now after two months spent underground its author, christopher steele, is back. last night on this show the top democrat on house intelligence made news. he said he was determined his intelligence committee should talk to christopher steele, should talk to the man who compiled this dossier. we'll have more on that in a second. but you know admittedly, right, some of this, the consequence is done, right? admittedly it's done. i mean, you know what hillary clinton is doing tonight? she's posted a snapchat video. she got a new hair cut. she's posting a snapchat video for women's day, international women's day saying every issue is a women's issue so stand up and resist and run for office. she's on snapchat, meanwhile, donald trump is president and apparently tonight he just appointed his ambassador to russia. his nominee will be jon huntsman of utah. you know, in 2012, donald trump derided jon huntsman's own presidential ambitions saying that as ambassador to china jon huntsman "gave away our country" to them. well, now apparently that's just the guy to give away ou

christopher steel is a former mi6 officer. last night on this show the top democrat on the house intelligence committee told us that the house intelligence committee will be very interested in banks testimony from christopher steel for the house intelligence committee's inquiry into the trump campaign and its ties with russia. certainly we'll want to get to the bottom of the details of the that dossier and what's been reported and just how mr. steel based those conclusions. he told us, quote, if it's an issue of him not wanting to appear and face questions, we welcome his cooperation in any manner that he is comfortable. quote, if there's an issue about he is willing to come before the committee, i can say i am more than willing to go to him. i know there are other members of the committee who would join me in that. that's an unusual offer from a top member of a congressional intelligence committee. i will come to you, sir. stay where you are, we can come to you. this is a guy who clearly thinks he has safety issues. he's been

christopher steele? no, james bond. you can imagine, it's such a sin matally perfect iconic mi 6 spy name. christopher steel. he's a real person who is an ex mi 6 british spy. he is the author of that dossier of the supposed strange russian dirt on donald trump. that salacious dossier was dismissed as unsupported but outlandishly salacious in terms of its wild personal allegations about our new president. and to this day nobody has provided one whit of evidence that any of the sex stuff, the salacious and personal stuff about donald trump is true. not one whit of evidence. but that wasn't the only thing in that dossier and we have had two reports, one from cnn and one from the "new yorker" saying that u.s. intelligence and law enforcement sources have been finding that the dossier kind of holds up otherwise. they've been able to corroborate the less salacious stuff in the dossier, the stuff about the trump campaign and people in trump's orbit. "u.s. investigators say they have corroborated details in a dossier compiled

question in the infamous dossier that was put together by this former british operative named christopher steel. why did you feel the need to brief the president on that at the time? >> we felt that it was important that he know about it, that it was out there, and without

do you think they'll be able to get them, first of all, christopher steele? they're going to get manafort. he's already agreed to show. senator murphy has a good point, and, david, that there might be some restraints on the truth. what would they be? what could be kept from us? >> i think the fbi has a lot more work to do, though, before we have a smart hearing because, for example, christopher steele, even if he would come to the united states to testify, which is not clear at all, he -- >> because the russians might try to kill him. >> he's not sure how the trump administration would greet him either. >> well, they won't kill him. >> i don't think they'll kill him, but he's concerned about legal jeopardy potentially sources tell me. but he's made a series of allegations in the dossier. they are unproven, and the fbi is investigating them right now. so if he came to congress and repeated these allegations, that would be pretty unsatisfactory. we sort of need the fbi to get to the truth or falsity of these things. i mean the allegation is a conspiracy between

first, let me ask you, ask you describe who christopher steele is? >> no, i'm not going to comment on that. >> are you investigating the claims made in the dossier? >> i'm not going to comment on that, mr. castro. >> okay. christopher steele is a former british intelligence officer with a career built on following ruche sha is important. this is not someone who does not know how to run a source and not someone without contacts. the allegations it raises about president trump's campaign aides' connections to russians when overlaid with known established facts and timelines from the 2016 campaign are very revealing. so, let's begin. if general, as my colleagues have discussed before, is it true a large number of oligarchs have continued with their close cooperation with the kremlin? >> can you say that one more time? >> have wealthy folks in russia profited from their connection to the kremlin? >> yes. >> and there are no free lunches in russia, if you get wealthy under putin it's because you support putin. >> i assume it varies by the particular indiv

i mean, the allegations in this christopher steele dossier, you went through the timeline very well aew moments ago, are stunning. they -- that dossier alleges trump and his aides engaged in a well-developed conspiracy with a russian state to undermine american democracy. they're completely unproven, right? >> yeah. >> the fbi found them credible enough to agree to pay christopher steele to continue to investigate that. the fbi is investigating that. we don't have visibility on what they're checking, what they've disprov disprove we know they've found evidence of contacts between trum associates and russians and they're further investigating those. >> we don't know what that means. paul manafort has a client over there, the ukrainians. how do we know some of this is commercial? i'm trying to be devil's advocate to find if this isn't a witchhunt, fishing expedition, look what ken starr did, fished around and fished around with whitewater. there was nothing to whitewater. then he found monaco. is that what we're advocating here to get trump? >> well, there's a circumstantial case, right

can you ask you, can you describe who christopher steel is? >> no, we are not going to comment on that. >> are you investigating the claims made in the dossier? >> not going to comment on that, mr. castro. >> okay. with he will the reputation of the author, christopher steel is a former accomplished british intelligence officer. this is not someone who doesn't know how to run a source. and not someone without context. the allegations it raises about president trump's campaign aides, connections to russians, when overlayed with known established facts and timelines from the 2016 campaign are very revealing. so let's begin. in general as my colleagues have discussed before is it true that a large number of ole garks and businessmen in russia have profited from their close continuing relationships with the kremlin? >> would you say that one more time, sir. i want to make sure i understand. >> have ole garks and wealthy folks in russia profited from their connection to the kremlin? >> yes. >> and there are no free lunches in russia. if you get wea

>> it's not clear that christopher steele received the taxpayer dollars but there's no denial that theseons were taking place prior to the election. none of the claims in this dossier have been substantiated. news outlets have been trying to verify the claims. none of them have been verified. >> neil: that's a big leap. sarah talking about this and whether the fbi might have in concert or known about, you know, wiretapping in the trump campaign or donald trump's offices. he, donald trump, is charged that president obama directed that. this is probably as worrisome in this respect that if there might have been an interest in bringing down donald trump from the get-go. >> right. there's no way that law enforcement officials should have been uninvolved with someone conducting opposition research that was commissioned by the democratic cam maybe for president. there's so many problems with that even being under consideration by law enforcement officials. we're not sure that this arrangement even actually came to fruition. but clearly there was accusat n accusations flying back and forth acro

christopher steel, the british intel operative, compiled the dossier on the campaign and russia.s for interviews, they have volunteered to testify. the committee says it has not yet reached an agreement on how or when those interviews will take place. joining me now from capitol hill is senator angus king, an independent from maine and a member of the intelligence committee. what different is your committee doing different than the house, and can you tell me anything about that closed door meeting you just had? >> i can't tell you anything about the meeting. i can tell you what we're trying to do is maintain this investigation on a fully bipartisan manner. we are talking with each other, we're consulting with each other, we're meeting practically daily, and our entire focus is, number one, to get to the bottom of this, and number two, to do it in a bipartisan and credible and transparent way so the american people will have confidence in whatever conclusions the facts lead us to. but your fundamental question is what are we trying to do? we're trying to do this in a serious way b

this is the dossier that was compiled by christopher steele, ex-british spy. adam schiff got a chance to read that into the record. but these are still unproven allegations. one of the most interesting things to me -- >> but they fit with the evidence that we know. the beatings by page -- >> it's really important to remember that to establish, to document the things that adam schiff laid out is a process of many months. we don't know whether those things are true or not. we tried very hard as a news organization to pin down those allegations for months and we had difficulty. so it's just a cautionary note. it's really an interesting aspect -- >> but it's enough for director comey to have a criminal investigation. >> comey has a criminal investigation. each of the things that adam schiff laid out as possibilities, comey's going to find the answer. and he's going to establish all the things part of a criminal case. was there criminal intent? how is it financed? but it's just going to take a long time. note that trump's best defense now is to go back ironically t

. >> on christopher steele's dossier, page said the allegations against him are baseless. >> the stuff about me is literally completely false in every way shape and form. >> the former british intelligence officer christopher steele. do you know him? >> in early july... >> ranking democrat adam schiff said in sections of the dossier. >> i was laughing. that was part of the reason why i'm excited about helping the committee. >> are you prepared to testify publicly? >> i would love to. i can't wait for them to ask me about the crazy allegations that came out of that dossier. >> most of the allegations to turn around pages july 2016 russia trip where he gave a graduation speech. >> to be clear, you told the trump campaign you were going to moscow but you are going as a private citizen. >> yes. >> are you paid for the speech? >> i was paid 0. >> alleges that he met with a businessman. >> i have never met him. >> there was no deal with igor section. through which she would -- paul manafort chose you to be the point of contact with the russians. >> i never had a conversation with paul manafo

at today's intelligence committee hearing, the ranking democrat, adam schiff spoke about christopher steele six times, alleging ties between the trump campaign eight russians. schiff referencing specific campaign officials, including former policy adviser carter page and former campaign manager paul manafort. >> according to steele, it was manafort who chose page to serve as a go-between for the trump campaign and russian interests. >> manafort, who served as the campaign chairman and who unlike the other campaign officials categorically denies wrongdoing was at one point trump's campaign manager. at the white house briefing today, sean spicer sought to play down manafort's role in connection with the russian probe, dismissing carter page as, quote, hanger-on and describing michael flynn as a mere campaign volunteer. >> even general flynn was a volunteer of the campaign and then obviously there's been a discussion of paul manafort who played a very limited role for a very limited amount of time. to start to look at some individual that was there for a short period of time or separately, ind

one of the people they're trying to speak with is christopher steel, a former british miis officer, the author of the partially unkribted dossier of alleged dirt on donald that was such a salacious scandal when it was first published in january but now reportedly partially born out by subsequent investigations. the senators have not confirmed they are trying to get christopher steel to testify before their committee but the fact they want to have put a central allegation on the dossier. that not only did russia attack the u.s. election last year, we now know they did, that russia did that with the knowledge of the trump campaign and the trump campaign promised in return they might do a few things russia might like, down play russia and ukraine as antipolitical issue in this country and agree to stoke divisions in nato, which russia sees as its greatest adversary rin the world. down play russia in ukraine and plan up things they like to yell at each other about. whether or not all nato countries are paying their fair share for the coast of that alliance. to be fair, lots of u.s. presiden

christopher steele is back, he's alive, he's out there. you guys investigating this want to talk to him? so far it's us as american citizens, it's us in the press who are connecting the dots on this story, who are figuring this out. do we have any reason that any government official investigation into this scandal is doing the same? it's a doj committee each controlled we a trump campaign official or two intelligence committees each controlled by a trump campaign official. support your free press. it's really starting to feel like we are going to have to do this ourselves. through. neutrogena® skin clearing makeup... doesn't just cover up blemishes, it clears them... and gives you beautiful... flawless coverage... so you'll look... as enchanting as you are. neutrogena® see what's possible. and see disney's beauty and the beast... in theatres march 17th. >>> we have breaking news regarding the new version of the muslim ban. the ban was initially announced a week into the new administration then almost immediately torn apart in court. it was

the senators have not confirmed they are trying to get christopher steel to testify before their committeeut the fact they want to have put a central allegation on the dossier. the central allegation is that not only did russia attack the u.s. election last year, we now know they did, that russia did that with the knowledge of the trump campaign and the trump campaign promised in return they might do a few things russia might like, down play russia and ukraine as antipolitical issue in this country and agree to stoke divisions in nato, which ssia sees as its greatest adversary rin thworld. down play russia in ukraine and plan up things they like to yell at each other about. whether or not all nato countries are paying their fair share for the coast of that alliance. to be fair, lots of u.s. presidents have hit that issue with our nato allies from time-to-time. that said, none of them before now went as far as presenting the german chancellor with a bill, a $372 billion invoice, when she visited the white house. but there were european reports last week that's exactly what our new president

christopher steele is back, he's alive, he's out there. you guys investigating this want to talk to him? so far it's us as american citizens, it's us in the press who are connecting the dots on this story, who are figuring this out. do we have any reason that any government official investigation into this scandal is doing the same? it's a doj committee each controlled we a trump campaign official or two intelligence committees each controlled by a trump campaign official. support your free press. it's really starting to feel like we are going to have to do this ourselves. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ you're unbelievab♪e ♪ you're unbelievab♪e did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet that's over 6 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. say hello to internet speeds up to 250 mbps. and add phone and tv for only $34.90 more a month. call today. comcast business. built for business. >>> we have breaking ne

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we expect many hearings and we'd like many witnesses, including christopher steele, who wrote the dossier. what's interesting about the toss yay is that we have not seen at least in open reporting that dossier discredited, but we have also not seen many parts of it validated. so he would be a very key witness as would carter page, roger stone, members of trump's security team, who traveled with the candidate or donald trump in 2013 when he was in moscow for the miss universe competition. these are all people who i think would be interesting to talk to and shed more light on the personal, political, and financial ties that existed with russia. >> what makes you think they're going to tell the truth, though? we've seen from certain people within this atmosphere of donald trump whether it's jeff sessions not remembering having, you know, time with the russian ambassador, the u.s. one, sergey kislyak, or the fact that there are certain members of the team, whether it's mike flynn, who was not transparent about being a foreign agent, being paid by turkey during his time advising the president

knowledge of this tell nbc that those lawmakers are looking at interviewing a former british spy, christopher steel talks to get him here, although there are concerns that remain with steel about his safety. were he to speak with investigators and any response from the trump administration. it's happening as chairman devin nunes on the house side remains embattled after revelations of a secret source meeting on white house grounds last week. here to talk about it all is our panel. i'm bring in amy linsky, david muir and alex side swal from nbc news. let me play for you what adam schiff and what jim himes, two powerful democrats had to say this morning about all of this. we're going to be listening -- let me parra phrase for you what he's talking about. essentially saying that the fact as schiff said, the fact that directors rebutted the claims of illegal wire tapping by president obama has something to do with the cancellation of the open hearing. trying to imply that there are seeds of doubt. what is your takeaway from this and how does tevin nunes respond? >> the post had theort yesterday, nunes

the agreement to compensate former mi 6-agent christopher steele came as agencies came to a consensusrussians had s interfered in the election. the agreement fell apart once the dossier became public. if the fbi was interested that interest would lend credibility to steele's efforts. according to the "post," steele was familiar to the fbi because the bureau had previously hired him in unremitted inquiry. joining me now, an fbi double agent author of "how to catch a russian spy, the true story of an american civilian turned double agent." navid, as parts of this story surface in little bits, it's evaluating them in context. how strange would it be for the fbi to pay for third party intelligence like this? >> there's these little drips and drabs coming in. chris, counterintelligence operations and there's counterintelligence investigations and they are two separate entities here. so it's important to understand exactly where they were looking at this. was it for the operational information intelligence or to build a case? >> so counterintelligence operations, which is something you work

the fbi was prepared to pay christopher steele to investigate for them. that deal fell through.y have found him to be credible. and, you know, i'm told that as many as 100 fbi agents are assigned to this investigation at three different field offices around the country. they're getting help from the cia and the treasury department abroad there are some challenges. they can't interview witnesses in russia, for example. this investigation has thou become public. so it becomes difficult for them to do things that they normally do behind the scenes. but, you know, we know because it's so public, we know some of the figures that they're interested in looking at. obviously you've got roger stone, who is back channel to wikileaks. the former trump adviser who traveled to moscow. mike flynn who had to resign after he was alleged to have lied to the vice president about the russian ambassador. so there is a lot for the fbi to grab well here. my understanding is they're going through records. they're trying to interview every witness possible. and it may take some time. it may take as lon

the interesting thing about christopher steel he's a former british intelligence operative. he started kbielg that dossier for purely financial reasons. his firm was hired to do opposition research by another republican against donald trump. but what's interesting is that he did at a certain point what he found as he did the research disturbed him so much that he handed over the information to the fbi. so that does suggest that he's somebody who like obviously he's trying to make money on his former intelligence connections, does have some concept of this is not just about campaigns, this is also about geopolitics and the world. i don't know if it's impossible. he does not want to get sucked in. it could happen. >> very quickly before we go, the fbi is trumping investigative when that comment was asked they issued a very interesting no comment. meanwhile somebody who is commenting roger stone has admitted to having conversations with. should conditioning if republicans subpoena roger stone, subpoena paul manafort, subpoena carter page, start subpoenaing some of these people

first let me ask you, can you describe who christopher steele is? mr. comey: not going to comment on that. >> are you investigating the claims made in the dossier. >> not going to comment on that mr. castro: the reputation of the officer as a former britter intelligence officer is important. this is not someone who doesn't know how to run a source and not someone without contacts. the allegations it raises about president trump's campaign aids, kecks to russians, when overlaid with known established facts and timelines are very revealing. so let's begin. in general, as my colleagues have discussed before, is it true that a large number of oligarches and wealthy businessmen in russia have profited from their continuing close relationships or ooperation with the kremlin? >> could you say that one more time sir? >> have oligarches and wealthy folks profited from connection to the kremlin? >> yes. mr. castro: and there are no free lunches in russia, if you get wealthy under putin it's because you support putin and support him. >> i would assume there's some

. >> reporter: christopher steele emerged from hiding earlier this month after the dossier he compiled about then-candidate trump's association was leaked in january. >> it's all fake news. it's phony stuff. it didn't happen. >> reporter: despite the president's dismissals of the dossier, sources say it is gaining increasing credibility in both the intelligence community and congress. adam schiff is the top democrat on the house intelligence committee. >> also according to steele's russian sources, the campaign has offered documents damaging to hillary clinton. >> reporter: now democrats want to call steele to testify about his allegations that donald trump and his associates had business dealings with russian officials. congressman jim himes. >> it gets to something we don't talk a lot about, which is really important, do the russians have some fort of leverage on president trump, financial or otherwise? >> i briefed the president on the concerns that i had. >> reporter: the committee's investigation was thrown into disarray yesterday when republican chairman devin nunes announced tha

believed that this president like all prior candidate should have in their interest -- >> is christopher steel among the 20 you have identified? the resources to interview people outside of the united states if you need to do that? >> we are not going to get into the names on our list but i can assure you that it is lengthy. mark and i are agreed that we are willing to issue subpoenas. it is tough to make a subpoena go outside the united states we understand the limitations. we arenly say this -- tapping into everything we can to understand how we increase our reach in the ability to investigate and get intelligence that would be pertinent to the investigation. >> have you personally coordinated with the white house at all on the scope of this investigation? how do you prevent it from going off track? >> knows her, i have not. sir, i have not. and it is the relationship and trust that we have. >> there have been -- all of the members of the committee -- i ,ave been constantly impressed and some of us want this to go away and someone us to reach conclusions yesterday. but so many committee memb

may have had with british spy christopher steele. it raises questions about the f.b.i.'s indiana even from politics as well as the obama administration intelligence agencies for political purposes. the left's intolerance on display in berkeley, california and its propensity for violence. that's where mass. protesters attacked supporters. a total of 10 people were arrested, five of them for battery, and as you watch this video, you can see that a number of people would have been subject to those charges, attackinold per americans. these young thugs and punks absolutely without restraint. it's an appalling statement about the left and their so-called activists. one of the arrests was for possession of a deadly weapon and another for fighting arrest. seven people were injured. none hospitalized. the fights broke out at the martin luther king, jr. civic park. violent protesters seem to be getting their marching orders from top of democrats. listen to former attorney general loretta lynch calling on people to take to the streets. >> indiv

. >> reporter: christopher steel emerged from hiding earlier this month after the dossier he compiled about then candidate trump associations in russia was leaked in january. >> it is all fake news. phony stuff. it didn't happen. >> reporter: despite the president's dismissals of the dossier, sources say it is gaining increasing credibility in both the intelligence community and congress. adam schiff, the top democrat on the house intelligence committee. >> also according to steel's russian sources the campaign is offered documents damaging to hillary clinton. >> now democrats want to call steel to testify about his allegations that donald trump and his associates had business dealings with russian officials. congressman jim heinz. >> gets to something we don't talk a lot about which is really important. which its do the russians have some form of leverage on president trump? either financial or otherwise? >> i briefed the president on the concerns that i had. >> reporter: the committee's investigation was thrown into disarray yesterday when republican chairman devin nunes announced h

. >> christopher steel worked for british intelligence for more than 20 years before cofounding a privatepany in london in 2009. the allegations in his dossier have not been substantiated. the fbi reportedly took them seriously enough to offer to pay steel for additional investigation, but he ultimately declined. he went into hiding after the wall street journal revealed his identity in january. >>> white house tours resumed today for the first time since trump took office. the president pulled off something of a it is not clear if the juxtaposition was intentional. reporters were not allowed to ask any questions. the president motioned for the kids to gather around him. a 10-year-old boy from alabama was the only student bold enough to join him >>> some of the nation eenation city planners gathered in the district today. eric shaw says affordable housing and fixing metro are the top priorities for our community. >> the d.c. metro is a lifeline for federal employees, d.c. residents and individuals tvisi. fixing metro is a the district and should be a priority for the federal district as w

for what he believes is a hypocritical focus on according to christopher steele, a former british intelligenceer, who has reportedly held in high regard by u.s. intelligence, russian sources tell him that page has had a secret meeting with igor session. he'sagent and close friend of putins. according to steele's russian sources, he's offered brokerage fees. according to reuters, the sale of a 19.5% share later takes place, with unknown purchasers and unknown brokerage fees. also according to steele's russian sources, the campaign is offered documents damaging to hillary clinton, which the russians would publish through an outlet that gives them deniability like wikileaks. policies which even as recent recently as the president's meeting last week with andrea merkel has nufreshly come to pass. the trump campaign manager and someone who was on the payroll of trump interests attends the convention. according to steele it wasmanfort who him. sessions would later deny meeting with russian officials during his senate confirmation hearing. just prior to the convention, the republican party platform i

the bureau had a short-lived arrangement with christopher steel who is a former mi 8 operator beforehe election. because steel became frustrated that in his view the fbi wasn't doing enough to investigate trump and the russian allegations. he was hired on a research firm that was working and hired by the trump administration. and then later by the democrats. we don't know how much the fbi actually paid steel and for how long, but we do know that the fo fbi spent months last month trying to evaluate his dossier, and his own worse and trying to -- to try to check aspects of steel's work. the fbi was able to match some of the communications that the dossier describes as happening between some of the people described and on the dates that the dossier said that they happened. steel was well-known to the fbi and to other u.s. government agencies because he used his russian sources to come up with some of the information that the fbi used in its corruption probe of fifa, that's the world soccer governing body. >> evan perez with the latest news. thank you very much. let's dig deeper with ou

according to christopher steele, a former british intelligence officer who is reportedly held in highard by u.s. intelligence, russian sources that paige had a secret meeting with the ceo of a russian gas giant. he is said to be a former kgb agent of putin's. he's offer ed fees on a 19% of share of the country. and a sale of shares takes place with unknown brokers and fees. also according to steele's russian sources, the campaign is offered documents damaging to hillary clinton which the russians would publish through an outlet that gives them deny ability through wikileaks. the hacked documents would be in exchange for a trump administration policy that deemphasizes russian's invasion of ukraine and focuses on criticizing nato countries of a fair share. policies of which even as recently as the president's meeting last week with angela merkel have now come to pass. in the middle of july, paul manafort, the trump campaign manager and long on a pay role of ukrainian interests attends the republican party convention. carter paige back from moscow, also attends the convention. according

so in the christopher steele dossier, that's the alleged quid pro quo. russia attacks the u.s. election for its own purpose but also corrupts and collaborates with the trump campaign in that attack and the trump campaign allegedly agrees to take steps to help russia along the way, drop that pro-ukraine platform out of the republican -- the pro-ukraine plank out of the republican party platform, which they did at the convention, inject a whole new controversy instead of america being nato's biggest detractor and make every other country feel attacked in terms of their financial contributions in that alliance. this is the stuff that the ranking democratic on the intelligence committee adam schiff, described as the circumstantial evidence, that it wasn't just a russian attack. that it was a russian attack with collusion, which cooperation from inside this country, from inside the trump campaign. >> is it possible that all of these events and reports are completely unrelated and nothing more than an entirely unhappy coincidence? yes, it is possible. but it is also possible, maybe m

christopher steel once a private security firm in london took his family and went into hiding after various publish his name in connection with the dossier. it included unproven extraordinarily personal information russia might have to blackmail the president. back in the public eye now if you thought he'd start spilling his sources guess again. >> i'd like to say a warm thank to you everyone who sent me kind messages and support over the last few weeks. and just to add, i won't be making any further statements or comments at this time. >> 35 page report included lurid claims about president trump and allegations of coordination between trump campaign advisers and russia to hack e-mails of prominent democrats. the president says it is all false. >>> okay. so tonight day 47 of the president pots first 100 days and we have tours back on at the white house. the spy linking the trump campaign to russia out of the shadows but that wire tapping story just won't go away. the white house press core grilling press secretary sean spicer asking him if he saw any evidence of wire tapping. >> as far as

one other thing i want to talk to about, christopher steele, the former mi6 operative who put together, he has reappeared today. we thought he was in hiding. he appeared in belg ravia thought he was in hiding. he appeared in belgravia in london and was doorstep by a journalist and said he was back at work. as the former director of the cia, is he someone you would want to speak to face—to—face? do you think that might have already happened? maybe you could comment on what you think about this dossier and what we found out about it. sure, i suspect it's already happened because the offer the dossier to the usa and frankly out of a sense of concern, not out of any business model he was pursuing. he'd already been paid for his work by other folks. i've been told by my british friends that he was a solid m16 officer, so told by my british friends that he was a solid mi6 officer, so he's put together this report. what it is we now need to do, christian, if this was an american intelligence product, we would have its stamp on the top of the page, this is raw information, not finished intelli

according to christopher steele, a former british intelligence officers, who is reportedly held in high regard by u.s. intelligence, russian sources tell him that paige has already ha had a conversation with a former kgb officer. he's is offered a deal involving a 19% share of the company. according to reuters, the sale of a 19.5% share takes place with unknown purchasers and unknown brokerage fees. also according to steele's russian sources, the campaign is ofrtd documents damaging to hillary clinton, which the russians would publish through an outlet that gives them deniable like and it would be a policy that focuses on nato countries for not pairing their paper and now conversations have come to pass. in the middle of july, paul manafort, the trump campaign man injury and someone who was long on theayroll of proussian ukrainian interests attends the convention. cater paige, bass from moscow, ld page the convention. it was -- ambassador sergey kislyak attends the republican party convention and meets with carter paige and j.d. gordon and walid ferris. ambassador kislyak meets with the

. >> do you know christopher steele?i have never met him. >> tucker: that is not the only russian news today. former national security advisor michael flynn appears to have gone completely off the deep end and has claimed he will testify but asked for immunity in prossecusion. what to make of all this? a professor emeritus at princeton and nyu, unlike most people talking about this, he actually speaks fluent russian. he joins us tonight. thank you for coming on. so let me just say that there are a lot of strands to the story, a lot of things i did not understand. it seems pretty clearor that general flynn behaved in waysys that we are very hard to defend. at the core of the story was the allegation that the russian government hacked our election.s the phrase people are using. broke into email accounts at the dnc and in the campaign office, used those to help trump win. everyone assumes this is true. we are all operating on the assumption that it is true. do we know it's true? >> no, repeatedly it was said by senator warn