You know, we may disagree with some of our partners in the p5 on many things. Some of my European Partners sometimes want to go further than i want to go, but at the end of the day, we come to an agreement because we all understand how important it is to be united in going forward. And i appreciate, as senator risch says, the bipartisanship on this issue. I did, if i may, senator, want to make one remark in response to senator risch, which goes to this as well. The shutdown and putting a piece of legislation on for the Intelligence Community or for treasury are you would be hesm, but not nearly enough. There are so many parts of this that are problematic, even in the state department indeed, funding for israel, for instance, will be delayed until there is a c. R. Or fullyear appropriation. Our ability to protect the sinai is delayed with that force. So no one piece of legislation is going to solve what is a very complex International Issue that we face, and we are beginning to see edit
Sanders respond to this. While much of todays schedule was focused on the visit of south koreas president , the standoff between President Trump and the fbi is front and center. The Justice Department is looking into whether there really was a spy inside the Trump Campaign as the president claims. Still, the president wouldnt outright support the number two at the doj, Rod Rosenstein. Do you have confidence in Rod Rosenstein . Whats your next question, please . First off no, excuse me, i have the president of south korea here. Yes. He doesnt want to hear these questions, if you dont mind. And the president now has support from some House Republicans who are calling for a Second Special counsel to look into claims of misconduct by both Justice Department and the fbi. Lets start off this hour, though, with nbc news chief white house correspondent, Hallie Jackson in the White House Briefing room. Hallie, what is the latest on this allegation that the president is making about the spy . Wh