issue and secondly and more importantly, were any americans involved in that, were they in any way in cahoots with the russians to try to influence the campaign of donald trump s opponent? so initially what i was told was that while the fbi wanted to get as much information out as possible, that today may leave the committee someone unsatisfied that they can t answer every question, a, because they don t know and, b, because they don t want to say so publicly. i think that s where the push and tug will come today. what powers does the president have if they don t like the director of the fbi and how long a term do they serve? statutorily the fbi director serves tore ten years and the
intelligence. te us, what is your top question for director comey today? to me, what washe extent of russian interference in the election, was there collusion, whatsoever with anyone in the trump campaign and the russians. it s important, i m talking about the classified information that will be leaked out. this is intrigue of political movement. very, very top secret information leaked out with what comey is doing, who did it and who is behind it. reporter: you want an answer to the collusion question. some republicans are insistence there is no evidence whatsoever they colluded? i have seen no evidence, either. i would like director comey to say yes or no, if he can at this stage. i believe there was none. if there is, i want to know about it. if there s not, end the discussion. it puts a cloud. there s no evidence of collusion. reporter: the ranking member on the committee, adam schiff said on meet the press over
again, the viewers guide today will be the fbi director s not wanting to go into great detail. he may say that some things have to be answered in executive session. he may take a pass entirely. here you have it from the real donald trump, james clapper and others stated there is no evidence po dus colluded with russia. this is fake news and everyone knows it. the democrats made up and pushed the russian story. big advantage in the electoral college and lost. finally, the real story that congress, the fbi and all others should be looking into is the leaking of classified information. must find leaker now. casey hunt has a guest outside the hearing room. casey? reporter: hi, brian. we are here with congressman peter king who is a member of the house select committee on
welcome back. i m stephanie ruhle. look where i am. live, overlooking the white house. we are less than one hour away from arguably the most consequential hearing of the trump administration, focusing on what else? russia and the election. the big headline might be whether or not fbi director, james comey provides a definitive answer on president trump s wiretapping allegations. i want to bring in a man who certainly doesn t agree with these allegations, california democratic congressman, eric sw swalwell. congressman, you said this morning, you want james comey to clear up the wiretapping allegations once and for all. how confident are you that is going to happen? good morning, stephanie. the president ruled smoke bombs
leakers as whistleblowers are or republicans right, they need to be investigated? certainly in the intelligence community right now, they have felt demoralized because of the way the president talked about them. i don t think anyone wakes up and wants to violate the national security oath. we should have them pursue if anyone did. however, the way the president talked about his own national security team, saying they are playing politics, he s undermined the report that found russia was responsible, he accused the fbi of not being able to find leakers. this hurts the people charged with protecting us and what they have to do to keep us safe from terrorism or look at what other countries are doing to interfere with our elections. why do you believe president trump and the wiretapping claims are a smoke screen to divert our attention from russia? if anything, it s making us focus more on russia. if the president isn t telling the truth here, it hurts his credibility.