i certainly oppose the abuse of official time. so we see differently on this, but i think we can all agree that the american people at least have the right to know the extent to which official time is being used. and so although we may disagree somewhat on policy, i thick we can certainly find common ground to promote accountability and transparency within the federal government. and as mr. ross mentioned a while ago, the o.p.m. has come out with a study 3 1/2 million work hours spent on official time. that's a lot if it's just dollars but when you take 3 1/2 million work hours multiplied by dollars involved, this is a significant issue that needs to be addressed. and so this bill, h.r. 1293, grants the o.p.m. the ability to get necessary information from federal agencies so that we have a more comprehensive understanding of the official time usage. and currently there are no standards for o.p.m. to find that kind of information. so this bill does not eliminate nor does it restrict official time usage. it simply shines light on the

so what happened in this case is the transition official approached the obama administration officials who were interacting with the transition team in the situation room in the white house and at the end of one of their meetings about the transition, this trump transition official asked for, basically, the cia's bio in order to basically provide that to flynn so he had a sense of who he was dealing with. again, to kind of put him on notice that there is a chance, a good possibility that if he talks to him on an open line, it's going to get sucked up. >> again, that was reporter adam entous with "the washington post." cnn has not yet confirmed this information, but, again, we're seeking all information from all involved and will continue to follow the story. >>> u.s. senators are all but disowning the health care bill passed on to them by the colleagues in the house. they say, though, it will look very different than it does now by the time they're done with it. president trump acknowledges that two promising to play a big part in that process. athena jones has the very latest on the p

the washington post report, they broke this story about what the president said to these russian officials does not say that he discussed sources and methods but it does say that he disclosed classified information, clearly the kind of classified information that was very alarming when u.s. officials found out about it. and obviously we're waiting to get more details on this sort of discrepancy we're seeing in these statements when h.r. mcmaster starts speaking. >> the washington post reporter that broke the story will be with me in a moment. i want to go to the pentagon for the response. barbara starr is there. do we at this time no what is it that the president revealed? >> well according to the washington post, and i'll leave tight the reporter you have to explain further, some of this had to do with intelligence that perhaps led to the ban on laptops onboard passenger cabins in airplanes. it's quite interesting that that statement referenced aviation. you could talk about that with the russians certainly. nobody wants to see russian passenger liners crash due to some intelligence threa

the conversations deeply concerned u.s. intelligence officials and even impacted what intelligence the incoming administration was privy to because some obama intelligence officials acted on their own to limit how much sensitive information was shared with flynn. a former official tells gloria borger the way they talked about flynn was a quote, five alarm fire from early on. russian conversations indicated they regarded flynn as their ally. officials cautioned the russians may have exaggerated during the conversations. months before he was caught on intercepted call in december speaking with sergei kislyak and firing of the first national security adviser. cnn reached out to flynn's lawyer who declined to comment and the white house who said we are confident when these are kpleelt, there will be no evidence to support any collusion between the campaign and russia. top former obama intelligence officials and members of congress briefed on the matter have said the same thing. >>> this was probably the most tumultuous week in his presidency. all hap

now the officials are going to try to keep control of this which will be difficult to do because all of the players on the ice. remember, there is an extra player on the ice for anaheim. two. >> joe: ekholm and ritchie. right here they go. ritchie is a fighter. ekholm is not. >> brian: good job to get in there and separate that. what can happen, the nashville player can come over and that is when things really get out of control. >> joe: now sissons has two players after him. >> kenny: getzlaf and montour. perry and fiddler separated. >> joe: i tell you what, these officials for this situation right now are doing an unbelievable job. fiddler. look at him. he goes right over to the other side where kesler was. kind of weaves his way through. just four nashville players on the ice. six for the ducks. there is ritchie, a big, strong, tough kid. ekholm has a huge heart but he is not a fighter. trying to fight back. that is a physical mismatch in that department for ritchie. that is where the officials as a group. they did a heck of a job here trying to keep this under control. >> brian: i

they say they were not invited to participate in the official service and the organizers of the so-calledfficial service say there is a reason for that. >> there is a desire amongst national day of prayer task force to pray to the judeo christian god. and other people are welcome to pray to their god. >> that is however, that does not represent the entire nation. we want to reflect the nation. it's not about what they are doing. it's about what we're doing. jeff: you heard a few minutes ago about the executive order signed by president trump. there are strong feelings here today about that. both for and against including an individual who called the move dangerous. more on that coming up in the 5:00 hour. until then, live in leesburg, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. alison: thank you. michelle: the alexandria city council will vote on a plan to raise the property tax rate by 5.7 cents. the officials say the money would address years of overcrowded schools aging buildings, outdated sewers and a growing bill for metro. jonathan: a teen was c the gun was taken from a rockville police officer patro

official. but someone close to the president. nbc news has confirmed a white house official is under investigation. and this comes right as the investigation is shifting into a higher gear entering what the post describes as a more overtly act of faith. investigators are beginning to conduct interviews and issue more subpoenas. they're not just looking at the possibleities of collusion between the trump campaign and russian operatives. they are examining whether any trump associates may have committed financial crimes. as the fbi probe moves forward, so does the investigation by the senate intelligence committee which just announced that james comey will testify in open session some time after memorial day. his first public appearance just before that announcement was made i asked the ranking member of that committee senator mark warner for his reaction to the news that someone in the white house is under investigation. >> well, chris, i'm not going to comment on anything i may have been briefed for as a member of the gang of eigh

the ap also got that story citing u.s. officials. on post" also backed up the story citing several people familiar with the discussion. nbc got it, getting this quote from a congressional aide. quote, what he wanted was basically more prosecutors, more support from the doj for writing subpoenas and warrants. so that quickly became a really important controversial part of the narrative as to why the president might have fired james comey. fired him right after he asked to expand and accelerate that investigation. but right from the beginning, the justice department insisted that it was not true. justice department said instantly that the claim he asked for more resources was totally false, totally false, 100% false there was absolutely no request. then the acting fbi director andrew mccabe said the same thing the next day under oath. he said he was, quote, not aware of that request. and now today another very high level, very blunt, broad denial from somebody who it's kind of hard to question on a matter like this, honestly. the deputy

the president claims america's most senior law enforcement official had lost the confidence of almost washington and said republicans and democrats alike would eventually thank him. james comey was leading an fbi investigation into alleged links between the trump campaign team and russia. his abrupt removal has brought charges from some quarters of a cover—up. here's our north america editorjon sopel. this is a fox news alert. fbi directorjames comey has been fired by the president of the united states. the term breaking news is banded around with abandon. last night, it was justified. because at fbi offices the first they knew that their director had been fired was when it flashed up on their tv screens. and james comey, who was in los angeles addressing staff, knew nothing about it either until an aide handed him a note and the letter sent by president trump was brutal. "you are hereby terminated and removed from office, effective immediately." at least they left him the government jet to fly back to the east coast, a private citizen, a turbulent career cut short. and today the pres

what they're quoting is the official white house account of that meeting. they're not disputing that, that it's accurate quotes of the they're not confirming the president says he fired the fbi director because the fbi director was leading the russia investigation into the president. and not incidentally, the third big piece of news here is that he was bragging about that fact to high-ranking russian government officials, telling them, don't worry about it. i think the pressure's off now. i fired the guy. i mean, that was the quote, right? i just fired the head of the fbi. i faced great pressure because of russia. that's now taken off. accurate quotes. so that broke. and thenoments after that story broke in the "new york times," "the washington post" updated its front page to this. white house adviser close to trump is a person of interest in russia probe. with this story, "the washington post" gets one of those landmark stories that makes people buy the print edition of the newspaper and save it because they might be able to sell it for a lot of money somed

sarah, this protest in portland, the official protest was canceled. but clearly, there are a number of people that the police are describing as anarchists, who really seem to be kind of moving down several blocks. just kind of in a uncontrolled way at this point. >> yeah. i mean, that's what seattle worries about, what is happening in portland. there's a group known as black block, or anarchist, if you will, that tend to get rowdy and viole violent. i want to read you some of what the portland police have been saying. a few moments ago, they tweeted out saying the anarchists had dablged windows and property, started fires, attacking police. if you do not need to go downtown portland, do not go. they are telling people to stay away from downtown, portland. they have canceled the permit for the march because they blamed the anarchists for violent acts. they have deployed nonlethal weapons in portland. they are warning people to stay away from downtown. fires have been set. there's large fires that we saw burning on social media, as well as the police, ta

the u.s. against officials. this is the same airfield hit with tomahawk air strikes on march 6th. officials say the syrians have repaired the damage airfield infrastructure and believe they will be flying out of the base soon. none of the coursources could sf the weapons were stockpiled at the airfield. >>> let's get to our meteorologist bill karins with the latest on the severe weather. >> and they will get it again today. today is a bigger coverage area of storms. we could deal with more tornadoes. we are going into the day thinking a chance of tornado. we know we would have severe weather. we had 11 tornado reports and in north carolina which destroyed a fire station. we had one injury when the mobile home was blown over in georgia. we had amazing pictures from the tybee island area in georgia. right now, the first piece here up to d.c. and up to philadelphia. this is round two that comes in this afternoon. the new storm rolling through louisiana and mississippi. when this kicks through, we will get more storms. we had 38 million people at risk. that is north carolina, south car

now, when you talk to the leading officials and the people who work for those leading officials who are preparing for this trip, like the secretary of state, the national security adviser, they have meticulously laid out a very, very busy schedule for this president, and, you know, it's not something that we've seen from donald trump in the past when he was a candidate. you know, pretty much the most he did during that campaign was travel out to his golf courses in scotland, so this is going to be a huge challenge for the president. there's a lot riding on this trip, and we'll see on the other end how all of it pans out. but no question about it. what is happening right now, what is breaking right now in washington is going to be following this president every step of the way. >> indeed. jim acosta in riyadh, saudi arabia. thanks very much. the former national security adviser to president george w. bush will be here to weigh in on the breaking news next. stay with us. when it comes to technology, i need someone that understands my unique needs. my dell small business advisor has gotten

the states. one of them about basically from "new york times" saying he told senior officials in the office that he was a crazy nut job and learning from officials that they were so close with their relationship with michael flynn they bragged about it. what are you hearing in moscow? a response to this. >> this has not been front page news here in russia and don't expect the same kind of leaking and anonymous information coming from the kremlin bureaucracy and the russian government bureaucracy that you're seeing in the u.s. likewise, the russian media which is heavily influenced by the kremlin not going to be reporting the kind of stuff that we're seeing from washington day after day talking about the investigation into alleged links between the trump campaign and the kremlin. the kremlin's line throughout all of this and this is going back months has been deny, deny, deny. and then to say this is an internal american affair and then to ether mock it or to den dprat it completely with the russian president vladimir putin saying this is an example of political schizophrenia in the american polit

jessica flores will be at the official opening of the bay bridge bike path.ght. >>> the late show with stephen colbert is next. our next newscast is tomorrow morning at 4:30. >> jessica flores will be at the official opening of the bay bridge bike path. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs late show exclusessive intervi with president donald trump on his first 100 days. >> stephen: president trump, thawr for coming on the show. >> i love your slow. >> stephen: i love your show too it's hilarious. now, sir, you've been in office for a hundred days. what do you think people are saying about you? >> people are sayingk is he sain? i have no idea. >> stephen: you don't know if you are sain or not? >> i don't know, i mean we'll see. >> stephen: i get we will. let's talk about north korea. are you afraid you might start a nuclear war? >> i was all set to do. in fact i was going to do it today, i was going to do as we were sitting here, i would have to delay it. >> stephen: sir, do you understand the ram fir kaition of a nuclear holocaust. >> n

[applause] >> on thursday's washington journal, we talked to the head of vote lee, the official pro-brexit campaign in britain's referendum on eu membership. he discussed the referendum result and how brexit will affect the uk's relationship with the u.s. this is 25 minutes. >> matthew elliot the former ceo of vote leave. can you remind viewers about the role of vote leave especially when it comes to the larger topic of brexit and your role? >> in the referendum last year, the official campaign, there was an official lead and remain campaign and vote leave was the official government supported campaign. >> host: so, what convinced you that leaving the european union was a good step for the unit kingdom? >> when david cameron opened up the talk on referendum, i was about getting a better deal with there eu and putting it to a vote. the trouble is he didn't get much in his renegotiations so now power was brought back to the uk. 60% of the laws in the uk come from the eu, which many who live in the uk, feel it is undratic and accountable to voters. >> host: what kind of laws came from the eur

president trump asked two of the nation's top intelligence officials in march to help him push back againstgation into possible coordination between his campaign and the russian government, according to current and former officials. the article continues, trump made separate appeals to the director of national intelligence, daniel coats, and admiral michael s. rogers, the director of the national security agency, urging them to publicly deny the existence of any evidence of collusion during the 2016 election. according to the article, gloria, coats and rogers refused to comply with the president's request which they both deemed to be inappropriate, according to officials who spoke on condition of anonymity. another bombshell report. >> right. it's very much in line with what the president asked comey to do which was to end the investigation completely, according to comey's memos. so you have the president of the united states now going to three key people in his administration, assuming this report is accurate, and i have no reason to believe it isn't but let's assume it's accurate. that th

this is the seventh date on which north korea has attempted such a launch. while officials are trying to understand more about the specific type of missile that was actually launched into the waters off the korean peninsula, closer to russia than japan, you also now have the burden on the newly elected south korean president to show his country and also north korea and his allies like the united states how he is prepared to respond to these types of provocations. what you saw instantly was the same reaction we're used to seeing after all of these launches, the convening of the national security council. that meeting was led by president moon jae-in. he has also advocated for more engagement with north korea as a path toward denuclearization. that was a major topic for him on the campaign trail. it's part of the democratic party platform here in south korea. and it marks a change from the conservative party rule, which you have seen in south korea for the last ten years. so now in the aftermath of this first provocation of president moon jae-in's tenure, he is sending a mess

the "washington post" story citing u.s. officials says president trump revealed the name of that city to russia's foreign minister and ambassador, and those officials are now extremely concerned about the president compromising a critical isis intelligence source and its impact on global u.s. security partnerships. they also worry mr. trump might have put the lives of u.s. agents in the field at risk. >> some security experts even musing yesterday that they may have put the sources themselves at risk, where sources of very important information. lawmakers reacting to the report with deep concern, with alarm. house minority leader nancy pelosi saying at a cnn town hall that if the president did what is alleged, it would be very damaging. >> this is a very serious matter. this is code word source highly classified information revealed to an adversarial country and to do so in a way, very sophisticated intelligence russia never stopped. putin was head of the kgb. this is what they do. >> and on the republican side, senator bob corker, c

are there memos from james comey with the former justice official meeting with bill clinton? completely irrelevant. >> we have to leave it there. ben, i appreciate it. ben ferguson and scott bolden thank you. it's not the last time we'll talk about this. we'll have you both back, thanks. >> thanks. >>> an election overseas with big implications for the united states, something we're watching this morning. why the white house keeping a close eye on iran. and how it could affect the u.s. >>> first though, more than 18 million people are at risk for severe weather today i'm sorry to say, talking about damaging winds, hail, even the chance for a tornado. meteorologist derek van dam in the cnn center. where is the bull's eye today? >> fortunately the plains get a break but we're focusing our attention on the mid mississippi river valley, the 18 million people are mentioned stretching from louisville to nashville to jackson and portions of texas as well. isolated tornadoes a potential, large hail, damaging winds. the good news out of all of this is that it won't be as widespread an

the first from "the new york times" is that president trump apparently told the russian officials with whom he met in the white house that james comey was a nut job and that firing him took a lot of pressure off the president. we have reporting from the "washington post." i want to go back to the white house where handles nichols has been following the story. you've been taking it in as it is happening. let's start with "the new york times." >> both of these are explosive reports. on the "new york times" one it is alleging that president donald trump was boasting in the oval office to russian counter parts about dismissing james comey, the director of the fbi. he dismissed him on march 9. the meeting with kis lag and sergei lavrov happening may 10. now we are have reached out to the white house. they are not disputing this report. they are providing with us a statement similar to that which they provided to the "new york times," talking about how the president wants to work with russia. how he thinks the real threat is isis in syria and that has always been his goal. i think what this

. -- fifa officials. theoval of the ethics committee is not in fifa's best interest. it is against good government. reporter: fifa has endured negative headlines. brent: it is good to see you again. how important for these two men in cleaning up their act? >> they were important, that's for sure. they made them asked today in front of the world press and they have said that since 2015, they have actually investigated 194 cases into football officials. out of these, over 70 football officials have been sanctioned by these two. you can't have too much fear for the big names. brent: what is this mean for ongoing investigations into corruption? >> it was apparently an unstructured and unprepared process. aaron mind that judge eckert, for example, i was in contact with him yesterday evening and he basically got the information by myself and through the media. he didn't even know about it or he would of never flown to brain. -- to bahrain. they said they were not even offered the option with these two people to act

that's first reported by the "washington post." two former officialsut the situation confirming to cnn the main points of the "post" story are accurate. joining me by phone, general michael hayden. former director of both the cia and nsa. good evening, general. thank you for joining us. i want to get right off the bat, your initial reaction to this breaking news. >> well, i think quite surprising, don, and frankly there was a very informed discussion that you just had. this isn't really about the power of the president. he has the power to do this. it's more about the person of the president and the performance. we're seeing the results of his being a bit undisciplined, impulsive, instinctive, intuitive. little patience for preparation and little patience for process. and when he goes off script like this, he does things that are ultimately destructive of his own purposes. >> let's go through this, all right? so i want to get back to this meeting, okay? the meeting. it's in the oval office. according to president trump, vladimir putin asked him to have

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after the meeting senior white house officials took steps to contain the damage, senior white house officials appeared to recognize quickly trump overstepped and moved to contain potential fallout. thomas p. bossert, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism placed called to the directors of the cia and the nsa the services most directly involved in the intelligence sharing arrangement with the partner. quote, one of bossert's subordinates also called it to be stricken from internal memos and for the full transcript to be limited to a small circle of recipients, all efforts to prevent sensitive details from being disseminated or leaked. we know about it now. now, "the washington post" tonight has been very careful to not describe the information that trump described, to not describe exactly what information trump leaked. they make clear in their reporting that they know that information, but they've been very careful about what they've published basically the implication is that they are trying to not compound the damage that he has reported to have already done by

the new york times reportsing if. telling russian officials, one accused of spying. to the times, trump said in full, i quote him, i just fired the head of the fbi, he was crazy, a real nut job. i faced real pressure because of russia. that's taken

this according to the washington post which sites current and former u.s. officials as saying that trump's disclosures jeopardized a critical source of intelligence on the islamic state. fresh fallout from the stunning firi firing of director james comey. the search for a replacement is moving rapidly with at least eight candidates having already been interviewed. some congressional democrats are tying confirmation of the new fbi director to a appointment of special prosecutor to investigate ties between the trump campaign and russia. same issue comey was probing when he was dismissed. at the same time the white house is peppered with questions about the president's tweet threatening comey with alleged secret recordings. press secretary sean spicer won't address the issue, saying the president has been cleared and there is nothing to add. but lawmakers from both sides of the aisle say the white house should turn over any tapes to congressional investigators. we are following north korea's most dwis tuisturbing test yet. the kim jong-un regime claims the missile can c

the script. when presidents meet with foreign officials, they are given talking points. ey're told, here's what to say on an issue, here's whatnot to say, and the president doesn't seem to stick to the script. >> the national security adviser today said no methods or sources were compromised in what the president had to say. does that make you feel any better? >> not a lot better. certainly it would have been more damaging had he done so, but not sharing that source or method does not make any better the problem that i outlined earlier. >> now, "the washington post" is withholding most plot details, including the name of the city in isis territory where the threat was detected at the urging of officials who warned that revealing them would jeopardize important intelligence capabilities. and ahead on "cbs this morning," we'll talk with greg miller of the "washington post" who reported on the president's meeting with the russians. >>> the president says the selection process for a nominee to replace fbi director james comey is moving rapidly. mr. trump abruptly fired comey

according to the post, officials to "the washington post," officials believe the information he provided was a reliable characterization. the white house has declined the comment tonight. >> jared kushner's attorney has declined to comment as well. very, very thunderous silence, i should say. i understand the obama administration had concerns about ambassador kislyak's interactions with people on the trump transition team. what can you tell us about that? >> that's right. i'm told by former obama administration officials that they were alarmed by the interactions kislyak was having with members of the trump campaign in transition. and they took note of these i t interactions. when kislyak came to the white house, it was normally to be reprimanded. in contrant, members of the trump campaign and transition appeared to be meeting with him on a regular basis, mory e y tsn with other foreign officials. it was puzzling, i'm told, that -- because it was not clear to those in the obama administration what the trump transition folks were trying to avoid, trying to do by avoiding regular channels.

we don't have the official announcement yet. we are down 0.8%. that was largely priced in. e up 2% for the week. with us now is paul sheard from standard & poor's. i wasn't to start with the fed minutes yesterday. clearly very well telegraphed the june rate hike. what about this tapering towards the end of the year. was that expected? have they surprised the market? >> i wouldn't call it a surprise. it was incremental information about how they intend to go about this, this idea of putting a cap on the sort of monthly maximum amount of run off. but gradually lifting that cap over time, every three months until they reach a maximum and leave it there and let the balance sheet shrink. a little more technical in detail about the operations. the fed has been talking about this run off strategy for years. i can count at least seven years back to april 2001. they want this to be surprise-free. >> it wasn't a big surprise out of the minutes that they might be patient when it comes to hiking rates for the rest of the year, and they're still not seeing signs of inflation meeting thei

as the official campaign gets under way the conservatives have been trying to shift the election debatetax and debt bombshell, if labour wins the election. the tories say there is a £45 billion gap between what labour is promising to spend and what it would raise in rev view. philip hammond warned of the impact a labour government could have on the economy. testify as the document we are publishing this morning shows his economic policies are a recipe for chaos, instability, uncertainty and insecurity. britain simply cannot take the risk ofjeremy corbyn in downing street unleashing economic chaos on the country. just when we need strong and stable leadership for our economy and country over the next crucial five years as we negotiate our exit from the eu and chart a new course in the years beyond, jeremy corbyn offers a chaotic and high—risk gamble. labour's shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, dismissed the claim as "lies" — and said labour's plans were fully costed. pack of lies. it's an absolute pack of lies. i don't know why the bbc or the media are giving it any room whatsoever, it's

the russians. a second official confirmed the broad outlines of the discussion. there can't be a ton of people within the white house who had access to that reporting of the information. what does it tell you about what's going on inside that white house? >> it's really stunning. i was actually -- the first thing i thought when i read that report, i was surprised someone sitting in the meeting actually took that as an official note and put it in the record, let alone that it leaked. i think we've seen a toxic environment in the white house, and we're only getting started. we're just at the beginning of this investigation. this is going to get so much worse for the white house, there is going to be so much pressure on white house staff when they start getting called into the grand jury, when their e-mails and documents start getting subpoenaed by a special prosecutor. the pressure that can put on staffers and the pressure that it puts when they start wondering, you know, is one of my colleagues cooperating? is one of my colleagues telling them about something i di

according to these people who have not further identified the official. anyway, the probe is said to accelerate in the coming weeks. that doesn't mean criminal charges are near. meanwhile, in another development, james comey has agreed to testify in an open hearing before the senate intelligence committee that will be scheduled after memorial day, which is coming up quickly. for more on both of these huge stories, i'm joined by the "new york times'" michael schmidt, the author who co-wrote today's big scoop, national correspondent leslie clark and director howard feinman. we've got althe breaking stories today. michael, tell us about today's meeting and what did the president say about comey? and why the exposable commentary about the guy being a nut job to an adversary country? >> the president has done this with comey, as he's tried to explain. he's tried to make him look crazy, like a nut. he said it more than once here. he also said inside the fbi he didn't have a lot of support and he was a very bad fbi director. we know there is a lot of criticism of

the official would not say where the flight originated before turkey. and "focus" reports that abedi twice flew from a german airport and he was not on a watch list. the other team from frankfurt to great britain. not only that, but this magazine claims that british police a said that suspect went through paramilitary training in syria. now officials are trying to determine if he had contact with islamic extremists in germany before making his way to manchester. in libya, security forces picked up salman abedi's younger brother and father. on the left, hassem. on the right, the father, ramadan. a spokesman for libya's malitia says that hassem confessed to helping salman prepare for the attack. it's not clear why they arrested the father. he allegedly used to be part of a group that al-quaida backed. he told the associated press, that wasn't true and he said his sons are innocent. rick leventhal has more. >> shep, many of the nuggets we're learn ing are coming from abedi's family. if it's true his younger brother confessed to knowledge of the plot, he ma

>> well, he was invited into the oval office as part of the official delegation. int earlier, this is an optics issue, this is not a security issue. >> it's not? >> it's not a security issue. here's why, the secret service, the white house, they have policies and procedures to allow foreign press toll co come on t complex, have their equipment screened, even into into the oval office as part of a joint pool spray or as an official photographer. they take their photographs when they leave. there's a very comprehensive program set up around, you know, sweeping the oval office. >> that's one of the concerns. >> it's a major concern. >> bug the oval office. >> and it's not just a concern with the russians. it's a concern anytime a foreign national enters the white house. and anytime a foreign national enters the oval office, it's a risk. but that vulnerability has been identified by the secret service and there's mitigating action that they take. the program is technical surveillance countermeasures. it's a very comprehensive and technical program to search and hunt ou

according to the report, the president revealed classified information about a terrorist threat with the officials of a foreign government, and the president didn't share it with just any government, the report states. he shared it with russia's government, a global adversary that has violated the sovereignty of peaceful nations, propped up dictators and human rights abusers, including iran and syria, and has been widely proven to have interfered in our elections and the elections of our allies in europe. if this report is indeed true, it would mean that the president may have badly damaged our national security, nothing less. and in several ways. first, if accurate, a disclosure of this type could threaten the united states' relationships with allies who provide us with vital intelligence and could result in the loss of this specific intelligence source. we rely on intelligence from our allies to keep america safe. america can't have eyes and ears everywhere. if our allies abroad can't trust us to keep sensitive information close to the vest, they may no longer share it with us. that undermines k

comey shared the existence of the memo with senior fbi officials and slows associates. e "new york times" has not viewed a copy of the memo which is unclassified, but one of mr. comey's associates read parts of the memo to a "times." reporter. quote, i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting flynn go, mr. trump told mr. comey, according to the memo, quote, he is a good guy. i hope you can let this go. david axelrod, your reaction. >> well, look, i echo what jeffrey said in that this is -- you know, i've been i've not been one to sort of ration to the whole impeachment discussion. i think that has been overblown to this point, but this becomes a very serious issue. if the president called the fbi director in and essentially asked him to drop this investigation, then you're getting into a territory where i think the congress has to take this seriously, and -- and it also gives more coloration to the president's decision to fire comey because comey obviously did not cede to the president's wishes of dropping the investigation and he got fired f.obstru

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it is throwing a little bit of doubt on the official account. re is abc's linsey davis. >> these images taken by a bystander are raising questions, 15-year-old jason negron handcuffed on the ground with his head facing to his right. the camera pans off and four second later, his head is in a different position. the victim's family says the picture suggest that he was still alive, and they say that contradicts what police told them. that, he was killed when he was shot. according to bridgeport police, the officer shot negron after he refused orders to stop and hit an officer with a stolen car. >> a young man who put himself in a really bad situation. and, lost his life. >> the 21-year-old passenger was also shot. but suffered nonlife threatening injuries. the police chief says negron's body was lying in the street for six hours after the shooting for evidence gathering reasons. but negron's family members says the police never provided medical attention they believe may have saved his life. hundreds gather to pay tribute to the teen and call for a

the queen and the duke of edinburgh side by side on official business. at a reception at st james's palace. the duke, a few steps behind, and there in support. inside, meeting members of the order of merit. swapping stories about hearing aids. we've all got them. and joking about retirement. you're standing down? i can't stand up much. never mind standing down, i have trouble standing up, he said. but, come the autumn, his attendance at events such as this will be the exception. after nearly 70 years of public service, the duke has decided a few weeks short of his 96th birthday that it's finally time to step back from public duties. the palace says the decision has not been prompted by any particular concerns about his health and the evidence would support that. yesterday he was at lord's cricket ground, opening a new stand, and sharing a familiarjoke. i'm the world's most experienced plaque unveiler. alongside all those plaques he's unveiled are the serious achievements, things like the duke of edinburgh award scheme. but his most important contribution

first of all, the reporting is that this is a white house official. at would exclude sessions and tillerson. >> yes. >> so you're down to a very small universe here. and there have been public reports about kushner who was designated during the transition as the person to meet with foreign officials. he did have meetings with kislyak, the russian ambassador, with the head of a state -- russian government owned state sanctioned bank that was a bit more problematic and didn't initially include that in his security clearance form. so that -- that was problematic. he has a very skilled lawyer, jamie gurelic, who worked very quickly to correct that. whether that is in and of itself the basis for a criminal case seems a little questionable at this point. but obviously, there have to be -- there would have to be other factors, other pieces of evidence that have not come to light that would make him fit into that category. so there is a lot here we still don't know. >> jeremy works the person of interest know that he or she is a person of interest? >> not nece

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>> the public with officials will not describe. i will get this wrong but one-third of russia -- russian say they paid as bribe over the past two years but the second figure is reasonably high saying that the officials are corrupt is not that high but most people see their official was corrupt to a significant extent. it is hard to talk about the way we measure and the best that we can do is make the educated guess to put how much corruption there is compared to france ridley in. >> although most do vote they think they have little or no influence. >> they are right. the odds that it will affect the outcome of the election of america one out of 10 million so russian citizens don't feel very empowered if this is something that is unusual for them. >> is a somebody that could take on vladimir putin? >> i am not really a russian expert who has chosen russia so i have learned a little bit about russia of the true scholar frenzy that to say he is right and does not know that much spirit is he measure public opinion creeks? >> that is the

the president. secretary of state rex tillerson and saudi officials. ittle bit of partying, not enough sleep. of course, you end up napping. we've all done it but not in those circumstances. >> no. so after record warmth across the eastern part of the united states last week, a different story. this week ahead and that's good news. >> we'll talk more about this. we like the rain because it's great for the plants. >> it is great. >> cooler temperatures. >> last week, we set 400 record high temperatures across the united states. hard pressed to get 240 this week. big-time change for the better if you're not a fan of extreme heat. this is what it looks like around the northeastern u.s. 97 at jfk a couple days ago. 97 fahrenheit since 37, 3 degrees celsius. showers scatter rd about the eastern third of the country. a lot of wet weather very beneficial. 4 to 6 inches, drought stricken portions of the carolinas get tremendous rainfall with a forecast that keeps it very cool. temps in new york city warmer than atlanta the latter portion of the week. how about

it emerged today that the crisis has led to a sharp rise in infant and maternal or tablet he. officials say the number of babies dying is up already percent while the number of women dying in childbirth is up 65%. the deaths due to a shortage of medicine. the return of diseases such as malaria and diphtheria. been israeli does have the world, but according to the opposition, incompetence on the part of president nicholas maduro. to talk more about that i'm joined by daniel lance berkman northwestern university, joining us now from chicago. thanks for being with us on tonight. next the protests have been going on nearly every day. are they getting bigger are organized?re what changes do you see? >> thank you for having me on the program. changed but have not dramatically in terms of the number of people over the last couple of weeks. what is happening is that they remain organized in so far as the organization would have a certain place they asked protesters to go to on a given day. many problems venezuela has, they are protesting. call it a rejection on principle of a, this by high leve

it says the "washington post" is withholding most plot details at the urging of the officials. l and everything being said is false according to statements coming out of the white house why are things being withheld? >> i'm getting it will not be said it is false. dina should not have said that. tillerson and mcmaster's statements were similar and i suspect carefully crafted. no question in my mind that he compromised -- the russians are not stupid and on assad's side. no way the russians won't figure this outside. >> if that's what the underlying disclosure is. we're not sure what the underlying disclosure is. >> what's reported by the "washington post" is the underlying disclosure was he gave information about the intelligence and then revealed information like the network in which the intelligence network was -- the city in which the intelligence network was found in. that's very dangerous. it's not hard to figure that out. >> we are sort of making the assumption the area of the world is the middle east. that's our assumption. >> alan said it was israel, my guess an inside sy

it's unclear what the exact focus is and officials declined to name the person. but the "washington post" is reporting it is someone close to the president. investigators have already been looking into retired general michael flynn, who lasted just 24 days as national security adviser. but now they say they are looking at someone still in the west wing. the russia investigation has accelerated since general flynn was forced to resign in february after allegedly lying to white house officials about his conversations with the russian ambassador. after his forced resignation, president trump openly supported flynn. >> michael flynn, general flynn, is a wonderful man. >> reporter: this week, the justice department turning the fbi investigation over to a special counsel. yesterday at the white house, when asked by david muir if he supports the idea of a special counsel, the president said, "i believe it hurts our country terribly." trump insisting this is the "single greatest witch hunt of a politician in american history." >> the entire thing has been a witch hunt an

cnn has now confirmed the key points of that story first reported by the "washington post." one official with knowledge telling the "post" that trump said, "i get great intel. i have people brief me on great intel every day" before he reportedly relayed the intelligence details. >> the president did not directly reveal the source of the information, but intelligence officials tell cnn the concern is russia will be able to figure out the highly sensitive source, highly sensitive in part, of course, because the information came from a foreign ally. the white house once again spinning into damage control here. cnn's sara murray starts our coverage from the white house. >> reporter: good morning, dave and christine. another day at the white house and another damaging headline. on monday evening, administration officials were sent scrambling, insisting the president did not jeopardize classified information and share it with russian officials. >> there's nothing that the president takes more seriously than the security of the american people. the story that came out tonight, as reported, is f