announcing that all future questions on the russian investigation will be referred to the president s outside lawyer. all of this comes in a new security concerns over the president s use of the cell phone, not just his tweeting, but his phone calls, as well. cnn s brie aan todd has been looking into this for us. tonight we have information that president trump exchanged personal cell phone numbers with other world leaders. former u.s. officials say it is a careless breech of protocol. veterans say a reckless compromise of security. but his defenders say this is mr. trump s most effective way it communicate. president trump earned many of his political and business chops by being a free wheeler. scoring deals on a quick handshake, back slap or phone call. he once infamously told a crowd to call lindsey graham s cell phone number. 202 [ bleep ]. i don t know, maybe you know, it is three, four years ago, maybe
visibility about what was said, what was not said, so if there was a dispute afterward, can you go to the record and prove your point. a trump administration official we spoke to said the president is being held to an unfair standard here. the official says if president trump wants it call one of these other leaders on the cell phone, his staff will take the appropriate measures to make sure that call is secured if it needs to be. but the official says it is possible that every call doesn t need secure like a quick call of congratulations. can the personal cell phone be completely secured, brian? that is up for debate. some experts telling us mobile phones are secure when a new leader takes office with old phones equipped with new sim cards. but even those phones can be vulnerable it hacking or eavesdroppi eavesdropping. those phones are secure until they are not secure. thank you. coming up, breaking news. fired fbi director james comey is ready to testify publicly to
four counties disaster zones following those twisters. at least 11 people were killed. that number could rise and more than 1400 homes damaged in the dallas area. this as the texas panhandle and oklahoma and new mexico, blizzard conditions and some areas are covered in 18 inches of snow. that same storm system impacting other areas of the country bringing impact to parts of missouri and some roads remain shut down. that s it for this hour and back to the year in news with shepard smith. over the past year events outside our country influenced many of the decisions made inside. a look now at some of the biggs international stories of 2015, a year which saw the islamic state expand its influence beyond iraq
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