. >> 12:00 is house committee's questioning of michael cohen about russia. 11:00, michael flynn's contactith russia. 2:00, hearings with ambassador kidslyiac. >> 2:00 is the f.b.i. testimony on their russian investigation. >> when did the schedule change? at's the holdup? done with the pr

. >> 12:00 is house committee's questioning of michael cohen about russia. 11:00, michael flynn's contact with russia. 2:00, hearings with ambassador kidslyiac. >> 2:00 is the f.b.i. testimony on their russian investigation. >> when did the schedule change? at's the holdup? done with the promos? >> chuck, what's at 2:00?

we should point out we have spoken with michael cohen. or deny they are actively thinking about a lawsuit. but you know, this two-ways looking at this story. it is donald trump getting mad and going to blow off some steam. that's number one. but i can tell you from people inside of the circle, he is really mad. he want this to stop. he thinks -- charles: why you would do the lawsuit, just as deterrent for this kind of nonsense in the future. >> i will tell you that the precedent protects journalists on something like this is the pentagon papers case. that is a hard one to fight against. david k. johnston, he was long with "new york times." he is private journalist. charles: he had some issues. >> really. i always found him to be a credible guy. rachel maddow, say what you not. she he is liberal but a nice person. but the fact of the matter protects liberals too. charles: charlie gasparino. good stuff. appreciate it. thanks. right after this. .. thanks for doing this, dad. so i thought it might be time to talk about a financial strategy. y

michael cohen operates center city veterinary hospital and says, there's been a lot of change in the pet food industry over the past few decades. >> pretty much any commercial dog food you buy now is going to be balanced for the dog. >> he says the price on owe the bag doesn't really matter. >> i did the math and realized i was spending $3 a day. >> i would say $50, $60. >>fy can spend that on coffee for myself it's okay to spend on my dog. >> yeah definitely he's good. >> fist pump. >> what's important is manufacturer's production quality. >> i go with bigger brands that's mostly because we know that they're sourcing materials from usually reputable places. >> cohen says most owners should stick to swiping their credit card and not making dog food aat home. >> we don't recommend home cooked diets long term for dogs. there's a lot of micro nutrients you're not supplying. >> do you ever consider make making your own food for the dog. >> no. >> too much work. >> yeah. >> and of course, make sure your dog actually enjoys eating it. >> he scarves it down like where's the rest. >> dr. coh

. >> 12:00 is house committee's questioning of michael cohen about russia. 11:00, michael flynn's contact with russia. 2:00, hearings with ambassador kidslyiac. >> 2:00 is the f.b.i. testimony on their russian investigation. >> when did the schedule change? at's the holdup? done with the promos? >> chuck, what's at 2:00? 2:00, debate about whether representative nunes should step aside in the russia probe. >> what happened about the f.b.i. testimony into the investigation with snrution. >> closed meeting. no that's roger stone. you mean house committee questioning of carter page on his russian connections. >> those are different guys. i don't know. how is anyone -- ( russian accent ) >> everyone out, i am new boss, now special report from house of representatives. ( russian music ) >> it's "the late show" with stephen colbert! tonight stephen welcomes marisa tomei. and "stay human" featuring jon batiste and "stay human." now live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) captioning sponsored by cbs ♪ ( band playing ) >> stephen: th

michael cohen operates center city veterinary hospital and says, there's been a lot of change in the pet food industry over the past few decades. >> pretty much any commercial dog food you buy now is going to be balanced for the dog. >> he says the price on owe the bag doesn't really matter. >> i did the math and realized i was spending $3 a day. >> i would say $50, $60. >>fy can spend that on coffee for myself it's okay to spend on my dog. >> yeah definitely he's good. >> fist pump. >> what's important is manufacturer's production quality. >> i go with bigger brands that's mostly because we know that they're sourcing materials from usually reputable places. >> cohen says most owners should stick to swiping their credit card and not making dog food aat home. >> we don't recommend home cooked diets long term for dogs. there's a lot of micro nutrients you're not supplying. >> do you ever consider make making your own food for the dog. >> no. >> too much work. >> yeah. >> and of course, make sure your dog actually enjoys eating it. >> he scarves it down like where's the rest. >> dr. coh

michael cohen is president trump's personal lawyer. last month he met with a guy named felix sader a russian immigrant connected with the mock and he founded a grain company in ukrain. cohen. and the facts about roger stone who communicated with someone known as goose 2.0 through private messages on twitter. the u.s. intelligence committee says it was a front for russian intelligence and claimed responsibility for hacking before the dnc election. we'll stop there because we have lot to talk about. and the ones we listed might be legal, or nefarrious. but we do know they exist. tho those are the facts. so the white house is denying it tried to block sally yates from testifying. >> the white house is vehemently denied that. they did not try to block her from testimony. a review of letters from her to the department of justice shows at the very least they tried to discourage her testimony. let's take step back and remember who sally yates is. she was the acting attorney general for the first 10 days or so. she was fired by the president.

michael cohen, donald trump's personal lawyer. carter page, who was his top foreign policy adviser. paul manafort, who was donald trump's chairman. these are very troubling indications that there may have been something beyond a mere coincidence based on these contacts and we're just seeking information so we can clarify for the american people what actually occurred. >> some senators have expressed interest in a subpoena to force president trump's tax returns. they want to know in they contain any information about the financial ties between the president and russia. should your committee demand those documents as well? >> absolutely. and, in fact, the judiciary committee does have subpoena power, which is, of course, chairman goodland has failed to exercise at this point. we decided to move forward with the inquiry which will force the entire house vote so we know where we stand in terms of the american people or the judiciary will have to consider the resolution of inquiry and we can have a debate on how to proceed. >> the former director of national intelligence, james clapper,

trump leaked his own tax return to distract attention from the health care fight in ad russia, michael cohen spat back on twitter. "as the president's personal attorney, i know who has his taxes. you better have proof to back up your claim and big mouth." we don't know why he paid such an alternative minimum tax. one expert told fox news it's possible for a developer to pay an enormous amount of alternative minimum tax because of the completion rule. and then in subsequent years, get most if all -- if not all of it back. >> bret: there is still no evidence trump tower was wiretapped during the 2016 campaign. that's the word from top lawmakers on the house intelligence committee. as chief intelligence correspondent catherine heritage reports, that's not the end. >> fbi director comey and mike rogers to testify monday, house intelligence committee leaders that they've seen nothing that backs up the march forth allegations on twitter. >> i see no evidence of that. it supports the claim president trump made that his predecessor had wiretapped he and his associates at trump tower. >> evidence rem

michael cohen is president trump's personal lawyer, two facts about him, last month he met with a russian immigrant with connections to the mob, reportedly. and then there are the facts about long-time donald trump associate roger stone who communicated with someone known as guccifer 2.0 which was actually a front for the russian hackers. the ones we listed, they might be legal, they might be totally legal connections or nef far u you, the white house is saying -- >> reporter: the white house vehemently denied that today, they did not try and block her from testimony. but a review of the letters from her lawyers to the department of justice into the house intelligence committee, shows at the very least they tried to discourage her testimony. let's take a step back and remember who sally yates is, she was acting attorney general for the first ten days or so during this administration. she was fire bid the president, but she was also deputy general in the obama administration and she was the one who fired some warning flares that there were some communications going on between michael flynn

trump leaked his own tax return to distract attention from the health care fight in ad russia, michael cohen spat back on twitter. "as the president's personal attorney, i know who has his taxes. you better have proof to back up your claim and big mouth." we don't know why he paid such an minimum tax. one expert told fox news it's possible for a developer to pay an enormous amount of alternative minimum tax because of the completion rule. and then in subsequent years, get most if all -- if not all of it back. >> bret: there is still no evidence trump tower was wiretapped during the 2016 campaign. that's the word from top lawmakers on the house intelligence committee. as chief intelligence correspondent catherine heritage reports, that's not the end. >> fbi director comey and mike rogers to testify monday, house intelligence committee leaders that they've seen nothing that backs up the march forth allegations on twitter. >> i see no evidence of that. it supports the claim president trump made that his predecessor had wiretapped he and his associates at trump tower. >> evidence remains the sam

from what i understand trump is serious, his lawyers led by a guy named michael cohen.they're pretty serious. what they're looking at about this, and i guess they are worried about a constant leak of these documents. "new york times" published his state tax returns in 1919. -- 1999. the left used that to say he is hiding stuff. i will say this, in these documents, there was no evidence of hiding but i will say this, full reporting on this done by my producer brian schwartz and myself on foxbusiness.com right now so you can get the whole sordid controversy which is now starting to pick up some steam. we're getting pickup on this story. melissa: charlie gasparino, thank you. >> thank you, guys. david: we have some breaking news. somali pirates that hijacked an oil tanker near the coast somalia on monday, released tanker and those on board from their control. this coming after families of the eight sri lanka crew members on board pleaded for their release. pirates demanded ransom. the hijacking was first seizure of large commercial vessel by somalia since 2012. melissa: pr

sanctions on russia with respect to the ukraine, just in january, using trump's personal lawyer michael cohens a conduit. the fact these kinds of people are floating around the trump organization, just in and out of the door, is very disturbing. ip's goes into a lot of the different networks. amy: staying on felix, you actually show the business card , which says -- the trump organization. >> at some point he was an adviser to trump. he was meeting with them in their office. they were scheming to do projects all over the planet. he was making campaign contributions to the trump organization this summer. they have distanced themselves from him. this is a fellow with been convicted of slashing someone with a margarita glass. the issue more broadly, just beyond felix sater, how to get in the bottom of all of these allegations? i think david's point about needing some kind of independent investigation, maybe a national commission on this whole issue, just to clear the air, is essentially the way to go. report i havet been doing -- i want to turn to that because, the sater story has been done. we

the question is does he two lawyers, michael cohen and two outside lawyers, do they pull the trigger on this because in the end they are going to lose. charles: is the rub, however, if you i receive something that i know was stolen, radio, bicycle, or a car, isn't that some sort of a crime? charlie: no. charles: someone could have told tax returns and the reporter could have known they were stolen, that would exonerate the reporter? charlie: yes, it's a very parallel universe here. insider trading -- charles: what they have to tell the public. insider trading comes out to full disclosure. hey, i'm in the possession of stolen income tax. charlie: if you mindlessly -- if someone tells you, company x is going to report earnings tomorrow and you trade on that, okay, you can -- you don't know that he stole that information from the company, you just -- you just are receiving it, you cannot be charged with insider trading. you have to know it's been stolen. you to give the person the benefit. charles: okay. charlie: establish that he stole it. charles: stay right there. we bring attorneys

campaign manager, paul mana for the, former campaign manager, roger stone, his personal lawyer, michael cohen are all under investigation for their connections to russia and president trump's son-in-law is under investigation as well for his actions during the campaign. not only did jared kushner meet with ambassador kissly ack and met with the bankers and the white house said the meetings were diplomatic but one of the ankers he met with is sergei gorkov and graduate of the federal security service which is an academy that is tasked with training individuals to become members of russia's security and intelligence for the tress and now the chairman of a bank and he was appointed by putin himself. this is not a mom and pop bank but a state-owned corporation that has been under sanctions by the united states for the past three years. jared kushner whose family is worth $2 billion and he sat down allegedly under his role with the president to chat with this owner of the bank and a person from the kremlin said this meeting was the bank's prerogative and that the president was unaware. we need mor

it was hand delivered to the office of michael flynn by long time trump lawyer michael cohen. the plan leaked to the new york times last month and even republicans have made it clear that they would stand in the way of lifting sanctions against russia. then there's putin's long time mission to underlie the united states as a leader in western democracy. and what better way to do that but to undermine two of the agencies, the state department and cia. will well, the state department just happens to be headed by former exxonmobil ceo and recipients of award. wikileaks. virtual a bomb on the u.s. releasing more than hacked documents from the cia's ability to spy through smartphones and televisions to alleging the agency is part of an evil conspiracy to damage, wait for it, russia. so how close is russia to getting what it wants oust trump world? and before we get to the russia of it all we talked about michael flynn there. who we now find out was not only quite sweet on vladimir putin sitting at his table, taking maybe we don't know how much money to be an analyst but also russia

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they're take us through it is michael cohen from barclays. welcome back. p or longer term trend? michael: we think this is more likely to be a short-term blip. i think first you have to look at what caused it in the first place. we were in a period of time where positioning was stretched, where sentiment started to sour for a couple of different reasons. first, we had this opec meeting that, you know, tried to address whether producers were actually complying with this overall cut. we had a conference that took place, saudi energy minister attend and had saw that u.s. producers were continuing to increase their drilling activity. basically from what they've done, all the way back from september until now so. we've seen drilling activity increase. the other thing is you have to remember this is a seasonal period of time where we usually see some weakness. we think prices will start to rebound. i think they're going to be weak again because of this period of time during this season. as we move further into the sandape may time frame, refineries are going to r

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michael ellis and ezra cohen watnick of the national security council, this is about information thatvin nunes saw from those two at the eisenhower executive building. this is names of people caught up with a fisa surveillance of foreign players. who is that? we can't know for sure because they can't talk on the record. here's what we believe has happened. we believe that sergey kislyak, the ambassador to the united states from russia, a known russian spy and recruiter in washington, that he was under surveillance. if you're a russian spy, you're under surveillance. that's a normal course of events. so whoever he spoke to would be caught up in incidental contact. everything he says on the phone or online, everything is collected by our security apparatus, by our intelligence sources. if he talked to you, then you would have been caught up. incidentally in this security. so the thinking is that we're not sure about this, we'll know soon enough, the thinking is these two guys gave to it devin nunes and said here there's some people caught up in incidental collection here. they made that

according to the times, ezra cohen-wa cohen-watnick and michael ellis used to work for chairman nunes on the house intelligence committee. so is chairman nunes talking today finally telling us what happened at his tuesday night rendezvous at the white house? no. silence from him. he's not talking. his spokesperson only saying this, quote, he has stated many times chairman nunes will not confirm or deny speculation about his sources' identity. and he will not respond to speculation from anonymous sources. and, yes, you have heard that many times. >> i'm not going to get into the sources. we never talk about sources and methods. we don't talk about sources at this committee. we want more people to come forward. >> well, the other alleged source, ezra cohen-watnick was the subject two weeks ago of this political report about how president trump stepped in to keep the 30-year-old aide on his staff. now just minutes after the "time" broke that story white house press secretary spokesperson sean spicer took to the podium. >> i want to ask you when you were asked if the white house had any r

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areheart of the story, they central characters in my book, two former portfolio managers cohen's fund, matthew and michael steinburg. artoma is serving fairly lengthy prison sentence, although his case is on appeal, was convicted,rg but his conviction was later verturned after an appeals court made a ruling that made it harder to convict someone for insider trading. sunday night, 8 p.m. eastern q&a.span continues. journal" host: we are back here in open phones this morning, taking on any public policy or politics issue you'd like to discuss, before we get to i want to share what is happen nothing washington today. his afternoon, 2:30 p.m. eastern time, we'll have judiciaryof the senate committee hear og russian interference and world is on c-span, onpan.org, or you can listen your phone or other device with the c-span radio app. that. tonight the president is headed to nashville, tennessee, doing a rally there. coverage of that 7:30 p.m. eastern on c-span 2, the well, c-span.org, or the radio app. his afternoon, people will be watching the federal reserve, the chair, janet yellen, will be from all account

michael alice and ezra cohen-watnick. >> if, in fact, the national security council staff that discovered these materials reportedly in the ordinary course of business are the same national security staff that provided them to the chairman to be provided to the president, it raises a profound question of why they were not directly provided to the white house by the national security staff and instead were provided through a circuitous route involving the chairman. if that was designed to hide the origin of the materials, that raises profound questions about just what the white house is doing. >> eric: there are three investigations going on over two separate topics. first topic, whether or not there was any collusion with the russian spy team trump during the election, and the second thing was their surveillance of team trump by the intel department, and if so, who unmasked the names of those being surveilled. also very important: was the unmasking legal? let's jump in. dana, what was the big information we got today? >> dana: there's two. were going to get to it later but the senate hear

that of michael ellis, deals with national security matters. then there's edward cohen watnick who works in the security council, senior intelligence person there, just 30 years old. he was brought in by lieutenant michael flynn. mcmaster. actually wanted to remove him from his position but the senior political leadership of the white house intervened to keep him in that position. sean spicer would not acknowledge either one of those names. would not confirm that they might have been involved here. sean spicer also saying that just before this briefing and the coincidence can't help but be noted here, sent a letter up to the ranking member and the chairman of both intelligence committees in the senate and house saying that they have found information in the course of their investigation that's relevant to the russia investigation and leaks and that twhaeupbted both the chairman and the ranking intelligence, ranching member of the intelligence committees to come down to the white house to view that information. sean spicer also scolded the press again for wanting to know

areheart of the story, they central characters in my book, two former portfolio managers cohen's fund, matthew and michael steinburg. artoma is serving fairly lengthy prison sentence, although his case is on appeal, was convicted,rg but his conviction was later verturned after an appeals court made a ruling that made it harder to convict someone for insider trading. sunday night, 8 p.m. eastern q&a.span continues. journal" host: we are back here in open phones this morning, taking on any public policy or politics issue you'd like to discuss, before we get to

fox news has confirmed that two white house staffers, ezra cohen-watnick, and michael ellis, aided congressman devin nunes in his search for intelligence. the disclosure raised more questions about connections between the house intelligence committee chairman and the administration. at the daily briefing, press secretary sean spicer stressed what's important is the substance, not the process. >> your obsession with who talk to home when it is not the answer. it should be the substance. seems you continue to look at it from a backwards prism. who drove in watergate, who did they meet with? as opposed to the underlying substance. did something happen in the 2016 election? did leaks occur? >> white house tried to change the subject, revealing the nsc has uncovered information relevant in the investigation on whether intelligence had been mishandled. >> we have and will invite the senate and house ranking members and chairman to the white house to view the material in accordance with their schedule. >> ranking member of the house committee was quick to accept the invitation but added "if these are

according to the times, ezra cohen-wa cohen-watnick and michael ellis used to work for chairman nunesouse intelligence committee. so is chairman nunes talking today finally telling us what happened at his tuesday night rendezvous at the white house? no. silence from him. he's not talking. his spokesperson only saying

look at classified evidence the new york times identified his sources as nsc staffer ezra cohen-watnick and michael ellis a white house lawyer. >>> if that was designed to hide the origin of the materials, then that raises profound questions. >> reporter: white house argues that the focus should be the leaking of classified information, not this process. >>> and, joining me is host of the face the nation on cbs john dickerson, john, thanks for being with us. we will have members of the senate intelligence committee, i'm sure michael flynn and russian meddling investigation will be a huge topic. tell us your game plan. >>> that is right, hi ukee. we will talk to senator cornyn from texas and senator king from maine, republican, independent, basically what happened here is the house intelligence committee is having a lot of back and forth , spat between chairman and the ranking democrat, because of the chairman's efforts to, he has got some new information he says there has been back and forth about where that information came from. this week it was disclosed out of the white house. it is unclear whe

was reported by "the new york times" yesterday which identify the two staffers as edward cohen wotton egg, and michael ellis. ellis used to work for the house intelligence committee. the tick-tock of all of this is becoming more clear, but there's still some areas that are little bit murky. it appears that information about surveillance and unmasking was discovered on the ends echoed of branch computer system. that information but apparently minutes way to the white house counsel's office, chairman nunes came to review it. still little holes in the timeline that we are trying to fill in. what's not clear is if he happened to cross the information on his own or if he was asked by chairman nunes to look for it because nunes' publicist claims he was looking into this matter longer for the president sent out his now infamous tweets. it's also unclear what happened to the information after it landed in the white house counsel's office. did michael elvis dominic ellis don't act on my stomach he's being criticized for seeming to want to protect the president more than he wants to protect an impartial investi

york times" says devin nunes was brought to the white house grounds and briefed by ezra cohen watnik and michael ellis, a lawyer that works on national security issues at the white house counsel's office and someone that used to work with devin nunes on the house intelligence committee. it is these two individuals that work on the white house grounds that gave him whatever information the chairman says he has that trump associates or officials were picked up in incidental surveillance during the transition. the white house does not deny this report today, and they'll deny pretty much anything at any time. they have no problem with denials. the fact they didn't deny it raises this question of whether or not the white house, white house staffers were coordinating with the house intelligence chair during this investigation. >> reporter: that's absolutely right. not only is the white house not denying it, neither is devin nunes as well. in fact, michael ellis that you mentioned is one of the sources in that "new york times" report who is suggested, i actually asked devin nunes earlier this week spec

told by intelligence officials that the two individuals who were identified yesterday ezra cohen-watnick and michaelce for the information for the intelligence chairman. they did play a role in helping to sign him in so he could view the intelligence. >> again, john, i'm not -- if i start commenting on every one of these stories, i can't -- that's not our practice. i mean, again, part of it is if we confirm some things and not others, we go down a slippery slope. we continue to say this is the substance of this matter and what continues to come to light in terms of obama officials admitting either off the record or on the record consistent with what dr. farkas says, there was an attempt to do something politically motivated with the intelligence out there and the question is why. who else did it? was it ordered? by whom? but i think more and more, the substance that continues to come out on the record by individuals continues to point to exactly what the president was talking about that day on march 5th. jonathan? >> sean, we heard from the president this morning saying mike flynn should ask for imm

onto the white house grounds or the two names revealed by "the new york times" today, ezra cohen-watnick or michaels being involved? >> you know, we didn't get into any level of detail on that iran. our focus during our conversation was how do we go forward in terms of the witnesses that we want to testify, how do we go forward in terms of the hearings that we had scheduled that were canceled and getting the hearings back on track. that was really the length of the breadth of our discussion. as i mentioned earlier, it's not an easy conversation at the moment but, you know, this work has to go on and, you know, i'm prepared to work with whoever i need to to make sure that we get to the bottom line here. >> i want to clarify one thing. >> yes. >> is there any headway in solving this fbi director comey back. it's my understanding that you're withholding your signature from a letter that comey drafted. is there any progress in resolving this impasse? >> you know, i wouldn't say we're withholding anything. we signed the letter that the chairman wanted. we've invited directors comb mo comey and rogers to

. >> identifying them as michael ellis who formally worked on the intelligence house and ezra cohen wattnicknes is still refusing to reveal his source. they s on march 20th the fbi director confirms the fbi investigation while rebuking the wiretapping claim. >> i have no information that supports those tweets. >> nunes makes the secret trip to the white house to review documents. the president said he felt vindicated. >> i some what do. >> spicer dismisses information. >> it doesn't really pass the smell test. i am not getting into any further details on this. >> inviting leaders to review new evidence that may show information collected about americans was mishandled and leaked. senate intelligence asking the white house to direct to agencies behind the documents to forward information to them as they launch the first public hearing with one witness former fbi agent accusing president trump of using russian tactics. >> part of this is because the commander in chief used this against his opponents. >> we just learned moments ago that the senate intelligence committee turned down mike flynn's

ezra cohen watnick came on board under michael flynn. politico reported earlier this month when h.r. mcmaster took over as national security add vietser he tried to oust cohen watnick and president trump intervened at the urging of jared kushner and steve bannon. meanwhile, "the washington post" has the story on a third official reporting ezra cohen took intelligence reports that mentioned trump campaign officials or suggested they were monitored inadvertently to the top of the national security council john eisenberg. nbc news has not independently confirmed "the new york times" or "washington post" reporting. >> david ignatius, they aren't in maryland. they're inside the white house. help -- for those of us who don't know exactly how this works, talk about how strange this is that you have had people working at the nsc rummaging through, trying to find evidence and then calling the house intel chair with information who -- first of all, he claimed, i have information i'm taking to the white house. he goes to the white house. they feed i

they're very central characters in my book are these two former portfolio managers for cohen's fund, matthew martoma and michael steinberg. martoma is currently serving a fairly lengthy prison sentence, though his case is on appeal. and mr. steinberg was convicted, but then his conviction was later overturned after an appeals court made a ruling that made it much harder to convict someone for insider trading. >> sunday night, at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> the atlanta council hosted a panel discussion recently with foreign affairs and trade experts on the future of north american trade. speakers discussed the trump administration's trade policy, the north american free trade agreement or nafta, and secretary of state rex tillerson and homeland security secretary john kelly's trip to mexico. this is about 90 minutes. >>> good afternoon, everyone. my name is peter schechter, senior vice president for strategic initiatives at the atlantic council. i'm also the director of the asian latin american center. thank you for joining us in this very timely event. and it is timely because 2 of the 3 members of t

michael steinberg. liz: correct. >> be that as it may, cohen is making preparations to get back in the business. it's a hot topic on wall street, and here's what we know is that associates of his has been recently meeting with third party marketers. what do they do? third party markets or attract international investors to invest money into the new entity. they've been spending a lot of time, i understand, meeting with the third party marketers who have the connections with big institutional investors bring money in. what i understand, there is appetite. what's interesting he's obviously starting it now. going to open early in 2018 when his ban subsides but doing it at a time that hedge funds aren't doing that well. steve cohen made a lot of institutional investors a lot of money. they what you want to about the suspicions of insider trading. liz: will people want to touch him with a 10 foot pole, just d by the feds again? >> here's the thing, what cohen is hoping for is a lighter regulatory environment under president donald trump. that does not -- the same scrutiny will not be on him that was

identifying those officials at 32-year-old michael ellis, a white house lawyer who formerly worked on white house intelligence staff and 30-year-old ezra cohen-watnick, senior director for intelligence at national security counsel. sources tell nbc news president trump tried to fire cohen-watnick, a. nunes says even though he reviewed the information on white house grounds, white house officials weren't involved. >> i'm quite sure people in the west wing had no idea i was there. >> reporter: if that source turns out to be a white house official it would be an explosive twist in a drama critics say started in a chance to back up president trump's claims he was wiretapped. the president said he felt vindicated. >> i somewhat do. >> reporter: then thursday spokesman sean spicer dismisses nunes got information from the white house. >> i don't know why he would brief the president on something we gave him. it doesn't pass the smell test. >> reporter: spicer deflecting questions about the report. >> i'm not going to get into further details. >> reporter: announcing this letter inviting bipartisan leaders of the intelligence committee to review new

now, the two leakers were identified as ezra cohen-watnick, the senior director for intelligence for the national security council, and michael ellis, a lawyer who works on national security issues at the white house council's office. ellis has, of course, a direct connection to nunes, having worked as general counsel. while cohen-watnick is an ally of steve bannon and jared kushner who politico reported successfully pressured the president himself to keep cohen-watnick at his position at the national security council even when the nsa wanted to get rid of him. the times report came out shortly before white house press secretary sean spicer was sent out to brief reporters today. that briefing was delayed. when spicer finally emerge the, he told reporters the white house had quote, just recently set a letter to the leaders of the house and senate intelligence committees asking them to come to the white house to view classified documents. he then refused to answer questions about the times report. >> sean, are you saying that "the new york times" report today is not -- >> i'm saying in order to comment on that story would be to

well, cohen was brought in by former national security adviser michael flynn, but when flynn's replacement h.r. mcmaster tried to oust him, sources tell nbc news that president trump's saved him. he jumped in and saved his job. reportedly at the urging of advisers jared kushner and steve bannon. michael ellis, a lawyer in the white house was the second white house official according to "the new york times." today "the washington post" reported that a third white house official, top lawyer for the nsc, john einb was also involved in the handling of those reportshatent to nunes. nbc news by the way caught up with two of the three, ellis andize enberg, early this morning. >> did you help provide defn nunes with -- >> i'm not talking to anything. >> did you see what devin nunes shared with president trump? >> i've got to get to work. >> can you tell us anything about which trump officials were mentioned in the documents given to chairman nunes? >> no, thanks. >> can you tell us anything, if there were any corroboration with russian officials by the obama administration? >> i have no idea. >> c

those officials was ezra cohen-watnick, the senior director for intelligence at the national security council. he was brought in by the way by former national security adviser michael flynn. flynn's replacement, h.r. mcmaster tried to fire the guy. sources tell nbc news that president trump himself overrode him and kept this guy aboard. clearly trump is looking out for him. the other official was michael ellis, a lawyer, who formerly works for nunes himself at the house intelligence committee. nbc has not confirmed that yet, however. according to the new york sometimes story, matthew rosenberg, cohen-watnick began reviewing reports shortly after president trump's wiretapping tweet. >> we're told that he began to look for this intelligence or -- found it after mr. trump tweeted about being surveilled by the obama administration. there's some disagreement among our officials. one who is saying this is part of an effort to find a post-fac tow justification for the tweets. another saying they were doing a review of how tejsz is shared in the white house and they came across this information. >> today confidentially sean spicer told reporters a letter was sent to the he

york times" identified nunes' sources as ezra cohen-watnick, the senior director for intelligence at the national security council who once worked for michael flynn, and michael ellis, a lawyer in white house counsel's office who was previously counsel to nune'' committee. while nunes is n now facing cals to recuse himself from the house intelligence probe into trump's ties to russia, the senate intelligence committee held its first public hearing thursday on the issue. the hearing focused less on the trump campaign's alleged dealings with russia and more on how russia used what one lawmaker described as propaganda on steroids to influence the election and to undermine the u.s.s. media. during the hearing democrat , senator mark warner said -- "we are seeking to determine if there is an actual fire, but so far there is a great, great deal of smoke." to talk more about these developments and what it means for u.s.-russian relations, we are joined now by robert david english, a professor of international relations at university of southern california. he recently wrote a piece for foreign affairs called, "russia, trump, and a new detente." pr

ezra cohen wattnic national security and michael ellis in the white house council's office.enhower building on march the 21st. sean spicer yesterday refused to call -- say whether or not they were the sources. they apparently are not necessarily whistleblowers. perhaps, they could simply have helped nunes to figure a way to get the information. for instance, if one of the whistleblowers worked in another part of washington, couldn't really go over to where they worked to look at it. so they went over to supposedly neutral ground of that, for instance, michael ellis who is one of the guys who is named. is he white house counsel. he worked for nunes on the house oversight committee. so maybe nunes picked up the phone, hey, i have got a whistleblower and i need to use this super secret computer to look at it. can i come over? thamaybe that's what's happenin. brian: read the "wall street journal" today. i have a question to ask anybody. if somebody ever goes donald trump's direction in this investigation, for example if there is no collusion and there was surveillance. will they

cohen wattnick at the national security council. watnick was brought into the administration by, wait 40, michael flynn, who used to be his boss when flynn ran the intelligence agency. before he got fired from there by the obama administration. leading him to seek income elsewhere, including speaking fees from r.t., which is russian state-run tv. and a deal to represent turkish interests without registering as a foreign agent as he was legally required to do. the other official names in the times report is michael ellis, a lawyer in the white house council's office who used to work for, wait for it again, detective, on the staff of the house intelligence committee. the time in the report that watnick began detailing interception of foreign officials shortly after donald trump's wiretapping tweet. and late tonight "the washington post" is now reporting that at least three senior white house officials were involved in sharing intelligence documents with devin nunes. the post names ezra cohen-watnick but also names the top lawyer for the national security council, john eisenberg. joining us are malcolm nance, intelligence analyst. a f