like senator dan coats. one of the most respect men in senate can't get approved. how do you not approve him? he has been a colleague, highly respected, brilliant guy, great guy, everybody knows it. we're waiting for approval. so we have a wonderful group of

say in terms of the intelligence community -- [ inaudible ] >> first of all, about that, we have dan coats hopefully soon. mike pompeo and james comey and they are in position. so i hope that we will straighten that out without using anybody else. the gentleman you mentioned it a very talented man, very successful man and he offered services and you know, something we may take advantage of. but i don't think we'll need that at all because of the fact that you know, i think that we

it is my pleasure to introduce to you senator dan coats. i encourage all of you to vote to send dan's nomination to the floor quickly and quickly confirm him to the new director of national intelligence. thank one mr. chairman. >> saxby, thank you. dan, if you would stand please. raise your right hand. i do solemnly swear it give the committee the truth, the full truth and nothing but the truth so help you god. >> i do. >> please be seated. dan, before we move to your statement, i would like to ask you to answer five questions that are standard for the committee. we pose it to each nominee who appears before us. they just require same yes or no for the record. do you agree to appear before the committee here and other venues when invited. >> yes. >> if confirmed do you agre to send officials from your office to appear before the committee and designated staff when invited. >> yes. >> do you agree to provide documents or any other materials requested by the committee in order for us to carry out our oversight and legislative responsibilities?

>> dan coats hasn't even been given a shot yet, congress hasn't confirmed him yet. one final thought, peter. >> we know the russians were trying to influence the american election. was the trump campaign complicit in that effort? everything comes back to that question. >> we have no information to suggest that they were. >> we don't, but with he know the intelligence community is highly concerned about the possibility. >> we know they meddled. we don't know that that tipped the election. hillary clinton made a lot of mistakes. >> republicans on capitol hill want to know the level of meddling that the russians had. you know that john mccain and lindsey graham are not letting this go. we won't let it go either. thanks for sticking around. >>> coming up, the first high level face-to-face meeting between the u.s. and russia since president trump took office. words of friendship and a warning from trump's new secretary of state. details ahead. we'll be right back. deal with . or be done with it. fructis sleek & shine. with argan oil, hair is stronger, smoother, shinier..

former indiana senator dan coates for national intelligence director. attorney robert lighthieser for trade representy. of iowa governor for ambassador to china. alternative david friedman for ambassador to israel. and form congresswoman, heather wilson, for secretary of the air force. today president trump met with health insurance companies' c.e.o.'s in the white house for racening session. he told the group he wants to work with them to arrange a smooth transition from obamacare to a republican plan. and that he hopes to work with democrats. >> you are the biggest of the big, right? that's very impressive. thank you. we just had a great meeting with the governors. the horrible effects that obamacare has had and we're going to change it and strengthen it out. we have a plan that will be i think fantastic. it will be released fairly soon. we'll talk about it tomorrow night during the speech. i think it will be something special. we'll talk about it right now. think we'll get you on and i think you'll like what you hear. again, thank you for being here.

. >> back to the senate side, another member -- former member of congress, dan coats of indiana is up for a position with the trump administration, director of national intelligence. his hearing is next week before the senate intelligence committee. what is he expected to be asked about? confirmationcoats seemed like it would be one of the easy ones. at the end of the day is confirmation will probably be a fairly easy one. but given some of the news that is cannot recently and the reporting about russian interactions with people in the trump administration or the trunk transition campaign -- trump transition campaign, he is sure to be asked about that. susan collins of maine on the intelligence committee signaled in an interview with public that she wasaine probably going to be asking something about the inclusion of steve bannon, a conservative senior white house adviser on the national security council meetings. there are those questions. willther thing coats probably have to address is what is likely the administration views as the role of the office of the director of national int

the senate side, it will be old home week as dan coats, former senator of indiana, is up for a physician with the trump administration, director of national intelligence. we will hear his hearing next week before the intelligence committee. what is he expected to be asked about? the confirmation seemed like it was going to be one of those really easy ones and at the end of the day his confirmation will be probably , but given some of the news that has come out easily in the reporting about russian interactions with people within the trump administration or the trump transition or be asked he is sure to about that. senator susan collins, a republican from maine who was on the intelligence committee signaled in an interview with public radio up in maine that she was probably going to be asking something about the inclusion of steve bannon, the conservative senior white house adviser on the national security council meetings. so, there's those questions. the other thing that coats is probably going to have to address is what exactly the trump administration views as the role of the office o

dan coats is waiting to be approved. he is a senator and highly respected one. and he's still waiting to be approved. but our new people are going in. and just while you're at it because you mentioned this, "the wall street journal" did a story today that was almost as disgraceful as the failing "new york times'" story yesterday. and it talked about -- you saw front page. so director of national intelligence just put out acting, a statement. any suggestion that the united states intelligence community -- this was just given to us, is withholding information and not providing the best possible intelligence to the president and his national security team is not true. so they took this front page story out of "the wall street journal" and they just wrote the story. but it's not true. and i'll tell you something. e i'll be honest because i sort of enjoy this back and forth. but i haven't seen more dishonest media than the political media. i thought the financial media was much better. but i never get phone calls from the media. how do they write a story like that wi

james comey at fbi, dan coats is waiting to be approved. he is a senator and a highly respected one, and he is still waiting to be approved. but our new people are going in. just while you're at it because you mentioned this, "the wall street journal" did a story today that was almost as disgraceful as the feeling "new york times" story yesterda yesterday. it talked about -- you saw, front-page. so director of national intelligence just put out, acting, a statement. any suggestion that the united states intelligence community -- this was just given to us, is withholding information and not providing the best possible intelligence to the president and his national security team is not true. so they took this front-page story out of "the wall street journal" ," and they just about the story that is not true. i will tell you something. i will be honest. i sort of enjoy this back and forth, and i guess i have all my life, but i've never seen more dishonest media then frankly the political media. i thought the financial media was much more hones

dan coats is waiting to be approved. i mean, he is a senator, and a highly respected one, and he is still waiting to be approved. but our new people are going in. and just while you are at it, because you mentioned this, "wall street journal" did a story today that was almost as disgraceful as the failing "new york times's" story yesterday. and it talked about -- you saw it front page. so director of national intelligence just put out acting, a statement, any suggestion that the united states intelligence community -- this was just given to us -- is withholding information is not providing the best possible intelligence to the president and his national security team is not true. so they took this front page story out of the "wall street journal" top and they just wrote the story that is not true. i'll tell you something -- i will be honest. i sort of enjoy this back and forth and i have all my life but i have never seen more dishonest people than frankly the political media. i thought the business media were much more h

with pompeo and comby. >> we have dan coats, hopefully soon, mike pompeo and james comey, they are in position, i hope we'll be able to straighten this out without using anyone else. reporter: as a cinat minor leader went to floor. >> there is real concern that some in the administration may try to cover-up its ties too russia. these records are likely to be the subject of executive branch as as congressional investigations. and must be preserved. reporter: republican chairman of senate intelligence commentitty rejecting democrat calls for attorney general jeff sessions to recuse himself. >> i am not sure why you would ask an attorney general to not perform their job, i don' i don't remember anyone ask loretta 1 lynch to recuse herself after spending time on a plane with bill clinton. reporter: who aim to put politics to one side. >> all right. thank you. catherine herridge in washington. we're coming right back with much more. stay with us. >> president trump promises a new executive act, as soon as next week to protect all americans. >> we will be issuing a new and very comprehensiv

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dan coats is waiting to be approved. he is a senator, a highly respected one. and he's still waiting to be approved. but our new people are going in. just while you're at it, because you mentioned this, "wall street journal" did a story today that was almost as disgraceful as the failing "new york times" story yesterday. and it talked about -- front page. so director of national intelligence just put out, acting, a statement. any suggestion that the united states intelligence community, this was just given to us, is withholding information and not providing the best possible intelligence to the president and his national security team is not true. so they took this front page story out of "the wall street journal," top, and they just wrote the story that it's not true. and i'll tell you something, i'll be honest. because i sort of enjoy this back and forth and i guess i have all my life but i've never seen more dishonesty than media. the but i will say, i never get phone calls from the media. how do they write a story in the "wall street journal" without asking

dan coates is waiting to be approved. mean, he is a senator, a highly respected one, and he's approved.ing to be but our new people going in. and just, while you're at it, mentioned this, wall street journal did a story today that was almost as disgraceful failing new york times' story yesterday. talked about -- you saw the front page. so the director of national intelligence just put out, acting, a statement, any theestion that united states intelligence community -- this was just given holding is with information and not providing the best possible intelligence president and his national security team is not true. so they took this front-page the wall street journal, top, and they just wrote the story that it's not true. tell you something. i'll be honest, because i sort of enjoy this, back and forth, have all my life, but i've never seen more dishonest media than frankly the political media. the financial media was much more honest. geti will say that i never phone calls from the media. how do they write a story like t

like senator dan coates, one of the most respected men of the senate. he can't get approved. how do you not approved him? he's a colleague, highly respected. brilliant guy. great guy. everybody knows him. waiting for approval. >> shepard: let's bring in jeff mason from reuters and president of the white house correspondents association and john bussey. john, a fine-tuned machine. >> that's what he said. a good opportunity for the president to respond to some reports. a good chance for reporters to follow up with him about it. you know, i think people can draw their own conclusions as to whether they agree with his description that it's a fine-tuned the machine. the president had his characterization of the first few weeks of his administration have gone. >> shepard: john? >> a stream of consciousness where you see that from president trump. it's not unlike his rallies. there were not clear answers to pointed questions. there's concern in the country, concern in washington about the campaign, his campaign's relationship with russia. we didn't get definitive explanations of wha

lou: and today, dan coats, former senator dan coats on the hill for your committee, how did he do?t look for his confirmation? your thoughts? >> i don't think dan coats is going to have any issue to be the director of nation intelligence. great respect among the republicans and democrats alike, seemed as a fair minded conservative person. i think he'll step into the role and have the role of coordinating 17 intelligence agencies in the next couple of weeks. looks like we have bipartisan agreement, keep it going with good conservative leaders in the future, we hope. lou: and senator, the leaks that have been in this administration, the president thinks they are obama administration holdovers principally. your thoughts about the importance of shutting down those leaks to preserve national security? afraid those things will get into the media. individual sources and methods we typically used can't be shared and opened up. it does affect national security every time there's a leak, and it's clear the leaks the targeted to hurt president trump. clear these are individuals within the ent

mike pompeo and others elsewhere such as dan coats. they have to be honest with the american people and focus on catching terrible tourists, not on surveying americans in terms of their telephonic metadata and enter comet communications. >> i think it's healthy that trump has foregone the daily intelligence briefs, because the idea that the president wakes u, his first concern is what's happening in manila, what's happening in seoul, what's happening in the south china satisfy? the first thing he needs to be concerned about is what's happening in the united states that's who he was elected to represent. if these other elements come ino play, if they're actually engagd in aggression against the united states, but the idea that his mind should be preoccupied with everything other than the american people, their need for jobs, their need for education, the need to make the justice system as fair as possible. it's ridiculous. the president is not looking at the presidential daily briefs, isn't that terrible? >> terrible? are you kidding. t

. >> martha: while the president awaits the confirmation for senator dan coats, who is going to be as director of national intelligence and a big important coordinator and all of the scum of "the new york times" is winning this headline. "white house plans to have trump ally review intelligence agencies, an outsider." we are joined for the white house reaction and tony schaefer. we begin tonight with catherine herridge. catherine. >> thank you, martha. based on the reporting tonight, there is deep unease at the fbi over new law enforcement lakes amid the bureau's probe of former national security advisor mike flynn and the timing coming less than three hours under the president's new mac news conference, where he praised flynn and condemned the leaks. >> president trump: i have gone through all of the folks in charge that of the various agencies, and i have actually called the justice department to look into the leaks. those are criminal leaks. they are put out by people either in agencies, i think you will see it stopping because now we have our people. >> within the last hour, the c

like senator dan coats who is one of the most respected members of the senate. he can't get approved. how do you not approve him. he has been a highly respected colleague, brilliant guy, great guy but we are waiting for approval. so we have a wonderful group of people that's working very hard, that's being very much misrepresented and we can't let that happen. so, if the democrats -- all you have to do is look at where they are right now, the only thing they can do is delay because they have screwed things up royally, believe me. let me list some of the things we have done in just a short period of time. i just got here. i got here with no cabinet. again, each of these actions is a promise i made to the american people. i will go over just some of them. we have a lot happening next week and the week's coming. we have withdrawn from the job killing disaster known as transpacific partnership. we will make trade deals but we but we will have one on one deals, bilateral. we have directed the elimination of regulations that undermined manufacturing and called for exp

james comey of the fbi, dan coates is waiting to be approved. he is a senator and a highly respected one, and he's still waiting to be approved. but our new people are going in. and just while you're at it, because you mentioned this, the wall street journal did a story today that was almost as disgrace f disgraceful as the failing "new york times" story yesterday. and it talked about -- you saw front page. director of national intelligence just put out: any suggestion that the united states intelligence community is withholding information and not providing the befs is not true. so they took this front page story out of the wall street journal and they just zchlt i i've never seen more dishonest media than the political media. i will say that i never get phone calls. how do they write a story like that in the wall street journal without asking me? or how do they write a story on the "new york times," put it on the front page? that was like the story they wrote about the women and me. front page, big, massive story. and it was nasty, and then th

if i were dan coates, a former u.s. ambassador and former ambassador to germany, not named by trump -- >> not confirmed but nominated. >> nominated. i would be having a very bad day. i would think about stephen feinberg coming into the white house, a trump contributor, basically taking over his job. his job, i was a principal co-author of that bipartisan law in 2004 which corrected -- or tried to and i think has -- intelligence mistakes before that. i would -- if i were coates, i'd say, hey -- >> you served on certainly important committees, including oversight of the cia. he now has word feinberg is coming in, also a billionaire. nothing against billionaires. but donald trump and administration sources are saying they're thinking of rewriting the way intelligence services work. you have intimate knowledge of this. is it broken? is it working? what's going on? >> well, first of all, the people inside are not broken. they work hard. many of them in undisclosed locations and that wall at the cia headquarters is, you know,

when we talk about some of these personalities, general mattis or rex tillerson, dan coates. look how long it took compared to the last 200 years of u.s. history to get them into their positions. look at the way this was drawn out. 30 hours of debate on these appointments? it is absolutely ridiculous. and what it does is it hamstrings the new administration in terms of their ability to move quickly in response to things like this latest provocation from iran. >> bill: you have the majority in the senate, too. it is not like you are without power here. >> but remember the minority in the senate has been able to stretch this out 30 hours at a time. that on the clock means they can't move other initiatives. >> bill: the last question on this. everybody wants to find the leaker. when does that ever happen in washington >> well, i'm not sure. but i know that the intelligence committees on the house and senate side who are tasked with part of this responsibility, are doing their investigations. >> bill: all right. we'll leave it there for now. the hearing begins on iran in 10 minut

if you look at rex tillerson, jim mathis, mike pompeo, dan coats to be confirmed as director of national intelligence and h.r. mcmaster -- this is a highly skilled team. but they have to come together and gel to get the processes up and running so that we can add greater texture to the trump foreign-policy. host: national security adviser is not a job that requires a senate confirmation that a story from roll call yesterday -- h.r. mcmaster will need a senate confirmation if he wants to keep his three stars as lieutenant general. the job will entail a demotion unless the senate signs off. the story noting that the process is already underway. new hampshire, ron, good morning. caller: good morning. as always, you guys have the guys have theou greatest guests. thank you so much. for your guest, i have a question and comment. i will start with my question. russia, we have been having the russian jets diving at our ships in the mediterranean. aggressive and basically stupid. donald trump just doesn't have what it takes -- he is going to end up shooting down one of the jets and we could end u

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we now have dan coates, hopefully soon, mike pompeo, and james comey, and they are in position, so i hope that we'll be able to straighten that out without using anybody else. the gentleman you mentioned is a very talented man, a very successful man, and he's offered his services, and you know, it's something we may take advantage of, but i don't think we'll need that at all because of the fact that, you know, i think that we're going to be able to straighten it out easily on its own. as far as the general is concerned, when i first heard about it, i said, huh, that doesn't sound wrong. my counsel came, don mcgahn, white house counsel, and he told me, and i asked him, and he can speak very well for himself. he said he doesn't think anything is wrong. you know, really didn't think - really what happened after that - but he didn't think anything was done wrong. i didn't either, because i waited a period of time and thought about it. well, i said i don't see, to me, he was doing the job. the information was provided by, who i don't know, sally yates, and i was a little surprised because

dan coates is waiting to be approved. i mean, he's a senator, a highly respected one, and he's still waiting to be approved. our new people are going in. just while you're at it, because you mentioned this, "wall street journal" did a story today that was almost as disgraceful as the failing "new york times" story yesterday. and it talked about -- you saw it, front page -- so director of national intelligence just put out acting a statement, any suggestion that the united states intelligence community -- this was just begin to us -- is withholding information and not providing the best possible intelligence to the president and his national security team is not true. so they took this front page story out of the wall street journal, and they just wrote the story, but it's not true. i'll tell you something. i'll be honest. i sort of enjoy this back and forth, and i guess i have all my life, but never seen more dishonest media than the political media. i thought the political media was better and more honest, but i will say

former indiana senator dan coates for national intelligence director. attorney robert lighthieser for trade representy. of iowa governor for ambassador to china. alternative david friedman for ambassador to israel. and form congresswoman, heather wilson, for secretary of the air force. today president trump met with health insurance companies' c.e.o.'s in the white house for racening session. he told the group he wants to work with them to arrange a smooth transition from obamacare to a republican plan. and that he hopes to work with democrats.

are you that the sessions justice department, the pompeo cia, the potential odni administration of dan coats going to go back more towards the direction you have been opposed for many years? senator paul: i'm very concerned. i do have some agreements with president trump on less regulation, less taxes, on surveillance, we may not view privacy in the same way. there was discussion in the white house the other day about civil asset forfeiture. i think civil asset forfeiture is a terrible idea until you have convicted someone. i would like to have that discussion with the president. i have that discussion with senator sessions. i think some of the things we have done to poor people in our country -- four people in our people in ourr country deal with cash more than wealthier people, more than people who have their life better planned out, and deal of money a different way. they have cash and it doesn't make them automatically guilty of a crime because they deal in cash. i think in order to take someone's money, the government needs to prove he was ill got. if someone is caught with 50 kilos of

dan coats is waiting to be approved.ator and a highly respected one and waiting to be approved and new people are going in. and just while you're at it, "wall street journal" did a story today that was almost as disgraceful as the failing "new york times" story yesterday, and it talked about -- you saw front page, so director of national intelligence just put out acting a statement, any suggestion that the united states intelligence community, this was just given to us is withholding information and not providing the best possible intelligence to the president and his national security team is not true. so they took this front page story out of "wall street journal" top and they just wrote the story that it's not true. and i'll tell you something, i'll be honest because i sort of enjoy this back and forth and i guess i have all my life but never seen more dishonest people than the political media. i thought the financial media was much better, much more honest. i will say i never get phone calls from the media. how do th

you that the sessions justice department, the pompeo c.i.a., the potential odni administration of dan coates are going to go back more towards the direction that you've been opposed for any years? senator paul: i'm very concerned. replacing obamacare, on surveillance we may be or privacy on on the same wavelength. there was a discussion in the white house about civil asset forfeiture. i think civil asset forfeiture is a terrible idea unless you convict someone. i'd like to have that discussion with the president. i had that discussion with enator sessions. i think what we've done to poor people -- poor people deal in cash. they have cash. and they walk around, doesn't make them automatically guilty of a crime because they deal in cash. and so i think in order to take someone's money from them, the government ought to prove it was ill-gotten and i think the other side, someone was caught with 50 kilos of some kind of drug and there are $50,000 in cash sitting there, somehow the people caught are going to get it back, that never happens. what we are talking about is people driving down the roa

be done at highest levels of the intelligence agencies, and i think people like mike pompeo, and dan coatsan take care of that. maria: before you go, i know you can't tell us about the three i-t staffers that were fired. people are wondering why they are fired, and how come they made so much money. do you expect a arrest soon? >> i cannot come, other than this is getting top priority. we'll make sure that job gets done. maria: very concerned, all right. thank you so much. good to see you. >> maria, thank you. maria: congressman peter king. >> president trump will issue a new immigration ord eithe order, what will it look like? senator langford will join me next. what would you like to hear from senator langford. and upcoming senator rand paul. back in a moment. i' maria: welcome back, president trump getting ready to roll out a new immigration order this week. president's original plan sparked initia international pr, joining me right now senator james langford. good to see you, sir. >> glad to be with you. maria: president, wants to address the concerns raised by federal appeal court judg

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[laughter] >> one nominees still stuck is former indiana senator dan coats, with the president mentioned by name yesterday. i'm told the paperwork is being finished up, but democrats are being sticklers about the process. it sounds like he should get a confirmation hearing in committee when lawmakers return the week of the 27th." >> mike emanuel on capitol hill. thank you. the chairman of the senate armed services committee says that the trump administration is in disarray following the resignation of national security advisor michael flynn this week. john mccain made that comment to a gathering of national security leaders in germany today. >> the flynn, issue, obviously, something that shows that in many respects, this administration is in disarray, and they have got a lot of work to do. >> chris: mccain's message runs directly counter to the one being pushed back president trump's top diplomat as well as his pentagon chief as they meet their european allies. security correspondent is traveling with secretary mattis and reports tonight from munich, germany. >> in some ways this was a c

despite the fact that i cannot get my cabinet approved and they are outstanding people like senator dan coats was one of the most respected members of the senate. he cannot get approved. how do you not approve him? he has been highly respected, a great guy. waiting for approval. wonderful group of people that is working very hard that is being very much misrepresented about and we cannot let that happen. have, the democrats who all you have to do is look at where they are right now, the only thing they can do is delay because they have screwed things up royally, believe me. the washington post writes about the way to earn trust. they write -- raleigh, north carolina, i mean raleigh from new york. hi, raleigh. mixed of your name with the city in north carolina. caller: that is fine. raleigh is the capital, right? host: tell me it is happened before. caller: this is the first time. when i call, i keep forgetting to thank you all for c-span. i love you all. i have been watching you from day one, in the 1980's. i want to say i love you and thank the good lord for c-span. i voted for president tru

for president trump's director of national intelligence nominee, the former republican senator, dan coatesf indiana. a live look where they're grilling him on a host of national security issues, including russia. the senate and house intelligence committees have launched separate investigations to russia's interference in america's election. the fbi is also investigating. democrats are calling for an independent investigation with a special prosecutor to lead the effort. some republicans are pushing back, including paul ryan. >> we have been doing an investigation. we have a bipartisan investigation through the house intelligence committee. i'm not going to get ahead of the investigation right now, but so you know, this has been investigated, we've been investigating it and will continue -- >> shepard: democrats say it's not enough. joseph crowley of new york said the russia matter requires an independent investigation similar to the 9-11 investigation. >> the american people know there's a lot of smoke here. they expect an investigation because it goes to the core of the democratic instit

bush, senator dan coats, his pick to be head of the intelligence community voted against americorps,te an op-ed why he was wrong on americorps. there are a few that get bipartisan support, even if many conservatives targeted them a long time, you'll certainly see democrats put up a big fight against these. >> amanda terkel, steven collins, thank you. >>> a bold declaration from vice president mike pence telling russia that it will be held accountable. how he is hoping to calm fears about allegations of white house ties with moscow. >>> you can hear there, screaming for help, this woman trapped after a giant sinkhole swallowed her car. you see the water around it. we'll show you the rescue next. . at fidelity, you get a retirement score in just 60 seconds. and we'll help you make decisions for your plan... to keep you on track. it's your retirement. know where you stand. to keep you on track. this is one gorgeous truck. special edition. oh, did i say there's only one special edition? because, actually there's 5. aaaahh!! ooohh!! uh! holy mackerel. wow. nice. strength and style. which

. >> and another role, dan coats hasn't been confirmed as director of national intelligence.t send to the european counterparts that this role and the role of national security adviser aren't filled? >> well, i'm -- i would not be unsurprised to see senator coates withdraw his name. there was a lot of talk about putting in other unqualified people in the administration and in the intelligence community. he may not stay with them. i think right now, nato, which is the center of our defensive security for the united states and canada, it's nato. it is in disarray. by the way, it's not just president trump calling it obsolete. the problem is the germans essentially disarmed -- they used to have a massive powerful, well-trained, well-equipped conventional air and ground forces. so did the french, so did the brits. a lot of that is gone. and so, now, we've got, you know, one u.s. brigade rotating to europe. i might add, we pulled out during the clinton and the bush 43 era the peace dividend forces. we almost totally left europe, where there were too light empty b ga brigades and l

trump said his nominee for the director of national intelligence, dan coats, may soon be in place with cia director mike pompeo and fbi director comey. >> they are in position, so i hope will be able to straighten it out. >> this comes as the senate minority leader went to the floor to pressure white house cooperation with congressional investigators. >> there's real concern that some in the administration may try to cover up its ties to russia. these records are likely to be the subject of executive branch as well as congressional investigations. they must be preserved. >> republican chairman of the senate intelligence committee rejected democrat calls for the attorney general jeff sessions to recuse himself. >> i'm not sure why you would ask an attorney general not to perform their job. i don't remember anybody asking for loretta lynch to recuse herself after she spent time on an airplane with bill clinton. stick with a former director of national intelligence james clapper issued a statement calling for a robust investigation that will me feet disparaging or disruptive of the intell