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Trump. he very much so aligns with his views, the president's views on china. and to see that perhaps he haddim so sort of connection to stephan halper, suspected fbi informant and invited him into the white house. he went to one white house meeting, another at the executive office building, the eisenhower building. and something like that is really going to anger the president. and we might not hear from it yet, but he is -- it's obviously consuming him in this entire narration. >> of course. yeah, ken dilanian, you've been doing a lot of the reporting for this network on this topic. and i kn...

This took place, really, before the election, so in the lead up to the election and during the campaign. and peter navarro was first hired by the trump administration due to his hawkish stance on china. and stephane halper, the suspected fbi informant, the white house and fbi have not confirmed he was. >> the "times" and "post" have said he was. we have not confirmed that. continue. >> he was an academic, as well, a well-known academic, and the white house said to us in a statement following up on this story that it was very unremarkable that they had these conversations. and that peter navarr...

Does not -- he's not embracing the idea they were investigating these potential suspected foreign agents because they were trying to protect his campaign from russia influence. he sees it as they were trying to get him. kasie. >> elena, what are the implications for halper in all of this? he clearly is somebody who has been in and out of government, has a lot of relationships here. i mean, is his career as an informant on the side over? >> well, that's a really great question and something that we actually in writing this story and reporting out this story were hesitant to report his name as s...

Informant, to talk to americans serving in the presidential campaign. let's not kid ourselves. that is a huge deal. my sources say that probably required the approval of the attorney general of the united states. it speaks to the extent to which the fbi is suspected russian influence on the trump campaign and were trying to get to the bottom of it. but it is open to criticism, because these were unsuspecting members of the trump campaign. some suspect a foreign agent, but in the case of sam clovis, we're not sure. this person allegedly working for the fbi goes and tries to incriminate them. th...

You have the south koreans saying there is a 99% chance. i think their number is actually lower. that's not to say it won't happen. it's possible that come that weekend we'll all be getting on a plane and heading over to asia. but i think at this point the best you can say is tbd. >> tbd, like so much in our often daily schedules. hallie jackson, thank you so much. we'll be back with you once the briefing gets under way. new details now about the man president trump accuses of infiltrating and spying on his campaign. action those reports the president almost hired stephan halper to be a seni...