about the number of polls that show that the sentiment in the country has moved toward impeachment and including removal from office which is the second step of the process that would happen if there were a senate trialñr and if a sufficit numberñr of senators voted to remove him. here is how the president described it to usñr earlier today. you re reading the wrong polls. the fácnn polls are fake. the fácnn polls are fake. ¤4 lousy. @/-you look at the polls% out this morning, people don t want anything to do with impeachment. it s a phony scam. it s a hoax. reporter: we ve seen this tactic from the presidentfá for years now where he will repeat what he believes is his best májue1 counterw3 argument.
things. i know that that occurred during the campaign when there were issues in the campaign, the people would tell you things so donald trump might read it and then mightzv take some action o it. so it s kind of it didn t work that way. i ve got to say something. i ve goáhto deaf fend sean a little bit here. some of the folks here, i think you re doing a great majority. but i think one of theç things is, look, i think it s good. the white house is cracking down on laeaks. if you were workingzv in the private sector and working on leash. how does the cnn news roochl or new york times newsroom. they would bezv calling in to dl you off of the building to farewell, what s going on here. you guys will find a way to get it.zv it s just this entry, they ll talk that s going back to, you know, who said what and all of
contradicting that assessment. we have, i think, reached no conclusion, nor could we in terms of issues of collusion because we haven t called inç single witness or reviewed a single document on that issue as of yet. reporter: at issue recent reporting from cnn and new york times the investigators areym examining communications between trump associates and russians known to u.s. intelligence. the administration pushing back hard on the new york times characterization of the÷ú russis as being part of russian intelligence. the bipartisan hill investigation is just beginning its work, gathering documents and çagreeing, just this afternoon, on the scope of the investigation. it is not yet called any witnesses. still, chairman devin÷ú nunez telling reporters he s been given indications from unidentified officials in the intelligence community, that there will be nothing there. ill be no evidence that nor there have been any evidence of trump advisers speaking to russian.
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investigation. we probably don t have enough information to knowç if that triggers mess sap. let me ask jim, is that the case that s unless there 3ú crime and be connected. partly a political question, is it quick question the by partko son committee can t do the work right with what, you know, to a degree that inspires confidence of both parties. that seems to be a real question now, a mont& ago when these investigations were announced. that was cnn to sign it by both parties. you barely started the investigation and you and i are bothç parties accusing of the other being to the fact that they living in your lines. keep lines open. if he does,p it s a reasonable line line. the reason that s important, time said contactmy with russia