the what probable cause? and here, apart from the fact that that conversation is very difficult because fisa warrants and everything that flow from them are classified, now you get into the question of probable cause. why was that warrant for whatever it was awarded and what does that mean? if they were in fact monitoring somebody or someone at trump tower, why? and what is that probable cause? if he comes there on monday and he doesn t answer this question to your satisfaction, to your colleague s satisfaction, what would happen then? well, you know, hopefully he s got an alternative other than coming before us and saying i can t talk about it. because if he does that and you ve heard senator graham and senator mccain, you ve heard devin nunes and adam over t course of the last week or . e next word you would hear is subpoena. dhaz director comey with all do respect, you made a decision to talk about an ongoing investigation prior to the last election because you felt it was in th
how would you what questions would be different for you after that? i don t know. i d have to sit down with our investigators and see does that change things. i think wouldn t you like to know if there s a criminal investigation of the trump campaign? i d like to know. to his credit, the president of the united states would like to know. lindsey graham and sheldon whitehouse telling fbi director james comey two weeks ago that he has until today to tell him what, if anything, the fbi is investigating when it comes to trump and russia. now so far, according to graham s most recent comments this afternoon, there is still no word from comey. our own kasie hunt is on capitol hill, kasie, it seems clear, senators here on both sides of the aisle are getting impatient with james comey. he s there on capitol hill. this is not a public meeting, but still, is there an expectation that at least the senators by the end of today will have clarity on this? reporter: he is back, steve. i
some breaking news to tell you about in washington just moments ago, dianne feinstein and chuck grassley, they both emerged from their meeting with james comey the fbi director. they spoke to the press briefly. here s what they had to say. go afternoon. where do you want us? well i ll make a very brief statement on behalf of the chairman on myself. the chairman and i had written a letter ask for a briefing on certain topics which i m not going to be into. and because of the strength of the chairman s and tough language, we were able to have a briefing. this briefing was all on sensitive matters. and highly classified. and it s really not anything
americans were wondering what s going on here. meanwhile, fbi director james comey is on capitol hill today. he is facing questions about russia and the president s wiretapping claim. are we getting closer to any answers from the fbi? we ll talk to a member of the house intelligence committee next. plus perhaps no one has the president s ear more than the man we just mentioned. steve bannon. who used to run breitbart, now a top white house advisor, he remains a mist troy many people around the country. i m going to talk to a reporter who just profiled him and shed new light on the origins of his views. that s next. knowing where you stand has never been easier.
chasing james comey through the hallways. and with chuck grassley. he is the chairman of the judiciary committee, and will be increasingly frustrated tha coe m had not responded to his requests to meet with him to the point that he threatened to hold up the deputy attorney general s nomination. so that happened yesterday. that threat went out. and here comey is meeting with grassley and feinstein in response. now, this, of course, around this issue that you highlighted when you were talking about senator graham who had said, look, we need to know this information before i proceed with my investigation. i need you to tell me, is there or isn t there criminal investigation at all? and also do you have any evidence that trump tower was ever wiretapped? now lindsey graham had said, they hadn t heard anything back from comey on this front. we ll see if something comes out of this meeting. although i will say, comey has been extraordinarily tight lipped about all of this and typically the se