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>> i'll dig deeper with our reporters skpish s and speciali. mark preston, how extraordinary was that? >> beyond extraordinary. and i think it's historic in many ways. there have been countless speeches given on the senate floor. but at this moment in time, to hear a republican senator go to the floor and be critical of the whole process and his party, i think, is really one of those moments where we have to take a step back and we really have to listen to what he said. this is the kind of speech, wolf, that i think that every history, every civics class, every political class in high school s...

Is it 35%, 40% of the population, people in my electorate are going to vote, so therefore i have to be careful about what i say, as senator risch was tonight, or history in 20 or 30 years will ask where was i when a man who lied from the stort about the sit whereinship of the former president, who came to the president about attacking a war widow, when do i speak? i want to know when people who still have a chance will speak. he was courageous today, thoughtful. there's a bunch of people out there who are holding their tongues and history will judge them. >> it's important to remember as we ha...

>> how many? >> i can't answer that. but there were enough that i'm not sure exactly how many people there were. >> because you hesitated before you heard the tweet from the president. >> i did. i thought you were going to ask me for a count on it. but there were a number of them obviously, he got a standing ovation when he came in the room. he got a standing ovation when he left, and at least a couple of points in there that people were respectful of him and gave him -- >> senator risch, always good to have you. >> good to have you -- thank you for having me. >> i know this is a tough day for...

Officials. >> what about -- >> that was the point of my question yesterday. >> exactly. you just introduced what you were saying. you had the director of national intelligence, mr. coats, the head of the nsa, both of whom refused to talk about their conversations on this very subject with president trump, what would you like to know? >> i would like to know whether they had similar conversations? that was a purpose of my question, they did not answer them. they had no reasons. >> there is no legal basis. >> imagine you will get home 3:00 in the morning and your dad says where the heck you have...

From his questioning today. >> with regards of these conversations and his interview of lester holt on nbc, the president said i had dinner with him, he wanted to have dinner because he wanted to stay on, is this is an accurate statement? >> no, sir. >> did you initiate that dinner? >> no. >> he called me at my desk and asked me was i free for dinner that night. >> did the same interview the president said in one case i called him and one case he called me, is that an accurate statement? >> it is press conference on may 19th, the president had asked whether he had urged you to shut down on mic...