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this morning the white house is in full blown crisis management mode scrambling to respond to another explosive allegation, this time from the same paper that brought down richard nixon. revealing he revealed highly classified information to the russian ambassador last week. and quote gave them code word material relating to isis, even saying a specific city where a threat was detected according to current and former u.s. officials. they say no intel sources or methods were revealed. >> the story that came out tonight as reported is false. the president and the foreign minister reviewed a range of common threats to our two countries including threats to civil aviation. at no time, at no time were intelligence sources or methods discussed and

not disclose any military operations not publicly known. >> the question is believinged to have stemmed from a u.s. partner that did not give the u.s. permissioning to share it and it's causing an uproar in washington with both democrats and republicans calling it disturbing, and deeply concerning. for more we're joined by nbc's tra traciepotts. >> reporter: according to our sources he has the right to reveal classified information to declassify that information. the question this morning is why was it done? was it intentional? did the president even realize that this information was classified that he was sharing with the russians? and not only was it classified but it came from a partner that had not given permissi

you heard snome of the reaction from the national security advisor talking about the fact sources were not revealed but that's not the crux of this report. it's the fact the information was revealed in a way that could allow another country a bad apple so to speak to determine what that source was and that's the concern. >> a lot of questions remain. thanks. and while the west wing is embroild in its latest controversy, the administration is going full steam ahead in its search for a new fbi director. but even before a new director is named, law makers want to know what's behind trump's tweet about secretly recorded conversations with comey. we have the latest. >> reporter: the president's focusing on finding a new fbi director but the one he fired still cast as shadow with new questions about whether the president really

implied in a tweet or whether he records any private conversations. >> why won't you explain whether or not there are recordings. >> the president has made it clear what his position is. >> so how is any government official supposed to feel comfortable? >> if pt is taping people in the white house without their knowledge, that is a very big deal. >> reporter: to some on capitol hill, it really is. >> if there are no tapes, she should apologize to james comey. >> i doubt if there are but we need clear the air. >> reporter: why? because law makers want to know whether president trump made any improper requests of comey. the acting attorney general sally yates tells the white

susceptible to blackmail by russia. immediately after the president's briefed. at some point either that day or the next comey is summoned to dinner last minute according to a former senior fbi official. yates meets again with the white house counsel. comey silent so far declined an invitation to talk privately to congress. instead he wants a public hearing. eger to step out of the shadows and share his story. >> that was net nbc's hally jac. they're investigating a fiery plane crash that killed two crew members on board. exploding into a fire ball and damaging two nearby buildings. cars th s in the parking lot we burnt to a crisp. witnesses say it appeared to be in trouble as it tried to land. >> i saw the plane come over in front of us

side flying iratically and my girlfriend linda was on the passenger seat and she said oh, my god. >> no one on the ground appears to have been injured. deadline is reporting that hackers have stolen disney's new pirate's of the caribbean movie "dead men tell no tales." threatening to release clips of the film. they are evealed that a movie was stolen during an employee town hall. they reports disney is wurorkin with the fbi. disney has not responded to n nbc's request for comment. this follows the malware attack, wannacry. >> reporter: according to the fbi

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that announcement comes days after the north successfully tested a missile. moon a liberal has been open to possible talks with north korea if the kirk couple stances are right. >> it's 4:30. the white house is also embroiled in another cop throw versy. >> the president revealed highly classified intelligence information to sergei lavrov and the russian ambassador. it talked about the isolated use of laptop computers on planes. h.r. mcmaster is strongly denying the report. >> the story that came out tonight as reported is false. the president and the foreign minister reviewed a range of common threats to our two countries including threats to civil