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>> to date we have made 20 requests for individual to be interviewed by the committee. as we stand here today five are alrady scheduled on the books and probably within the next 10 days the remaining 15 will have a scheduled debate. eric: it seems as full speed ahead for the senate intelligence committee's investigation into russia and the 2016 election. this is the british broadcasting corporation is reporting that u.s. officials have confirmed part of that explosive dossier by the former mi-6 agent specifically the claim that a kremlin spy had been masquerading as a russian diplomat in washi...

Why would nuñes then need to return to the white house the next day to brief president trump? eric: they could walk in the oval office, can't they, and have a meeting with the president? >> well, walk-in access varies, obviously d. eric: have an appointment. >> in theory, there is a direct pathway for that information to get from this staffer to the president without it needing to go through the chairman of the intelligence committee, and that's where you're seeing these claims from adam schiff and other democrats come from that the white house is somehow trying to launder intelligence throug...

Why aren't we dealing with that? then you have to look at the iranian influence and the fact that we've got to get that out. syria is in such sad shape, but it doesn't have to be that way. if you look back, so many things could have been done to prevent where we are today, and that's what we need to focus on now. eric: and that's u.s. ambassador nikki haley. in our next hour here on "america's news headquarters," by the way, part two will be tomorrow night at 6 p.m. eastern, and she told me what surprised her the most at the u.n. was the constant criticism about israel. she'll speak about that...

Basic science research by our federal government, our federal agencies, and this is why it's so important that, you know, that these, you know -- eric: protect the federal dollars. >> protect the federal dollars, protect the federal research because if it wasn't for those men or women in those basic science benches, we would not have the discoveries that we have. eric: that's a message to the president. >> mr. president, if you're listening, you know i love you, but let's protect those dollars. eric: dr. manny, thanks so much. certainly is promising and really important. thank you. arthel? art...

Significant the penetration was, who they talk to and that they actually manage to influence people to do things they wouldn't otherwise do? eric: in terms of long-standing operations you said that would predate donald trump. >> absolutely and frankly it should. good tradecraft dictates that they russians build on this capability over time. the idea that the russians became interested in influencing the outcome of american politics only during the run-up to the 2016 election frankly is ludicrous. the real question to me is how did the context go and whether or not the contacts really were impr...