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Trump that we were not investigating him personally. that was true. we did not have an open counter intelligence case on him. we agreed i should do so if circumstances warranted. duri during our one on one meeting at trump tower, based on the president-elect trump's reaction to the briefing and without him directly asking the question, i offered that assurance. >> to the president-elect, later the president, do you view that as appropriate? >> well i feel better about that conversation if it had happened more publicly. but given the responsibility that a president bears to be able to say accur...

Publicly. eventually infuriating independent senator angus king. >> i ask both of you the same question. why are you not answering these questions? is there for not? >> not that i'm aware of. >> why are you not answering the question. >> it's not appropriate. >> who you feel isn't appropriate. that isn't the answer. you swore that oath to tell us the truth, the whole troost and nothing but the truth and today you are refusing to do so. what is the legal basis for your refusal to testify? >> i'm not sure i have a legal basis. >> in a rare moment of bipartisan exasperation, even the republican c...

Exasperation with this testimony. i've never seen senior officials go up to the hill and just say, well, i can't tell you why i'm not telling you. i'm just not going to tell you. >> if the white house counsel doesn't give you an answer, does that privilege simply go away? >> they're not necessarily compelled to answer every question they're asked. if donald trump wants them to answer these questions, he can direct them to do so. somehow they have received this message from the white house from their superiors that they are better not answering this particular line of inquiry. now, the real que...

Knew this game is at least after hour. >> it sounds like that's not a question that would be inappropriate for a white house staffer or other people. the president runs the executive branch. demanding loyalty from staffers. it there is nothing wrong with that. but trump just doesn't understand that in particularly with the fwi, in unique positions and he was in the middle of the investigation that involved trumpes so yas. what i thought was a stunning phrase from comey he is interpreted one of the conversations as trump wanting a patronage relationship from him. you do something for me. i'll d...

Attackers who may have been dressed as women. isis is claiming responsibility and has released video which we're not showing from inside the parliament building. this appears to show one of the victims. cnn cannot independently verify the claim but the isis m.o. has been coordinated urban attacks with small arms and bombs. the u.s. intelligence official says iran has been at the top of isis's enemy list. iran and isis are on opposite sides in the syrian war. iran is shiia while isis is sunni. >> it's a miracle that iran hasn't been attacked until now. make no mistake, isis hack committed to a ...