president well enough to read him well. i think it was our relationship didn t get off to a great start given the conversation i had to have on january 6th. this didn t improve the relationship because it was very, very awkward. he was asking for something and i was refusing to give it. but again i don t know him well enough to know how he reacted to that exactly. do you believe the russia investigation played a role? in why i was fired? yes. i ve seen the president say so. all right. let s go to the flynn issue. senator risch outlined i hope you could see your way to letting flynn go. he is a good guy, i hope you can let this go. but you also said in your written remarks, and i quote, that you had understood the president to be requesting that we drop any investigation of flynn in connection with false
government is necessary and it must be robust. thus, the provisions of this unique briefing mechanism given the availability of that sensitive briefing avenue, at no time should you be in a position where you come to congress without an answer. it may be in a different format. but the requirements of our oversight duties and your agencies demand it. with that, again, i thank you for being here. this hearing is adjourned. i m john king in washington. welcome to inside politics. you just watched the chairman risch richard burr gasoling to a close more than 2 1/2 hearing of the senate intelligence committee on capitol hill. this hearing will be remembered more for what the witnesses refused to answer than what they did answer. the director of national intelligence, the head of the national security agency, deputy attorney general and the acting head of the fbi all witnesses all grilled about what they know
ford. what can the administration do next? administration official tells cnn that president trump himself may make an appearance at the briefing for senators at the white house tomorrow but as this is happening the pentagon telling cnn and defense official there are signs at the sight of north korea s nuclear test site of renewed activity which means the possibility of nuclear test, another nuclear blast there may be put off. activity there normally stops if a new nuclear test is imminent but they are seeing renewed activity there. that risk might be less so now wolf. at least of a nuclear blast that test facility. jim sciutto reporting for pups thank you very much. back with senator james risch. trump says in his words he s not so sure that kim jong-un is as strong as he says he is. could he be underestimating the
we re back with republican senator risch. i need you to stand by. we are getting an update on u.s. tensiones with north korea. kim jong-un s regime putting on a new show of military force with the u.s.-guided missile submarine nearby and other american warships closing in on the region. let s bring in our chief national correspondent, jim sciutto. who are you learning tonight, jim? north korea, taunting, threatening usa saying donald trump is just short of, in one of their party newspapers, just short of lighting the fuse on total war. this not uncommon rhetoric from north korea but right now law make verse been briefed on the threat as well as seasoned north korean experts increasingly concerned about the level of tension between north korea and the west.
damning, and for anyone to say it didn t violate the law, that may be true, the letter of the law. but i m curious about what meet have happened, the what ifs, if russia had done something during that period of time because they thought they had cover from a new government. it confuses the heck out of me of and just listening to your conversation with mr. risch, it s just amazing to me f this was an active general author in my military life, he would be on the carpet in a heartbeat, being investigated. and i don t understand why there s any kind of tee ladelay. i don t get it of i absolutely do not get it. does it make sense to you that the white house has said, look, this is about lying to the vice president. but again, i just don t understand, if he didn t have he