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We'll be more than happy to support general mattis in a bipartisan way. >> the trump administration did not have him come speak to the house, which is not required by light. we feel slighted. i would feel -- i do feel the same way that the ranking member feels in terms of what the administration, how they're treating the house of representatives in this body. it's times like this that we need to rise above the future trump administration. >> shepard, sources say that they believe that general mattis will receive the waiver but it's closer than it needs to be because of the anger of the democra...

Civilian control of the military. by eliminating that discussion, the house got revenge and it was a narrow vote out of the armed services committee. he only received 34 votes to 28 votes. now the debate is being led by adam smith, a democrat from washington who is on the house armed services committee. he's really -- he says he will vote against mattis because he's upset that the trump transition team did not provide him to speak to congress about civilian control of the military. here's what he and duncan humner said moments ago on the house floor. >> i don't want to set that precedent. so a...

Russian meddling in the u.s. election. we know that included in the briefing was again that two-page synopsis of those unsubstantiated allegations. >> yes, it was indeed. thank you very much, jim sciutto. evan perez, justice correspondent, is here. you're getting new information, as well. what are you learning? >> reporter: we're told that at friday's briefing between the intelligence chiefs and the president-elect there was a private one-on-one conversation between the director of the fbi, james comey, and the president-elect trump. it was during that discussion that the president-elect was i...

Need also to inform congress because we play a role in national security policy also. but i'm very confident that he will make the judgments that are necessary to properly inform the president, and if necessary inform the congress. >> you also asked general mattis about russia specifically. said it's important to recognize reality, his words, when it comes to what russia is up to. do you think he could change president-elect trump's mind when it comes to russia and putin? >> i think he will make the case based on the facts, based upon the realities that he sees. and again, based i hope on accu...

Inauguration. that he -- he felt that this was serious. he understood why the president and president-elect were briefed. he also if anything, he encouraged sort of encouraged president-elect trump to be circumspect about speaking out about this. >> what was impressive, david, was that these nominees who were before these committees today, when mattis or pompeo, they made it clear they're willing to speak to donald trump and tell him, you know what, mr. president, when he's the president, you're wrong, here's what we believe. they weren't shy, distancing themselves from their confirmation hear...