intelligence committee chairman devin nunes about the early steps of the russia investigation in a confidential source who spoke with at least three trump campaign officials in 2016. >> the day that we can't protect human sources is the day the american people start becoming less safe. >> reporter: the ranking member of the house intelligence committee telling reporters he's concerned the doj may have capitulated and expressing concern about the white houses's involvement in that meeting. >> this cannot be a conduit to supply investigatory materials to the trump legal defense team. that would be a terrible abuse of power. >> reporter: senate minority leader chuck schumer stressing if the meeting does occur, quote, it must be bipartisan in order to serve as a check on the disturbing tendency of the president's allies to distort facts and undermine the investigation and the people conducting it. close trump ally republican mark meadows calling the inspector general review a step in the right direction, but warning that the justice department's attempt to circumvent this responsibilit

. >> if the president doesn't like leaks, how does showing all this to devin nunes help? devin nunes sometimes has not been a locked box with information. is that fair? >> interesting use of lock box. look, i think the -- devin nunes is close to the white house, we know this. he was apart of the president's transition teamnd wenow this. the president is assuming that devin nunes will send out the information that he wants. we know -- this is important to note every time we talk about the president and leaks and his obsession with leaks, there is a reason that on the campaign and in the white house he has been known as the leaker in chief. he's opposed to leaks unless he's the one putting out the information. the main thing for him is control and control about his image. as long as he has it i believe in his mind -- >> it's really confusing to figure out where this all goes. they have this inspector general horwitz who's an obama appointee, dropped the hammer on mccabe, made a criminal effort of him lying and now if he's going to refer to him included as the criminal deep state, the ig, when th

campaign, they've had help from capitol hill, devin nunes has been asking for this information that started this.e' and gotten to the point where yet again there is a face-off beten leadi house republicans against d.o.j. and it resulted in the meeting on thursday where devin nunes and trey gowdy went toen the deparof justice for that meeting there and two hours later the official from the d.n.i. and d.o.j. officials came to capitol hill to talk with the gang of eig and adam schiff ended up in that meeting. devin nunes apparently didn't say a single word during the meeting. apparently some officials had documents but no one asked to see them so there's this strange thing of there being a lot ole pe who don't think this should have happened in the first place and that the trump team is trying to weasel their way into classified briefings to get information to use to undercut the mueller probe but everybody trying to say we're doing that on the up-and-up. i think so a lot of republicans felt caught in the middle and had to go along with this, although uncomfortable. and i think the end

-- that he has been advised that it's not to brief trey gowdy and devin nunes alone. he said he's been advised by a cabinet member, the head of an intelligence agency, the phrase he used, that it's a gang of eight meeting. it's still something that should never be briefed but that's the more appropriate group in congress to brief rather than the two random people in congress. >> you did have the breaking news we're going to be discussing, does it mean in your view then that you had a thing that was a conspiracy theory meeting, which is bad but now instead of only people with tinfoil hats there, there will also be other legitimate people to discuss, what you and others have suggested today was still a conspiracy theory? >> there's a few different ways to look at this, right? i mean, if we think back to what we know happened during the campaign when the fbi had opened the counterintelligence investigation into russia's attack and whether or not the trump campaign was involved in it, whether there were russian agents who were in contact with members of the trump campaign, that was briefed

it's time to wrap it up. >> one year of watergate is enough. >> -- the latest devin nunes trick to stop mueller. >> i like shelden a lot. >>> what to expect as the time and place for the summit with kim jong-un are now set. >> we want to thank kim jong-un, who really was excellent to these three incredible people. >> "all in" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. i don't know anything about it. that's what the president of the united states told his attorneys tuesday night, after news broke that his long-time lawyer, fixer and bag man, michael cohen, has received millions of dollars in corporate payments, according to rudy giuliani in an interview with "time" magazine. those payments flowed through the same shell company that cohen had used to pay off the president's alleged mistress before the election. asked if the president directed cohen to take all that money, giuliani told "time," i have no idea. i doubt t he joins much of trump world in trying to minimize revelations about cohen's side hustle, denying that the president played any role whatsoever

tables on the investigators themselves. house intelligence chairman devin nunes and oversight chairman trey gowdy will meet with senior justice department, fbi, and senior intelligence officials about the lawmaker's request who the president is calling a spy. no democrats, of course, were invited. we're just learning that a bipartisan meeting will take place, though. when, you might ask? that would be after memorial day, presumably giving everyone time to keep the noise machine cranking for as long as possible. president trump also tweeted today about former director of national intelligence, james clapper, citing a fox news. quote, @"fox & friends," new bombshell in the obama spying scandal scandal. did others spy on trump campaign. even clapper, world's dumbest former intelligence head, who has the problem of lying a lot, used the word spy when describing illegal activities. the president alleges that clapper let the truth slip out and talked about it with reporters. >> i hope it's not so, because if it is, there's never been anything like it in the history of our country. i hope --

outraged devin nunes. he's got that coming up. commerce and peter king sat right next to the president during the ms-13 roundtable. he is here to weigh in on what he heard at the left claims the president's fearmongering. the fate of rod rosenstein, the justice department's number two, what did he get himself into financing the inspector general would look into the president's claim? welcome to "fox news @ night." i'm shannon bream in washington. despite the democrats are getting involved in high-level intelligence briefings. you are going to hear from house intel member peter king in a moment as well as mollie hemingway and buck sexton on what it all means for the search for answers as to how the fbi and the dmg have handled the russian investigation. first, chief national correspondent ed henry live with the breaking details and a very heated phone call. >> you are right. this was supposed to be devin nunes, trey gowdy going behind closed doors at noon eastern tomorrow. all of that has changed now under pressure from democrats would justice department's thing there will be a second m

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this briefing, just house republicans, devin nunes and trey gaudy but the trump administration relented and allowed a democrat adam schiff into that briefing at the justice department and then a second briefing on capitol hill inviting republicans and democrats and supposed to happen with intelligence matters in this duty of congressional oversight. supposed to be bipartisan. but all that said, in a move that republicans are calling odd at the very least the white house also chose today to send to those briefings chief of staff john kelly as well as this man -- emmit flooded. kelly and flood. flood as you may real a member of the team defending president trump in the russia information. in fact, on may 2nd joining the white house counsel's office sarah sanders said flood, quote, joining the white house staff to represent the president and the administration against the russia witch hunt, unquote. sources tell me that kelly and flood attended the very tops of both meetings and left before classified matters were discussed. the white house press secretary sarah sanders just issue

house intel committee air is devin nunes. he is threatening to hold attorney general sessions in contempt for not turning over classified russia materials to congress. this is one of the big ignored stories in the media because it is so significant. it doesn't have of word trump in the headline. imagine devin nunes, actively working with the white house during part of his investigation, now going after the president's choice of attorney general. there are signs that his actions in this committee and his close ties are putting his reelection at risk. could democrats pull off an upset, and this would be a big one, in november. here's the story. >> reporter: california's central valley, farming, ranching, conservative. deeply conserve is active. >> today i briefed the president. >> reporter: devin nunes, the republican congressman, chairman of the house intelligence committee, a man the left loves to hate for his central role in the russia investigation, is viewed by protesters who have gathered in front of his district office every tuesday for a year. >> do you really think a democ

, threatening to expose their many conflicts in court. devin nunes vowing to hold jeff sessions in contempt of congress for his stonewalling of congressional demand. the president set to announce tomorrow whether he'll pull the united states out of that disastrous iranian nuclear deal and end the policy of appeasement toward the islamic republic that began under president obama. house intelligence committee nunes pushing for congress to hold attorney general sessions in contempt of congress. nunes looking into allegations the justice department and fbi abused the foreign intelligence surveillance act in their scrutiny of the trump campaign. nunes outraged by the latest decision of the justice decision to outright ignore a subpoena to hand over documents. >> we sent a classified letter to attorney general jeff sessions. per usual, it was completely ignores. last week we sent a subpoena, and thursday we discovered they are not going to comply with our subpoena. the only thing left that we can do, we have to move quickly to hold the attorney general of the united states in contempt. l

summit steadily improve. >>> the justice department taking seriously house intel chairman devin nunes threat of contempt citations and impeachment. justice permitting him and trey gowdy to take a look at documents related to the russia probe this thursday. we take up who the department of justice is trying to hide, what they're doing to fight back against their corrupt leadership. congressman jim jordan joining us, george jarrett and george washington university law professor jonathan turlay. and republican voters last night lining up behind president trump for important primaries. and the president in effect winning them all, handing victories to candidates who align with the president's make america great again agenda. our stop story. white house correspondent john roberts is reporting that the proposed summit between president trump and north korean president kim will take place in singapore in early june in all likelihood. that comes as president trump scores a massive diplomatic victory celebrating the release of those three americans from north korea. the men returning home with mike p

your help. the house intelligence committee chairman devin nunes, he wants congress to hold the attorney general of the united states jeff sessions in contempt of congress for failing to hand over some requested classified materials related to the russia investigation. what is going on here? >> reporter: he issued a subpoena last week to the justice department and they told him they would not be able to comply with because it refers to a quote, specific individual and providing that information according to the justice department could harm -- could risk lives and could have serious consequences and national security but nunez is not buying that warning that he's -- he wants to move forward on a contempt resolution to hold jeff sessions, the attorney general, in contempt. now earlier today at a press conference in california, jeff sessions was asked about this and he made it very clear he's not going to comply with nunez's request. >> the department of justice is written him a letter in responded -- as appropriate to him. the request he's made is one that the intelligence commun

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russian investigation. who's one of the republicans? i guy in the thick of it, devin nunes and trey gowdy. the respect tiive houses of the intelligence and oversight questions. we're going to get it from chris wray and dan coats and ed o'callaghan. those five men are expected to be the only ones in the room. you know who is not going to be there? zero democrats. zero senators, either republican or democrat. the white house says they're not sending anyone either. i have a sinking feeling devin nunes knows the phone number to the white house. i'm going to bring in nbc's chrkristen welker. what do we know about this briefing? >> reporter: well, we no that the deputy general called rosenstein to the white house and met with them there. john kelly tasked with setting up this meeting. it that is has happened, sarah sanders announcing yesterday, to your point that there are only going to be republicans there, steph. i can tell you that has infuriated democrats. they are demanding that they be a part of this briefing including senate minority leader chuck schumer who is essentially saying t

today in these two different meetings, first to devin nunes and tray goddy and now paul ryan and then to the group of eight, they're going to reveal their sources and methods, so it worked. >> well, i think branding the informant a spy, and let's be clear, this is an fbi informant who is investigating potential russian interference in trump's campaign. the spy thing is part of trump and republicans' efforts to dis credit the mueller investigation. one concern among democrats and law enforcement, even among some republicans i've talked to is that the special meeting with nunes and gowdy, i'm not sure if ryan is going to be there or not -- is part of an effort to gain information about the investigation that can then essentially be weaponized against the justice department and fbi. that's one reason why this is so unusual that republicans have been so aggressive about interfering in an ongoing investigation. >> jay mart, there are two points of concepts that are being ignored. the first one is, why we have no facts that there were a spy, we do have proof that there was no spy because th

meeting between top law enforcement officials and two conservative lawmakers, trey gowdy and devin nunes tomorrow. they'll get a chance to be briefed related to the russia investigation and that is also the subject of a lot of criticism because no democrat decs were invited to that meeting. the white house is defending that decision by saying that no democrats expressed interest in coming and he did believe if a meeting took place he believed it should be bipartisan. >> something tells me adam schiff would like to go to that meeting and he's been up in arms saying it can't just be republicans. thank you. >>> "the new york times" is reporting what could be very bad news for the president's long-time lawyer michael cohen. his long time business partner is cooperating with prosecutors as part of a plea deal. brynn gingras has this. >> he calls michael cohen a dear friend and his client and gene, pled guilty to tax fraud yesterday. he's facing jail time here for failing to pay $5 million in mta surcharges to new york state for the taxi empire he runs. in exchange for his guilty plea, he will be place

asphalt could help save the environment? ♪ >>> tonight, congressman devin nunes out with a new fund-raising letter claiming he's being targeted for exposing scandals and cover-ups in the obama administration. the house intelligence committee chairman now potentially at risk of losing his seat after his controversial moves to defend the president in the russia investigation. cnn's nick watt joins us from central california. nunes faced a crowded field of challengers. he faces a crowded field in next week's primary. >> that's right, wolf. so he has five challengers in that primary tuesday. the way it works here in california is the top two vote-getters then get their names on the november ballot. but tuesday for the first time in a long time, one of those challengers really might just have a chance at a major upset. california's central valley is deep red farm country and a long-time lock for devin nunes. >> i like his values. i like the way he's represented central california. >> that one just had a calf. they move from this pen as they get close. this is the maternity area -- >> rep

devin nunes, the head of the intelligence committee in the house, his subpoena for information about the confidential source that talked to members of the trump campaign, his subpoena reportedly demands all information that the justice department has related to that individual, which means what devin nunes has demanded from the justice department is not just the identity of that source and what actions he has taken on behalf of the u.s. government while operating in a covert capacity. that subpoena would also appear to be an effort to pry out of the justice department whatever evidence he turned up, whatever information and evidence that informant was able to turn up when in fact he talked to people on the trump campaign about russia, what russia was doing. the justice department has been sliding down this slippery slope for months, handing over the kind of information they never release about ongoing investigations. but the identity of a confidential source, all justice department records about that source? the evidence that sort was able to turn up in an investigation that is still

said they haven't put in a formal request with devin nunes or trey gowdy to make its way to the white house and at that point it could be entertained but the more likely scenario is a follow-up briefing with members of congress to look at this classified information as well. we'll have to wait and see. >> thank you very much. pamela brown. >>> more on our breaking news. the presidential son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner obtained his long delayed security clearance even though he was grild -- he was grilled by the special counsel. and evan perez is with us. how did he finally get the security clearance. >> that is right. as of today jared kushner has been restored with his security clearance. he's got the top secret security clearance. and now it allows him to see the nation's utmost closely guarded secrets and he could be able to have access to the presidential daily brief which is something that he was known to previously have acsa -- access to. and this is a process that has been months in the making. as you just mentioned, the white house said that jared kushner clearance

director dan coats and devin nunes and trey gowdy. the second meeting, scheduled for two hours later will have all the same participants with, the addition of congressman nunes' seven colleagues in the gang of eight intelligence leaders, including four democrats, adam schiff, mark warner, nancy pelosi and chuck schumer. earlier pelosi and schumer wrote to rosenstein and wray that the briefing was improper in its proposed form, calling it the dissemination at the direction of the president of investigative information to the president's staunchest defenders in congress and ultimately to the president's legal defense team. speaking to reporters on the south lawn, president trump describeds meeting as a necessary exercise in transparency. >> . >> i want them all to get together and i went them, because everybody wants this solved. but a lot of bad things have happened. we now call it spy-gate. you're calling it spy-gate. they'll sit in a room. hopefully they'll be able to work it out among themselves. >> they're going to all be in the room tomorrow, we're going to see what happens. what i wa

closs -- how does devin nunes with a straight face, how does mark meadows with a straight face, how does rudy giuliani, with a straight face -- say the sort of things that donald trump wants him to say, when it is beyond debate that everything the guy benson, that "the new york times" that all of us have been saying for some time, that all of these things happened. the russians were trying to interfere, the fbi was warning both campaigns. the trump campaign -- we haven't seen anything. even mike pence, lying through his teeth, after the trumps were sworn in, lying through his teeth saying we never spoke to russians. >> well, because they're orchestrating a political campaign to politicize the rule of law in america and they're trying to do it to save the president's skin. even if it means hurting american national security. even if it means eroding democratic principles and institutions. even if it means sacrificing their own personal integrity that they tried to build for their careers. i think the strongest parallels 2014 in turkey when president erdogan facing a corruption invest

. devin nunes. he functions as the president's stooge on the house intel committee for reasons unknown to all of us. is there anyone in the administration who wants to get to to bottom of russian interference in our democracy? anyone? >> i think they actively want to interfere with the investigation because they fear it's going to bring down the president. the justice department does not turn over materials that relates to ongoing investigations because it could jeopardize those investigations. they have walked over that line several times. the current dispute over what they turn over to devin nunes refers to information that the justice department said would jeopardize a classified source, put their life in danger. that is usually when the congress says enough, they stop. paul ryan -- nunes couldn't do this without paul ryan's backing. >> let's show everybody what we are talking about. the speaker today making abundantly clear when he had to choose sides he chose devin nunes. >> i think this request is wholly appropriate. it's completely within the scope of the investigation t

congress to check the d.o.j. and the executive branch. now the intel committee chairman devin nunes will join us in a second. he is now actively encouraging fellow lawmakers to hold the attorney general jeff sessions in contempt of congress. earlier today, sessions responded. let's take a look. >> the department of justice has written him a letter and responded as appropriate to him. the request he has made is one that the intelligence communities and the department of justice feels is not grantable. we have explained that we would be willing to talk to him about it before. the details of which i couldn't discuss. >> sean: mr. attorney general, i say this with all respect. where is your urgency? you need to do your job. this has gone on way too long. these are legitimate, important requests. you are not impervious nor is the d.o.j. impervious to the rule of law and our federal system of co-equal branches of power and checks and balances. this is within their congressional authority. constitutional authority. the d.o.j. is clearly stonewalling to prevent further embarrassment given their

included congressman devin nunes who supposedly stepped down from leading the house russia investigation last year. so much for that. and then making remarks at the top of the meeting were two white house representatives, the president's chief of staff, john kelly, and you see them walking in together white house lawyer emmitt flood. flood's presence truly surprising, leaving democrats and republicans alarmed. because flood is one of the lawyers defending the president on the russia investigation. so the president is making all of these accusations and conspiracy theories, then his own lawyer walks in the meeting. his presence at the start of that meeting leading a gop congressional staffer to use a word i won't say on this show, telling cnn "it's the craziest bleep i ever heard." flood did not just attend the first meeting, he also stopped by the second confidential briefing along with kelly and the bipartisan group of eight. senator warner saying he's quote never seen a gang of eight meeting that included any presence from the white house. and it was a strange set of meetings. because

months. it's the biggest abuse of power corruption candle. the house intel chair devin nunes says this is crossing a very serious red line. very important. >> if they ran a spy ring, an informant ring and paying people in the trump campaign, if any of that is true, it's an absolute red line. there's not an honest person in the country that thinks it's okay if sources, informants go around and start passing out money all over the globe to do what? to secretly put yourself into a presidential campaign? that's not acceptable. >> sean: that's not acceptable in the united states of america. chairman nunes is also saying there might be more than one fbi informant. you have to be kidding me. watch this. >> nobody was ever interested in an informant. we asked for specific documents that we have not received from the departments of justice. they continue to leak out things about this informant and we don't know if there's one informant or more informants because there's so much out there now, it's getting tough to follow. all we're asking for is give us the documentation that you used to start

? >> devin nunes is one name i would say. lou: okay. >> more on the freedom caucus, 35 members. the problem that you face today, if this happens and they do this discharge and the democrats and the minority control legislation, why not just make the democrats the majority party again. lou: that's exactly what they will do. thathat's the effect. >> i was the speaker i would say this thing is dead. you move any name on that petition, start taking names off. lou: if you were speaker there would be an honest man in the position. >> well, thank you. lou: that means it's incomprehensible that you would attach it too the current leadership. >> to be a good speaker you have to be tough on use your chairman, use your rules committee -- lou: he's being tough. holding the entire commerce hostage to the business round table, and the list goes on, wall street, the corporatists. ryan and mcconnell sold out a long time ago and they're staying bought. what do you think? >> i believe that ryan could step down as speaker now. i believe that he -- lou: don't think they have the guts to push him out th

fbi and justice department. republican congressman trey gowdy sat in as well as devin nunes. last night, trey gowdy spoke out for the first time about what he learned during the briefing. he said, i'm even more convinced that the fbi did exactly what my fellow citizens would want them to do when they got the information they got and it has nothing to do with donald trump. today on cbs this morning, he elaborated. >> when the fbi comes into contact with information about what a foreign government may be doing in our election cycle, i think they have an obligation to run it out. what i have seen, i don't know what the fbi could have or should have done other than run out a lead that someone loosely connected with the campaign was making assertions about russia. i would think you would want the fbi to find out whether or not there was any validity to what those people were saying. >> in other words, the congressman or republican congressman, former federal prosecutor, he was saying this was the fbi doing its job. not the fbi doing a job on the trump campaign. >> i think the fbi, if t

independent. devin nunes and people standing on the dice yesterday calling for this investigation, they are obviously conflicted. so they are not the ones to be doing the investigation. >> i don tnke can appreciate how bad it will be in the long run. they have always stood fought or members of law enforcement. now they are demonizing individuals in lawen, forcement. it is a really low moment. members of congress are running to that ledge. they are not walking, they're running. solely out of loyalty to this particular president. it will be a decision they regret in the end. >> what is the chance that the mueller team, josh campbell, agrees to russia events that happened before the date of the election? that would mean taking any questions about obstruction of justice off the table. >> well, look. i don't foresee that happening that bob mueller and his team agreeing to limit the scope of what they're going to ask. that is the entire nature of the inquiry, to get the heart, soul, phoefpb of why certain investigations taopgs. to say we will stop at election day is not something that mueller

in this setting. >> up until last week all we knew was house intelligence chairman devin nunes had a new line of inquiry and was demanding new documents from the department of justice. in their desire to make chairman nunes look bad, and justify why they were not giving those documents, someone in the government leaked a lot of details about what was happening. it turns out he is asking about a top secret government source who has worked for the f.b.i. and the c.i.a. who is a u.s. citizen. would seem to have some sort of entanglement with the foreign intelligence agencies or maybe his base overseas. based on all of those bread crumbs and some reporting, i've got a pretty good sense of who it is. it does look as though indeed there was an f.b.i. attempt, a successful one to basically go out and spy with a human asset on the trump campaign. >> jason: what about the timing in is the timing about all of this is critical. do we understand the timing? what are the implications for that? >> yeah. it is so important because remember the f.b.i. has been doggedly sticking with this story that

intelligence committee chairman devin nunes has been pushing for information on this confidential source, the president and the white house have talked about it being an informant, but this morning, he said nunes, he will not attend any more meetings from the doj until he gets the documents. so tell us about how this is influencing, disrupting congress, i mean what does this do when devin nunes makes statements like that and essentially imply that he is working in the interest, solely of the president? >> yeah, it's worth noting this whole fight over the informant, it began with a subpoena from devin nunes, who was looking for information about this confidential source, and it's not the first time we have had nunes and other house republicans demand information related to the start of the russia investigation. there were fights over the fisa memo, a two-page document that actually kicked off the investigation itself, and nunes has gotten the documents he's sought in those cases. right now tnunes has not gotten what he wants. what the house intelligence says is that nunes is trying to und

chairman devin nunes. over sight chairman and doj officials. the gang of eight. i want to get to the folks who are here. the gang of eight meeting. we heard it was going to be after. this is a separate meeting from your former colleagues. why not just have one briefing for everyone? >> i would have one briefing for everyone. i was chair of the house ethics committee. it operates in a similar way to the intelligence committee. everything is done secretly and quietly. i never would have met with witnesses, conducted any interviews or anything of substance on sensitive information without the minority members present with me. we should always have to work together in these matters. otherwise the other side will question the integrity of the investigation. it's a mistake to have a partisan only meeting. everybody should be brought? >> everybody wants to be on the same page. you have the president consistently putting out false information. the truth is going to survive. i wonder if it will survive this presidency? >> unfortunately i think donald trump strategy is all too effective. as you righ

devin nunes who wants to get him out of office. at least while he's dealing with the russia probe. that's a separate issue. first, trace gallagher for what we can expect from this. trace? >> hi, neil. during his news conference in san diego, we expect the attorney general to expound on some comments he made yesterday in arizona where he said president trump is irate about what is happening at the border, referring in part to what you mentioned, the caravan of central american migrants that showed up last week. the attorney general says even without the border wall, there's things the administration can do to crack down on illegal immigration. the a.g. says he will send an additional 18 judges to the border and 35 prosecutors to get the immigration court system moving much master. jeff sessions also reportedly says that the department of homeland security will now refer anyone who crosses the border illegally to his office for prosecution. the a.g. says the doj will take up as many cases as possible. it's notable that sessions in san diego considering his doj has been at war with c

devin nunes, despite devin nunes' great successes in leading the house intelligence committee and doing yeoman work while doing it, this looks really bad as if congress has given up its oversight responsiblitieresponsiblitiesre. >> every republican should stand behind devin nunes wb, trey gowy trying to do, to provide base click oversight of the department of justice. one of my biggest disappointments is attorney general sessions. i think he's there in name only. and until president trump puts in a new attorney general who can actually do the job, we're going to continue to have these problems. lou: let me ask you a political question. and it follows -- talking earlier on the broadcast with chris farrell of judicial watch. he says the time of being a nice guy is over. it's time to engage the deep state, the opposition dems and the left and raise holy hell about the special counsel who is trying, as he put it, to carry out a coups against this president. your thoughts ? -l. >> i think across the board, when are the republicans going to start to play offense. they have the house, th

courageous, congressman devin nunes. thank you very much, devin, for being here, appreciate it. >> he is the chairman of the house intelligence committee. for weeks he's been seeking information on a top secret intelligence source who reportedly contacted two trump campaign advisers and one official, including carter page, who was already under suspicion for contacts with russia and george papadopoulos, whose drunken boasting about getting dirt on the clinton campaign triggered the investigation in the first place. senior fbi and intelligence officials warned that providing the information could jeopardize the source and at that point the president agreed. then right-wing media got ahold of the story. on may 10th an op-ed ran in "the wall street journal." did the bureau engage in out right spying against the trump 2016 campaign. rush limbaugh talked about a spy in the campaign citing devin nunes and two days later andrew mccarthy wrote from pain staking research, nunes and committee staff believe they have identified such a spy. last week "the new york times" did some careful reporting n

really are just giving this information to trey gowdy and devin nunes, which means, in effect, that the justice department and the fbi will be giving the president and his own legal defense team this previously secret information about an ongoing investigation, information about what evidence was collected on the trump campaign as the investigation was starting. absolutely remarkable. so, we'll have more on that coming up this hour. i have to admit, though, that i am seeing developments like this in today's news through a slightly darker lens in this past 24 hours since speaking last night with the immediate past director of national intelligence, james clapper. he has this new book, "facts and fears." and in that book, director clapper comes to this remarkable and blunt conclusion about how donald trump became president of the united states. director clapper says, quote, of course the russian efforts affected the outcome of the presidential election. surprising even themselves, they swung the election to a trump win. to conclude otherwise stretches logic, common sense and credulity

." running water? referring to an unspecified investigation. the standoff between devin nunes, trey gowdy, the doj of our classified documents is now coming to a big head. we'll tell you what to expect at tomorrow's meeting and also, rod rosenstein created an unmitigated deep sea disaster by appointing robert mueller. we have a law professor who is now calling rod rosenstein did unconstitutional. brand-new, the american center for law and justice, they are reporting that 30,000 emails exist between a content state department at the clinton foundation proving that there was collusion. former clinton pollster, chief strategist mark penn is blasting the entire mueller investigation. he joins us tonight. first, a very important breaking news opening monologue. ♪ the president now is reacting to a flood of information coming out about how the deep state targeted and in fact spied on his campaign. on twitter earlier today, he wrote... we've been saying that we didn't we call this the year of the boomerang? exactly what this is. you have a criminal deep state and that is all coming out at brea