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And totally appropriate? >> i don't have anything for you on that at this time. again, i don't -- >> have you looked into it. >> i've asked preliminary questis. i have not gotten answers yet. no i don't have anything further. >> joining us from capitol hill, reporter for "the hill," molly hooper. welcome back. the senate has really has always been the more collegial between the two. is that the case again when you see the division on the house intel side? >> if you watched the press conference yesterday, the senate certainly did seem like the cooling saucer, as they like to refer to themselves...

I want to start by getting you reaction to the breaking news tonight. what do you make of it? >> it confirms where comey was essentially hinting on monday. i mean, him recognizing and acknowledging that there was an investigation of members of the trump team is -- the only conclusion is there's an investigation related to russia and potential collusion. that we have to take as a fact because comey is leading the investigation at this stage. that others are confirming this to the media seems to be just another marker to put down. i believe one of the reasons comey came out so strongly on monday...

Hinting on monday. him recognizing and acknowledging there was investigation of members of the trump team is the -- only conclusion is there's investigation related to russia and potential collusion. that we have to take as fact because comey is leading investigation at this stage. now that others are confirming that to the media just to put another marker down. i believe one of the reasons comey came out so strongly on monday -- he didn't need to. i was shocked. thought would be a nothing hearing. one of the reasons he came out was to protect the investigation, put a public statement out ther...

Influence or if they influenced trump in any way. so the fbi has been very careful to sort of keep that away from trump, to not inform him of where the investigation is, and of what they're doing. so it would be highly, highly unlikely that trump would be getting any of this information from anyone at the fbi. >> so then you talked to justice department intel officials all of the time. when something like this has occurred involving the sitting president, are any of them expressing to you how this further deepens any of their suspicions as they continue the investigations of russia's involveme...

Him is because he is very close to putin and so it didn't seem like he was speaking in a straightforward manner. >> all right. so you're on a committee that's going to give you the clearance to know what's going on on the intel side. clapper coming out saying we didn't leak. what do you make of this story about what was included in the briefing to the president elect and why it was there. >> it's essential to alert the president elect that there is material he needs to be aware of. certainly for all the reasons that we know eventually information compiled by british company might leak into the...