these are a broad group of people seeing what s happening and they re horrified. that s why they re talking to reporters. people are seeing things that they think are wrong and that most people think is wrong. they want that out in public because there seems to be no way to stop it in private. we re back in a moment. i want to go to athena jones at the white house. these are stunning developments. what is the response from the white house tonight to this reporting? hi, erin. the white house is not denying this report, which is notable. white house press second sean spicer put out a statement that read in part, by grandstandingant politicizing it, james comey created unnecessary pressure on our ability to engaged and negotiate with russia. now he s referring there to some deals the president hoped to make with russia on syria, ukraine, defeated isis. he closes that statement by