washington and as we run through the list of mark murray of our political unit says we will know more about these four things by the end of the week. does fbi director comey repudiate the wiretapping charge. how far does he go on russia, does health care survive or die and the gorsuch nomination. casey hunt for this morning s purposes is outside the hearing room for us. casey? reporter: hi, brian. we are waiting for fbi director comey to come through one of these hallways and into the house office building for what is expected to be a very intense grilling from members of the house intelligence committee. this day has felt like it s been a long time coming. the fbi director has been back and forth to capitol hill. we have been chasing him through the hallways as he met behind closed doors with members of congress. the temperature has gone up every time he has done this. there s been a lot of anger at
have become weaponized. you know, look, people should reach whatever judgment they want on this, but i believe good, bad or indifferent. i believe those should be warned by certain facts. we now know through the department of homeland security and our own intelligence experts and private cybersecurity firms that russia has hacked into our systems. that russia has dumped these e-mails and not only that, but russia has a tendency of dumping these e-mails and then doctoring them. falsifying them. so, this is a foreign intelligence effort to so discord into our systems to discredit candidates before an election and to influence that election. so, are you saying, congressman, that everything that we ve seen on these e-mails you don t trust the veracity of. you don t think we re getting the real story of the clinton founation or doug band or the complications of fund-raising
because that stuff is substantial and it s worth talking about. well, i m not sure that some of that is worth talking about. i mean gossipy stuff, salacious stuff, i m not sure that has a bearing on who the next president should be. hillary clinton or donald trump. even if you believe that, i think it s important for voters to have that judgment informed by the fact that this is a foreign intelligence operation being run against the united states of america. so, all of those e-mails, whether you agree with them or not. whether they affect your vote or not, all of them should come with a cautionary asterisk. russia has done this in estonia and ukraine and they not only release these documents, but doctor these documents. i think voters should be advised of that. this morning you re 100% certain that russia is behind this? not only am i 100% certain, but the president of the united states has said that russia is behind this. if you don t believe him, the
but she s always saying wikileaks it s russia and donald trump. i have nuthing othing to do wit russia. they said maybe donald trump is involved in projects with the russians. the answer is no, no. over the past few weeks donald trump has capitalized on the hacked e-mails from the clinton campaign chairman john podesta s personal account. of course, there s been controversy surrounding all this and injected into the 2016 race. u.s. officials say they do believe russia is responsible and behind those. now, there s this new report that shows other countries may be hacking back at vladimir putin. joining us now to talk about all of this new york congressman steve israel. he recently wrote a piece for cnn warning in the media of what he calls the weaponization of the hacked e-mails. congressman, thanks for being here. good morning. thanks for having me on. what do you mean the e-mails
if he were to lose, does he present it as a failure of democracy. if that happens, that could really fan the flames of some of his followers who, as we ve seen, feel like the system is corrupt and that may lead to some type of civil disobedience. jason, ashley, thank you very much for sharing your reporting with us. it s important to see all of these moments. thanks for the perspective. let s get to chris. a big point of controversy is how did we get these e-mails that wikileaks is offering up to everybody now? russia has been the central figure. do we know that for real? now, we ll speak with a congressman who says, yes, and he has concerns about hacking as really a cybercrime that could destabilize our government. he makes the case, next. as animators ain goal and you can actually touch the screen. you can t do that on a mac.