get to her, though, i want to do something else. i want to share with you something that is a little bit of a scoop that we just got tonight. at the start of this week, you might remember the "new york times" ran a story about the cia director mike pompeo. not every cia director is involved directly in things like the president's daily brief, not every cia dire...

To george lawyer. they say they want their answer by july 6. demanding that the white house hand over information on kushner's security clearance, including whether or not trump or a white house official intervened with the decision to grant it to him. again, we will post this on line tonight. as the news continues to unspool this friday evening, ellen nagashima from the "washington post" joins us next. whoooo. looking for a hotel that fits... ...your budget?

Put malware or back doors or anything else in our computer systems, our election systems, that allow them easier access next time? no comment. we are all delighted that whatever the russians were doing messing around in the voting systems of more than 20 states last year, at least they didn't blow things up on election day, as far as we can tell. but could they? could they have last year? i mean, were they putting malware in there so they could do it in the future if they want to? that was on wednesday. today there is this from the "washington post," this opus, which, among other things, lays ...