or we can clarify it and said that what you intended to say that that was if anyone in your other bit was september up in a surveillance of any russians who were regularly listened to, we to want get to the bottom of it. and the fact that white house staff is so profoundly weak or so profoundly timid is the most troubling piece. we are now at day five where they ve left this it s a lie, and it s an accusation that s indefensible. they ve left it out there. meantime, no sales trip after the joint session speech. none of the regular machine ri, the mechanics of the presidency is getting accomplished. he s had two really good days. one was the announcement of his supreme court nominee. someone widely respected. not just in conservative circles, but even among people who disagree with his conservative ideology, had the knowledge that he was a qualified nominee. and the second really good indisputably day that marked progress for this president was
real adults, real people who understand the responsibility of moving the russia relationship forward without capitulating to russia. what s so confusing and confo d confounding is that everything the president has said would be a capitulation on syria, nato, that s why the policy makes no sense, even while other people in his orbit, we think, would actually carry forward a responsible policy. jeremy, if you wait long enough, the areas of concern to life s work are going to become serious and relevant again in our conversation as we saw today, jeremy bash, thanks, rest of the panel, stick by us. we re going to take our first break and coming up, some conservatives in revolt. president trump takes an uncaseworkistic approach to what has been the art of the deal. robert costa has more reporting on that when the 11th hour continues.
the trump campaign, or trump tower. our own kasie hunt talked more about this today with senator graham. the president trump claims that president obama administration tarkted his campaign, trump tower, and the tweet. i have no knowledge of that. but he s challenge ld the congress to help him, so let s help. there s no reason for them not to give it to us. all we re asking for was a warrant issue. and if they don t give it to us, yeah, i ll subpoena it. this is a major deal for the country. i want to get to the bottom of it and the doj and fbi director, that s the reasonable request. and i hope they comply. meanwhile the head of the fbi, james comey, who has been requested to appear on the house intelligence committee did make a public appearance today while declining to comment on any of this. and remember, we learned yesterday from the top democrat in the house intelligence committee, adam schiff of california that the intelligence committee s investigations into russia s electio
allegation. with that in mind, we turn to today s news on russia. the top republicans and democrats on both the house and senate intelligence committees have been making trips out to cia headquarters in langley, virginia. the reason is, they re being shown raw intelligence, the kind of material that says, eyes only. having to do with russia s interference in the u.s. election. after he returned, the top democrat and the senate intelligence committee, virginia s mark warner also talked to kasie hunt. in many ways, we have more questions now. we have more information we have to get access to. reporter: did you see evidence obtained from wiretapping phones in trump tower? i m not going to get into any of the specific documents. those are classified. we re going to follow the truth, but what we have right now is a absolutely no basis and fact that anyone from the intel
jeremy, let s talk about john huntsman. he is a lot of things. he was a very refreshing politician for people who saw him on the national stage. he is a patriot. i think moderate republican is the way to put it. this must be reassuring, especially to fellow republicans who wanted to see a hint of normalcy going back to normalcy in the u.s./russia relation. yeah, he s considered an independent. i visited him when he was u.s. ambassador in beijing. he carried that portfolio very responsibly. real adults, real people who understand the responsibility of moving the russia relationship forward without capitulating to russia. what s so confusing and confounding is that everything the president has said would be a capitulation on syria, nato, that s why the policy makes no sense, even while other people in his orbit, we think, would actually carry forward a responsible policy. jeremy, if you wait long enough, the areas of concern to life s work are going to become serious and relevant a