boston, but when we look at folks in the intelligence committee when it was helmed by political appointees by obama, they monitored some of the work of the senate intelligence committee, that is in my view one of the most interesting and controversial moments to come out of the obama administration. there was an apology for people in the intelligence community for trying to keep tabs on the work that senate staffers were diannes it related to feinstein who was the top democrat on that committee. the controversial torture report. that report looked into some of the methods the cia has used over the course of the war on terrorism to try to get information out of people they had detained. cia and people in the thelligence committee -- in intelligence community were critical of the fact that dianne feinstein in the committee she helped how released information releasedped helm information about the methods they used, but they did apologize for trying to keep tabs on the work that democrat and republican oversight officials were doing. host: we have had a number of tweets along the same lines, but this one kind of summarizes it or it michael writes

♪ >>> new intelligence about the future threat of russia meddling in future eelections. senator mark warner of the senate intelligence committeehere hearings are under way. let's bring in nbc intelligence and national security reporter ken dilanian. what's interesting here is they had one of these last year at the beginning of the trump administration. but this year, we're seeing some new and very forceful statements about the threat from russia, in particular, election meddling. essentially the statement says they expect, the intelligence chiefs expect russia to continue and to ramp up their cyber operations, to manipulate the american political system, and they expect the russians will try to meddle in the american midterm elections in 2018 and that russia will continue to amount aggressive cyber operations against the united states, against nato, against ukraine and other places around the world, ali. >> so nothing new, but one more thing we have to understand whether the president is going to take seriously. >> well, what's new is the way that they're putting it in this document, which was not phrased this way in last year

there is a lot of breaking news from this senate intelligence committee hearing today. the senate intelligence chiefs saying the united states is under cyber attack, that russia is already targeting the 2018 midterm elections here in the u.s. a dire warning. that's coming up. >>> plus the fbi responding to questions about the president's attacks against his agency and whether the fbi is biased. stand by. we have a lot more. this is cnn's special live coverage. relief and zicam intense sinus relief. for colds and allergies, get your better back with zicam nasal sprays. they were the best team in the world.s. we were about to pull off the greatest upset in american sports history. but we were more than american... i never realized we were from all over. italian, middle eastern, jewish, turkey, iran. that's what makes america what it is. we all came together as one. that's what made us champions. when it comes to travel, i sweat the details. late checkout... ...down-alternative pillows... ...and of course, price. tripadvisor helps you book a... ...hotel without breaking a s

here is fbi director christopher wray testifying today at the senate intelligence committee. national intelligence director dan coats also weighed in on the background check process. was the fbi aware of allegations related to rob porter and his domestic abuse? and if so, was the white house informed it could affect his a , when wereearance they informed and who at the white house was informed? >> senator, there is a limit to what i could say about the content of any particular background investigation for a variety of reasons you could appreciate. i will say the background investigation process involves an elaborate set of standards, guidelines, protocols and agreements that have been replaced for -- that have been in place for 20 plus years. i am confident that in this particular instance, the fbi follow the established protocols. s thewyden: but wa white house informed of his security clearance? >> i cannot get into the content. submitted you the fbi a partial report on the investigation in question in march. and then a completed background investigation in late july. soon

structure amid the continuing allegations of russia toys one of the investigators on the senate intelligence committee now has found himself in broad controversy jacqueline bukas . in case you haven't noticed the democratic party is very worried about big bad russia the film portals into our society the kremlin claim and russia has harnessed the tremendous and quite frankly to me frightening power of social media truly troubling evidence of the scope and reach of russia's interference in our last election and the top democrat on the senate's russian investigation mark warner is no exception to the rule i'm concerned. but the president still does not recognize the severity of the threat but apparently warner does and he will do anything necessary to battle moscow's reach based on leaked text messages between the senator and a second party it looks like when it comes to the russian threat the ends justifies any means and clued in attempting to carry out some collusion of your own several of the messages show warner trying to arrange a secret meet up with christopher steele the former spy behind the now

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and this stark assessment from the republican chairman of the senate intelligence committee. >> we've seen some activity at state-elected officials that were attempts electronically to search those individuals. so, we assume that there's still the intent. >> reporter: some senators criticizing president trump, who recently said this. >> could very well have been russia, but i think it could well have been other countries, and i won't be specific, but i think a lot of people interfere. >> question cannot confront this threat, which is a serious one, with a whole of government response when the leader of the government continues to deny that it exists. >> it's remarkable you still don't have the president of the united states acknowledging the level of this threat. >> reporter: you want to hear more from him? >> we've all been waiting a long time. >> all right, let's get to pierre thomas. and pierre, there were pointed questions today about who exactly is in charge of this effort to combat russian interference. is any one agency overseeing this, protecting the u.s.? >> reporter: all the

of the richest men in russia and according to republican senator marco rubio the whole senate intelligence committee has known about the contacts for months so if the other the democrats nor the republicans care about warner's conduct is it just that collusion is a problem reserved for only one party or is the reality here that russia is just being used in a political game of chess one or said it one point we have to be careful of paraphrasing here i don't want a paper trail now if what he was doing was fine and dandy and innocuous and no big deal then why would he care if there was a paper trail he certainly should have or his staff should have known who he was communicating with who this lobbyist represented if you're going to talk to a lobbyist about getting a one on one face to face with christopher steele then you should know who you're dealing with in trying to arrange that need. the fix was in the ta is there between the democrats and russia more so than anything trump ever had to do with russia but it just shows what hypocrites they are and the american media just ignores these things this i

amid the continuing allegations of trumped russia ties one of the investigators on the senate intelligence committees found himself embroiled in controversy to jaclyn. in case you haven't noticed the democratic party is very worried about big bad russia the film portals into our society the kremlin clan russia has harnessed the tremendous and quite frankly to me frightening power of social media truly troubling evidence of the scope and reach of russia's interference in our last election and the top democrat on the senate's russian investigation mark warner is no exception to the rule i'm concerned. but the president still does not recognize the severity of the threat but apparently warner does and he will do anything necessary to battle moscow's reach based on leaked text messages between the senator and a second party it looks like when it comes to the russian threat the ends justifies any means and clued in attempting to carry out some collusion of your own several of the messages show warner trying to arrange a secret meet up with christopher steele the former spy behind the now infamous trump do

amid the continuing allegations of trumped russia ties one of the investigators on the senate intelligence committee has found himself and brought in control to see jacqueline berger has the details. in case you haven't noticed the democratic party is very worried about big bad russia the film portals into our society the kremlin clan russia has harnessed the tremendous and quite frankly to me frightening power of social media truly troubling evidence of the scope and reach of russia's interference in our last election and the top democrat on the senate's russian investigation mark warner is no exception to the rule i'm concerned. but the president still does not recognize the severity of the threat but apparently warner does and he will do anything necessary to battle moscow's reach based on leaked text messages between the senator and a second party it looks like when it comes to the russian threat the ends justifies any means and clued in attempting to carry out some collusion of your own several of the messages show warner trying to arrange a secret meet up with christopher steele the former spy

of the richest men in russia and according to republican senator marco rubio the whole senate intelligence committee has known about the contacts for months so if the other the democrats nor the republicans care about warner's conduct is it just that collusion is a problem reserved for only one party or is the reality here that russia is just being used in a political game of chess one or said it one point we have to be careful of paraphrasing here i don't want a paper trail now if what he was doing was fine and dandy and innocuous and no big deal then why would he care if there was a paper trail he certainly should have or his staff should have known who he was communicating with who this lobbyist represented if you're going to talk to a lobbyist about getting a one on one face to face with christopher steele then you should know who you're dealing with in trying to arrange that need. the fix was in the ta is or between the democrats and russia more so than anything trump ever had to do with russia but it just shows what hypocrites they are and the american media just ignores these things. would co

of the richest men in russia and according to republican senator marco rubio the whole senate intelligence committee has known about the contacts for months so if the other the democrats nor the republicans care about warner's conduct is it just that collusion is a problem reserved for only one party or is the reality here that russia is just being used in a political game of chess one or said it one point we have to be careful of paraphrasing here i don't want a paper trail now if what he was doing was fine and dandy and innocuous and no big deal then why would he care if there was a paper trail he certainly should have or his staff should have known who he was communicating with who this lobbyist represented if you're going to talk to a lobbyist about getting a one on one face to face with christopher steele then you should know who you're dealing with in trying to arrange that need. the fix was in the ta is or between the democrats and russia more so than anything trump ever had to do with russia but it just shows what hypocrites they are and the american media just ignores these things this is a

made the continuing out a geisha of trump russia ties one of the investigators on the senate intelligence committee has found himself embroiled in controversy as the details. in case you haven't noticed the democratic party is very worried about big bad russia russia organized the hacking of democratic political sites and state election systems were able to identify with a very high degree of confidence a group that we have attributed back to the russian government russian state actors broke into the d.n.c. stole these emails there is a watergate comparison here albeit this being perpetrated by a foreign government and the top democrat on the senate's russian investigation mark warner is no exception to the rule i'm concerned. but the president still does not recognize the severity of the threat but apparently warner does and he will do anything necessary to battle moscow's reach based on leaked text messages between the senator and a second party it looks like when it comes to the russian threat the ends justifies any means and clued in attempting to carry out some collusion of your own several of

and the continuing allegations of crushing ties one of the investigators on the senate intelligence committee has found himself and brought in controversy jacqueline who has the details on. in case you haven't noticed the democratic party is very worried about big bad russia the film portals into our society the kremlin clan russia has harnessed the tremendous and quite frankly to me frightening power of social media truly troubling evidence of the scope and reach of russia's interference in our last election and the top democrat on the senate's russian investigation mark warner is no exception to the rule i'm concerned. but the president still does not recognize the severity of the threat but apparently warner does and he will do anything necessary to battle moscow's reach based on leaked text messages between the senator and a second party it looks like when it comes to the russian threat the ends justifies any means and clued in attempting to carry out some collusion of your own several of the messages show warner trying to arrange a secret meet up with christopher steele the former spy be

that senate intelligence committee hearing is next on c-span. after that pentagon officials testify about election security issues. treasury secretary steven mnuchin will be on capitol hill wednesday to testify about the presidents 2019 budget request. follow live coverage at 10:30 a.m. eastern on c-span three. the senate will continue work on immigration legislation and take a procedural vote in the morning. topics they are debating this week are the deferred action for childhood arrivals program and border security. watch live senate coverage at 10:00 eastern on c-span two. officials say they expect russia to try to disrupt the 2018 midterec

intelligence committee. i have been called to testify before the senate intelligence and judiciary committee. te intel twice. there are a will the of us trying to figure out what's in the bottom of this. i quit the campaign in june of 2016. i worked and lived in russia in the 90s. somehow i'm being called in front of the congressional committees. which cost 20 to $30,000 each time you go. you can't go unrepresented. even if you're just a witness. there's a lot of us, people who have been following this department of justice since the obama administration. we watched for example the former secretary of the former attorney general on the tarmac. of the airport in phoenix. with clinton. >> bad move. she turned over the reigns to comey to make a decision. whether or not there was material for a prosecution. unusual. you're making a key distinction. >> i can fwo through the list. there's a litany of things that look bad and smell bad. and if this memo exposes this, as crimes. i want prosecution. i want to lock them up. >> that's a big if. here's the first problem. if that's what you want, this isn'

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have you seen the memo and you that with senator thune the senate intelligence committee should see it before it is released publicly? sen. mcconnell: no i have not and i have no suggestions to make to the speaker. speaker, do you really believe this memo has nothing to do with the special counsel's investigation? not ryan: people should draw lines, people should not implicate -- people should not be drawing lines and implicating independent issues. this does not implicate the mueller investigation, this is about us holding the system accountable and reviewing whether or not pfizer -- whether abuses occurred. the government has been given power over civil liberties, it is our job to make sure the process is followed properly, and if it is not followed -- the more transparency the better, so that the people of this country can see that their civil liberties are being protected, that the constitution is being followed. that is why we think transparency and accountability is the correct anecdote -- the correct anecdote for this. that is why this branch of government conducts oversight ove

and this stark assessment from the republican chairman of the senate intelligence committee. >> we have seen some activity at state elected officials that were attempts -- electronically, to search those individuals. so we assume that there is still the intent. >> reporter: some senators criticizing president trump who recently said this. >> could well have been russia but i think it could have been other countries. and i won't be specific. but i think a lot of people interfere. >> we cannot confront this threat which is a serious one with a whole of government response when the leader of the government continues to deny that it exists. >> it's remarkable you have all the leaders of the intelligence community but not the president of the united states acknowledging the level of the threat. >> you want to hear more from him? >> we've all been wait ago long time on this. >> reporter: all the agencies say they are doing their part. pu tonight it appears no single intelligence or law enforcement agency is in charge of responding to the russian cyberthreat. pierre thompson, abc news washingt

but republicans in the senate asked to see this memo, including the chairman of the senate intelligence committeerr, and was refused. they were all refused. the leadership of the senate has complained about that. this isn't just a part san issue. you have trump appointees, republicans in the senate, versus devin nunes and the house intelligence republicans. >> people have been wondering what position paul ryan would take on this. we have a little breaking news on this. it's just been reported that he favors releasing the democratic rebuttal to it as well as the nunes memo. >> that is late breaking news because that hasn't been his position. >> let me say one thing, what we don't know, i don't think it's stated clearly, does he favor releasing them at the same time. that's the issue. the issue has been that speaker ryan was slow walking the democratic memo. >> i think paul ryan will look back on this episode with real regret. he's sewing his own reputation here. the institutional damage that is being done by this episode is going to be felt for a long time. >> meaning what? you think he should be

pointed to the interview with the special counsel team but also an interview with the senate intelligence committee and most recently the house intelligence committee behind closed doors for nine hours were she answered questions getting into a lot of specifics about individuals and meetings during the campaign and also the transition period. here's how republicans and democrats responded. >> bret: what about the paul manafort situation? >> paul manafort was in a federal court this morning in washington and he was responding to an indictment, an additional five counts. he pled not guilty. it was his first court appearance is since his business partner rick gates got the plea agreement with the special counsel. manafort is looking at a trial date in september. he was admonished by the federal judge for releasing a statement at the end of last week where he seemed to chide gates for not being in the fight for the long-term. there is a gag order from that court from both sides. manafort's team says they are going to contest it. >> bret: john, about the turnover, there has been a lot of it. if you look

. >> prompting members of the senate intelligence committee to ask the intelligence chiefs to push backe the president, we cannot confront this threat which is a serious one the whole of government response when the leader of the government continues on deny that it exists. >> the president invently continues to deny the threat posed by russia. he didn't increase sanctions on russia when he had a chance to do so. he hasn't even tweeted a single concern. >> the russia investigation is ongoing in three separate congressional committees, plus the special counsel's office. when the fbi director was asked if the bureau would ever share information with any of the probes from the president, christopher wray was clear. >> i am not going to discuss the investigation in question with the president he, much less provide information from that investigation to him. >> write a publicly clashed with the president about making the republican memo public and now nearly two weeks later, wray continues to question the rationale behind the release. >> we have then and continue to have now grave concerns a

intelligence committee. >> that worries me. because it damages frankly an institution that is critical to our national security. the house intelligence committee just like the senate intelligence committee, was established in order to provide a bipartisan oversight of very highly sensitive and classified intelligence information. to make sure our intelligence agencies, our law enforcement agencies were doing what is necessary to do but pursuant to our constitution and the rule of law. when that bipartisanship breaks down and when intelligence starts to be used on a partisan basis, to score political points. i think that really undermines the way the intelligence committee is supposed to function. and it's going to hurt our ability to be able to have the kind of oversight we need in our democracy. >>chris: the fisa process to get a warrant in extraordinary circumstances to surveilling american citizen. devin nunes said, he had an obligation to bring up according to his argument, the fact that the democrats played politics and the fbi aided and abetted them. >> again, i am concerned about those kind of charges undermining trust in the fisa process. the fisa process

. >>> the fbi director testifying wrifr wray testing in front of the senate intelligence committee that 9 water owe handed over its final background investigation into rob porter in january. so why did the white house allow porter to continue serving until the accusations publicly surfaced? joining me in ambassador james woolsey, the former director of the cia. so good to have you on, sir. good evening to you. the fbi director testified that the bureau submitted information to the white house some four times regarding rob porter, starting in march of last year. is that an unusual number of times for the bureau to approach the white house? >> i don't know. i never had anything to do with granting of security clearances. i sometimes had to apply for one. but the mechanism and delays and so forth is something i didn't have to deal with. >> it didn't take you a year or longer to get a security clearance? >> well my first security clearance came when i was a lieutenant in the army. that was a fairly straightforward process as i recall. >> so his -- the security clearance -- porter's security

seen any evidence of any significant change from last year. >> that was the scene at the senate intelligence committeeay where the nation's top intelligence officials testified that russia continues to work to intervene in our elections. and said that president trump has not asked them to stop russia from meddling again. joining me now democratic senator amy klobuchar from minnesota out with a new plan to deter russia from future interference. what was striking today, the hearing was just, the president never told anyone this is a priority, that he cares about it. he doesn't even seem to recognize that it happened. can anything be done in absence of that crucial step? >> well, first of all it, was an unbelievable moment, chris, because you have the six security heads not from the obama administration, but from the trump administration. fbi, cia, director of intelligence, and they all said the same thing. that russia in the words of intelligence head cotes is bolder, they are emboldened basically to do this again. so what can we do? first of all, the fact these intelligence security heads have admitted

after she answered questions about the transition period in a separate meeting with the senate intelligence committee. so late in the day wolf we are told she started to answer some questions about topics in the transition but she still is not answering questions but a time at the white house. tonight white house communication communications director hope hicks refused to answer question, frustrating democrats. >> i have less hope we will get to the answers. >> reporter: was there a subpoena issued for her? >> no. >> reporter: should there beb? >> yes, i why? >> anyone who doesn't answer questions, they ought to be subpoenaed. >> reporter: but late in the day a shift as hicks began to answer questions about the transition period after she did before the senate intelligence committee. >> she's answering questions for the transition, too. >> reporter: she is starting to answer questions? >> yes. >> reporter: but she was unwilling to answer questions about her time at the white house and that follows former white house chief strategist steve bannon who previously told the committee he was instructed by

testimony before the senate intelligence committee, the hearing was that it was in the neighborhood oftotal. >> tucker: total. so this was the most expensive presidential campaign ever waged by anybody in the history of the world. 46,000, put that in perspective. if i were running for wyoming's one congressional district seat, would i spent 46,000? >> no, you would spend a lot more than that. look, the campaigns together spent $81 million on facebook on social media. that doesn't count all the super pacs, all the party committees, just the two campaigns. the money that was spent on the russians on social media was a drop in the bucket. as the deputy attorney general as the deputy attorney general said, there's no evidence itit influenced the outcome of the election. >> tucker: how many lobbyists here in washington do you know that spend more on lunch every year? >> i don't get their lunch -- >> tucker: it's a lot. i'm against foreign intervention in our elections, in our policies. though it's universal. would do you say compared to the efforts of other governments to influence the way

intelligence committees and the fbi and the white house? particularly because -- and you said the this in the lead into this segment that richard bur, the chairman of the senatentelligence committee as best as we know has not had an opportunity to review in this memo. the senate committee which has been doing this investigation into russian election meddling that seems way more bipartisan than anything going on in the house or anywhere else. the fact that they're not involved in this memo's release, as best as we can tell, is maybe the most disturbing sign of all. >> and it seems as you're saying there's a major split amongst people's views of whether or not this memo can be released at all, a lot of senate republicans, they seem to be die verging from their house colleagues on whether the memo should be released as you're talking about. we're seeing a difference on immigration and raising the debt ceiling, as well. you heard from the president that the republicans have not been more united than they are now. but from what we're seeing, are we seeing a divide within the republican party? >> there's this unity that we had on tax reform doesn't seem to be neces

how has this committee in particular, the senate select committee on intelligence been working on the question of russia, the question of threats not just from 2016 but looking forward? >> well this committee has fared quite well, at least on a relative scale. i think we have to contrast it with what's gone on in the other congressional chamber in the house where you have devin nunes who is back in the saddle when it comes to the russia investigati investigation. it started with unmasking, it's gone on to the memo he put out about the fisa process. so that's a case study in what not to do. in contrast to that, senator burr and senate or warner have have continued to operate with a great deal of comity. it sounds like there is not as much turbulence as there is in their partner committee. >> we expect the topic of russia to come up and loom large. it's open season for the senators on this committee. they can ask about anything they want and at least one of the other topics that may come up, we talk about chris wray, the head of the fbi will be there. you have to imagine one of these se

they will be speaking before the senate intelligence committee c-span3.day at also tomorrow, mick mulvaney, director of the office of budget and management -- speaking live tuesdaynate on c-span. earlier today the national portrait gallery unveiled the official portraits of former president barack obama and former first lady michelle obama. the artists were honored for their work a

i'm talking about the merit that has come out of the house intelligence committee, the hearing that we watch as morning with the senate intelligence committee. when they do that, they are really exposing raw intelligence data for us to look at because how do we know if there cherry picking is valid? we are entitled to see what's in there. just like i have been arguing for a long time, it infuriates me when a senator has slick great question and the director of national intelligence or the director of the cia or director of nsa says i'll tell you to 30, tell you at 2:30, the public's not allowed to know. these people work for us. we are allowed to know. i don't want to know something when the source is going to be harmed. were not allowed to know everything but we are allowed to know the parameters of what they are doing to keep us safe and we are allowed to know the degree of danger that confronts them and confronts us and what we don't know. >> harris: the lawmakers potentially are not in a position to question that because they don't know the answers going to be yet. they can't even save the republican can hear it b

>> we have house and senate intelligence committees review and often criticize the actions of law enforcement intelligence committee. >> it's clearly not working. >> erin, but they don't do it in a matter of a few days. taking that material and making it it public to the whole country. and by refusing to release balancing material that was kraftded by the other side of the committee. this is unpress dernted. and i'll remind you these two are connected. because i think this is part of an orchestrated effort not just by nun knees but others to undermine the investigation of special counsel robert mueller. >> senator coons, thank you very much, i appreciate your time tonight. >> thank you. >>> and next the president has three days to stop the controversial nunes memo from being released to the public. so what's going on behind the scenes at the white house tonight? >>> plus breaking news ha bombshell about peter strzok, you know that was out to get trump. wait until you hear what he is responsible for. perhaps president trump should be thank youiing him. and we saw what was in the blue box, robi

the senate intelligence committee is doing its oversight job and looking into the matter.see congress still exerting their status. what we don't see from the speaker is brushing back the members of his own conference who want to play politics on this. we don't see them take a leadership role. we see them stepping aside and letting it go forward. that's a political calculus he is making. i don't think anybody here would say the fbi should not be subject to congressional oversight. it should be. of course. that's good government. that is the role congress has. the issue here is that nunes is so clearly taking this issue and not providing just simply oversight so the american people have an answer, but trying to give president trump a calling card and ability to go out to the public and say i've said this all along. now you have to believe me. this is not on the up and up. >> the situation is fluid. we have to wait and see if the memo is released tomorrow. we he thought it woue -- we tho released today. we know the president is a master of reality show hype. now after all of

that is not with the fbi director testified to before the senate intelligence committee.at is one conflict at least so far. >> will be fascinated to see all of this uncovered. one of the things that may not be accomplice, we don't know. the initial nunes memo had talked about george papadopoulos and we will go over that and see if that is mentioned. we will be right back with more after a break. he'd be stopping for more pills right now. only aleve has the strength to stop tough pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. aleve. all day strong. thisat red lobsterest. with exciting new dishes like dueling lobster tails and lobster truffle mac & cheese. classics like lobster lover's dream are here too. so enjoy these 10 lobsterlicious dishes while you can because lobsterfest won't last. it takes a lot of work to run this business. but i really love it. i'm on the move all day long... and sometimes, i don't eat the way i should. so, i drink boost to get the nutrition i'm missing. boost high protein nutritional drink has 15 grams of protein to help maintain muscle and 26 esse

senators just gave us this joint statement. bipartisan way. and we intend to continue to do so. leaks of incomplete information out of context by anyone inside or outside our committee are unacceptable. the senate intelligence committee has been in possession of this material for several months. the full committee has that access to the material and been briefed on its content and committee investigators are pursued all relevant investigative leads related to this material. we wanted to give that full statement. waldman, who did not return calls today seeking comment runs endeavor group. he signed $40,000 a month retainer in 2009 and 2010 to petition the u.s. government on behalf of that russian billionaire. there are reports that darryl posca sued paul manafort over a business deal has information to share with the u.s. congress but last may both the senate and house intel panels decided not to give darryl legal immunity so so far he has not testified, martha. >> martha: i mean, it's clearly of interest that this has links to paul manafort and also to this lobbyist who has done work for the clintons and, you know, it's potentially at least a stream to follow up on that the russians, perhaps, were trying to

should first turn the memo over to the senate intelligence committee for review. the house speaker paul ryan who you heard a moment ago insists the memo does not indict the fbi in any way and does not undermine robert mueller's russia investigation. >> the fbi director is clear that there are facts not represented that may be inaccurate in the memo. do we expect the fbi director may have something more to say about this thing? >> well, we are hearing that he's preparing some sort of rebuttal in the event that it's released. what that exactly will be is unclear. the fbi is saying they will likely not comment on the content of the memo. there's a lot of sensitive information. it may reveal some of their operational processes. they will likely not comment on the content. where would he go from there? any sort of action he may take. what action would that be? we spent the day batting down rumors that -- the white house was spending the day batting down rumors. so, the big question in washington, what's in the memo? the second memo is how the fbi is going t

intelligence, dan coates, testifying to senators that russia is already taking steps to meddle in the mid-term elections. his warning from his federal intelligence chiefs. they told the senate intelligence committee expect russia to pick up the pace as americans get ready to vote in november. catherine herridge is live on capitol hill. hi, catherine. >> hi, shep. what we heard through testimony this morning from the nation's intelligence chief is that russia saw the election in 2016 a big win because they used propaganda, social media, false flag operations and they're already laying the ground work for the mid-term elections in 2018. here's the senior democrat on the committee a short time ago. >> in ways we're no better prepared than in 2016. make no mistake, this didn't begin in 2016 and didn't end with the election. we're seeing a continuous assault by russian to target and undermine our democratic institutions. they're going to keep coming at us. >> right now they're about an hour in that closed door classified session where they were going to take up the issue of russia and how they work with their criminal syndicates to amplify these operations and not only target the united states but oth

whether it should be shared or declassified, that the house intelligence committee chairman refuses to share classified documents with senate intelligence committee chairman, who is a republican, that government officials are exposing secret materials thought to shed light on surveillance under fisa which is among the crown jewels of intelligence information. >> you are absolutely right. this is not usual. look, there are obviously fights all the time about what can and can't be released, whether to declassify this or that. this is so out of the norm for that kind of a process, both because of the way it's been handled and because of, you know, obviously sensitive issue at hand which is involving the investigation into the president of the united states and the federal bureau of investigation. if you are in the white house, what they have to worry about right now is what will chris wray do. julia mentioned, this is a trump appointee, somebody they cannot portray as part of the deep state, somebody they cannot portray as part of the obama loe hold over legacy and what will he do if this memo is released without redactions an

on top of all that, we do have a larger report that we've got to get done from the senate intelligence committee's been our focus from the beginning to be a bipartisan supported report we are now trying to put out individual republican or democrat reports. let's put it out together and say here are the facts that we've got. the best that we can put out in an unclassified method to let people see the whole of what has happened and what we think should happen in the days ahead to be able to protect our system. >> and that report is on track for the end of the month? >> i wish i could tell you it's for the end of the month. every time we start going through the editing process we find one more person we need to be able to visit with. this has happened several months. i thought we would have it in by the end of last year. there are additional people we need to connect with and interview. we're doing it as fast as we can and working as much as possible as we can across party lines. i think it is important not just for the president, but for the presidency that this is done right and i think it's also

intelligence have warned that russian attempts to meddle in american politics are continuing unabated and pose a threat to mid—term congressional elections in november. testifying to a senate committeetional intelligence director said russia believes its interference in the 2016 presidential election largely achieved its main aim to weaken faith in american democracy. jane o'brien has more. part of the job of america's intelligence chiefs is to sound the alarm and dan coats rang it loud and clear. the united states is under attack. under attack by entities that are using cyber to penetrate virtually every major action that takes place in the united states. and while iran, north korea and china were all named, russia was emphasised. we expect russia to continue using propaganda, social media, personas, sympathetic spokesmen and other means to influence to try to build on its wide range of operations and exacerbate social and political fissures in the united states. us intelligence agencies all agree that moscow meddled with the presidential election and will try to mess with november's mid—terms. it is an assessment apparently at odds with the president's view. we can't confront this

wray appeared before the senate intelligence committee along with all of the nation's intelligence chiefsress they view russia as a threat to the 2018 midterm elections. the director of national intelligence dan coats saying, quote, "there should be no doubt," unquote, that russia sees the elections as a target. cnn's jessica schneider joins us now with more. the intelligence agencies were asked if the president has directed them to take action to stop interference from the russians. what did they say? >> they all either said flat out no, the president has not directed them to take any actions or they danced around the issue saying the president has only indicated they should fight all foreign threats. but it was quite clear that despite this uniform response from all six intelligence chiefs that russia has meddled and continues to meddle. the president has not been directing a fight to combat this huge issue and in fact, anderson, tonight cnn has learned from multiple sources that the president is still unconvinced that russia interfered in the 2016 election. and those sources say that h