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Which as you know, wolf, and we've reported is still the subject of an ongoing investigation of michael flynn, then the president taking what's truly an extraordinary step for the commander in chief to go to the head of the fbi, the nation's top law enforcement official in effect who is leading this investigation and apply pressure, apply pressure to him to end that investigation. remember, last week when the president fired james comey it was a question as to whether the president had used undue influence on him, fired james comey because he was unhappy with where with the russia investigatio...

Legal right, in fact, a legal obligation to disclose and to declassify information to whoever they want. the other person you're talking about, hillary clinton, had no legal right to do that and indeed it was inappropriate in the way that it was done. you're mixing apples and oranges here. there is no question that the president has the legal right to do this, and i would argue the oral right to do it and when he believes it will save american lives, that it's in the interest of the american people, that it's in the interest of national security that he discuss and disclose information that we...

To share this information, information that your sources gave you at great risk, we decided we're going to share this with the russians are. was there any advanc word to theislition? >> that's a great question, wolf, and can i tell you this. i don't know whether they did or whether they didn't, but i can tell you the protocol is that we do not ordinarily notify whatever the source is that we're going to use it to our advantage in some particular situation. we share intelligence information with all but about two countries on the face of this planet. we get it. we give it to them. it is not pro...

Comey because comey obviously did not cede to the president's wishes of dropping the investigation and he got fired f.obstruction w fired. if the obstruction was part of the firing of comey, then it all comes down to a he said he said kind of dispute and the white house clearly understands the gravity of this and they issued that statement quickly to say this didn't happen because of the obstruction implications of it, so it may never be resolved if you have two men who are essentially taking a different account, but it adds -- this has just raised this controversy to a -- a whole other level....

The years ahead with president trump. myself and my colleagues have spoken to foreign diplomats, allies of the u.s., who are concerned about how this intelligence, the most secret intelligence is talked about by the president, an ongoing worry that we've heard about before and those concerns deeper now. wolf? >> indeed. all right. thanks very much. jim sciutto reporting. joining us now a key member of both the intelligence and foreign relations committee senator james risch of idaho. thanks for joining us. >> spoil alert. i take a little different view than the interviews you've done so far. >...