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Tell me that that is pretty standard procedure. senators warner and burr also said that it is pretty standard for whistleblowers to go to the committees and ask how to proceed. walk me through your reporting. >> well, we've been looking at what the whistleblower did before he filed the whistleblower complaint. and you are exactly right, this is standard procedure. the whistleblower first went to the cia general counsel and gave a vague warning. and that prompted an investigation by the cia and the white house, but that was the very people that the whistleblower thought should be investigated. ...

Through this process, and get it to the intelligence committees. it's just giving it to them for their attention. it doesn't mean it's going to become public. and i think it's really undermining their oversight authority. and i should add, anderson, that the reporting requirement is not just for the house intelligence committee, but also for the senate intelligence committee. so it will be interesting to see whether senators warner and burr also, you know, stake out some kind of interest in getting this information as well. >> to that end, our colleague, ted barrett, just spoke to senator warn...

Through this process and get it to the intelligence committees. it's just giving it to them for their attention. it doesn't mean it's going to become public. and i think it's really undermining their oversight authority. and i should add, anderson, that the reporting requirement is not just for the house intelligence committee, but also for the senate intelligence committee. so it will be interesting to see whether senators warner and burr also, you know, stake out some kind of interest in getting this information as well. >> to that end, our colleague, ted barrett, just spoke to senator warne...

Creates this impression that the election system here in the united states is vulnerable. is that right? >> absolutely. and we know that russia targeted all 50 states, penetrated some more than others including the state of illinois had access to some 200,000 voters' information. so this is clearly an issue. i mean, the positive side is kudos to senators warner and bur for being the adults in the room throughout this process and having an effective and bipartisan inquiry here on this committee, looking into what they can do to avoid going forward having the same crisis. i do have to say, thoug...

You make of this very public split between senators warner and burr, given that the intelligence committee in the senate, unlike the house, has worked well together in a bipartisan way. >> yeah, i'm not sure i'd read too much into it just now, anderson. look, there are still witnesses to be called on the senate side, there's still a final report to be written, and of course, the very word "collusion," which is the word over which senators burr and warner split is subject to a lot of different interpretations. so i'm encouraging people to remember that you've got three investigations out there,...