bill: nicely done. morning, everybody. a showdown between the intelligence committee and congress, the chairman requesting a briefing on that alleged russian interference in the election. that request was denied. the meeting has not happened. how come? i'm bill hemmer, good morning. it is now thursday, how you doing? maria: you pose an interesting question, one to which we shall dig in -- bill: yes, we shall. maria: the committee wanted to hear from fbi director james comey and also the cia director, james brennan, because they've been giving different stories on who's behind this alleged hacking, but they said, no, we don't have time to speak to the