edgar hoover foundation he donated to us. he -- fbi and hoover has --. the hoover foundation -- to us. the unique thing about it is in some of these rear and art facts that are related to his career. also his person life. he photographed his vacation, you know -- in that home based on his home. for someone to think that we have our indicative is that we have over here one of his journals from the debut team when he was in high school. so something in his personal handwriting which is always nieto see. as the director one of his -- was the image. he game a celebrity swell a law enforcement guy. people and agencies all over the world, so you'll see on kinds of crazy gifts, i guess as they're including -- this is one of our most show-stopping pieces. this is a gold plated tire on the street from thailand. then there's an ivory tusk that he got for his 70th birthday. we also have a few things throughout his career. so here you have a telephone that he received as the fbi for his 35th year -- the fbi list. when he got it, it sat on his desk through his year.

. new, young, secretive and ambitious temperature,j edgar hoover. as you begin to did the part you realise there were scores of murders and many of these cases were never investigated. you can not understand the formation of the united states without understanding this case, the original scene from which this country was born. —— original sin. more on that and all of our news at any time on the bbc website. and reach me in the team on twitter. thank you very much for watching. hello. there is some downpour dodging to be done during the day ahead and infact through the rest of this week. a mixed weather picture, some spells of sunshine, showers as well, with showers heavy, blown along on a blustery wind at times. low pressure in charge of the scene. the isobars fairly tightly packed. that shows that we will have strong wind and a few showers around as well. showers initially most widespread across northern ireland and western scotland and then develop more widely across the country. some heavy with rumbles of thunder mixed in and some fairly blustery

to cover the war, which j edgar hoover pointed out would be a great cover if she were a spy. she was very skilled in the boudoir. he found that fascinating. he was enthralled with her, that it couldn't happen. they couldn't happen. >> why did the romance draw fbi?tion from the >> she had tried her hand at film acting and married her second husband, a director. she did not turn out to be a great actress, so she decided to do something different. been good ats writing. she went to a couple of danish papers and asked for press credentials so she could become a foreign correspondent in not i germany. -- naz that's where all the focus was. on its knees after world war i, mired in staggering inflation, for figure inflation -- four figure inflation, but hitler seems to have turned everything around. inga, because of her considerable charm, immediately became accepted in the higher echelons of nazi society, and got to exclusive interviews with adolf hitler. it's hard to imagine a character like hitler having a humid -- having auman human side, but this was before world war ii and the

edgar hoover and ask him to stay on as leader of the fbi. hoover used jack kennedy's relationship with inga arvad to ensure his own continued performance as director of the fbi. >> whats the importance of the inga and jfk story? >> i didn't believe that john kennedy would have been president of the united states without having known inga arvad because of three different things. first, inga arvad gave him the confidence to pursue a political career. he always cared about world affairs and wanted to go into politics but understood that number -- always being compared unfavorably within the family to his older brother. kathleen kennedy saids was heresy to suggest that jack was better than joe junior at anything. inga said that's nonsense. i can tell you as somebody who has been on the world stage you have everything it takes to be president of the united states ever that it whatow wants to do put a fire to that ambition and go to the white house. she encouraged jack to confront his father and tell him what his aspirations were, and we can actual

that even though the file existed at the fbi on jack and inga arvad that they can rest assured j edgar hoover make sure that file was taken care of and wouldn't see the light of day. the kennedys got the message and the very first phone call jack kennedy literally the first after he was elected president the day after the election was to call j edgar hoover and asked him to stay on as director of the fbi even though he had been under pressure from liberals to fire huber huber is the relationship with inga arvad to keep ensure his performance at the fbi. >> what is the importance of the inga and huber story? >> i don't believe he would've been president without knowing inga arvad. first, inga arvad gave him the confidence to pursue a political career. he always carried about world affairs and wanted to go into politics that he understood he always been compared within the family to his older brother. kathleen kennedy said it was heresy to suggest jack was better than joe junior in any sense. inga said that's nonsense, i've met hitler, the president of france, king and queen of denmark. i can t

we are showing you the backside of the j edgar hoover building and evidence that this is a ve falling apart. you see the mesh. the major setback, the plan was to move to prince george's county or fairfax county and officials in those counties have been pushing for this move. because it would bring about 11,000 jobs. the plan hit a snag when the general services administration demanded that congress should foot the bill of $2.5 billion, $1 billion has been obtained only. fbi officials say that despite a decade-long search, the bureau will stay right here. the future is hazy but most agree that national security deserves modern technology and a major upgrade. this government worker likes the idea of the fbi staying in d.c.. >> being closer to the center of for everything is happening does a lot of things for preventative measures. >> what has to happen to the old hoover building? >> they do need to do the way it is. >> congress will more than likely address the issue this week as the acting gsa administrator set to testify on capitol hill on wednesday and talk taxes. in northwest washin

it was not well known until j edgar hoover died in the early 1970's and the fbi files were open up and people learn more about this relationship and john f. kennedy's life. so nobody has devoted a book before. >> live today at noon eastern, alter, journalist, and history boy is onher boyd is on- herb "in depth." prof. boyd: in the right as mothers and nice comparison to what was happening in new york and here in detroit, you talk about the black and irish community at each other's throats in terms of jobs and housing. the 1943, theyto had one in harlem in 1943. you go down to the same conditions. >> his book includes "by any means necessary" and "let detroit."- "black boyd: they benefit, and we can talk about some benefits of segregation, you know, but certainly that would be one, the opportunity to have contact, you know, with people of another class. and that is the beginning. you know, the melding of the black middle class in detroit. three-hour lives, conversation with mr. boyd with your calls committee must, and at noonlifte lid today depth" c-span2. >> thursday, to an american to

edgar hoover knew as early as 1961. hoover said nothing to the commission. saddest of all, robert kennedy knew. kennedy was aware. he was then told in a memorandum from j edgar hoover, kennedy was told, again later by cia briefer's, bobby kennedy said nothing to the commission. none of these individuals brought the castro assassination plot to the commission's attention, equally significant, none of them brought the plot to the attention of president lyndon johnson. at the time that johnson appointed the members of the commission. it was a week after kennedy's assassination. there is no convincing evidence that i have seen that johnson, himself, new about the cia's efforts to assassinate castro before johnson made those appointments. let me stop here for just a second before addressing the why question and what may be an obvious caveat. i suggest there is no convincing evidence that johnson knew, it is easy to establish if somebody has been told something, he knows. we looked to evidence, it is next to impossible to establish ignorance. it is next to impossi

edgar hoover, arguably the most independent fbi director in history.le charged with constraining his power were targets of his secret files. so were the americans whose civil liberties were trampled by the co-intel program and hoover's own illegal abuses, yet the fbi building still bears his name just as the bureau bears the weight of his ugly legacy. but in america, the people rule, not the police or the military. vigorous oversight by elected officials is both the executive -- both the executive and legislative branch is essential to protect that liberty. i've been doing vigorous oversight work of the fbi for my entire career on this committee. as long as i'm chairman, i will continue to ask important questions and expect honest answers on behalf of the american people. just yesterday we had a hearing in the crime subcommittee that illustrated the long history of congress exercising its constitutional authority to do oversight, including ongoing criminal and intelligence matters. sometimes we cannot talk public about all the details of our work, alth

future.rs in the network, the commission members will have access to the fact gathered by director edgar hoover and the bureau of investigation. to use itsl continue full authority to investigate these riots in accordance with my standing instructions and continue to search for evidence of conspiracy. but even before the commission begins at work and even before all of the evidence is in, there are some things we can tell about the outbreaks of this summer. first, let there be no mistake plunder, pillage, all of this is not part of a civil rights protest. tore is no american right raid stores or burnt buildings or fire rifles from rooftops. that is crime and crime must be dealt with forcefully and swiftly and certainly under law. negro andeople, white, have been killed. damage has been done to property to negroes and whites, calamitous. all, fear and bitterness will take long months to erase. the criminal suit committed these acts of violence against the people deserve to be be punished.must explanations may be altered but nothing can excuse what they have done. there will be attempts to interp

in their work, the commission members will access to the facts that are gathered by director edgar hoover and the federal bureau of investigation. the fbi will continue to exercise its full authority to investigate these riots in accordance with my standing instructions, and continue to search for evidence of conspiracy. but even before the commission begins its work and even before all of the evidence is in, there are some things that we can tell about the outbreaks of this summer. first, let there be no mistake about it -- the looting and arson and plunder and pillage, which have occurred, are not part of a civil rights protest. there is no american right to loot stores or to burn buildings or two fire rifles from the rooftops. that is crime, and crime must be dealt with forcefully and swiftly, and certainly under law. innocent people, negro and white, have been killed. damage to property owned by negroes and whites is calamitous. worst of all, fear and bitterness which have been loosed will take long months to erase. the criminals who committed these acts of violence against the people

it will remain exactly where it is at the j edgar hoover building in downtown. the washington post reports the federal government is canceling a project that would have moved the agency to a campus in the suburbs. the idea was to pay for it by selling the crumbling hoover building to a real estate developer and then using almost two billion in taxpayer dollars to cover the rest of the costs. for years, fbi officials have cited security concerns among its top reasons for wanting to move. we'll have reaction from local officials - coming up later in the hour. congress returning from its recess to protests. take a look at this. 80 people arrested by capitol hill police monday. the demonstrators say they object to republican efforts to repeal senate offices. senate republicans hope to introduce a new draft replacement bill, next week. happening today, the d.c. council will introduce emergency legislation aimed at fighting the trump administration's efforts to cut down on voter fraud. last month, the presidential advisory commission on election integrity asked all st

the fbi staying put, remaining exactly where it is come at the j edgar hoover building downtown. published reports sing the federal government is canceling a project that would have put the fbi on a campus in the suburbs. by idea was to pay for it selling the old building to a real estate developer and using almost $2 billion of taxpayer dollars to cover the rest of the costs. for years, fbi officials have cited security concerns for wanting to move. this evening the chair of the fairfax county board of supervisors tweeted she is disappointed with this decision. michelle marsh, abc 7 news. the first forecast from stormwatch 7. the heat index still feels like the upper 80's downtown d.c. it will be a warm and humid overnight. the satellite and radar from stormwatch 7, showers around i-81, they are fizzling out, not expecting anything severe, but if you are out and about the next half hour, 45 minutes, you'll find a little wet weather. the temperatures tomorrow will make it into the middle to upper 90's. to heat index values closer 100, and even hotter as we move into wednesday and

edgar hoover, while he was responsible for modernizing the fbi and making it sure that it was equipped to do the job it has continued to do to this day in an extraordinary fashion, that at the same time that he was -- he had so much power that people were worried about list unchecked abuse on power. i would submit it's important to have that separation of powers and that check on the fbi and as you point out the independent judgement for the department of justice. i think that was a mistake that director comey, albeit a good man, made and justified his termination. on the minute or so i have left, let me ask you about project safe neighborhood. the reason why i'm so interested in this, when i was attorney general in texas, we tried to learn from the richmond u.s. attorney and their project exile focusing on gun crime. to my mind, it was one of the most innovative and successful ways to discourage people from using guns or carrying guns, particularly convicted felons and people under protective order, using the power of the federal law, so that these would not be plea bargained away, wh

edgar hoover and martin luther king assassination and the manhunt that the fbi conducted following that terrible and tragic event, but it pretty much lays out the case that j. edgar hoover, while he was responsible for modernizing the fbi and making it ensure that it was equipped to do the job that it has continued to do this day and an extra ordinary fashion, that at the same time, he had so much power that people were worried about his unchecked potential abuse on power. i would submit that it is important to have that separation and check on the fbi. as you point out, the prosecutorial discretion with the department of justice, i think that was a mistake that director comey, albeit a good man, made and justified his termination. on the minute or so i have left, let me ask you about project safe neighborhood. the reason why am so interested in this, when i was in attorney general in texas, we try to learn from the u.s. attorney and their project exile, focusing on gun crime. to my mind, it was one of the most innovative and successful ways to discourage ways from using guns and carryi

the iconic j edgar hoover building is crumbling. the headquarters of the fbi is inefficient, with cracked concrete, but the fbi is now staying put. >> the big losers, unfortunately are the fbi employees. >> reporter: springfield supervisor, jeff mccab worked with private sector leaders 0 bring -- to bring the fbi to this property. it's already owned by the federal government. >> you have a private sector that has extended millions of dollars in planning to put in bids. you just canted this with no credible reason. it will have a chilling effect on the private sector who want to partner with the federal government on projects like this in the future. >> reporter: he worries that increasing attack on federal workers. >> if even, we can't fund the headquarters for the fbi, then of course you would be foolish not to be concerned about the effects on the rest of our federal workforce. >> do you feel like it has to do with trump's seeming war against the fbi? >> i'd be foolished to not think that's playing a role. this would be the time t

it will remain exactly where it is at the j edgar hoover building in downtown.hington post reports the federal government is canceling a project that would have moved the agency to a campus in the suburbs. the idea was to pay for it by selling the crumbling hoover building to a real estate developer and then using almost two billion in taxpayer dollars to the costs. for years, fbi officials have cited security concerns among its top reasons for wanting to move. the chair of the fairfax county board of supervisors - sharon bulova - tweeted she's disappointed with the decision. the county had been pushing to move the f-b-i to springfield. . happy birthday seven eleven! today is july eleventh - get it seven eleven. every year the conveinence store chain celebrates the day with free slurpees! you can pick up a cool drink from 11am to seven pm today. and the birthday fun doesn't stop there. if you have the 7-eleven mobile app, you can 11 free slurpees all week. seven eleven turns 90 years old today. it's xx and we're just getting started. a d-m-v ground stop. planes

this was an stated after j edgar hoover ran the bureau for ,ecades, perhaps too long accrued to much power. one of the ideas behind a 10-year term is that the tenures insulates somebody from politics and the election cycle in a lot of ways. one of the reasons why people were concerned. james comey was fired by president trump less than halfway through his term. he had only served three years. he had seven years left to go. it is the president's right to fire and fbi director, but there are questions about the reasons for that, which is why christopher wray wanted to present himself as a nonpartisan, by the book, along the lines, straight edged former prosecutor. host: have most attorneys that isgrafted policy reflected of their politics? some might say the same about loretta lynch and the folks before her. guest: the relationship between the justice department and the white house is always a fraught one. president kennedy appointed his brother to be attorney general over the united states, which did not go over very well. the lines appear to be drawn in this way. if you are talking a

i don't flow if you read that about the j edgar hoover and the martin luther king assassination and the manhunt that the fbi conducted following that terrible and tragic event. but pretty much lays out the case that j edgar hoover, while he was responsible for modernizing the fbi and making it sure that it was equipped to do the job that it has continued to do to this day in an extraordinary fashion, at the same time that he had so much power, that people were worried about his unchecked potential abuse on power. and so i would just submit that it is important to have that separation of powers and that check on the fbi. and as you point out, the independent prosecutorial discretion and judgment for the department of justice. i think that was a mistake that director comey all be it a good man made and justified his termination. on the minute or so i have left, let me just ask you about project safe neighborhood. the reason why i'm so interested in this, when i was attorney general in texas, we tried to learn from the richmond u.s. attorney and their project exile focusing on gun crime. a

edgar hoover, fbi director from 1935 to 1972, known for his covert acts against political opponents.xhibit one is a bombshell in a reported in may by circa news. in 2011, the government vastly expanded its surveillance powers to include u.s. citizens who merely mentioned a foreign target in "a single discrete communication." there was concern back then that government would ultimately abuse these tools. do you think that's happened? pete: i think it has. and i've admitted that. sharyl: in recent years, the government has also gotten caught monitoring journalists at fox news, associated press, and, as i allege in a federal lawsuit, my computer while i worked at cbs news. also under president obama, the government spied on multiple congress members speaking with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. in 2014, the cia even got caught spying on senate intelligence committee staffers, though cia director john brennan had explicitly denied that. he later apologized. pete: it's absolutely outrageous, and i think, you know, should have led for the removal of the people in the authorized

edgar hoover, arguably the most independent fbi director in history. the very people charged with constraining his power were targets of his secret files. so with the americans whose civil liberties were trampled by the co-intel program and fil hoover's own illegal abuses. yet the fbi building still bear his name just as the bureauu bears the weight of his ugly legacy. but in america the people rule,, not the police or the military. vigorous oversight by elected officials as both the executive and, both the executive and legislative branches essential to protect that liberty. i've been doing vigorous oversight work of the fbi for my entire career on this committee. as long as i'm sure but i willor to ask important questions and this expect honest answers on behalf of the american people. just yesterday we had hearing in the crime subcommittee thatan illustrated the long history of congress exercising its constitutional authority to do oversight, including ongoingng criminal and intelligence matters. sometimes we cannot talk public about all the details

major homicide investigations of its new, very young, very secretive and ambitious director, j edgar hooveres of murders and many of these cases were never investigated. you can't understand the formation of the united states without understanding this case, this original sin from which this country was born. the author on a terrible tale from the 1930s. a group of polar bears at a zoo in lapland got an early wintry treat when truckloads of snow were delivered. the delivery came from a nearby ski centre that had been holding the snow from the previous winter in order to use it for the start of the ski season in october. with july temperatures reaching 25 degrees, however, the bears' fun in the snow may be short lived. that's it for now. thanks for watching. hello. there is some downpour dodging to be done during the day ahead and in fact through the rest of this week. a mixed weather picture, some spells of sunshine, showers as well, with showers heavy, blown along on a blustery wind at times. low pressure in charge of the scene. the isobars fairly tightly packed. that shows that we will ha

edgar hoover as head of the f.b.i. was ten times worse than anything we've seen lately despite the issues we've had with the f.b.i. many of us. and. so all of these things and the assassinations conspired to make things much darker the sixty's still existed the turmoil went well into the seventy's many people think not until watergate was it really over but sixty seven to me it was when the balance of spirituality hippie idealism and activism created a different feeling a feeling of camaraderie and sweetness people used to refer to the greek word gop a which means universal love there was a moment when you really could walk down the street see someone and feel you had a friend or brother or sister. and that ended because of the things that i said morphed into other things and you know every year has its own interesting things but i felt sixty seven had a unique balance between these forces when the mass media did focus on these bohemian ideas but it's before ruin them after all sixty seven is the idea the beatles met t

edgar hoover. i never want to see us go back to that era either, where the fbi director did things we now know were illegal, improper, and done for his own political motivation. and i know senator grassley made some comment about that too. intelligence community, and this has now been public including the fbi, cia, nsa concluded with high confidence that russia intervened in the 2016 election in order to denigrate secretary clinton, help elect donald trump. do you have any doubt that russia interfered with our elections hoping to elect donald trump? >> senator, the only thing i've been able to review on that at the moment is the public form of the intelligence community's assessment, the summary. so i don't have access to all the classified information. but i will tell you that from what i reviewed, i have no reason whatsoever to doubt the assessment of the intelligence community. >> will you read the classified sections if you're confirmed? >> definitely. it'd be one of the first things i'd want t

edgar hoover. it was really a portion of a memorandum that he shouldn't have had. and to to it was partly -- and so it was partly fraudulent, part any lot. -- partly not. welch quizzed one of mccarthy's aides about, well, where did it come from? did a pixie give it to you? he knew very well that roy cohn ghei it to him. gave it to him. and then mccarthy chimes in, it's kind of strange, and says, well, what's a pixie? to welch. he said, well, something like a fairy. [laughter] now, if you know the '50s, some of you are old enough. a fairy was a homosexual slur in those days. and so the interesting thing is they didn't talk openly about homosexuality. you don't find any works anywhere about this being a bay lovers' scandal. -- a gay lovers' scandal. so we've been reluctant to talk about it. i worry when i talk about with people like you about it because, oh, goodness, i'll get in trouble if i say some of my best friends are in gay marriages. but anyway, it was that era where you didn't talk about it. it was all innuendo and whisper. but they all knew what they were w

edgar hoover was investigating martin luther king, jr. would it have been improper for john f.nedy to say don't do that? you are violating the man's rights? lou: certainly that is the system and the reality of the matter that the f.b.i. director may not want to have dinner with the president, but that won't be his choice. he works for the president, he works for the attorney general. >> that's right. what the democrat want, they want to create the situation where the f.b.i. director is constantly being told to basically go to war with the administration in order to show your independence. that's not the proper role either. you follow the law and aggressively enforce the law. but you don't try to align yourself with the media. lou: i have great respect for chuck grassley, but he turned over that committee to the democratic party as if they were in leadership and control of the u.s. senate. an awful mistake in my opinion. congressman ron desantis. please roll the video. look at this. it doesn't look like a great place to fly. but there you go. what are they doing? they are thrill

fbi officials have been complaining about the jay edgar hoover bill for a long time and say, not only is the bill on pennsylvania avenue following staff. thousands of fbi employees are working in short term lease annexes spread out across the region. the akournt blt office put a report that found the building did not meet the agency's long term security needs, three years ago, the gsa had narrowed the search for new headquarters to three locations. one in virginia, two in maryland. democrats are promising to fight back, claiming that delays will continue to cost taxpayers and put national security at risk. >> he's acts as if he's the legislatu legislature. congress authorized the project, funded a project. it's the responsibility of administration to carry out policy and today's actions, they're doing just the opposite and that is outrageous. >> applauded the government's decision, saying the fbi should stay in the district where he said the new headquarters could be built for half the cost. they say it will keep working with officials to solve the issues with space. leon. >> thanks,

kennedy had fired j edgar hoover over investigating and wiretapping martin luther king jr. would people have thought it was obstruction? there is not really collusion. what is the latest leak, the washington post's record of running anonymous leaks has beaten the new york times. an enormous achievement and i give the post credit that in their energy and enthusiasm they have been more consistently wrong then the times which in the olympics of stupidity is an enormous challenge. the latest thing is mueller who will not get anything on russia and won't get anything on obstruction is now looking at finances. what you are seeing is this is why when i was the guy opposed renewing the independent counsel act. you bring in a bunch of high-priced lawyers who give up their regular career to look for a scalp, they will find somebody and the fitzgerald case where comey brought in the godfather to his children, fitzgerald, to a.a special counsel when they knew there was no crime. valerie has already been no longer a protected name at the cia and they knew who had done it, richard armita

kennedy had fired j edgar hoover over investigating and wiretapping would people have thought it was obstruction? so there is not really collusion so what is the latest leak from the washington post whose record of running anonymous leaks has been the new york times, an enormous achievement and i give the post credit that in their energy and enthusiasm they have been more consistently wrong than the times which in the olympics of stupidity is an enormous challenge. the latest thing is mueller who will not be able to get anything on russia or obstruction is now finances. what you are seeing is this is why when i was bigger i opposed renewing the independent counsel act. you bring in a bunch of high-priced lawyers, they give up their regular career, they will look for a scalp, find somebody. the fitzgerald case where comey brought in the godfather to his children, fitzgerald, in order to appoint a special counsel when they knew there was no crime because in fact valerie has already been no longer a protected name in the cia and they knew who had done it, richard armitage and they still

edgar hoover building in downtown d.c. >> not only a story that affects the district but it is a huge impact to maryland and virginia, with big losses in time, money, and benefits for the communities who wanted the new headquarters there. news4's justin finch is live downtown with what it means for the agency moving forward. >> reporter: hey, there, angie. good morning. lots of tight lips are at the hoover building. many workers would not go on camera and talk more about it but they have heard about it for some time, they say close to ten years now. but now it seems a move willing later than sooner and there are those nearby who are relieved to hear that this morning. for now, it seems this is it, that the fbi will remain in its headquarters at the j. edgar avenue, built in 1975. a building some say is dated and decrepit. >> if the building closed, my business will also be slow. i know that. >> reporter: staying put is welcome news for nearby businesses and those who man them, like food stand operator mike johannes. he says a lot of his regulars are fbi workers. >> lot of people work

edgar hoover from 1924 to 1972 when he died.example of an fbi director who behaved badly and did bad things for presidents, presidents from roosevelt to nixon asked hoover to investigate their enemies and harass them, in politics to harass senators who gave them trouble, harass journalists who wrote or said bad things from them. that's what we've been trying to get away from since 1972 and that was the purpose of a ten-year term. he's suggesting turning back the clock so that presumably he would have the ability to order the fbi to investigate someone who might give him trouble on health care. or journalists who are unhappy with various things that donald trump is doing. this is the period that we thought we were getting away from. >> michael, thank you, i have talked to you about a lot of things over the years. i have never before heard you say the words blood chilling. it's sobering and this is serious stuff. it's nice to have you here. >> thank you, my friend, and i don't say that easily. >> i know that's what freaks me out.

edgar hoover thought that the japanese internment wasn't justified. all of this was suppressed by the administration, by fdr, so the two lawyers said we're not going to sign this brief, you're suppressing evidence. the solicitor general overruled them and said i'm filing the brief. 15 pages of facts on how japanese americans can't be trusted. and it was a real dark day, i think. but i think that story illustrates one thing that you pok folks standing up trying to do the right thing and it's the political folks who say, no, no, we're not going to do the right thing. >> back there. >> sally, has ted cruz offered to provide you a reference? no? >> i'm a practicing lawyer from houston. could you all discuss the process for filling all the vacancies in u.s. attorneys around the country? and also, whether the vetting process for federal judicial vacancies is likely to provide qualified candidates in the future. >> i don't know how it work nd the obama administration, but not in the trump administration. yeah. >> it doesn't seem to be working. >> i have been

edgar hoover weep with envy. the use of so-called data and the inferences made from it have a singular purpose. to craft and deliver messaging that will shape the future behavior of an individual, from buying a particular brand of toothpaste to discouraging a citizen from voting. from choosing one ridesharing service, to voting on decisions like the u.k. brexit. and, the u.s. presidential election. these are assembled from what our guest rightfully calls are -- our digital footprints. many of us to not even realize we are leaving these footprints behind. what we listen to one streaming services. what we watch on cable tv. our guest tonight, dr. michal kosinski, will introduce us to his work. particularly, facebook likes and profile pictures. they will help us to begin to grasp how sussman's are being and could be used to shape our political and social reality. join me in welcoming michal kosinski to the stage. [applause] particularly, facebook likes and profile pictures. they will help us to begin to grasp how su

edgar hoover.he idea of undercutting the credibility of the investigator is one way of trying to take away from the allegations that are swirling around his own team. >> do you think he has any sense of the irony of all of this? he's modeling behavior after somebody he's blasted as crooked for more than a year? >> just yesterday he was tweeting about her and saying crooked hillary clinton should be investigated by the justice department and yet some of these tactics or strategy seems to be taken from their playbook. i think whether he understands the irony, certainly some of the people around him do. you know, obviously they're not fans of the clintons but they also recognize the clintons are tough, hard ball political players and they're looking at what worked and didn't work in the 1990s, which is the last time we had sort of this big high-profile, you know, threatening kind of investigation that consumes a white house. >> do you think that it's lost on those outside the white house, the differen

edgar hoover type situation. i didn't want him thinking that i was briefing him on this to sort of hang it over him in some way. i was briefing him on it because we had been told by the media it was about to launch. well don't want to be keeping that from him. and he needed to know this was being said. but i was very keen not to leave him with an impression that the bureau was trying to do something to him. so that's the context in which i said, "sir, we're not personally investigating you." >> just to be clear, here is what the president said in the interview, okay, patrick. the n the interview mr. trump believed about the dossier made implicit he had something to hold over the president. in my opinion he shared it so he would think he had it out there. mr. trump said. as leverage? yeah, i think so, mr. trump said, in retrospect. so my question is, is this sort of a back doorway for him to make the case that comey set him up, and that the mueller investigation is a setup as well? >> yeah, i think that's exactly

edgar hoover, arguably the most independent fbi director in history.he very people charged with constraining his power were targets of his secret files. so were the americans who civil liberties were trampled by the intel program and hoover's own illegal abuses yet the fbi building still bears his name just as the bureau bears the weight of his ugly legacy but in america the people rule, not the police or military, vigorous oversight by elected officials is both the executive -- both the executive legislative branches is essential to protect that liberty. i've been doing vigorous oversight work of the fbi for my entire career on this committee. as long as i'm chairman, i will continue to ask important questions and expect honest answers on behalf of the american people. just yesterday we had a hearing in the crime subcommittee that illustrated the long history of congress exercising its constitutional authority to do oversight including ongoing criminal and intelligence matters. sometimes we cannot talk public about all the details of our work, althoug

. >> i was a prosecutor at the time of j edgar hoover, never want us to see us go back to that era today. did things illegal and improper and done for his own political motivation. and i know senator gres grassley made a comment about that too. the intelligence community, and this has now been public, concluded with high confidence that russia intervened in the 2016 election in order to den great secretary clinton and help elect donald trump. do you have any indication that russia interfered in our elections -- >> sorry, go ahead. senator, the only thing i've been able to review on that at the moment is the public form of the intelligence community's assessment, the summary. i don't have access to all of the classified information. but i will tell you from what i reviewed i have no reason whatsoever to doubt the assessment of the intelligence community. >> you read the classified sections if you're confirmed? >> it would be one of the first things i want to see. >> thank you. because i -- you see the actions of russia in europe and number of other parts around the world trying to expand

edgar hoover. i never want to see us go back to that either, where the fbi director did things that we know were illegal, improper and done for his own political motivation. i know senator grassley made some comment about that, too. the intelligence community -- this has been public -- including the fbi, cia, nsa, concluded with high confidence that russian intervened in the 2016 election to help elect donald trump. do you have any doubt that russia interfered with our elections hoping to elect donald trump? >> senator, the only thing i have been able to review on that at the moment is the public form of the intelligence community's assessment, the summary. i don't have access to all the classified information. i will tell you that from what i reviewed, i have no reason to doubt the assessment. >> will you read the classified sections if you are confirmed? it would be one of the first things i want to see. >> you see the actions of russia in europe and a number of other parts around the world tryin