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Leak of sensitive details surrounding the call came within hours. in other words. within hours of the president talking to putin, everybody knew that his briefers said don't do that, and they all knew it officially. that means someone leaked the president's briefing papers, leaking such information is a fireable offense and likely illegal. and now the associated press reports that the white house is conducting an internal investigation. additionally, trump has told confidantes that he believes the leak was meant to embarrass and undermine him, said white house officials and outside observers. ...

What bothers him more are the leaks. the fact that this was leaked out. we now this was roiling a number of people in the west wing. our own peter alexander got this statement -- if that statement is accurate that means someone around the president is leaking papers and a fireable offense and likely illegal. sara sanders was pressed yesterday on why the president didn't raise the issue of russia's meddle. she said, look, it is not the job of the u.s. -- >> kristen, let's just play that because it is so striking. it is really extraordinary. >> does the white house believe that the election in r...

Ties or meddling in the election on trump's behalf, this is the evidence, the foreign policy of the united states is the expression putin is getting what he wants. >> general mccaffery, i want to come back to you. you made the point a second ago there is alarm not just in the inner sanctum in the white house, but in the government how trump is behaving towards russia. you can't discuss whether the leak is close to trump or not. there is a suggestion this one would be. the white house's reaction to this is as follows. they are on the record reaction is, quote, if this story is accurate, that me...

White house at this point about this leak? >> reporter: i think the sense here is it's not a surprise, but there's a lot of frustration. some people here angry about the fact that this was leaked out. let me read this from a white house official. if this story is accurate, they leaked the briefing papers leaking such information is a fireable offense and likely illegal. now we know that leaking information is something that's gotten under the president's skin in the past. something that really infuriates him. but it does come against the backdrop, the fact that he's facing bipartisan criticism...

Center. not withstanding the fact that the white house would like to make this story about a leak of confidential information, there's an underlining matter here that the president's advisers warn him not to make this congratulations to vladimir putin and he did it anyway. >> reporter: first, let me give you the latest reaction from the white house. this is from my colleague peter alexander who commented on all this who effectively says, if this story is accurate, that means someone leaked the president's briefing papers, leaking such information is a fireable offense and likely illegal. so yo...