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I've never been so nervous in my lifetime about what may or may not happen in washington. i don't know whether this white house is capable of responding in a thoughtful or careful way should a crisis erupt. i spoke with mr. panetta last night and began by asking him whether he finds believable that report this week in the "wall street journal" which you heard referred to earlier in the show that people in the intelligence community are withholding critical information from president trump because they don't trust him. >> no, it's not. in my experience, i have never had intelligence officers wh...

>> there's a lot of members of congress it seems this week that do want to get more involved into an investigation into what russia did, what role did russia play in the 2016 election. >> there are so many questions out there that we first of all need to understand the parameters of what's happened here. and so i would -- i would hold off and wait and see what happens. one thing that you and i know from being around this town and being around washington, there's probably going to be some more shoes to drop. >> that's -- that's true. let me ask you this. can americans be confident that a republ...

Ten days has been unbelievable. the leaks, the fake stories, the anonymous accusations. that stuff is bad. that's what he's referring to. i know where he's coming from on this. cane assure you he believes in a free press, first amendment. he loves our constitution. we just want to get this stuff back on the rails and more honest in regard to these really big accusations that are coming at us. >> i know you believe all of this is press generated. do you not have a problem in that west wing with leaks yourself? >> look, if there's a problem there, those people will have big issues. the truth is ...

Its 70th year. this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> good sunday morning. it's only been four weeks but already we're running out of adjectives to describe the trump presidency and this last week did nothing to clear things up. late yesterday president trump returned to familiar territory, comfort food for politics, essentially. addressing adoring supporters in florida, far away from protesters or reporter questions. mr. trump is hardly the first president to seek validation from campaign-style events so early in his presidency. the last three presidents chose to escape washington early...

He said, so are we. that moral equivalency is a contradiction of everything the united states has stood for in the 20th and 21st century. >> many want an investigation what role the russians played in the 2016 election. >> so many questions we first of all have to understand the parameters of what's happening. . so i would hold off and wait and see what happens. one thing that you and i know from being around this town, being around washington, there's probably going to be some more shoes to drop. >> that's true. let me ask you this, can americans be confident a republican-controlled congress ...