Cnn newsroom starts right now. Our top story, senior white house officials are pushing back against cnns exclusive reporting denying any wrongdoing and asking the foobi to speak o against reports of contacts good the Trump Campaign and russians. The Administration Confirms it spoke to the fooibl about those communications, but in an unprecedented move, press Secretary Sean Spicer blo er bl cnn and other news organizations from an informal press briefing. For more, jim sciutto reports. Reporter the white house vehemently defending asking the fbi to deny reports of communications between Trump Campaign associates and russians known to u. S. Intelligence. The administrations intense push back follows cnns exclusive reporting of the white house request. Senior Administration Officials insisting it only asked for the denial after a top fbi official himself volunteered that the New York Times story on those communications was inaccurate. White house officials who asked not to be named outlin
reporter: those instances have dwraun tarawn traditional republicans like reince priebus much closer to more radical social conservatives like white house adviser steve bannon. and i m going to telling you, if the party and the ckoconser e conservative movement are together, similar to steve and i, it can t be stopped. reporter: conservatives may yet find their faith tested if president trump strays too far from their on trthodoxy and he find the party support softening if his approval rating continues to follall in the polls. 2000 right know as they say, everyone loves a winner and conservatives believe they are winning big. tom foreman, cnn, washington. for more insight on the conference this year, let s bring in celia borelli with politico. let s talk about this flap, first of all, between the whus