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With -- >> i think we just lost our connection on capitol hill. we'll try to reconnect. he was wrapping up. sheldon whitehouse, senator from rhode island, suggesting, well, maybe those leaks didn't come from the intelligence community but came from within the white house itself. we'll continue our conversation with the senator down the road. i want to thank him very much and apologize for the loss of that connection. up next, there's been a lot of turmoil in the white house in the wake of michael flynn's resignation. republican leaders now sounding off about the issue. we're going to hear mo...

Testify? >> i want questions answered first. i think we've got to take this step by step. >> you obviously have been calling for this bipartisan inquiry largely into russia. is it time for the republican leadership to join you in this? >> i believe there's a need for a bipartisan investigation of the russian efforts to affect the outcome of the election. now, on the flynn issue, i think that we need to ask questions first and find out whether the scope of that committee or investigation needs to be expanded. >> this is perhaps a little bit more turbulent than we've been accustomed to in the pa...

>> reporter: do you think there's any evidence of coordination between the trump campaign and -- >> it's too early. i think it's too early. but it raises serious questions. and also my concern is also that with now no national security adviser, and the turmoil within the administration, it makes it very difficult for us to exercise responsibilities to defend the nation. the flynn issue, i think that we need to ask questions first and find out whether the scope of that committee or investigation needs to be expanded. >> reporter: should the republican leadership join you on this? they've been v...

You react to information they already know. for example, in this case they would have reviewed the transcript to see if there were conversations with the russian ambassador about sanctions. they might then ask an open-ended question. general flynn, did you ever speak about sanctions? if his answer is, no, not only do they know that he's not telling the truth, that's a federal violation. lying to a federal investigator. so, be clear about what these investigations are about. they're not just fact finding. they're to determine whether the subject, in this case general flynn, is being truthful to...

Barraging you with almost meaningless factoids that keep him from answering the question. >> take a listen to president trump on the plane, his version of a response or a nonresponse to this flynn issue, a serious question about our state craft and whether something was being done to undermine the u.s. government position towards russia. take a listen. >> i don't know about it. i haven't seen it. what report is that? >> -- before you weinaugurated before sanctions -- >> he said i can't hear you because it is on air force one. but the question was, this report, at that point, out 16 hours, now ...