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Statement, "israel has full confidence in our intelligence sharing with the united states and look forward to deepening that relationship in the years ahead under president trump." we just heard peter refer to that statement. what else can you tell us about this intelligence relationship with israel? how significant is it? >> it's hugely significant, craig. i got to say, this kind of a sharing mistake is sort of the worst nightmare for the intelligence community. it is one thing to inappropriately share information from the british with the french. that can be a diplomatic incident. this is sh...

Ally, that the information, that intelligence, had been shared by the president with russia? and when that took place. my colleague, hallie jackson, peppered sean spicer with some questions on this topic just a short time ago with sean spicer. take a listen. >> few more questions for you, sean. number one, israel is the ally here who provided information that the president then shared with the russians. it is our reporting that that is the case. can you please speak to that? >> i cannot comment specifically on that. im's obviously pleased to see the ambassador's comment. we appreciate the rela...

On camera, he insists that everything the president said and shared was, in his words on multiple occasions, quote, wholly appropriate. >> hey, peter, really quickly. the off-camera briefing there from sean spicer was a little odd i think to a lot of folks, audio only. any idea why that was the case? >> i haven't asked them specifically about that. this is certainly not the first time we've had an off-camera breefrg briefing. as a messaging effort, a lot of times they want the face of their message to be front and center. i think that's the reason that sean wanted to give us the information. w...

Republicans plan to take any action or truly demand answers from the white house. many of them just say that they hope more information will be provided. they see this as another distraction from the republican policy agenda. i think what jeff flake told those reporters on capitol hill, jeff flake, republican from arizona, said he is used to drama from the white house and at this point it really is what it is. it is sort of going to continue, he said. not really taking into account that if anyone is going to stop the drama from trickling down from the white house, it would be those republicans...

For more on that, we're going to bring in general wesley clark, former nato supreme allied commander. there is the general. general, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> for joining me. just first of all, your general reaction. again, reporting that israel is the source of this information. >> well, first of all, presidents do sometimes talk about things that are classified, and legally they have a right to declassify it. the right process wasn't followed in this case. i'm sure that h.r. mcmaster is going to be very, very careful of the future to work with the people who brief the president and...