Would die. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States an around the world. Im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. An around the world. Im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. Nan around the world. Im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. Dan around the world. Im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. Around the world. Im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Breaking news this hour, the white house is pushing back against new controversy in the house investigation of the trump camps contacts with russia. The press Secretary Sean Spicer flatly denying the report the administration sought to block testimony of sally yates. But democrats are questioning whether a House Intelligence Committee hearing that had been scheduled for today had been cancelled to prevent yates from talking publicly. This is another cloud over the investigation led by republican devin nunez. House Intelligence Committee chairman. Tonight, nunez is rejec
From the Committee Russian investigation. No nunes is about to do any such thing. In the meantime, internet trolls cranking out phoney stories, a deliberate campaign of disinformation. Those are just some of the tactics that intelligence Officials Say russia used to interfere in the u. S. President ial election. That is the focus of todays Senate Intelligence Committee Hearing. The vice chairman and i reali realized if we politicize this process our efforts will lyingly fail. The public deserves to hear the truth about russia i will the prejudge the outcome of our investigation. We are seeking to determine if there is an actual fire but there is clearly a lot of smoke. Russian meddling in our president ial election most likely is viewed by the kremlin as an unqualified success. This is a coordinated effort to pit americans against one another politically, social economically. Theres been more dead russians in the past three months that are tied to this investigation who have assets in
Committee chairman was a former member of the trump transition team. Et cetera a now become more than that with the revelation that devin nunes of california apparently viewed intelligence on white house grounds, and then shared intelligence with the president in the space of 48 hours. Now the ranking democrat on the Committee Says its time fortune in yes, sir to remove himself from this investigation. I think it would be worthwhile for the chairman to recuse himself from any investigation involving either the Trump Campaign or the trump transition. He was a key member of the trump transition team. I think that presents an inherent conflict. In the interests of enhancing the public correct credibility in the investigation that we do, i think it would be in the best interests of the chairman to step aside at least as far as this investigation is concerned. What changed in this story since last we, the reason so many people now want nunes to go or at least step aside is this revelation t
Climate accord. Today, a dramatic response from around the globe. We all share the same responsibility. Make our planet great again. Good friday, everyone. Craig melvin here in new york. We start with that breaking news. Russian president putin speaking out in the last hour. His most candid comments yet over the meddling in the u. S. Election, sanctions, Hillary Clinton and President Trump. Pressed at a forum in st. Petersburg by nbcs megyn kelly. Keir simmons is in st. Petersburg and Kristen Welker is at the white house. Keir, what did president putin have to say when megyn pressed him about the meddling in the 2016 election, specifically . Look, he said that even a child could have carried out the kind of hacking of the dnc that caused such controversy. He accused the United States of interfering in russian do metme affairs, while also saying russia never interferes in the u. S. Election. At times, craig, you know, he appeared to seem to attempt to belittle nbcs megyn kelly, try to p
The fbi and congress are now examining this Campaign Event last spring in washington. Some say the russians wont be reasonable. I intend to find out. Before the speech, there was a vip reception. And the Russian Ambassador was there, as well as jeff session. I dont recall. It is possibility. His explanation was terrible. I dont recall. It seems like amnesia is contagious. Everybody in this organization seems to get it from one another. Putin for the first time, he has acknowledged Russian Hackers could have played a role in meddling with the u. S. Election. Private Russian Hackers not connected to the government could have been involved. If they are in patriotic mood. Putin is enjoying this. At what point do they start laughing at us as a country . Why would the president s soninlaw Jared Kushner want secret back Channel Communications with the kremlin that no one in the American Government would know about during the transition from the Obama Administration to the Trump Administration