. >>> anyway, just ahead, my exclusive interview with republican senator james lankford. we talk about whether the president's favorite #spygate is a fair description. his answer is no, at least, not yet. >>> and as we go to break, a state of emergency in maryland. this is dramatic video of brown waters rushing down main street as flash floods strike ellicott city, not that far from where we are here. emergency rescue is underway. 13 miles from baltimore, it was devastated by similar flood waters in july of 2016. we are going to be watching this story. our thoughts and prayers are with our neighbors. we will keep you updated on that. "kasie d.c." is back after this. thanks to dawn, rescue workers only trust dawn, because it's tough on grease yet gentle. i am home, i am home, i am home >>> welcome back to "kasie d.c." this week congressional leaders from both parties were briefed on those highly classified documents related to the russia investigation. rudy giuliani now says the president's own legal team wants a briefing on this classified information as well. i asked rep

. >>> plus, my exclusive conversation with senator james lankford.talk about the president's insistence his campaign was spied on and we learn the senator is working secretly behind closed doors with a bipartisan group to resolve daca. >>> but first, we are trying to answer a simple question. will the president actually be able to have a summit on june 12th with north korean leader kim jong-un after he abruptly canceled it? on friday, "the new york times" wrote the following. quote, a senior white house official told reporters that even if the meeting were reinstated holding it on june 12 would be impossible given the lack of time needed. president trump 1307bded on twitter with this false accusation. quote, the failing "the new york times" quotes a senior white house official who doesn't exist, use real people, not phony sources. the source was, in fact, a senior white house official speaking to a large group of reporters in the white house briefing room. we journalists try as hard as we can to always identify our sources on the record so that we ca

democrat jeanne shaheen and republican james lankford, who are both working on this.a sanctions package. this is what senator shaheen had to say when she was with us. >> pastor brunson is being held hostage. i think it goes all the way to the top, to erdogan, president erdogan. he's the one responsible. these are totally made up charges. they don't even connect pastor brunson with his church, they called him a mormon, don't seem to know who he represents. this is someone who has been in turkey for 23 years. at his trial when he was asked about the charges, he said, i love turkey, i would never do anything against turkish people. this is not fair. >> shannon: we have had an abbasid or they are on the ground, other lawmakers, the president, vice president now weighing in on this. turkey is a nato ally. how do we get this guy home? >> we have to up the pressure. we have seen that we held the line with both korea and amazingly, north korea has returned three prisoners. we have to do the same, even though turkey is a nato ally, they are not responding to specific demands f

let's get more now from oklahoma senator james lankford who sits on the intelligence committee in the senate. senator, thanks for being here. you are assessment of this report that came out of your committee today, i had lot of right up saying, it goes really against the house committee on this very topic. >> senator lankford: it's an interesting spin to say it goes against the house committee. all we did was look at the assessment from the obama administration that they did in december, literally the final month for the president. he put out a quick run through of what intelligence they had at that point, we looked at it and evaluated what they had at that point inside a "yes," that's what they had. they evaluated it and set for the russians trying to help president trump at the end? yes. the bigger question was not out there, where they always trying to help the trump campaign? no. that's not in the report. the russian started working on campaign issues in the united states in 2014, they didn't even know the candidates at that point. they were determined to find some way to meddle i

. >>> plus, my exclusive conversation with senator james lankford.ut the president's insistence his campaign was spied on and we learn the senator is working secretly behind closed doors with a bipartisan group to resolve daca. >>> but first, we are trying to answer a simple question. will the president actually be able to have a summit on june 12th with north korean leader kim jong-un after he abruptly

republican senator james lankford of oklahoma and democratic senator jean shaheen of new hampshire joins so much for being with us. senator shaheen, i'll start with you. most americans are not familiar with the details of pastor brunson's case. can you lay it out why he is being detained? >> he's being held hostage by president erdogan. erdogan has been so bold as to say i will trade him for your pastor for my pastor. fethullah gulen. the pastor has done nothing wrong, this is a blatant attempt to blackmail the united states. that's why senator lankford and senator tillis and i are doing everything we can to send a message to turkey that this is not acceptable. this is our nato ally, they're supposed to be on our side. >> senator lankford, we expressed concerns after the hostages taken in north korea came home, used as a bargaining chip and that being celebrated as positive behavior by north korea. are we beginning to see hostage-taking by supposed allies and enemies alike as a new way to bargain with the united states and this administration? >> this is has been ongoing for a while. he

this hearing is led by oklahoma republican jane -- james lankford. spent good morning, everyone. i'm glad you're here. the subcommittee will come to order. i do want to say that this is the first of our hearings on this senate subcommittee. i do want to greed my colleague and say how publicly pleased i am to work with you. so please have mercy on us as we try to transition in this. this hearing marks the first of our fiscal year 2019 budget hearings together, under the jurisdiction of the financial subcommittee. we look forward to collaborating with the ranking member and the entire committee of the fiscal year 2019 bill. and to conduct oversight for the agencies to ensure they are spending resources responsibly. today we have the chairman for the federal commissions and the chairman of the federal trade commission. thank you both for being here today. this hearing is very timely considering the recent debates in the senate. since the internet was developed, the marketing consumers have driven innovation and expansion, which has caused the internet to thrive in a relatively relic

this 90 minute senate appropriations subcommittee led by chair oklahoma republican james lankford. >> good morning, every one. glad you're here. the subcommittee will come to order. before i proceed this will be the first of our hearings on this senate subcommittee on appropriations. i want to greet my colleague senator coons and say be pickly how pleased i am able to work with you. you have been the ranking member before. now a new chairman is stepping in. you will have somers sy on us as we try to transition on this the hearing marks first of fiscal year 2019 budget years under jurisdiction of financial services general government subcommittee. look forward to collaborating with the ranking member and entire committee on fiscal year 2019 bill and partner together with hearings to conduct oversight for agencies is, operating effectively, spending resources responsibly. we have with us chairman of the federal communications commission, ajit pai, and head of the federal trade commission, joseph simons. thank you for being here today. this hearing is timely recent debate in the senate d