Sharing information with the u. S. Because of this incident. Scott, Homeland Security is weighing expanding a ban on carry on electronics on International Flights to the u. S. As result of the isis threat. Thanks again. Margaret brennan is covering the white house tonight. We had a very, very successful meeting with the foreign minister of russia. Our fight is against isis. Reporter standing alongside turkeys leader, President Trump defended sharing intelligence with russian officials. We want to get as many to help fight terrorism as possible. Reporter this morning the president tweeted it was his absolute right to share what he called facts pertaining to terrorism and Airline Flight safety. He said it was intended to get the russians to quote, greatly step up their fight against isis and terrorism. Yesterday his National Security adviser, general h. R. Mcmaster strenuously denied that any intelligence sources or methods were compromised. I was in the room. It didnt happen. Reporter t
Now this remarkable day began with the president confirming that he had disclosed top secret intelligence to Russian Diplomats at a white house meeting. In a series of Early Morning tweets he wrote, as president , i wanted to share with russia, which i have the absolute right to do, facts pertaining to terrorism and Airline Flight safety. The intelligence came from israel. The white house spent the day fighting back against accusations that the president may have compromised the Israeli Intelligence operation. Here again is jeff pegues. Reporter the meeting in the oval office lasted 25 minutes. President trump told russias foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov about a possible isis plot to down a plane using a bomb hidden in a laptop. That intelligence was classified. And the unexpected disclosure prompted the nsa and cia to be notified. Some of the information came from israel. Theres now concern russia could share that intelligence with some of its allies, like iran an enemy of israel. But
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