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house this past week, but now the ranking member of the house intelligence committee is speaking out. talked with cnn today. where does their investigation go now? well, one of the big things that both the house and senate intel committees are trying to weigh is just how valuable michael flynn, the former national security adviser s testimony will be. of course, the big bombshell at the end of the week is that flynn said he is willing to testify if he is granted immunity for that testimony. he s offered this up to both of those committees. he has offered it up to fbi and the justice department, but it seems as though the committees in the congress are a little skeptical that there will be any real value in flynn s testimony, at least to the point where they would be willing to take that immunity. this is what adam schiff, that ranking member on the house intel committee, had to stay about it this morning on state of the union. we don t want to do anything that will interfe ....
or prove he s been putting out false information about his predecessor. how is the white house preparing? reporter: hi, ana. they seem to be preparing by standing ground, not backing down from the president s allegations made two weeks ago. we heard the president himself do so just yesterday at that press conference with germany s chancellor angela merkel and in an interview last week. shown sho white house press secretary sean spicer has said that the president is confident evidenced will come out that will vindicate him. but spicer also claimed that the british intelligence service helped president obama spy on ten-candidate trump in trump tower. that claim has been denied vehemently by the british, also by a top u.s. national security official. and so, but the white house doesn t seem to be showing any outward concern about what the fbi director and set to say on monday. and as you noted, he is expected really tough position, trying to substantiate this tweet. there doesn ....
issues for the benefit and safety of the american people. by grandstanding and political sizing the investigation into russia s actions, james comey created unnecessary pressure on our ability to negotiate with russia. james comey is ready to break his silence, seming an invitation to testify in open session before the senate intelligence committee at some point after memorial day. let s go now to riyadh, saudi arabia, where nbc s kristen welker is traveling with the president today. in a few minutes, president trump will officially be welcomed by the saudi royals. what will that look like? reporter: well, this is going to take place at the royal court palace. it will include the first lady and then a little bit later on the president will have a bilateral meeting with king salman. this is a day that s going to be filled with pomp and circumstance and the president will be meeting with saudi and arab leaders. his goal is to have a bit of a reset, to send the message he s n ....
today officials authorize today know. trump supporters complaining about the source of leaks rather than the substance of the leak, jim sciutto. reporter: a source close to ambassador susan rice tells me the claims she improperly unmasked u.s. citizens caught up in surveillance is in a word false coming from ambassador rice, but i ve also spoken to senior intelligence officials from democratic and republican administrations to ask them about the process of unmasking. is it unusual, illegal? and the answer is usually no, not unusual, not illegal. they say a couple of things, one the law allows it, two for it to happen the official requests, the intelligence community has to approve it, it is often times approved because that official wants to provide more information as they are reading intelligence report they want to know more about the significance, that is shared between the briefer. it s possible that official could do that him or herself but by nature of it it is only ....
supreme court. the obsession with covering everything he says on twitter and very little what he does as president that s his preferred message of communication. the administration attempting to down play the importance of the president s tweets. the policy of the social media, chris. it is social media. it is not social media. it is his words. his thoughts. it is not a policy. it is social media. after tauting twitter as an essential part of the president s strategy for months. donald trump s social media platform is a powerful way for him to connect with the people. also education kalating his fight with london s mayor, accusing him of offering a pathetic excuse when he advised london residents not to be alarmed by increased security in the city. offering the scathing response when asked about mr. trump s planned visit to the u.k. his policies go against everything we stand for. apparently on message when he tweeted out there was a big meeting today w ....