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intelligence and heads of the cia, fbi and national security agency will brief the president-elect on alleged russian meddling in the presidential election, certainly he has called repeatedly challenged. he said, well, maybe it s not the case, maybe even sided with julian assange tweeting even last night questioning the validity of the information he s about to receive. well, we have it all covered for you from every angle. kristen welker, what do we expect will go down here? reporter: the backdrop to this briefing is very tense, that s for sure. you have the president-elect just last night again questioning the intelligence community. he was infuriated after details leaked out about the report and actually what s in the report and intelligence officials telling us that some of the details in the report include intercepts which prove that top russian officials were celebrating president-elect trump s win. we were also learning they ve identified some of the go-betweens who deliv ....
americans will be without health insurance by 2026. that s 24 million more that have it now. the speaker of the house says things are looking up. the houseplan will expand choice, lower cost and ensure health care access for all. we re negotiating with everybody. it s a big, fat, beautiful negotiation. we disagree strenuously with the report that was put out. we believe that our plan will cover more individuals at a lower cost and give them the choices that they want for the coverage that they want for themselves and for the family, not that the government forces them to buy. actually, i think if you read this entire report, i m pretty encouraged by it. we re saying the government is not going to force people to buy something they don t want to buy. so this compared to the status quo is far better. i m excited about this analysis. pushed on that point and her response was to say that she wasn t asked specifically about president trump s allegation that he was wiretapped. ....
here. and the white house ought to explain why that wasn t followed here, but there is a good way to answer these questions and we will do our best to answer these questions but we will not lose sight of the russia investigation and we are going to keep focus on that. yes? has there been any uptick in attacks on your or your staffers computers or i.t. networks since this investigation has been going on? i m not aware of anything like that. thank withdrew veyou very much. thank you. okay. steve kornacki in new york. that is adam schiff. just finishing up u a press conference there on capitol hill. adam schiff the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee, of course, the house intelligence committee had been pursuing interference of the status of that committee s investigation now some quwhat i question. there s been all sorts of controversy about actions, about statements from the republican chairman, devin nunes, in that statement you just heard there, th ....
is a threat to democracy? well, to our system, you know, the assaults on the institutions starting with my own, the intelligence community and his characterization of us as nazis. the commentary he has made about the judiciary, and individual judges. the assault on the bureau are examples which are not constructive for our country. general clapper, i appreciate your time. thank you very much. thanks for having me. very tough words from general clapper there. if you are just joining us now, let s quickly lay out the top story tonight. the riveting testimony, did he make the case for the obstruction of justice? and we ll get reaction from the intelligence community, and first, dana bash with all the key moments. reporter: the former fbi director under oath and unvarnished, called the president who fired him, a liar. the administration then chose to defame me by saying that the organization was in disarray. that it was poorly led, that the work force had lost confiden ....
backdrop he is going to step in front of the american people tonight and try to make the case that he has the right path forward when it comes to afghanistan and that they should trust him. it s a very big decision for me. i took over a mess. and we re going to make it a lot less messy. reporter: president trump set to outline his strategy for america s path forward in afghanistan. a major test for the new commander in chief, one that could put more american troops in harm s way. after meeting with top administration officials at camp david on friday, the president announcing saturday he had made a decision after months of deliberation and delays. he has made a decision, as he said. he wants to be the one to announce it to the american people. it is a south asia strategy, not just an afghanistan strategy. reporter: the president has been presented with a wide range of options. everything from a full withdrawal to the deployment of up to 4,000 more soldiers, amid questi ....