host: anna massoglia from the center for responsive politics. what does the center for responsive politics do? guest: it is a nonpartisan, nonprofit research group. we track all the money that flows into that. host: your latest report talks about foreign interest spending in the united states. what exactly is a foreign interest? are mostly basing our research on the foreign agent registration act data. we are able to see what type of governments, other political parties in foreign countries, individuals from foreign countries are spending on political means, pr or lobbying in the united states. host: $534 million was spent by foreign governments, political parties and other foreign interests to influence united states government or public opinion since 2017. what was the money spent on? guest: their spending it in a lot of different ways. a lot of that is lobbying, trying to directly influence policy in the united states. with discussion of tariffs and trade recently, we've seen a large uptick. also for tourism purposes. and a lot of just differ

coming up, on today's the center journal" for responsive politics' anna massoglia talks about foreign laterng in the u.s., and usa today's jayne o'donnell discusses the fda's consideration of e-cigarette regulations and a look at the witht to control superbug maryn mckenna. ♪ host: good morning. welcome to "washington journal." president trump revoked the security clearance of john brennan, a frequent critic of his administration. intelligence officials have criticized that move, but president trump seems to be on his way to revoking other security clearances of other critics of his administration in the intelligence community. we want to know what you think of president trump revoking the security clearances and canceling the one for john brennan. republicans, call 202-748-8001. democrats can call in at 202-748-8000. independents, you can call in at 202-748-8002. you can also reach us on social media, on twitter and on facebook. president trump actually talk to reporters on friday as he was leaving the white house to start his weekend vacation. this is what he had to say about revoki

coming up, on today's the center journal" for responsive politics' anna massoglia talks about foreign laterng in the u.s., and usa today's jayne o'donnell discusses the fda's consideration of e-cigarette regulations and a look at the witht to control superbug maryn mckenna. ♪ host: good morning. welcome to "washington journal." president trump revoked the security clearance of john brennan, a frequent critic of his administration. intelligence officials have criticized that move, but president trump seems to be on his way to revoking other security clearances of other critics of his administration in the intelligence community. we want to know what you think of president trump revoking the security clearances and el