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Down those reports because the fbi deputy director andy mccabe with us the first to actually make contact about it asking he asked for a five-minute one-on-one last week with the white house chief of staff reince priebus to say that the coverage was inaccurate and they say at that point priebus asked what could be done the senior administration officials say after prebass spoke to mccabe and james comey that the fbi declined to speak publicly because quote the fbi could not get in the position of making statements over every story, but o is officials say comey gave priebus the okay to go out a...

Communicating knowing this investigation was on going, how unusual is that back and forth? >> reporter: that's the exact issue, right? the communication between the white house and the fbi is unusual because there's this decade old restriction on having such contacts specifically laid out in two department memos if mccabe said this to the white house he may also have over stepped because this is an on going investigation, not the mention this is an investigation that involves the president's associates and people in russia, a u.s. official we spoke to said mccabe didn't actually discuss aspect...

>> you cannot go into this. let's assume you have 15 people on the stage. >> it looks like 18 including donald trump. >> go with 18. you have 18 on the stage. >> i'll raise you -- >> you're going to give them 30 to 45 seconds for an opening and a closing. that takes care of that half hour of the hour and a half. and then for that hour you're not going to do a conventional i'll ask you a question and then you get to rebut. you'll go through and ask each of the candidates a question or two about specific issues or points. >> but no hand raising. i used to love hand raising. >> you can't keep any...

At which point priebus says it's outside the rules. you've raised a lot of hackles. mike michael steele, as always. when we return let me finish with character, having the courage of your conviction ss. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. put your hand over your heart. is it beating? good! then my nutrition heart health mix is for you. it's a wholesome blend of peanuts,