this wasn t a spy ring. this wasn t a spy, this was a human informant. very possibly, brian. the development of adding that second meeting to include democrats and the full gang of eight is really a victory for the norms of this process. that s how these meetings are normally conducted. although devin nunes objected to sharing his briefing with any democrats on the h ill. so there was a real push by senator schumer and other democrats to be included in that meeting and they are going to be. and it means that they re going to be a part of the public battle in the hours after those meetings to define what this information is exactly. remember, we don t know exactly what these documents are going to show. we know they re going to detail the activities, the intelligence that was gathered by the secret fbi source at the end of the campaign and the beginning of the russia investigation. but how much detail it gets into, specifically what that
that s how these briefings ordinarily are conducted. although house intelligence chairman, devin nunes, had objected to sharing in his briefing with any democrats on the hill. so there was a real push by senator schumer and other democrats to be included in that meeting and they are going to be. and it means that they re going to be able to be a part of the public battle in the hours after those meetings to define what this information is exactly. remember, we don t know exactly what these documents are going to show. we know they re going to detail the activities, the intelligence that was gathered by the secret fbi source at the end of the campaign and the beginning of the russia investigation. but how much detail it gets into, specifically what that source provided, how that source did his or her work and the connection inside the trump campaign is unclear at this point. we know what trump is going to brand it as, and that s spygate,
hugh hewitt show. we are decades into the russians trying to undermine american democracy. so in some ways there is no news, but it certainly puts a heightened emphasis on our ability to figure out how to stop them. the news was it putin personally directed it. did he do that? i can t confirm intelligence represented to that. director com pay o s comment on on the heels of this, the obama administration knew far in advance of november 8th about election meddling by rufsh sssi did nothing. why? kelly, what is the president trump say battleground state health bill. this is a time for a real push by the white house and mostly senate leaders in the republican leaders mitch mcconnell and so forth because they have a limited window of time. they have put out a discussion draft as they call it, sort of a
13 points it could be lower than that. here s the question, guys. will 2014 be any better? this morning we ll look at what s possible in the next year. john, let s start with you. if we go back over the last year we see a lot of promises at the inauguration that the president was not able to fulfill. we saw a real push after newtown for background checks and a couple of other things. immigration reform. a lot of things just didn t get done this year. why would things change any in 2014? i don t think things will change very much in 2014. as we all know, congressional mid-term elections come up and we ll be dominated by politics than policy. it s unclear to me how the incentives for either side will push people towards getting more things done in a more political context than they were immediately coming out of the election after 2012. you have the minority leader of the senate running ads still talking about repealing obamacare.
the democratic candidate not happy. joe manchin says it s offensive and it only proves that john raese has spent too much time living in the state of florida living in his palm beach mansion and doesn t know, understand or respect the great people of this state. polls show the republican party is attracting white, working-class voters. a poll shows they support republicans over democrats in this midterm election 58% to 36%. christine o donnell s pushing to use that to her advantage. what do you want in a senator? someone who is being groomed to run for office, taught how to carefully craft every word, taught how to cut the back room deals and appease the party establishment? or someone who s going to represent you? president obama is pushing to show that he and the democrats are the party of the paycheck. he s on the campaign trail in maryland and illinois today. michael crowley is time s deputy washington bureau chief. and you know, michael, it s interesting. there s been a real