nbc news has not confirmed this "washington post" report.go, senator mark war warner said if true this is a slap to the face of the intel community. risking sources and methods is inexcusable particularly with the russians. nice to see both of you. george, senator mark warner says it's slap in the face, hardly seems as serious as at least this could be revealing classified information. >> it wouldn't be the first slap in the face because during the transition he was skeptically to put it politely about the intelligence community. this was a man who discussed the crews missile strikes in a public dining area with the president of china during a dinner at maurg maurg at mar-a-lago. the country wanted someone new to politics and this is what it looks like. >> one is being green and another is putting the country at risk. which is this? >> it's both. putting the country at risk. you used the phrase several times being off skricht. >> that was in the article. i was citing the article. >> remember how long it took to get him on a teleprompter and

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that number came out before tonight's news in "the washington post."i'll speak with a former watergate prosecutor when we come right back. i got a mortgage offer from the bank today. whuuuuuat? you never just get one offer. go to lendingtree.com and shop multiple loan offers for free! free? yeah. could save thousands. you should probably buy me dinner. pappa's eatin' steak tonight. no. at lendingtree, shop and compare loan offers from top lenders and in just 5 minutes, you could save thousands. lendingtree, when banks compete, you win. i love date night. yeah. somebody's ruining it. yeah. well you could leave if you wanted to? test test >>> the reasons for a special prosecutor are compelling. a special prosecutor is not subject to day-to-day supervision by the attorney general or anyone else at the justice department. >> i'm reminded this is day 116 of the new administration. the more that leaks about this white house and its response to the russia investigation, the louder the calls have become from democrats, especially for a special prosecutor or in

turned out to the no to be true. >> let me disagree with you there were two stories from the "washington postne that the attorney -- the deputy attorney general threatened to resign which i personally denied to a washington news channel and secondly that director comey then director comey had asked for more hours resource resources then the acting director says to the u.s. senate committee, that that's not so that he has no memory of that what so far. those stories right away were have a problem with enemy. not everything that's written in the "washington post" is 100 accurate. >> well did. >> anderson. >> go ahead gloria. >> look at this from the russian point of view. they've got -- you know thaefr got chaos in the united states government. people rg aing about whether they hacked the election or whether the transition team was in collusion with the russians. >> thaefr got the foreign minister and their ambassador. >> exactly. >> in the fryingen oval office meeting with the president and meet getting according to the reported code word level classified information directly from the presiden

liz: big cheers from "washington post" staff members after learning that they broke the "washington postdership record for their story claiming president trump leaked intelligence to russian officials. it went viral on social media. the paper's fact checker glen kessler tweeting out -- fox news tucker carlson saying this report is just another example of media outlets blinded by their own bias of president trump. >> it was not news coverage, it was political activism committed by news outlets. none of the usual media watchdog types said a word about it then or now, because with trump all bets are off. many journalists believe it is literally impossible to be unfair to work for donald trump. they succumb to trump hatred that is so intense it destroyed their judgment and some cases affected their character. i see it all the time. normal people see the president's sdmraus they exist, they see crimes and conspiracies, the rest of us may complain trump is undisciplined, fair. >> wow, atomic weapons, amazon ceo jeff bezos bought the "washington post" for $250 million in 2013. amazon stock hitt

now, the report goes on to say that the washington post...lligence sharing partner had not authorised the us to share this classified information with the russians ora, indeed, anyone else. it is very sensitive information according to the report, so sensitive that many officials were not party to. only a small select number of officials were partied to this information. the national security adviser hr mcmaster has just been speaking at the white house, denying the reports in the washington post. i will recap what he said, he said that the story is a fault, that the president received information on a range of common threats but at no time with a intelligence threats. two other officials were present. he said i was in the room and it did not happen stop but the report from the washington post says there are us officials concerned of the breach in the way the information was handled and that officials are then had to clear up the damage caused by the information being shared and say they managed to contain what was seen as a potential leak of

a report from "the washington post."et's get the latest from john roberts, who was already done some reporting earlier. good evening. >> good evening prayer and we are waiting to talk in person with a white house official but sean spicer provided fox news with a statement from rex tillerson, secretary of state. i think it bears repeating prayed he said of the meeting with lavrov and sergey kislyak, russian ambassador to the u.s., "during president trump's meeting with foreign minister lavrov, broad range of subjects were discussed, among which were common efforts and threats regarding counterterrorism. during the exchange, the nature of specific threats were discussed but they do not discuss sources, methods, or military operations. "there is another statement attached. i can't tell if it's an official statement or a quote from somewhere. it is from the deputy national security advisory for strategy saying "this story is false. the president only discussed the common threats both countries faced. "the washington post" is

what they did is go to "the washington post."tory about the deputy attorney general threatening resign, and when they said that former director comey had asked for more resources for the russian investigation, that wasn't true either. there is a credibility problem and we need to get this all out to balance a bit. >> jeff, the leaker here is the president. the president told our adversaries -- excuse me, i let you go. the president told our adversaries some of our most precious secrets given to us by some of our closest allies, this president came into office, attacking the intelligence community. get this timeline, on that 9, he fired the fbi director. the next day, he meets with the russians, the very people who helped tilt the election in his favor and he gives them classified information. if i could amend senator corker's statement for just a moment, they are not in a downward spiral, we are, this president has put our entire company on a downward spiral. >> this raises more questions among members of congress who have been c

"the washington post" citing u.s. officials briefed on intelligence reports reporting that jared kushner and russia's ambassador to washington, sergey kislyak, discussed the possibility of setting up a secret and secure communications channel between trump's transition team and the kremlin using russian diplomatic facilities in an apparent move

there are no laws being broken that we look at and even as the "washington post" if you read through rticle of what they post it on line you don't see anything that shows and the law has been broken. it is simply an idea that hypothetically something bad could have happened. what is the? where's the evidence? let me bring in family duzinski. the usual suspects senator mark warner of rushing to twitter to talk about how egregious this wasn't of course baiting -- basing it off the "washington post" article which is based on once again anonymous sources. >> if you want to something more ridiculous the dnc statement on this. the dnc put out a statement saying we can't trust president trump of classified information. from the party that nominated hillary clinton who use classified information on insecure private server. it's just going to be used as a political folk all before we have the facts. that's exactly what's happening here and it hasn't been that long since the news drove. charles: poll you want to jump back in. >> at the end of the day when it comes down to is accountability. if

out on tv to deny has turned out not to be true. >> anderson, there were two stories from "the washington posthat the attorney general threatened to resign, which he personally denied to a washington news channel. and then director comey had asked for more resources and then the deputy director, the acting director says to the committee, that that's not so, he has no memory of that. so not everything that gets written in the "washington post" is 100% accurate. >> look at this from the russian point of view. so they have got chaos in the united states government, people arguing about whether they hacked the election, or whether the transition team was in collusion with the russians. >> they got a foreign minister and their ambassador in the friggin' oval office, and getting according to reporting code word level classified information directly from the president of the united states in the oval office. you cannot make this up. >> that's my next point. they walk into the oval and they get all this information, and they walk out, they go wow, let's reverse engineer all of this and figure out who

but that wasn't the only story "the washington post" got wrong last week.ev after comey was fired, the post reported this headline. just days before he was inspired, wrong again. it was the acting fbi director testing before congress last week. he said he was unaware of such requests and we have plenty of money for this. we have adequate funding. so let's put the latest fake news story into contest. we have two stories they published last week dead wrong. anonymous sources, credibility, and that fits into a much broader narrative that we have been dealing with almostt exclusively here in the media on this show. their anger toward the president is now stopping them from doing their job. it's why i have spoken about changing the white house and how they handled the press, they need to restructure daily briefings. aed they turned them into nothing more than a dog and pony show. i explain last night, they developed a list of the top 15, 20 issues of the day. members of the mainstream media beforehand and afterwards and they gave up all their questions and answers in detail and then ask que

the story broke this afternoon by "washington post" reporters greg miller and greg jaffy and was confirmed by buzzfeed news and the "new york times" citing not only former u.s. officials, but current u.s. officials which seems important. the post says this, president trump revealed highly classified information to the russian foreign minister and ambassador in a white house meeting last week. the information the president relayed has been provided by a u.s. porn through an intently sharing arrangement that details have been held from allies and tightly restricted within the u.s. government. quote, this is code word information said a u.s. official familiar with the matter using termnology that refers to one of the highest classification used. he revealed more information to the russian ambassador than we have shartd with our own allies. the partner had not given the united states permission, meaning the partner country, partnering nation. that country had not given the united states permission to share the material with russia. and officials say trump's decision to do so endangerous cooper

but let's talk about "the washington post" for a minute. this is the same newspaper who has democracy dies in darkness on their homepage just last wee week. the post reported the deputy attorney general rob rosenstein, he was threatening to quit because of comey's firing. guess what, rosenstein spoke in an on camera interview and he said i'm not quitting. i never threatened to quit. but that wasn't the only story "the washington post" got wrong last week. after comey was fired, the post reported this headline. just days before he was inspired, wrong again. it was the acting fbi director testing before congress last week. he said he was unaware of such requests and we have plenty of money for this. we have adequate funding. so let's put the latest fake news story into contest. we have two stories they published last week dead wrong. anonymous sources, credibility, and that fits into a much broader narrative that we have been dealing with almost exclusively here in the media on this show. their anger toward the president is down stopping them

and it isn't until the washington post comes along and the washington post does a simple thing of picking up the phone. >> well, that is pretty extraordinary. and, again, it was not like they were having to move quickly on this. they had this memo -- >> they apparently acted on. extraordinary and disturbing both. thank you, karen. >> great to be here. >> also in the russia probe, today is the deadline set by not just one, but two congressional committees. the committees demanding that the fbi and white house turnover documents written by former fbi director james comey about his interactions with president trump. now, aides in the senate judiciary committee confirming to nbc they have not received the documents from the white house or the fbi. and on the house side, the oversight committee which only sent its letter to the fbi says the fbi has not responded to its request. meanwhile, the top house republican refusing to stand by president trump's reported description of former fbi director james comey as a nutjob. >> does it concern you that the president referred to the former fbi direct

>> they do not like her. >> the washington post had a story -- >> go ahead. >> washington post had ae north carolina state senate republicans introduced a $1 million amendment in the middle of the night on friday on its suppose to create new funding for opioid addictions. but the trick is the key thing here is that they want to pay for this, the $1 million by taking money away from democratic districts. >> thank you. >> politics as usual. when we return, let me finish. hey dad, come meet the new guy. the new guy? what new guy? i hired some help. he really knows his wine. this is the new guy? hello, my name is watson. you know wine, huh? i know that you should check vineyard block 12. block 12? my analysis of satellite imagery shows it would benefit from decreased irrigation. i was wondering about that. easy boy. nice doggy. what do you think? not bad. brtry new flonase sensimists. allergy relief instead of allergy pills. it delivers a gentle mist experience to help block six key inflammatory substances. most allergy pills only block one. new flonase sensimist changes everything. whey

if you are going to believe "the washington post" account. israel has responded, assuming that the leaked stories are true, israel said they still have full -- this is acaredding to the -- according to the ambassador. israel has full confidence in our intel sharing relationship with the u.s. and looks forward to deepening that relationship in the years ahead under president trump. if the leak happened and it came from israel, israel is not too upset about it. >> i saw that statement put forward by ambassador dermer and that is to be expected. i don't think if the israelis were june set with the united states that they would go public. the intelligence connection between israel and the u.s. is airtight and it will take more than this to upset it. even if it has been disturbed by president trump's disclosure. any fallout from this will get hammered out in a close hold tight-flit group of people. even in spite of political leaks coming out of the white house and the intelligence agency and the national security community. i think it's' probably

. >> tonight, the explosive story broken by "the washington post." president trump and last week's oval office meeting with the russians allegedly revealed highly classified information to the russians. among our guests, a former watergate prosecutor, a former u.s. ambassador to russia, and a former kgb spy, along with the journalists working on this still-developing story, as "the 11th hour" gets under way. >>> well, good evening once again from our headquarters here in new york. put it this way, "the washington post" story that came out late today broke their previous record for internet traffic, set on the day the "access hollywood" outtakes were published. today's explosive stories says president trump revealed highly classified information to the russian foreign minister, and the russian ambassador during an oval office meeting last week. u.s. officials tell "the post" the information jeopardized a critical source of intelligence in the fight against isis and that the intelligence was not ours to share. the report says "the information the presi

first, a new report from "the washington post" claims that president trump may have compromised an intelligenceng washington, true or not. fox news white house correspondent john roberts has more on this. >> just checking my email for the very

"the washington post" made this. up "fake news."rump a hideous blender and they are covering it up. those are the only choices you are given when it's likely, andr we all know it is probably true, it is probably somewhere in the middle. trump being trump doesn't know the rules. doesn't know what he supposed to say and he probably went a little too far. that to me sounds possible. the other thing that sounds plausible for me is that "the washington post" took a small blender and exaggerated it. these are two polarities that is something in the middle. >> bob: they didn't exaggerate that they had the name of a city, that they have the name of the country, and they refused to put it in at the request of the cia and nsa.am one thing we do know is true, before this meeting, nobody except a very few people knew about this.ry now everybody knows about it which means it had to come out of that meeting some way. maybe it wasn't trump. maybe it was an aide. the fact that as was discussed was disgusting.s s >> jesse: if you're a disloyal perso

again, in "the washington post" they cite sources at people familiar with the matter. but after the "washington post" published their scoop on this today, nbc news was able to confirm it from reporters pete williams. two u.s. officials say the activities of a current white house officials are now under investigation in the fbi's russia collusion probe. in neither "the washington post" reporting on this nor nbc's reporting do we actually have the name of who the person of interest is. we are told the person is a senior white hsedviserho is close to the president, but put that list up again. this is at least a partial list of who's going on the big foreign trip today. that's a very large chunk of all the people who are known to be senior advisers in this white house. we don't have a name. we don't know if it's one of these senior white house officials who is on the trip who is also the person of interest in the trump russia collusion law enforcement investigation, but somebody apparently is. earlier this week, nbc news was first to report that mike flynn and paul manafor

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the washington post report deals with classified information that was given by an ally. i can tell you that i was just talking to a top press official here and tried to press this person for clarity, the response i got was that the white house has no further reaction to this report. i can tell you, though, top officials are huddled here behind the scenes in their offices trying to determine what the next steps are. this is, obviously, a bomb shell for this administration and they're trying to respond to it. the reaction is coming in from capitol hill from both democrats and republicans. let me read you a part of nancy pelosi's state, if these reports are true, president trump compromised isis and jeopardized the security of the american people. this from senator bob who, of course, the senior republican on the senate foreign relations committee, he says to compromise the source is something you just don't do. effectively argue that this administration is a downward spiral. this is just the latest in a series of controversies and difficult questions surrounding russia and

new reporting in "the washington post." according to "the post," jared kushner, the son-in-law and senior adviser to the prrkts set up a means of communicate with the kremlin. it reportedly took place at a meet with russia's ambassador, sergey kislyak, back in december at trump tower in new york city. our justice correspondent pamela brown has late word on all of this. so what are you learning? >> well, we've learned, wolf, through "the washington post," that jared kushner asked russia's ambassador sergey kislyak about creating a secret backchannel communication to russia by using russian diplomatic facilities to shield their preinauguration discussions from monitoring from intelligence agencies. as we know, we've reported that the fbi is scrutinizing this meeting along with at least one other one that kushner had with a russian banker as to the larger probe into the investigation. the probe in question was also attended by a man who was fired after a conversation with kislyak. during the december mightin ime kislyak was ca

listen to the lead of "the washington post" story, and you decide. extremely naive or absolutely crazy. jared kushner and russia's ambassador to washington discussed the possibility of setting up a secret and secure communications channel between trump's transition team and the kremlin, using russian diplomatic facilities in an apparent move to shield their pre-inauguration discussions from monitoring. according to u.s. officials briefed on intelligence reports. the united states keeps the russian ambassador and the russian embassy under close watch. and it seems to have paid off in this case. "the washington post" reports ambassador sergey kislyak reported to his superiors in moscow that kushner, then president-elect trump's son-in-law and confidante, made the proposal during a meeting on december 1st or 2nd at trump tower, according to intercepts of russian communications that were reviewed by u.s. officials. kislyak said kushner suggested using russian diplomatic facilities in the united states for the communications. the meeting also was attended

this "washington post" story. is the first time we've seen what looked like an active effort to conceal russian contacts. this isn't just about forgetting about disclosing contacts on a security clearance form. if true, if this report is true, the allegation is that there was an active effort by mr. kushner to avoid detection by the u.s. intelligence community. and one other thing that people are remarking about this story is that whoever leaked this story to the "washington post" was willing to disclose that the united states was monitoring the communications of the russian ambassador back to moscow. that's really unusual. and it's a damaging leak. there's no doubt about it. because that ability to intercept those communications will go away now. the russians know it exists. but whoever leaked it was so disturbed by the conduct that they were willing to allow that interception ability to go away, ari. >> you're saying something different than what some of our guests have focused on thus fare, that number one, int

this "washington post" story.time we've seen what looks like an active effort to conceal russian contacts. this isn't just about forgetting about disclosing contacts on a security clearceorm. if true, if this report is true, the allegation is that there was an active effort by mr. kushner to avoid detection by the u.s. intelligence community. and one other thing that people are remarking about this story is that whoever leaked this story to "the washington post" was willing to disclose that the united states was monitoring the communications of the russian ambassador back to moscow. that's really unusual. and it's a damaging leak. there's no doubt about it. because that ability to intercept those communications will go away now. the russians know it exists. but whoever leaked it was so disturbed by the conduct that they were willing to allow that interception ability to go away, ari. >> you're saying something different than what some of our guests have focused on thus guests have focused on thus far, that number

one other issue you raised today in "the washington post."sted that one way the investigation could be impeded is if congress screwed it up on purpose, if a committee decided to start granting immunity to witnesses, telling witnesses you'll be immune from prosecution come tell us what you know, thus interfering with the ability to prosecute that witness or make use of them for the inquiry that mueller would be leading with the fbi. first of all, did i get that right? it would take a 2/3 vote of any committee to grant that immunity. it would have to be a pretty big effort. >> you could have a congress that's trying to search for truth and say we have to give immunity to them because they're taking the fifth. we have precedent for this. this happened with oliver north when he gave his testimony. the independent counsel later prosecuted him and his convictions were thrown out because they found those convictions tainted because he testified, gave evidence before the committee and maybe the prosecutors used it, maybe they didn't. what this unders

" to smear president trump.o here's the story from the "washington post." the story that broke this story yesterday, the organization tha broke this story yesterday, the story noted president trump reveal highly classified information to the russian foreign minister and ambassador in a white has been elastic according to current and former u.s. officials are said trump disclosure jeopardize a critical source of intelligence on the islamic state. the information the present relayed have been provided by you as part of two and intelligence sharing agreement concerning so sensitive information that details have been withheld from allies and unrestricted even within the u.s. government, according to officials as we said, a quick respon as was said a quick response from the white house, white t house official who went out to get a response national security advisor h. r. mcmaster. >> there's nothing that the president takes more seriously than the security of the american people. the store they came out tonight as reported is false. if the president and the fore

listen to the lead of "the washington post" story, and you decide. extremely naive or absolutely crazy. jared kushner and russia's ambassador to washington discussed the possibility of setting up a secret and secure communications channel between trump's transition team and the kremlin, using russian diplomatic facilities in an apparent move to shield their preinauguration discussions from monitoring. according to u.s. officials briefed on intelligence reports. the united states keeps the russian ambassador and the russian embassy under close watch. and it seems to ha paid off in this case. the "washington post" reports ambassador sergey kislyak reported to his superiors in moscow that kushner, then president-elect trump's son-in-law and confidante made the proposal during a meeting on december 1st or 2nd at trump tower, according to intercepts of russian communications that were reviewed by u.s. officials. kislyak said kushner suggested using russian diplomatic facilities in the united states for the communications. the meeting also was attended by m

that's first reported by the "washington post."als knowledgeable about the situation confirming to cnn the main points of the "post" story are accurate. joining me by phone, general michael hayden. former director of both the cia and nsa. good evening, general. thank you for joining us. i want to get right off the bat, your initial reaction to this breaking news. >> well, i think quite surprising, don, and frankly there was a very informed discussion that you just had. this isn't really about the power of the president. he has the power to do this. it's more about the person of the president and the performance. we're seeing the results of his being a bit undisciplined, impulsive, instinctive, intuitive. little patience for preparation and little patience for process. and when he goes off script like this, he does things that are ultimately destructive of his own purposes. >> let's go through this, all right? so i want to get back to this meeting, okay? the meeting. it's in the oval office. according to president trump, vladimir pu

that being "the washington post"'s report on jared kushner's attempt to set up back channel communications with russia. here's national security advisor h.r. mcmaster during an off-camera briefing with reporters this morning. >> we're all wondering why somebody who is now a senior administration official would want or need a back channel to russia, and from your view what the security concerns are surrounding that, if it's appropriate to set something like that up? >> no, it's not that i'm in any way been involved with or have any knowledge of. >> president trump made no mention of the new reports to troops in sicily earlier as he wrapped up his nine-day trip. here's the president doubling down on comments he made before nato leaders this week. >> a big difference over the last year. money is actually starting to pour into nato from countries that would not have been doing what they're doing now had i not been elected, i can tell you that. money is starting to pour in. >> joining me now is nbc's ken dilanian. ken, good to see you. nbc has not confirmed the reporting from "the washington po

"the washington post" reporter by lining the story for us. ellen thanks very much for joining us, the secret communications channel, your sources are telling you it was kushner who originally raised this idea, is that right? >> yes, that's right. according to sources who have reviewed intelligence collecting by use of intelligence agencies. jared kushner, proposed this secret secure channel at a meeting at trump power in december, with the russian ambassador. >> talk a little bit about this secret channel, this communications channel, it was going to, what, be based at the russian embassy in washington? >> that's what it sounds like, now, we caution that this is based on reporting by kislayak, up to the superiors in moscow. that reporting was captured on intercepts. and, you know, this could be russian intelligence agencies are known sometimes to put disinformation into their feeds in order to sow confusion. intelligence officials exaggerate at point, but if this is true, it means kushner was seeking a secure channel during the transition per

he said as reported by "the washington post." then he went on to describe what the president didn't do, discuss sources and methods. the original story in the post, the "times" is reporting, you're reporting don't indicate that he did that. instead they indicate by naming the city that was involved and by describing in greater depth what the technology was that the russians would be quickly able to figure out who the source was. in this case the source appears to have been an allied intelligence service in the region that was being very careful to try to keep its sources quiet. so what was the offense here? it's not that the president can't reveal intelligence information. he's an original classification authority which means he can declassify and discuss anything he wants to. the question is, in doing so did he so burn an allied intelligence service that they would be unlikely to share future information at a moment when that is particularly critical. that's why your own reporters, we all frequently go into this, get into a discu

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that's not what the "washington post" story says, the post story says he revealed specific intelligencee russians that could lead them to reverse engineer and figure out what the source and methods were. the white house saying he did not reveal the sources and methods themselves. democrats immediately pounced on this. here's the statement from chuck schumer saying if the report is true, it's disturbing. revealing classified information at this level is extremely dangerous and puts at risk the lives of americans and those who gather intelligence for our country. i talked to a former u.s. intelligence official last fight in the moments after this story broke who said there are two possibilities here. one, that this was unintentional, just a disclosure where donald trump blurted out the intelligence to the russians. that, he said, would be extremely dangerous and reckless. the other possibility is that this was an intentional shifting of u.s. intelligence sharing alliances. that would be a dramatic sweeping and remaking of how the u.s. conducts intelligence and who it conducts intelligence

he's going to join us now from the "washington post." president trump's national security adviser addressed the reporters tonight and he's pursuing -- is pushing back on your reporting. let's listen and then we'll discuss. >> the story that came out tonight as reported is false. the president and the foreign minister reviewed a range of common threats to our two countries including threats to civil aviation. at no time, at no time, were intelligence sources or methods discussed, and the president did not disclose any military operations that were not already publicly known. two other senior officials who are present including the secretary of state remember the meeting the same way and have said so. they're on the record, should outweigh those of anonymous sources. i was in the room, it didn't happen. >> so, greg, interesting that he didn't take questions. what's your response to that? >> well, i actually think the white house is engaging in a pretty significant head fake here. they're basically refuting assertions that were not in our s

"the washington post" asked her for comment. we've asked her for comment.e've asked the white house for comment to this bombshell report in the "the washington post." "the washington post" asked for comment, and for hours now they're not commenting. how do you explain that? >> well, i think for very good reason. i wouldn't have commented either if i had been his lawyer until i found out the story is true. first of all, i'd want to check with my client to find out whether or not this meeting actually took place. i'd want to hear his story, his account of it, and then i'd make a decision about whether to make a public this time or to make it public to the special counsel outside of the context of any kind of public disclosure. i'm sure kroul get responses from jamey, but you'll get it at a time when she knows for sure that what's she's saying is credible. she depends on her credibility. as you said, she's a democratic. she worked for the obama administration, theclipten administration. she's a very prominent democrat,ic but she's here at a lawyer representing

that the washington post have said that there was a leak from the president.s, they said that precautionary measures were taken by the nsc and cia. so they are also that that is another sign that this did happen. although, of course, it is notjust hr mcmaster, the national security adviser, who said that it did not happen. the white house has also issued a statement from the us secretary of state, rex tillerson, they said that they did not discuss sources, methods, or operations. and the deputy national security adviser also issued a statement saying the story is false. that has not stopped reaction pouring in in washington from both sides of the political aisle, and we have heard from bob corker, who chairs the foreign relations committee, using strong language this evening. he said the white house has to do something soon to bring itself under control and order. he said the white house was going in a downward spiral right now. this has been described as a slap in the face for the intelligence community, and risking sources is inexcusable. we know the donald

that was reported by "the washington post" first this evening. and as you pointed out, we have learned that mr. kushner is being looked at. the acts between mr. kushner and the -- >> one of the issues is why did you not disclose all of these contacts? if the defense is i didn't because it was just an oversight, the more contacts he has, the more of these that pile up, the less credible the oversight explanation is. >> let's not forget the white house denied contacts between mr. kushner and the russians and that was changed to acknowledgement there were two contacts, one during a foreign policy speech by candidate trump last april at a reception that took place during the speech and also an acknowledgement of a meeting at trump's house. as far as the other contacts go, there was no acknowledgement. we talked to mr. kushner's attorney this evening who said he had thousands of calls over this period of time and was unable fo recall the calls we reported about. did you ask if he would have taken calls? >> there was no acknowledgement of the calls, of