the house intelligence committee chairman reveals a secret meeting over at the white house complex, the day before his bombshell statement about possible surveillance of the trump team. this hour, i'll speak to devin nunes about his mysterious moves, his controversial claims, and whether his panel's russia investigation has now been compromised. >>> family affair. the russia probe reaches deeper into mr. trump's inner circle, with his son-in-law now preparing to face questioning by the senate. why did jared kushner offer to testify? >>> jailing the opposition. the kremlin responds to mass dwibs by arresting hundreds of protesters, including a top critic of vladimir putin. we'll have a live report from russia on this new source of concern about putin's ruthless ways. >>> and civilian casualties. the u.s. military investigates a coalition air strike in iraq and reports that it cost dozens of innocent lives. what it will mean for the battle against isis? >>> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> announ

house intelligence committee? release it to other white house officials they could make it public. >> that's what the white house counsel's office is for and staff is for and the fact that he went over there and the drama the next day as david was saying earlier. there's no need for that and sean spicer said we're just learning about that and perhaps he was. it's -- i mean, we don't know if the president knew about this or that people in the west wing knew about it, but someone knew about it in the white house, national security office, because that's where these skiffs are, so someone allowed him in. >> we do know in the "time" magazine interview when devin nunes came down to brief him and reveal the information to the white house, the president was right on that hand made sure to note it to the "time" magazine interviewer. >> and nunes certainly wanted to make a public display of it which was really odd could. have briefed the president privately and didn't have to go before the cameras to announce he was going

>>> the house intelligence committee room obviously has emptied out here. ranking member of the house intelligence committee just wrapped things up with reporters in this hearing room. here are his comments as the hearing on russian influence in the u.s. elections ended. [ inaudible question ] >> i'm telling you that because so if you have evidence, you can get it to us. we're conducting an investigation, we're looking for facts, we're looking for evidence. believe me, we could find evidence on any one of these folks in the administration, we would love to have it if they're colluded with the russian intelligence officials. >> you're looking a the same intelligence? >> well, it's possible they would have different -- the evidence that woer looking at the agencies is all the same. >> chairman, can you -- >> i doubt the fbi is briefing us differently than they would be briefing the senate. >> can you comment on the -- >> extra characters you're talking about? >> well, they brought up many characters. i don't know who those people are. when i say they, the demo

the republican heading up the house intelligence committee investigation into russian ties to the president and those around him, today went directly to the white house and shared intelligence with the president before he had shared it with members of his own committee. in effect, he threw a lifeline to the president who was then able to say he feels somewhat vindicated in accusing barack obama of ordering illegal wiretaps on trump tower. there remains not a shred of evidence that that ever happened and now the lead democrat on that fractured committee has shedded any remaining appearance of bipartisanship, revealing tonight there's more than just circumstantial evidence of russian ties to the trump campaign. and saying this should be an independent investigation. here is adam schiff from this network tonight, making the charge about evidence, the link to russia, in an interview with chuck todd. >> all you have right now is a circumstantial case? >> actually, no, chuck, i can tell you that the case is more than that. and i can't go into the particulars, but there is more than circumstantial

importantly, a member of the house intelligence committee. congressman, thank you for coming on. what is left of your committee tonight? and i guess my second question will be, will you ever trust your chairman again? >> look, the first thing i was asked this morning is what will the white house role be in the russia probe? and i said i predicted that it would be distractions and obstruction. and they didn't disappoint and it didn't take too long. the committee's work, however, is going to continue. there's no way in the world we should walk away from it. frankly, we're the only game in town on the hill between the house and senate intelligence committees. the work is too important. we're the only ones shedding a light on it. pressuring, as you saw with the ranking member, for an independent investigation and an independent prosecutor. but it's the information that we glean and learn in this process that helps drive that ability. >> it's 11:00 at night. have you yet learned what it is that the chairman shared with the president at the white house today? >> no. i happened to see th

but democrats are asking paul ryan to replace the republican chair of the house intelligence committee. president trump took to social media monday suggesting the house intelligence committee investigate bill and hillary clinton's alleged ties to russia. tweeting russian speech money to bill, the hillary-russian reset trump russia story is a hoax. late night rant came from growing calls from house democrats where the chair devin nunes to recuse himself from the russian probe into trurp associates. >> enough question has been raised in the public about whether he can lead a credible investigation in this. >> reporter: on monday representative nunes acknowledged he had a secret meeting with an unidentified source on white house grounds last week. during which he says he viewed highly classified documents about mr. trump's surveillance claims. nunes then briefed the president about it before talking to members of his own committee. >> i'm sure the democrats do want me to quit because they know i'm quite effective. >> reporter: development came on the same day the president's son-in-law an

in a stunning twist, the white house invites leaders of both congressional intelligence committees toook over classified material that may be tied to president trump's claims of surveillance by the obama administration, but the white house won't discuss a "new york times" report that officials there helped republican house intelligence committee chairman view secret material in the white house complex. the chairman, devin nunes, is under fire right now for going public with the material and briefing the president before informing his own committee. democrats accuse him of working with the administration, and the house committee's investigation of russian meddling in the u.s. presidential election remains stalled. the committee's stop democrat, adam schiff, says he is ready to look over the material but says the white house actions raise profound concerns. the senate intelligence committee is charging ahead with its investigation. in a public hearing today the panel heard about russia's efforts to influence the u.s. presidential election. one expert said the interference continues. the

she is a member of the house intelligence committee a democrat. aid she believes this, in relation to the story, is an effort to essentially muzzle the house intelligence committee. clearly there is a political implication. what is the implication when it comes to what information members of the committee can now receive? does this mean they can't talk to sally yates at all, even behind closed doors? >> that's not clear at this point. but you know, there is not only the house investigation, there is the senate investigation. >> right. >> there is an fbi investigation. it's hard to imagine that, whatever information sally yates has that's relevant will not eventually emerge. >> ken, thank you very much. we'll let you go. keep diving into those answers. we'll bring you back when you get more. >>> i want to bring you back to the paul ryan news conference. we expect to see him any second as some of the members are leaving the house republican conference. as we sort of tee up to that, guys, reaction. jonathan, to what we're seeing now, to the letters, t

today the house intelligence committee was supposed to hear new testimony on any possible links betweensia and associates or staff of president trump. that hearing was cancelled. in fact, the house intelligence committee as far as we know is not meeting at all this week because of in fighting, but we just learned that the house intelligence chair devin nunes has invited fbi director james comey to testify again before the committee. congresswoman jaky spear, democrat of california, sits on the house intelligence committee, and she joins me now. thanks so much for being on. now, this is confusing, congresswoman, because the fbi director had been invited back, we had been told, to testify in private. now that was scrapped because of apparently, again, the in fighting inside the committee. now we just learned that the fbi director has been invited back again to testify. can you tell us anything about this. >> well, i really can't. as you can imagine, john, things are happening here without the benefit of communication between the democrats and the republicans on the committee. you know, th

interference and as for the covert is the focus of several investigations including the house intelligence committee. it was an eyebrow razoise eerra. apparently viewed intelligence on white house grounds then shared intelligence with the president in the space of 48 hours. now the ranking democrat on the committee says it's time for nunes to remove from this investigation. >> i think it would be worthwhile for the chairman to recuse himself from involving either the trump campaign or transition, he was a key member of the trump transition team and i think presents an inherent conflict. i think it's would be in the as best interest for the chairman to step aside at least sfas fars this investigation is concerned. >>> the reason so many people want nunes to go or step aside is this revelation that the day before he shared the information with the president he went to the white house himself to view intelligence not available to congress. >> the chairman acknowledged today he had received the information at the white house or on the white house grounds, that he later returned to the white house. in my

. >> reporter: the house intelligence committee announcing public hearings on the russia charges including wiretapping beginning march 20th. witnesses will include fbi director james comey and former acting attorney general sally yates who was fired by trump. the house intelligence committee chairman saying he hasn't seen the wiretap evidence. >> i've not seen that evidence. as you know, i think a lot of that was maybe a little bit -- the multiple tweets were, perhaps, a little bit strung together but i think the bigger question that needs to be answered is whether or not mr. trump or any of his associates were, in fact, targeted by any of the intelligence agencies or law enforcement authorities. >> reporter: the wiretapping i a accusation part of the senate intelligence committee's comprehensive investigation. the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell saying it's up to the intelligence committee to investigate. when asked if he's seen evidence, the former president wiretapped trump, his response? >> no. i haven't. >> reporter: the justice department staying mum on the issue. ea

we have to remember that it was the house intelligence committee and it is the house intelligence committee that has gotten us this far in terms of unearthing the necessary truths that are needed to get to the bottom of this madness. it has put a taint on the committee without question but moving forward i think in order do so in a healthy way and effective way he should recuse himself. >> if, in fact, the "the new york times" is true and these two individuals gave this information to the chairman, he suggested in various interviews healled them whistle-blowers, do you see them as whistle-blowers? >> well, at this point absolutely not, but however as we go forward we will see which is why special commission is necessary in dealing with this matter. i will say that the intelligence committee is a place, a safe haven for textbook whistle-blowers but i think what is happened right now is very questionab, the way it was handled is very questionable and so the questions that you're raising are so important as a part of the fourth estate, it's so critically important because as we're dealing with

than in the house intelligence committee. jeff zeleny, thanks very much. the republican chairman of the house intelligence committee says he'll continue to lead the russia investigation despite accusations that he's simply too close to the trump administration. let's go to our senior congressional reporter manu raju. manu, what's the late on the hill? >> reporter: yeah, wolf, tonight real questions boston whether or not the house intelligence committee will be able to produce a bipartisan report. the top democrat on the committee adam schiff saying moments ago that he wants to have a public hearing before this committee, something that was actually cancelled today by chairman devin nunes, in which that hearing with sally yates was expected to testify and right now no consensus and major questions about whether the investigation will move forward. tonight a meltdown in one of capitol hill's main investigations into russian ties to the trump campaign. the house intelligence committee locked in a partisan fueled over republican

can the house intelligence committee be a credible investigative body? what's the answer. >> can the republicans on the house intelligence committee be objective? i don't know the answer to that. the reason why i don't know the answer to that -- >> let's make it smaller. nunes? >> i don't know the answer to that and that's because as a former surrogate for the president, as someone who clearly went to the white house and briefed the administration before he briefed his colleagues, how can you not be objective? just being completely fair. let me flip the coin here. if this in fact was hillary clinton's white house -- i'm serious. >> i know you are. >> if it is hillary clinton's white house, you know what the talking points would be. let's be fair and make sure -- let me go back to this vladimir putin is not our friend. anything we can do to ensure our democracy is intact needs to be objective in this case. >> here we are. you have the whole sally yates part of this playing into it. where are we with this? >> we're on the verge of a constitutional crisis. w

both the house and the senate intelligence committees are supposed to investigate russian meddling in the last election as well as political collusion between the trump campaign and moscow. and the house committee is on hold while chairman devin nunes is facing collusion with the white house itself, claiming to giver president trump cover on his claim that the obama administration wiretapped him. it's really a tantalizing piece of information from ryan lizza who first wrote about it for the new yorker. it's an important piece of the information that adds to the timeline of what chairman nunes did last week that's brought the house intelligence committee to a halt. and it also adds to the suspicion that nunes colluded in some way with the white house, helping to make each domino in this story knock down the next. and here's what lizza wrote in the new yorker after mike rogers testified last monday. last monday morning, shortly before the start of the hearing, a senior white house official told me, this is ryan lizza speaking, you'll see the setting of the predicate, that's the thing to

. >>> well, the chairman of the house intelligence committee has described a cloud of scandal over the white house. and today he chose to walk straight into that cloud himself. we have a member of the house intelligence committee with us to respond to what happened today. we have an expert panel tonight, a former nsa general counsel will join us. former staffer of the house intelligence committee will join us. national security reporter will be here. we have all of the angles of this story covered today on this remarkable day in washington. it was a day like we've never seen before, of course, thanks to donald trump. and this time devon nunes. >> the intelligence community incidentally collected information about u.s. citizens involved in the trump transition. >> today's actions i think have really been a body blow to the credibility of the committee. thinking is a true breakdown in the entire oversight process. >> it was done to give trump ammunition to cover his crazy tweets. >> do you feel vindicated by chairman nunes? >> i somewhat do. i must tell you, i somewhat do. >> did obama a

his lawyers reach out to the fbi, the house and senate intelligence committees. the house and intelligence committee, the senate investigators held their first public hearings today on the russian meddling in the u.s. elections. we laid out facts about seven trump associates and their connections to russia. we ended up with a flow chart you see there. looks a lot like a busy subway map. one connects paul manafort to a russian billionaire named oleg deripaska. vladimir putin was asked about the possibility of him appearing before the senate intelligence committee to discuss his relationship with mr. manafort. putin said, that's his right, let him do it. we don't know if the senate committee wants to talk to deripaska. tonight, though, there's another connection you should know about. drew griffin tonight has the latest. >> reporter: his name is oleg deripaska, a russian billionaire many call an oligarch. typical of russian billionaires, he's well-known to vladimir putin and given awards by the russian government. there's no indication donald trump has ever met him,

now, fbi director james comey will testify before the house intelligence committee. the u.s. community has already issued a report concluding that russian president vladimir putin ordered a covert campaign to undermine the faith in the u.s. election and to help elect donald trump. this committee wants to know if the fbi's probing a connection between trump and russian officials. cnn's senior international corresponde correspondent nick paton walsh. what is the word from russia ahead of this crucial hearing? >> reporter: ana, as always, distance and rejection of the claim they meddled in the campaign. the spokesman saying they're not even watching as this hearing is under way on monday. they expect no new details. they say and also go on to add that this repeated series of allegations against them like a broken record with a futuristic song suggesting they don't see anything corresponding to the present-day reality with what they hear coming out of washington but at the same time, too, i'm sure there will be people definitely glued to their tv sets to see if there's any kind o

shell report and a potentially damning one involving the white house and the head of the house intelligence committee. "the new york times" is reporting the last 1 1/2 hours or so, that two white house officials helped give the republican chairman devin nunes intelligence reports that he then shared with president trump. but did not share with his own committee or for that matter as far as we know anyone else. according to the reporting of the times, one of those officials is michael ellis. he's a lawyer that work on national security issues. he reportedly worked for the house intelligence committee. the second man is a 30-year-old named ezra watnick from the national security council. according to several reports, president trump saved his job after the national security advisor, lieutenant general h.r. mcmaster told colin watnick that he was moved to a different position. that apparently happened because of concerns that the man was too political, too pro trump. much of that pressure came from officials at the c.i.a. the white house refused to comment. a reporter reported that sean spicer last week

that hearing today, but that private hearing was cancelled, all meetings in fact of the house intelligence committee were cancelled today and it's showing just how gridlocked this committee is. and nunes was asked by both me and other reporters, this question, did the white house ask you to prevent sally yates from testifying? this is how he responded. >> look, you guys are just speculating, i'm sorry, whenever there's time, we'll do a press conference. >> reporter: did they ask you to cancel the hearing today? >> come on, guys. >> reporter: why did you cancel the hearing? >> nothing has been cancelled. >> reporter: so after that, chairman nunes' spokesman actually put out a statement suggesting that they either had no discussions with the white house, saying that no one at the white house spoke whatsoever with any two members of the committee or chairman nunes himself, but his answer earlier today dodging that question, really raising questions about if there are any discussions whatsoever between the chairman and the white house on the hearing itself that did not happen today. >> i'm confused. he

can the house intelligence committee, can forget about doing any type of investigation?ohn: well, he's in danger i suppose if he is the head of the committee but we have seen he has stepped down. brent: they are calling for him to recuse himself. john: i don't like all these titles whereomeone is a danger or a catastrophe. these things are made up of dozens of people. the house of representatives and its committee have lost any credibility they may have had that they could do a serious investigation of this. so that means either the senate will take it over, or there will be an independent prosecutor. brent: an independent special prosecutor. john: right. brent: what would that mean for the u.resis.s. pnt? john: it would be a big defeat for him and we do'. second, we don't know what it means. the united states has very clear laws and the things are done very carefully. they don't necessarily mean someone is guilty if you have a special prosecutor. as you saw with bill clinton whose crimes were much less strategic than these, but the special prosecutor dogged him for two

we have congressman adam schiff tonight the top democrat on the house intelligence committee. we will be talking to him tonight as it is increasingly becoming the wisdom in the house intelligence committee into trump in russia is over, not that it's over because it's complete but it's over because it has blown up. in facty the whole house intelligence committee seems to have ceased to function entirely even beyond doing that investigation. they're apparently no longer meeting as a committee to do business other than the trump-russia investigation. they apparently stopped all together. it appears like the investigation itself is done. now, i will tell you, congressman schiff disagrees th that assessme he disagrees with that common wisdom. he is, as i mentioned, the top democrat on that committee. he is in a position to know what they're doing. but honestly, it is starting to feel like the trump white house has effectively shut down that part of the investigation into what happened between them, the trump campaign and russia last year, while russia was mounting its attack on the

house intelligence committee chairman. tonight, nunez is rejecting growing calls for him to step aside from the probe as even some republicans are joining democrats and raising concerns about his credibility. also tonight, the senate intelligence committee is moving forward with plans to question the president's son-in-law, jared kushner, about his russia context. the panel's chairman revealing kushner's testimony will be conducted in private and likely under oath. the president meantime is making good on a campaign promise to gut obama era environmental policies. his just signed executive order is designed to put energy independence and jobs over efforts to combat climb at change. this hour, i'll talk with leon panetta who served as defense secretary and cia director under president obama. and our koerncorrespondents and analysts are standing by. first to our senior white house correspondent jeff zeleny. jeff within sean spicer says the administration would welcome testimony by former acting attorney general, salaly yates.

among the questions he could face before the house intelligence committee is his agency investigating the white house or not. is there any evidence to back up president trump's accusation that president obama had his phone bugged during the campaign. now the republican lawmaker leading the hearing says no. watch. >> was there a physical wiretap of trump tower? >> no, but there never was. and the information we had ob friday continues to lead us in that direction. >> tomorrow fbi director comey will raise his right hand and tell you what he knows. no filters. proceedings start at 10:00 a.m. on cnn. if that's not dramatic enough, the dog fight over vacancy goes public tomorrow as well. we are just day was from the house vote on the republican health care plan. do joining me is cnn's washington correspondent. ryan, we just heard from the republican chairman of the house intelligence committee he went on to say according to to what he's seen no evidence of conclusion between russia and the trump campaign. what are you hearing from the top democrat on that committee about what he's seen so

such a bad picture that it puts into question nunes' ability to be the chairman of the house intelligence committee which is, of course, an oversight committee aimed at overseeing the executive branch. take a look at how schumer put it earlier today. >> if speaker ryan wants the house to have a credible investigation, he needs to replace chairman nunes. chairman nunes seems to be more of a partisan for the president than an impartial actor. he has not been cooperating like someone who is interested in getting to the unvarnished truth. >> reporter: so, of course, democrats are limited in what they can actually do here and it would have to be republicans. the house speaker who took any action here. but i do think it's important to point out tt this -- the pressure and the politics around this investigation in some ways they've been clear-cut, but in others they haven't and the reality is that the president in tweeting an those wiretaps ratcheted up the temperature here on capitol hill to the point that it forced jim comey to come and acknowledge that there was an investigation and of course say there

he will never apologize about this situation, no matter what we hear from the house intelligence committees has come out and said there is no evidence. the justice department and the fbi, two of the committees will remain the same. donald trump is not known for apologizing. >> he joked out of the whole thing, jackie when he was with angela merkel, whose phone had been tapped by the obama administration, by some intelligence services during the obama administration. he was joking, oh, wiretapping, at least we have something in common. insi insisting in effect he was wiretapped. >> and the look on her face, i think it was german for, what? she did not look accused. if he was making a joke, it's too soon. it doesn't -- it's not funny because think of all the man-hours that have gone into looking into this, the time and energy that has gone into something that he started. this is completely started with donald trump and doesn't seem like it's going to end with donald trump. and you certainly can't laugh it off at this point. >> what about the embarrassment of the previous administration, i mea

. >> and i think, in your story, you cited the fbi as well as the house intelligence committee and the senate. the house intelligence committee spokesman for chairman nunes has said that michael flynn has not asked for immunity. the lawyer's statement does talk about the house intelligence community and the senate. i just read it very quickly. it doesn't directly mention the fbi, is that correct? >> no, his statement -- i just took a quick look at it. it does not. but the fbi is obviously a natural place to go and fear trying to seek immunity or if you're going to be investigated. we know that the fbi had interviewed michael flynn a couple of months ago, when he first was under scrutiny or it was reported publicly that he was being -- his communications with russian ambassador were being investigated. and other potential communications between him and russian officials were being looked at. and he was, at that time, interviewed by the fbi and so, it would be -- it would make sense for him, obviously, to have that discussion with the fbi, because they're conducting an investigation. and

opens it's investigation while the house intelligence committee remains crippled. >> reporter: another wild turn of events in the house intelligence committee when devin nunes source potentially revealed a new york city time article suggesting a couple of white house officials may have allowed him on white house grounds to review the information that he secretly briefed the president on regarding insolently collection of communications, something that the white house has used to try to defend itself so far on the unsubstantiated claims of being wiretapped by barrack obama. the white house not commenting on the report, neither devin nunes will not either. he will not say whether the white house had any role when i've asked him multiple occasions. now adam schiff raised questions, i asked him do you think the white house is involved in the effort to under cut your committee? >> if there's been a substantial question about whether we can do that, then we need to take whatever steps are necessary to restore credibility to the investigation. >> reporte

the chairman of the house intelligence committee now admits that he did go to white house grounds the day before making his big acknowledgement that there may have been surveillance that caught up donald trump and other members of the white house. he says he will not stand down from the investigation. >>> more democrats demanding devin nunes step aside from that probe. president trump responded to the firestorm in a series of tweets dismissing the russia story as a hoax and railing against clintons. all of this as a meeting between jared kushner and a russian banker. let's begin our coverage. suzanne malveaux from the hill. what's the latest? >> a growing chorus into continuing investigation into trump's ties with russia. this as we learn day by day, more about the behavior of the intelligence house committee. there's very little appetite for

into the night. >>> also breaking, a stunning new disclosure by the chairman much of the house intelligence committee that he shared with the white house just a little while ago. republican devin nunes says u.s. investigators picked up conversations potentially associated with president trump during apparently legal surveillance of foreign officials, not related to russia. tonight, the committee's ranking democratic adam schiff said he was blindsided by this information. he has grave doubts about devin nunes's handling of the investigation. and nunes agree there is no evidence to support president trump's claim that he was wiretapped by president obama. tonight mr. trump says he feels, quote, somewhat vindicate. i'll talk about all the news with senator lindsey graham. our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. first, let's go to manu raju, he's covering a stunning new cur curveball and the very angry reactions from the top democrats. manu, walk us through the breaking story. >> tonight, devin nunes, the chairman of the committee, creating an uproar by going public with what he learned fro

of course the house intelligence committee has been demanding that information. they're now giving the white house, the trump administration, and the justice department until monday to turn over that information. here is what sean spicer had to say as to whether or not they will turn something over. here is what he had to say. >> ahead of what they may or may not submit -- >> reporter: it's possible there may be nothing? >> no, at least from where we stand, we know there's a significant reporting on the subject, that -- >> reporter: something will be put forward? >> i feel very confident of that. >> reporter: sean spicer said not only does he feel confident something will be presented, he's also saying, john, once that investigation is turned over and once these investigative committees, these intelligence committees look into this, that the president will be vindicated after making that claim on twitter ten or 11 days ago that he was bugged or wiretapped by former president obama. by the way we have not heard anything from the president on that, since he was twee

i have been part of investigations that were conducted properly when the house intelligence committee investigated benghazi, and i have been part of investigations that were not such as the benghazi select committee. it was my hope that our investigation could be conducted properly. it's still my hope that this investigation should be conducted properly, but unfortunately the actions of the chair throw that very much in doubt. and i would be happy to respond to your questions. yes. >> what are the democrats' next step? are you planning on pulling out of this investigation the way that you did during the benghazi inquiry? and, two, did chairman nunes reveal any classified information today by disclosures to the press? >> well, on the first point, we actually stayed on the benghazi select committee, though we knew from the outset that it was essentially going to be a political instrument to tear down secretary clinton's numbers. and, of course, we will have to analyze what this development means. i do think that if there is any chance remaining for us to conduct this investigation, we n

there is an open revolt now on the house intelligence committee. the ranking member of the house intelligence committee, the leading democrat, congressman adam schiff called for the chairman, devin nunes, to recuse himself. >> i just think enough question has been raised in the public about whether he can lead a questionable investigation in this given the reports of the issues. i really think it would be best if he were to step aside, let someone else handle this investigation, given his role in the transition team and the events of the past week. it just has too much called into question whether he has the objectivity necessary to oversee this investigation. >> four other democrats on the house intelligence committee now, eric swalwell, jackie spears, joaquin castro have called on nunes to recuse himself. the calls for recusal came after chairman nunes confirmed reports that he met with a source at the white house the day before he went public with the information that members of the president's transition team were swept up in incidental surveill

would like to ask you about the serious bipartisanship from the senate intelligence committee, comparing their effort to the housetigation. do you feel some degree of embarrassment for how your entire committee has now devolved into some pretty bitter partisan bickering? >> well, wolf, i am glad that the senate -- the senate intelligence committee is working well in a bipartisan manner. you will remember that we, too, started out three weeks, four weeks ago with a press conference with both our ranking member and our chairman. look, i think that there's no two ways about it. we both -- both senate and the house have oversight responsibilities, and it is embarrassing that we're stalled where we are, but i know that we can get back on track if we work together, and i think that the confidence in the chairman has been affect, and i think that the credibility and integrity of our investigation has been tainted by his actions, and so in order for us to get back on track i think that we must have a new chairman. >> you want a new chairman, is that what you're saying? you want him to step down? >> no. i want him to recu

as you point out, director comey and both leaders of the senate intelligence committee and house intelligence committee made clear there is no evidence to back the specific claims president trump made in his tweets about wiretapping trump tower. what director coming did make clear is that there is -- comey did make clear is that there is an ongoing investigation with associations between the campaign and russia. he did not make clear what the details are because it is an ongoing investigation. it is fair to assume that there is probably some surveillance ongoing relating to that investigation or that took place prior. in may be that what people are saying is that the specific words the president used, there are no evidence to back it up. if you look at director comey's statements to questions that were more details, he was careful to stay away from that. it is an ongoing investigation. parts of it are classified. we don't know the details of what is going on. it is clear that there is more to the story that we don't know yet. when are we going to know that information? my guess is it will tak

he said he sees no reason for the house intelligence committee chairman devin nunes who recuse himself from the investigation. spicer said he has no new details on noneness' visit to the white house last week to view surveillance information and who granted him access to the white house. and he says the president is willing to engage with lawmakers on a new health care reform bill. first, to the russia investigation. the house intelligence chairman nunes rejecting calls from democrats and now at least some republicans to at least recruise himself from the investigation into russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential election. among the unanswered questions, who exactly cleared nunes to go on to white house grounds so that he could meet with a source and view secret intelligence reports. that's something the white house was asked about once again today. >> you said to us from the podium you would look into how chairman nunes was cleared here and with whom he met. do you have any information to live up to the commitment you made on monday to provide more details about how that happened i

we have a democratic on the house intelligence committee. he took part in today's hearing. thank you for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. >> were you satisfied with director comey's investigation? >> i was satisfied. we had been trying to connect the dots between the trump campaign and the russian government. did those extend to russia as they were attacking us and the director told us under those circumstance he was reading into an active investigation which was quite stunning to hear but i think important for the american to know that we are looking at whether his team is looking at russia as this historic and unprecedented campaign had been run by russia. >> let me play a clip of the exchange you had with the fbi director. listen to this. >> would it be safe to assume if a prominent person was doing while they were in russia, the russians saw it. >> i would stick to my answer that people some assume. >> was donald trump under an investigation during the campaign? >> i'm not going to answer that. >> is he under investigation. >> i'm not going to answer that. please don't a

there was no way i could view that because they could not get it to the house intelligence committee. amy: explain what the intelligence chair is saying. that he had to go to the white house. and then you have written, michael, about who you believe it was he met with at the white house and it raises the question of whether the white house didn't give him the information so that he could publicly talk about having it the next day, which would somehow corroborate trump, say he wasn't lying, so as he is pushing for his health-care plan, does not go down because everyone is calling him a liar. >> yeah, i mean, this is such a morass in a diversion at this point. before,member, the week trump goes on tucker carlson on fox and says, you are going to see something in the next couple of weeks that is going to justify my tweets will stop does not refer -- does not say what it is, but suggest the white house has some information. that, a fewafter days later, that nunes goes down to the white house to see this information. he says it wasn't coordinated with the president. the white house says th

the house intelligence committee will thoroughly investigate surveillance and its subsequent dissemination. to determine a few things i want to read off. who was aware of it, why it was not disclosed to congress, who requested and authorized the additional unmasking, whether anyone directed the intelligence community to focus on trump associates, and whether any laws, regulations or procedures were violated. i've asked the directors of fbi, nsa and c.i.a. to expeditiously comply with my march 15th letter which you all received a couple of weeks ago, and to provide a full account of these surveillance activity. i informed speaker ryan this morning of this new information, and i will be going to the white house this afternoon to share what i know with the president and his team. before i get to questions, i want to say that, as you know, there's been what appears to be a terrorist attack in the united kingdom. obviously very concerned and our thoughts and prayers go out to our strong friends and allies over across the pond. and with that, i'll open it up to questions. >> mr. nunes, with any

house intelligence committee hearing on monday where comey and others in the intelligence community will be testifying in open session. all right, congressman, thanks very much for joining us. eric swalwell of california. >>> coming up, a widening scandal involving u.s. navy officers and allegations of bribery, lavish gifts, parties with prostitutes and more. [vo] quickbooks introduces jeanette and her mobile wedding business. she travels far and wide to officiate i do's. and quickbooks automatically tracks those miles. she categorizes with a swipe and is ready for tax time. find more than $4000 in tax savings. visit quickbooks-dot-com. my insurance rates are but dad, you've got... ...allstate. with accident forgiveness they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. indeed. it's good to be in, good hands. >>> we're counting down to cnn's town hall on replacing obamacare. but we're also following the breaking news. president trump in a new interview broke his silence about his claim he was wiretapped by president obama during the campaign. the fbi director j

that's the request you're getting from the house intelligence committee. they sent a letter saying, hey, we would like to see this evidence. please send it by monday, today. they did not include any kind of repercussions or consequences if the department of justice fails to cough up this information. it's likely we can expect to hear more about this, especially from democrats, especially when jim comey comes up to capitol hill next week in the first open public hearing of this house intelligence committee investigation. i would also point out, kate, that you do have another entity asking for this informations well. that is the subcommittee that senator lindsey graham runs part of the judiciary committee on the senate side. he came out last week. i talked to him actually on your show. he said, look, i will subpoena this information if i don't get it. so, you now have multiple entities in congress trying to ask for this very information that, quite frankly, the president said, please go find. so, you know, we'll see how long it takes for this all to come out

. >> the fbi as well as the house intelligence committee and the senate, the house intelligence committee spokesman for chairman nunes said michael flynn has not asked for immunity. the lawyer's statement does talk about the house dependence -- house intelligence community and the senate. it doesn't address the fbi, correct? >> no. his statement -- i just took a quick look at it. it does not. the fbi is obviously a natural place to go if you're trying to seek immunity or if you're going to be investigated. we know the fbi had interviewed michael flynn a couple months ago when he first was under scrutiny or reported publicly that he was being -- his communications with the russian ambassador were being investigated and other communications between him and russian officials were being looked at and he was interviewed by the fbi and it would make sense he would have discussions with the fbi and the house intelligence committees as well. >> i guess when i first read the statement from chairman nunes' spokesperson saying he had not asked for immunity before the house intelligence committee, it