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Influence the 2016 presidential election were coordinated with page, and that page established relationships with russian government officials including intelligence officers. here is how page responded this morning when he was asked if he ever served as an advisor to the kremlin. >> it's really spin. i mean, i sat in on some meetings, but, you know, to call me an advisor i think is way over the top. >> except in the 2013 letter you wrote, it says, quote, over the past half year i have had the privilege to serve as an informal advisor to the staff of the kremlin in preparation for the presiden...

We had had a briefing to the director, and sometimes the director will stay behind with his senior staff and if we have other matters to discuss, we will go down to the deputy's office and wait for him to return. he may have been there, he may not have been there, i don't recall. >> mr. mccabe is no longer working for the fbi, is that correct? >> that is correct. >> what about lisa page? >> that is correct. >> anybody else? >> possibly mr. baker. but i don't recall. >> let me ask, did you present the original fisa application? >> no. sir, i assume you are talking about the original fisa applic...

Rabbit hole. i want to play something you did with the fisa application. it goes to what's motivating the questioning here. let's play it. >> did you read the fisa application before you signed it? >> not going to comment about fisa application. >> you wasn't say whether you read the document that you signed that authorized spying on people associated with the trump campaign. >> i dispute your characterization about the fisa. no fbi briefed me on it. the fisa applications first come up through the fbi chain of command. sworn urn oath by a career federal agent. >> you signed it. >> i'll explain...

To issued a contempt order it should be done. it's rare for the legislature to hold a member of the executive in contempt but it has been done. then you have to go to court and get the court to enforce it. i think generally it's used as a sort thing to hold over the head of justice department officials and in the end they comply. i suspect that will happen here. we may see drama. they may say no. >> bill: these documents the hillary clinton clinton email, fisa application, why would the department of justice not want to surrender that paperwork? >> well, in my long experience with these matter...

The russia probe is not something the president wants. he is trying to defend himself in the pr battle. that's a function of the public relations, not a legal problem. overwhelmingly, the american people on cnn's poll three weeks ago, 77% of americans want him to testify. of that 39% of republicans want him to. the bottom line, they want him to testify. >> so these attacks on the mueller probe are becoming a rather daily occurrence and nsa director michael hayden gave his explanation for what he is seeing in all of this. >> i think he is simply trying to delegitimize the mueller investigation,...