Here. And the white house ought to explain why that wasnt followed here, but there is a good way to answer these questions and we will do our best to answer these questions but we will not lose sight of the russia investigation and we are going to keep focus on that. Yes . Has there been any uptick in attacks on your or your staffers computers or i. T. Networks since this investigation has been going on . Im not aware of anything like that. Thank withdrew veyou very much. Thank you. Okay. Steve kornacki in new york. That is adam schiff. Just finishing up u a Press Conference there on capitol hill. Adam schiff the ranking democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, of course, the House Intelligence Committee had been pursuing interference of the status of that committees investigation now some quwhat i question. Theres been all sorts of controversy about actions, about statements from the republican chairman, devin nunes, in that
statement you just heard there, that Press Conference,
nunes has not conducted it competently, professionally. the story line further clouded today with the revelation it appears two national security staffers at the white house may have helped provide him with documents that he talked about before, talking to his colleagues on the committee about surveillance of trump officials being picked up in secret surveillance of foreign diplomats and on the senate side, briefly, what you seem to have is comedy, professionalism, a smooth process. the chairman and the ranking member are getting along. it s kind of like the adults finally showing up. it was interesting watching some of that testimony before the senate committee, though, today, it did strike me that in piecing this together in trying to draw, ultimately trying to draw conclusions about the level of russian interference, the effect of russian interference in the election, that sort of thing, it might be a less precise question than maybe we assume, and what i mean in particular, one o
works on national security issues at the white house counsel s office. now, he previously worked for devin nunes. remember, key to point out here, the announcement from nunes set off a firestorm of controversy around him and around his committee s investigation into russian interference. nunes had briefed the president before sharing that material with his democratic colleagues on the intelligence committee. of course, those colleagues supposed to be working hand in hand with him here. that led to accusations that nunes was working with the white house and lending some to lend some credibility to trump s claims that he was wiretapped. this new report from the new york times, if true, could certainly inflame those accusations. we should say this reporting from the times based on sources described only as several current american officials. as i mentioned before, nbc has not independently confirmed the report. the report also says that these officials, played a role in providing t
that they assisted in the disclosure of the intelligence reports. it is not clear what precisely that entails or how precisely they would have been involved. in a statement, a spokesman for chairman nunes telling nbc news, as he has stated many times, chairman nunes will not confirm or deny speculation about his sources identity. he will not respond to speculation from anonymous sources. a lot going on here. a lot of confusion. kasie hunt is on capitol hill. she was at that press conference that adam schiff just held. she asked him some questions. so, kasie, we have that report from the new york times, what exactly are we hearing from adam schiff, from the top democrat in the intelligence committee right now? reporter: confusion, i think, is still the word for what is going on with this investigation, steve. even the ranking member here was asked if he had information he had promised earlier. he said, you know what, this day completely got away from me and like many days on this
statement you just heard there, that press conference, rather, that you just saw there, from adam schiff coming on the heels of an explosive report a few hours ago from the new york times, a report that has all of washington talking right now. the white house saying nothing. what is the times reporting? the times naming two trump administration officials that it says played a role in providing information to devin nunes, chairman of the house intelligence committee. that information leading nunes to announce that president trump may have been surveilled by the obama administration before he took office. now, those officials, again, according to the reporting of the new york times here, this is not reporting from nbc news, but according to the new york times, as the senior director for the intelligence at the national security council, he was appointed he was brought in, rather, by ousted national security adviser michael flynn. also named by the times, michael ellis, a la