"If you listen to what both the President and Steve Bannon have said in the last 48 hours, they've essentially declared war on the news media."
"This was a conversation about an ongoing investigation, coverage of an ongoing investigation."
"Had it been another administration, had there been a Democratic president, this Republican Congress would be well down the road on hearings having seen the story."
"We have seen since the President took office a systematic effort to impeach all kinds of institutions."
"One of the issues is, who authorized General Flynn to have these conversations with the Russian ambassador?"
"Leaks have been around for a long time and presidents complaining about leaks have been around for a long time, including the president that I worked for."
"Well, Anderson, in my experience, generally, if there are innocent answers, they come forward pretty quickly. If they're not innocent answers, they don't come forward pretty quickly."
"You want those decisions to be made purely on the basis of National Security."
"It is consequential that the person who helped lead that organization is now one of the -- or maybe the principal Foreign Policy adviser, National Security adviser to the President of the United State..."
"I think it's such a dangerous position to take because these are professionals -- most of these people I would guess all of these people are people who are career professionals within the State Depart..."
"I cannot imagine meetings, principals' meetings where you don't want to hear from the director of National Intelligence as you're making decisions about the National Security of the country."