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The years ahead with president trump. myself and my colleagues have spoken to foreign diplomats, allies of the u.s., who are concerned about how this intelligence, the most secret intelligence is talked about by the president, an ongoing worry that we've heard about before and those concerns deeper now. wolf? >> indeed. all right. thanks very much. jim sciutto reporting. joining us now a key member of both the intelligence and foreign relations committee senator james risch of idaho. thanks for joining us. >> spoil alert. i take a little different view than the interviews you've done so far. >...

A very defiant president trump says he has the absolute right to share intelligence with russia and his top officials are downplaying any possible damage from his security breach, but we're also learning that a close u.s. ally, israel, was the source of intelligence that the president gave away to a u.s. adversary russia. there's growing alarm right now. there's outrage up on capitol hill where the cia director is briefing lawmakers this hour. we're back with republican senator james risch of idaho, a member of both the intelligence and foreign relations committees. senator, last july, you'll ...

Make that statement, that same point? >> i'm not going to tell the white house what to do. you heard where i am on it, wolf, and i'm firm on that. the white house is going to have to take that obligation, and by the way, this trip that's coming up is a huge deal. you heard mcmaster review the details, and i don't know whether anyone was paying attention where they wanted to get to the end where they could ask him about conversations with the russians. look, he's going to meet with the heads of 50 muslim states in saudi arabia, 50 muslim countries. this is a big deal that's coming up, this trip...

Whether it was appropriate to disclose publicly. that's not what he did. look, again, i come back to here there's a weasel here, and the weasel is not the.of the united states. it's the traitor who disclosed these facts "the washington post." i wish you'd go out and interview "the washington post" and ask them to disclose who that is. >> those are confidence, sources as you well know. senator, let me get into it very quickly into another aspect, this entire controversy comes as the president is preparing for his first foreign trip. he leaves friday for saudi arabia. >> right. >> and then he's ...

As to how to make an airline trip safe because you don't fly just in one country. frequently you fly from country to country and it's important that every single intelligence agency in the world that's interested in harrell safety be fully engaged, be fully informed on what's going on. so i -- this thing is way blown out of proportion when it comes to who is going to be upset about this. >> senator, there's much more to discuss. >> there is. >> i want you to stay with us. much more with senator risch right after this. hi guys. it's great to be here. in the desert. at the mall. on the mountain....