coats: mr.vice chairman, i made it clear in my confirmation hearing for the senate select to midi of it -- senate select committee of intelligence my role in the role of the director is to provide intelligence information relative to policymakers so that they can base their judgments on that. any political shaping of that presentation or intelligence would not be appropriate. i have made my position clear on administration, and i intend to maintain that position. sen. reed: thank you. >> director coats, you made a couple brief comments about what happened in manchester last night, and you responded to a couple questions. is there anything you would like that incidentn last night, particularly when we have witness after witness talking about the threat, which you have talked about, too, to this country, that it is only a matter of time -- anything else you would like to add in terms of the attack? dir. coats: in my discussions with counterparts in london, mi5, mi6, intelligence agencies, and my c

coats: mr. chairman, as the president's principal intelligence advisor, i am fortunate to be able and need to spend a significant amount of time with the president discussing national security interests and intelligence as it relates to those interests. we discussed a number of topics on a very regular basis. i have always believed that, given the nature of my position and the information at which we share, it is not appropriate for me to comment publicly on any of that. so on this topic, as well as other topics, i don't feel it is appropriate to characterize discussions and conversations with the president. sen. mccain: and isn't it true that some of these leaks could be damaging to national security, director coats? dir. coats: leaks have become a very significant -- played a very significant negative role relative to our national security. the release of information not only undermines confidence in our allies but our ability to maintain secure information that we share with them. it jeopardi

coats that we find out what the context was. it is one thing to have reports, but it is another thing to have eye witness accounts. >> we are waiting to hear from director coats who will clear that up. but if these conversations did happen as reported, they're hardly alone, sir because we have heard reports that director comey was asked about his loyalty by the president of the united states. we heard that director comey, the fired fbi director was asked if he could drop the investigation into michael fl n flynn. do you see any pattern of the president trying to push off or slow down or muddy the waters in these investigations? >> well, if we have the propensity to go in that direction then that's the way we'll view it. we look at director comey's testimony where he said to his knowledge there was not anything that would have violated these tenants in later testimony. we have to take him at his word also. having a memorandum for record is important. i do it. many people do it all the time to try to capture conversations. if he f

director coats. dan, how are you? first appearance before the committee and general stewart, thank you for your continued strong leadership of the intelligence professionals at the defense national organization. around the so-called four plus one. primary threats facing our nation today namely russia, north korea, iran and the enduring nonstate challenge of violent extremism, a tragic example of what we witnessed last evening in england and our hearts and prayers and thoughts go out to the people of england and the people of the world. we are pursuing these issues and i know you, gentlemen, are at the forefront in terms of our intelligence efforts and i appreciate what you do. the four plus one threats i touched upon inform the capabilities we develop, the size of the force we build and plan against. however, to paraphrase former secretary gates, we have a near perfect record of the nature of the next threat to face. we have always gotten it wrong. we rely on our intelligence community to highlight t

general coats, good to see you. i appreciate your statement on north korean and icbm threats weapons.rds to nuclear that is obviously a new direct threat to the united states. there has been testimony across the board in terms of military no intelligence that it is longer a matter of if but when kim jong-un is going to have the capability to hit not just a state like mine, alaska or hawaii which are in much closer range but the lower 48 continental united states with a nuclear ballistic missile at some point. so myself and the number of members of this committee in a bipartisan committee yesterday are looking at significantly enhancing and advancing our homeland missile defense. but i would like to get your sense in terms of the estimates. what do think the estimates are with regard to went kim jong-un have thisle to capability? i think it is a very important question. i know you do not have a precise date that i think the american people need to know it is probably sooner than most people anticipate. can you give u

coats: i was not. mr. king: so there were no discussions with the, even though the fbi is an important part of the committee question mark -- committee? dir. coats: there are no discussions. mr. king: thank you. mr. chairman, thank you. chairman: senator lankford. mr. lankford: let me hit some high points to confirm, you have the resources you need for the russian investigation, correct? so there are not limitations, you have what you need? the actions about james comey has not curtailed the investigation from the fbi, it is moving forward? dir. mccabe: absolutely. mr. lankford: no agents have been removed that are the folks doing the investigation? dir. mccabe: no, sir. senator: visit your impression the fbi is unable to complete the investigation in a fair and expeditious way because of the emoval of james comey? dir. mccabe: it is my opinion and belief the fbi will continue to pursue this investigation vigorously and completely. mr. lankford: do you need somebody to take this away from you and somebody

coats: i was not. senator: there were no discussions with the, even though the fbi is an important part of the committee question mark -- committee? dir. coats: there are no discussions. senator: thank you. chairman: sen. lankford: senator: let me run -- senator lankford. senator: let me have some high , you have theirm resources you need for the russian investigation, correct? limitations,not you have what you need? the actions about james comey has not curtailed the investigation from the fbi, it is moving forward? dir. mccabe: absolutely. senator: no agents have been removed that are the folks doing the investigation? dir. mccabe: no, sir. senator: visit your impression the fbi is unable to complete the investigation in a fair and expeditious way because of the removal of james comey? dir. mccabe: it is my opinion and belief the fbi will continue to pursue this investigation vigorously and completely. senator: do you need someone else to do it? dir. mccabe: no, sir. senator: as i go through the repo

is there some general sense, director coats? know you have only been in the of time, short period but but while it was russia in 2016, other nationstates want similar types of assaults. dir. coats: we will continue to use all the assets that we have in terms of collection and analysis relative to the been andinfluence has potentially could be in future. russians have spread this across the globe. interestingly enoug,h i met with the prime minister of montenegro. the latest nation to join nato. their main topic was russian interference in their political system. it sweeps across europe and other places and it is clear that the russians have upped their game using social media in ways we haven't seen before. so it is a great threat to our democratic process. our job here is to provide the best intelligence of the cancer the policymakers as they develop a strategy for how to best reflect a response to this. sen. warner: we have all expressed his concern, but since this does not fall neatly into any particular agency's jurisdiction,

if those two officials talk to each other, if that reporting holds up, it means that coats and rogers head of office of national intelligence and head of nsa they're both contemporaneous witnesses to each other's account what the president did when he very inappropriately contacted them and had them weigh in on an fbi investigation. if there does end up being an obstruction of justice, you can expect dan coats the director of national intelligence and mike rogers to be very very important witnesses, not just for what they experienced, but as corroborating witnesses for each other. oops. that does it for us tonight. we'll see you again tomorrow, now it's time for the last word with lawrence o'donnel. good evening, lawrence. >> good evening rachel. if i did the pause right now, would that throw you off just a good ten seconds of silence? would that break the rhythm of this whole hand off thing? >> watching him pause for nine seconds, i felt like i could feel my molars to avoid -- to help himself figure out what to say there. >> i think he would suffer the most anxiety watching the pause

director coats, do you agree? >> our job is to assess the consequences of potential changes in climate, humanitarian issues of science falls -- >> that is the question. >> have always in the history of the world been reactions to different climate changes, that is an issue that continues. >> it has identified that climate change exacerbates, aggravates existing problems, poverty, social tension, environmental degradation and ineffectual leadership and medical institutions. do you disagree with that? >> i'm saying that has been an ongoing issue throughout the agency. >> how should we be integrating climate change risk into our national security strategy. >> we should be assessing what the consequences of changes that are relevant to security issues, that is part of the assessment and it is. >> climate change is clearly a threat to international peace and security and it is critically important that we take this seriously and adapt accordingly, let me ask another question others have asked about interference of the

chris, the director of national intelligence dan coats, the former u.s.gressman from indiana, he was asked about the trump administration sharing isreal's intelligence with the russians. listen to this. >> we worked through a process i can't specifically describe that process here today. i'm new to the job. weeks in. but there are procedures and processes in place i'd be happy to get those back to you. >> did the trump administration undergo that interagency clearance process prior to the president's may 10th meeting with the russian government? >> i have no awareness of that. >> chris, what's your reaction? >> well, again, a lot of times with these testimonies, listen to what's not said as much as what is said. if dan coats could have said yes, they did in regards to that question, did they follow the procedures related to declassifying information, he would have. there are two reasons why he might not. one, because he knows they didn't. or two, because he simply doesn't know. it is possible certainly he may not know as he noted he's relatively new to th

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. >> and, as we just heard from rachel, today the director of national intelligence dan coats testified to the senate armed services committee where he was asked about a story in yesterday's washington post. yesterday the washington post reported, trump made separate appeals to the director of national intelligence daniel coats and to admiral michael s rogers, the director of the national security agency, urnling them to publicly deny the existence of any evidence of collusion during the 2016 election, coats and rogers refused to comply with the requests, which they both deemed to be appropriate accordg to two current and two form officials. when asked about that in today's hearing, dan coats said this. >> i have always believed that given the nature of my position and the information in which we share, it's not appropriate for me to comment publicly on any of that so on this topic, as well as other topics, i don't feel it's appropriate to characterize discussions and conversations with the president. >> in yesterday's report, they added this, trump's conversation with rogers was docume

folks, coates did nothing there to correct the record. so that leads many to believe the reporting o of what the president said is true, and that's a member of the president's administration, an appointed cabinet meer, publicly protecting his own office rather than the president. admiral rogers was also on the hill today for budget hearings, and wasn't asked about the reporting. in a separate hearing today, former cia director, john brennan, also seemingly made matters worse for the president, raising further questions about ties between the trump campaign and the kremlin. >> i encountered and am aware of information and intelligence that revealed contacts and interactions between russian officials and u.s. persons involved in the trump campaign that i was concerned about because of known russian efforts to subbourn such individuals, and it raised questions in my mind if the russians were able to gain the cooperation of individuals. frequently, individuals along that treasonous path don't even realize they're along that path until it gets

audience member: there is a picture in your studio where the coat looks like a real coat. how do you do that? gordon: everything is done in baby steps. step, step, step. then you achieve complications just buy that, just by the doing of it. you just don't do it all at once. unless you do it first in the nude, it will not look right. you can't start with a close because the close have to lay on it. i use directional lines for the drapery and the close. -- the clothes. you could say it is platonic in a sense, but it is supposed to go with the whole movement, the whole feeling of the body.

notably today, dan coats was also asked about that. and he said he was not aware of it. and so we will have to continue to report out. now, that is a little more significant in that it's -- now you're starting to talk about -- you're moving into more what could be considered obstruction of justice. >> all right, ellen, thanks for your time tonight. joining me now is senator chris murphy of connecticut. first, let's start with your reaction to the reporting we're just talking about, the president contacting coats, rogers, among others it appears in an attempt to knock down this story. >> well, first, it certainly sounded like dan coats' refusal to answer the question is a confirmation of it, that is part of this pattern of a president who is trying to shut down this investigation any way he can. and this is a pattern of behavior that really does start to look like obstruction of justice. so i think we're going to continue to follow this story. you pair it together with the confirmation there were contacts with the russian government during the campaign, and it feels today

director coats?>> mister chairman, as the president's principal intelligence advisor, i'm unfortunately, i need to spend a significant amount of time with the president discussing national security interests and intelligence as it relates to thoseinterests . we discussed a number of topics very regularly. i have always believed that given the nature of my position and the information which we share, it's not appropriate for me to comment publicly on any of that. so on this topic, and also other topics, i don't think it's appropriate to characterizethe discussions and conversations with the president . >> and isn't it true that some of these leaks can be damaging to national security , director coats? >> leaks have become a very significant, played a very significant negative role relative to ournational security . the release of information not only undermines confidence in our allies but our ability to maintain secure information that we share with them. that jeopardizes sources and methods that are

let's bring back in our panel, mark preston, nia-malika henderson, bob baer, laura coates, dana bash, evan perez. and evan, to you first. as andy mccabe sits down, what questions will he be drilled with off the bat, do you believe? >> well, one of the first questions i'm sure they're going to ask him is how he found out that his boss, james comey, was fired. we know how comey found out. he was addressing agents at the los angeles field office when fox news incorrectly reported that he had resigned. and he sort of laughed it off because he knew he hadn't resigned. then he sees cnn and others start reporting that high been fired, and that's when he really found out. so, that is the big question for mccabe. and obviously, the other question is how is this firing going to affect this investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 election? that's obviously one of the biggest resource-driven investigations at the fbi. we know comey had asked for more resources. we're going to see what the fbi is doing about trying to get those resources to do this investigation as quickly as possible. >>

. >> is that an accurate had reporting, director coats? >> reporter: the national intelligence, dan coats was reluck tact to speak out today about the man who appointed him. >> i don't think it's appropriate to kaerkize discussions with the president. >> reporter: cbs has confirmed that the president asked coats to push back on the fbi's russia investigation. mr. trump made the same request of nsa director, mike rogers. >> have you talked about this issue with admiral rogers? >> that is something that i would like to withhold, that question at this particular point in time. >> reporter: across the capitol, former cia director, john brennan described in the greatest detail yet why the trump campaign team first came under scrutiny. >> i was aware of intelligence and information about contacts between russian officials and u.s. persons that raised concerns in my mind whether or not those individuals were cooperatinwi >> reporter: by last july, he says, the volume of contacts was large enough to warrant the creation of a working group, made up

audience member: there is a studio where the coat looks like a real coat. how do you do that? gordon: everything is done in baby steps. step, step, step. then you achieve complications just buy that, just by the doing of it. you just don't do it all at once. unless you do it first in the nude, it will not look right. you can't start with a close because the close have to lay on it. i use directional lines for the drapery and the close. -- the clothes. platonic iny it is a sense, but it is supposed to go with the whole movement, the whole feeling of the body. so you achieve something with harmony when you make the piece. something beyond. it is something that is harmonic -- harmonious and pleasing to the view. audience member: do you have a sense of how he would move? gordon: you can see how they move. marshall, he john had a lax attitude about him. if he was sitting in a chair, he might/in the chair and put his feet up. people said he was always spin with his-- fidgeting time. i have his tie off to the side and a little wrinkled and dirty. that is how he was. it drove jefferso

coats, director coats, you lead the intelligence community.th regard to the firing of director comey? >> i was not. >> so you had no -- there were no discussions with you, even though the fbi's an important part of the intelligence community? >> there were no discussions. >> thank you. mr. chairman? thank you. >> senator langford. >> thank you. let me just run through some quick questions on this. director mccabe, thank you for being here as well. let me hit some high points of things i've heard already just to be able to confirm. you have the resources you need for the russia investigation, is that correct? >> yes, sir, we believe it's adequately resources. >> okay. so, there's not limitations of resources. you have what you need. the actions about jim comey and his release has not curtailed the investigation from the fbi, it's still moving forward? >> the investigation will move forward, absolutely. >> no agents have been removed that are the ongoing career folks that are doing the investigation? >> no, sir. >> is it your impression at this

>> and dan coates, director of national intelligence said no, according to this report, as well.e read to you and to our viewers another sentence from this article. jeffrey smith, a former general counsel of the cia, a man you and i know. he's quoted as saying this. trump's efforts to use the director of national an tell jens and the nsa director to refute comey's statement and to say there was no evidence of collusion echoes president richard nixon's, quote, unaccessful efforts to use the cia to shut down the fbi's investigation of the watergate break-in on national security grounds. that's a pretty explosive statement. >> well, let me just, you know, make -- absolutely, wolf, and let me make the common sense point here. what the president has potentially put at risk is decades, hundreds of years of public confidence in the united states military. that the u.s. military does not act and in this country for a political agenda. that the u.s. military exists solely and only for the defense of this country. not for political agenda of politically elected officials, whether they're p

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dan coats testified in the senate armed services committee at a previously scheduled hearing.t comes as british police say they have carried out multiple raids in connection with this attack. now the chief constable says they're trying to figure out whether the suspected bomber was acting alone or as part of a larger network. catherine herridge is live in washington. catherine? >> investigators are building a picture of the suspect, the 22-year-old, salman abedi. they're looking at his travel and who he communicated with. the bomber's electronics will play a significant role. fox news has been told that a preliminary review of social media accounts linked to the name came up true. the forensic review of the explosive device, what is left, is underway. investigators can typically trace the nuts and bolts to a manufacturer, even a point of sale and bring security camera video so they can identify who bought the bomb parts. the british intelligence agencies are providing leads to the cia. the suspect's name is being run through databases of known terror suspect ps and that's a st

director of national intelligence dan coats testified a short time ago. asked about the story, coats would neither confirm nor deny the report. >> i have always believed that given the nature of my position and the information in which we share it's not appropriate for me to comment publicly on any of that, so on this topic as well as other topics, i don't feel it's appropriate to characterize discussions and conversations with the president. >> over in the house, formeria director james brennan was repeatedly quizzed by republicans about whether there was specific evidence of collusion. >> did evidence exist of collusion, coordination, conspiracy, between the trump campaign and russian state actors at the time you learned of 2016 efforts? >> i encountered and am aware of information and intelligence that revealed contacts and interactions between russian officials and u.s. persons involved in the trump campaign. i don't know whether or not such collusion, and that's your term, such collusion, existed. i don't know. but i know that there was a sufficient

coates, director coates, you lead the intelligence community. were you consulted at all with regard to the firing of director comey? >> i was not. >> so there were no discussions with you even though the fbi is an important part of the intelligence zmunt -- community? >> there were no discussions. >> mr. chairman, thank you. >> senator lankford. >> let me run through some quick questions. here's some things i heard already. you have the resources you need for the russian investigation, is that right? >> sir, we believe it's -- >> there's not limitations of resources, you have what you need? the actions about james comey and his release has not cure tailed the investigation from the fbi, it's still moving forward. >> the investigation will move forward, absolutely. >> noing agents have been removed that are the ongoing career folks that are doing the investigation? >> no, sir. >> it is your impression at this point that the fbi is unable to complete the investigation in a fair and experiod die show us way because of the removal of james comey >>

i'm going to start with you director coates.'ve been on this committee all the time, i've been in the senate through the last administration and i have been briefly impressed by the current administrations hitting the ground running during the first 100 days. as far as their engagement on intelligence matters and their engagement with foreign countries. the national media here is focused on domestic issues, which is of great interest to the american people, be it health care, personnel issues and the government, the media -- >> jon: the senate intelligence committee hearing goes on, but the issue that is really going through washington right now is the president's firing of the fbi director, james comey. let's get back to our discussion of that with our panel, a.b. stoddard and stephen dimon. i was asking about that first question from the chairman of this committee, chairman burr who wondered about the firing of the fbi director. >> acting director mccabe said he's not going to get into detailing those discussions that the form

director coates, i know you and marsha were ready for retirement for beingk you both willing to serve one more time. i also want to thank the men and here today.present the men and women who toil on tesh toil in the shadows and make sacrifices most of us will shadows andl in the make sacrifices that most of a will never know in order to keep safe.untry i appreciate their efforts not only as the vice chair of the intelligence committee, but as anyone would. this is an important chance to review the threats we face as a nation. becomes more complex and challenging, good intelligence gives our policymakers and national leaders a heads up on the challenges they need to address. the intelligence committee, in many ways, is our nations early warning system. however, a fire alarm only works if you pay attention to it. you cannot ignore it simply because you do not like what it is telling you. we need to make sure that all of our policymakers listen to nonpartisan intelligence professionals. since the second world war, america has relied on a global alliance of institutions. today, many chall

coates felt it was inappropriate to discuss his conversations with the president in public. we're also following the suicide bombing that killed 22 people and injured dozens outside of a concert in manchester, england. investigators have identified the bomber as 22-year-old salman abedi, a university business student. britain has just raised its terror threat level to critical meaning intelligence officials believe another attack is imminent. isis is climbing responsibility for the worst terror attack in britain since 2005, but a british official tells cnn that so far there's no evidence linking the bomber with a terror group. we're covering all of that. much more this hour with our guests, including senator chris murphy, a member. senate foreign relations committee and our correspondents and specialists are also standing by, but let's begin with the critical testimony today about contacts between the trump campaign and russian officials. our global affairs correspondent elise labbatt is working that story for us. elise, trouble testimony for the white house. >> reporter: th

coats will go before the armed services committee, lindsey graham also sits on that committee. so you may hear concerns from republicans on this issue of whether the president tried to undually pressure his chiefs to bat down these stories. >> the commonality in all of this is that a pattern of interference. at a minimum, right? you can debate the definition of obstruction of justice and that's a fair debate because that's a legal question but you have a pattern, at least of a president going to the fbi director, we know, going to the heads of intelligence agencies during an active investigation. >> didn't anyone say you can't do that? >> they did refuse the request. >> shouldn't he know he can't do that. >> either he knows and is okay with crossing the boundaries or he just doesn't understand the rules. there are boundaries beteen the white house and the fbi for a reason. >> talking to white house officials, you can hear their frustration because i think there's been an effort to try to threat president know here's what you can do and here's what you cannot do. roger stone is

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that's what we saw with dni coats. he was trying to be careful about his language when he was talking about these things. >> brennan, except for the weird camera angle and napoleon in the corner you look at him over there was incredibly effective. it was like a graduate seminar in here is common sense.

. >> is that an accurate reporting, direct coats?reporter: the director of national intelligence, dan coats, was reluctant today to speak out about the man who appointed him. >> i don't feel it's appropriate to characterize discussions and conversations with the president. >> reporter: cbs news has confirmed that the president asked coats to push back on the f.b.i.'s russia investigation. mr. trump made the same request of n.s.a. director mike rogers. >> have you talked about this issue with admiral rogers? >> that is-- that is something that i-- would like to withhold that question at this particular point in time. >> reporter: across the capitol, former c.i.a. director, john brennan, described in the greatest detail yet why the trump campaign team first came under scrutiny. >> i was aware of intelligence and information about contacts between russian fors and u.s. persons that raised concerns, in my mind bwhether or not those individuals were cooperating with the russians. >> reporter: by last july, he said, the volume of contacts

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the chairman and i also agreed today that we heard from some conflicting testimony from director coatesr coates said he would be happy to appear before the intel committee and tell about his alleged conversations with the president and we'll make that invitation as well. >> why isn't an offer of immunity off the table? >> it's a decision that the committee has made, but we're not the appropriate avenue in a potential criminal investigation. as valuable as general flynn might be to our kwournt intelligence investigation, we don't believe that it's our place today to offer him immunity from this committee. thank you, guys. >> thank you. >> the chairman and ranking democrat on the senate intelligence committee there talking about what they heard from former cia director john brennan in his testimony today after brennan publicly today for the first time testified that he was concerned about contacts between the trump campaign and russian operatives raising the possibility of collusion in his mind. cnn's jessica schneider joins me now. brennan stopped short of saying that there was direct ev

a bit of what coats had to say about that a short time ago. >> 2016 elections coats and rogers refusedo comply with a request which they both deemed to be inappropriate. is that an accurate reporting, director coats? >> mr. chairman, as the president's principal intelligence advisor, i'm fortunate to be able and need to spend significant amount of time with the president discussing national security interests and intelligence as it relates to those interests. we discussed a number of topics on a very regular basis. i have always believed that given the nature of my position and the information which we share it's not appropriate for me to comment publicly on any of that and so on this topic as well as other topics, i don't feel it's appropriate to characterize discussions and conversations with the president. >> isn't it true that some of these leaks can be damaging to national security, director coats? >> leaks have become a very significant -- played a very significant negative role relative to our national security. the release of information not only undermines the confidence in ou

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