washington partisan divide house intelligence committee probe russian interference u.s. presidential election deepen friday committee top democrat suggest republican chairman cancel public hear pressure white house panel chairman devin nunes say cancel next tuesday hear officials former democratic president barack obama administration order classify brief directors national security agency federal bureau investigation committee seek additional information ... address close session representative nunes tell reporters fbi director jam comey nsa head admiral mike rogers testify public hear monday comey confirm first time fbi investigate possible tie republican president donald trump campaign moscow seek influence 2016 election representative adam schiff intelligence committee top democrat say cancellation public interest think must strong pushback white house nature monday hear hard come conclusion agree upon hear would suddenly cancel schiff tell separate news conference schedule witness former director national intelligence jam clapper former central intelligence agency director john brennan former deputy attorney general sally yates office purport hack disinformation russia influence election take place russia deny allegations u.s. intelligence agencies seek influence election trump republican say controversy cook democrats fan hostile media nunes also say friday former trump campaign manager paul manafort lawyers tell committee volunteer interview panel would work lawyers decide whether interview would open close public new york time report last month manafort one several trump advisers whose contact russian operatives monitor u.s. law enforcement intelligence manafort trump campaign chairman several months last year dismiss report newspaper say many democrats include schiff question whether committee lead nunes close trump ally serve president transition team still rely conduct credible investigation call special prosecutor select committee nunes apologize intelligence panel thursday announce public brief trump u.s. intelligence may sweep communications trump associate tell committee schiff say democrats intention give investigation point view would irresponsible us think go best investigate regardless obstacles encounter schiff say trump early march tweet without give evidence obama wiretapped campaign businessman compete democrat hillary clinton say somewhat vindicate nunes statement surveillance house intelligence panel leaders split session russia