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Podesta emails gets released on wick can leaks. >> it looks stunningly suspicious. the piece covers so much. you take us through the point when the intel community started briefing -- i think it's the gang of eight, right the democratic and republican leaders of the intel committees. i was surprised to read the republicans were surprised and resistant to release the information f that was wasn't the only place where there was railroadsantsens to doing anything. can you talk about where the intel community sort of hit up against resistance to making the information public and doing anything abo...

>> it looks stunningly suspicious. the piece covers so much. you take us through the point when the intel community started briefing -- i think it's the gang of eight, right the democratic and republican leaders of the intel committees. i was surprised to read the republicans were surprised and resistant to release the information f that was wasn't the only place where there was railroadsantsens to doing anything. can you talk about where the intel community sort of hit up against resistance to making the information public and doing anything about it. >> well, the -- the white house wanted to...

President? >> well, in the first question, we have a constitutional right to have it as a matter of oversight. yes. on the second question, i guess i do have some questions about the constitutionality of the president's authority, but i'm not going to make that final determination until i read the memos and the papers that come from the office of legal counsel, the department of justice. >> greta: but senator, if it's not going to be forthcoming, it's information f you've previously requested it, in the fall of 2011, and if senator leahy, a democrat has previously requested it in the fall of 2...

>> well, in the first question, we have a constitutional right to have it as a matter of oversight. yes. on the second question, i guess i do have some questions about the constitutionality of the president's authority, but i'm not going to make that final determination until i read the memos and the papers that come from the office of legal counsel, the department of justice. >> greta: but senator, if it's not going to be forthcoming, it's information f you've previously requested it, in the fall of 2011, and if senator leahy, a democrat has previously requested it in the fall of 2011, and i ...

And that means passing serious laws that restrict the access and availability of assault weapons and magazine clips that aren't necessary for hunters and sportsmen, and those who are responsible gun owners who are out there. it means that we are serious about universal background checks. it means that we take seriously issues of mental health and school safety. we recognize that this is an issue that elicits a lot of passion all across the country, and joe and my cabinet members who have been involved in this have been on a listening session over the last several months. no group is more infor...