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Don't forget after the intel briefing for the president today he has the big rally coming up in indiana tonight. i can imagine it is going to be a bit louder than usual. >> bill: we mention the summit in singapore. how soon with the white house confirm that? >> we've been talking to senior administration officials on the record and off the record and no one wants to get ahead of the president on a circumstance like this. i don't think there is any doubt we're likely to find out before the end of the week. they should have it buttoned up. they're working on minor details. what we can tell you s...

Staff for the once-populist president. and cohn, by the way, a registered democrat. would be a fascinating dynamic. let's be honest, the most important thing that came out yesterday in the senate intel briefing was the fact that there was a stern warning to the president, to this country that russia never went away and -- the meddling, warning about 2018. >> there should be no doubt that russia perceived that its past efforts as successful and views the 2018 u.s. midterm elections as a potential target for russian influence operations. >> how consequential is that sound byte, zach? >> i think ...

>> were you surprised he cut you off before you were finished? >> we're professional reporters. we're trained to not have any emotional attachment and not allow any kinds of feelings interfere with our jobs so surprise is something i'm not supposed to be and here i am admitting on national television i was somewhat surprised. >> he says you were being unfair. he said you lied, the preface of your question said it was going to be nice and you lied about it when in fact you work hard to make sure you were quite fair in asking it. >> right. and one of the very interesting things is the fact that ...

Not trust the briefings until another set of people or another body then has another type of intel briefing, then it's combining and using this. not sure what the message is that's being sent or potentially what's the sketch that's being drawn out here. >> yeah, i don't think anybody is, fred, but i think the underline, the biggest message that we're taking from this, and the incoming president has said this. that basely, he does not trust what they are saying. so, what does he mean by my people. it could be the national security people that he will bring in. his national security counsel. but...

>> i have not even brought it up in this conversation. >> it's everywhere. to affirmatively debunk it is -- >> i get why you're sensitive about that. i get why you think it's objectively wrong,i get it, the politicizing standpoint of what it was. two things. one, during the campaign, fair is fair. donald trump as candidate was saying read the wikileaks, i hope wikileaks gets her e-mails from the server, put them out. no question he wanted that to happen. he was hoping it would impact. he encouraged it. >> he had nothing to do with it. >> i'm not saying he had anything to do with it. he certain...