burr: senator smith. muchsmith: thank you very to the other members of this committee for your work on this and focus on emergency preparedness and also to our test the fires here today. here today.s minnesota was hit by an avian flu outbreak that ended up costing somewhere in the neighborhood of a billion dollars. it was the largest and most expensive animal disease response in the history of this country. it hit poultry growers incredibly hard. i was really relating to what you were talking about, about how this safety net that we have is about people and not stuff. as we responded to this catastrophe, we needed stuff, but we also really needed the people and the relationships that made our response work and function incredibly quickly, which was such an important part of it. i'm quite interested in this idea of a one health approach and how we can build that kind of approach into our thinking about emergency preparedness. i know that senator young from indiana has raised this question just last week. y

burr: dr. krug, let me come back to you from a pediatric standpoint -- there have been a number of news reports -- i do not know the accuracy of them -- that suggest that young adults taking tamiflu have had hallucinations. hallucinations. how challenging does that make the avenue to try to expand these new treatments to the pediatrics population? dr. krug: thanks to that-- you have hit the nail squarely on the head and it is not just tamiflu -- the bigger issue is with vaccination. with the exception of a glass of water, there are going to be side effects associated with potentially anything you prescribe or give to a patient. whether you use something or not is hopefully driven by evidence , and the risk-benefit ratio of positive effects versus side effects. thanks in part to social media, everything that occurs that did not occur the way it should have , and reports of adults who were having hallucinations with tamiflu make their way to places so that the average family that i care for that

>> thank you, senator burr. senator burr, thank you for your willingness to chair this hearing. on march 2013, president obama signed into law the bipartisan pandemic and all hazard preparedness reauthorization act. senator burr was the author of that reauthorization and the original legislation which became law in 2006. he worked with many senators on this committee, both democratic and republican, and i thank them all for that. senator murray, senator casey and others, senator isakson was another of those. senator burr is chairing the hearing and i thank him for that. i would also like to welcome senator smith from minnesota, who is joining our committee, replacing senator franken, who was a valuable member of the committee. senator jones from alabama is also a new member of the committee. we welcome him. he replaced senator whitehead, who was a very valuable member of the committee -- i mean whitehouse, who has taken a lesser assignment on the finance committee, for some reason, but we will miss sheldon and his work on this committee. i'm going to, mr. chairman, withhold my c

that really irritated burr.i think to continue this sort of infighting amongst democrats and republicans is really stressful for him as far as whatever they'll come up with. and their ultimate investigation will lead them and puts more pressure on mueller who may be the only one who can come out with some sort of impartial, one would hope, conclusion to this investigation. >> the game is to disdread mueller investigation before it kom comes out with anything. to discredit the fbi, the people who are trying to get to the bottom of all of this. and i think that you muddy the waters before mueller does anything. and therefore, you're prepared in case mueller says, in fact, that the president did something wrong. or that the people this his campaign did something wrong. or that there was obstruction. so you know, it is like a pre but theal in politics. you get out there and you say, no matter what happens, you just can't trust him. >> which is odd. if that's the case and mueller presumably comes out with nothing, th

thank you chairman burr. dr. inglesby you wrote on the national security agenda for global health agenda. that was in 2014. where is it now? >> multiple agencies of government particular ac/dc and usaid. >> what is the quarterback? >> the quarterback is the directors. >> when the ebola outbreak took place and he referred to some places around the united states. from a modest standpoint we were able to meet with every university and nih and a couple of other places and doctors who came back from liberia. >> how much of -- that was enough at the time but how much should be dealt simpler preparation in case anything like that happen again. maybe not for a bowl up at some cases? >> every national leader in that program and you speak to leaders in a program they would say would be difficult for them to take care of more than one or two patients in the current units. i think we need to get better cost information about how much the units cost. it would be difficult to scale those by orders of magnitude by 10 or 100 but

burr: senator young. sen. young: thank you for a series of hearings on a very important topic, public health threats. i would like to turn to the topic of insurance for pandemics. i will be asking a question of each of you related to this topic, but by way of background, and our last hearing, we heard from admiral red from the centers of disease control prevention. he said the strategy to prevent diseases that spread from animals to people such as ebola and avian influenza is a reactive strategy. are there any strategies that might take this from a reactive stance to use a modern term proactive one? i found that last year the world bank launched the first pandemic bond to quickly finance public health emergencies. you may be familiar with this. financing emergencies like pandemic influenza strains, something called coronaviruses, viruses like ebola, and others. according to the world bank, their pandemic emergency financing facility would provide over $500 million in coverage of pandemics in the next five year

i especially want to thank senator casey and senator burr for their bipartisan efforts on this issue. papers show why this discussion is so important to families across the country. with headlines like, flu deaths and cases increasing in pierce county. and flu outbreak and a county kills five, 15 hospitalized. a bad flu season can be a nightmare for families and too often ends in horrible tragedy. just as we must continue to improve the public health response across the board to prevent those tragedies on the local level, we have to also make sure we are vigilant against pandemics on a global scale. a pandemic can affect happily in people. more than the entire population of the united states. that is not speculation. it happened 100 years ago. the 1918 influenza epidemic was a tragedy more deadly to the human race than world war i. and today the threat of pandemic flu is joined by new threats. what have we learned in the last century? are we better prepared for the next catastrophe? when you consider ebola and how the centers for disease control and prevention and summary partners sup

burr liked to help them overcome these strictures.ley wrote about it that many young women had burr to thank for learning these accomplishments. adison was walking with congressman, a distant cousin of dollies. he was immediately smitten. so he went to aaron burr because he knew everybody. he went to dolley and said the great little madison would like to meet you. they chatted, and within a matter of weeks, madison wrote her letters. and then he asked her to marry him and she said yes. host: what impact did she have on him? noah: she had an enormous impact on him. and an enormous impact on the country. an argument could be made that dolley madison was the most important first lady we have ever had. she got 16 years to be first lady. from 1800-1808, jefferson was president and not married. madison was secretary of state. jefferson had a relationship with sally hemmings, but she was not in the white house. consequently, most of the time, dolley functioned as the de facto first lady. she hosted events, often at madison's house, which fun

senator burr was the author of the pandemic and all hazards preparedness act. i'll collect all hazards preparedness act. the law helps protect us from the full range of public health threats from national disasters to terror attacks. in 2013, senators burn casey by the bipartisan authorization of the pandemic and all hazards act. many contributed including senators and sam bennett. warren, hatch, roberts, and others. now it's to be reauthorized for a second time. today's hearing is the second for this year. last week we heard from the administration including from the assistant secretary, the fda and the centers for disease control. in the middle of the flu season is critical we reauthorized the act before many of the provisions expire in september. i hope will do that in a bipartisan way. people are not as aware of the devastation of the flu, and i mentioned. the figures are between 12 and 50000 americans die of the flu every year. they have talked about expediting the universal flu vaccine what she sees soon. tennessee has seen these earlier is that is spread

jefferson but with that hyper prosecutorial behavior that is a heightened standard for treason so aaron burr could avoid a conviction for treason. but this is the high price of those who fight big government also jefferson is someone i respect a lot and most americans do as the author of the declaration of independence but even him in his wisdom and genius still had a very human and jealous political heart. keep that in mind because the powers are dangerous. >> but isn't that the most central that they understood men are not angels particularly when they are in power that is why you need your checks and balances and those constraints their actions would not have surprised them. that was still part of human nature that they themselves had predicted 1785. >> exactly. if there was one trait or something common that idolatry that worshiping george washington they loved him. almost to the point to revere him. it was all a foregone conclusion he would be the first president and they wrote article to with the first president in mind. they still left the power of the presidency relatively weak becau

burr liked to help them overcome these strictures.olley wrote about it that many young women had burr to thank for this. sawstant cousin of dolley's her on the street and wanted to meet her. he went to ehrenberg -- aaron burr because he knew everybody. he went to dolley and said the great madison would like to meet you. they chatted, and within a matter of weeks, madison wrote her letters. host: what impact did she have on him? noah: she had an enormous impact on him. mosty madison was the important first lady we have ever had. she got 16 years to be first lady. 800-1808, jefferson was president and not married. we know he had a relationship with sally hemmings, but she was not in the white house. most of the time, dolley functioned as the de facto first lady. she hosted events, often at madison's house, which functioned as white house events. this was the time when washington, d.c. became the capital. the capital was moving from philadelphia and new york, and annapolis. this is where the protocol was being set. when the manners and s

burr: mr. president, i want to thank the chairman of the judiciary committee for his support, but more importantly, for his in-depth analysis for how this works and why it is constitutional. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that senator warner and i be permitted to complete our remarks clier to the -- prior to the cloture vote. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. burr: i yield to the vest chairman of -- vice chairman of the committee. the presiding officer: the senator from virginia. mr. warner: i thank my colleague for his work. i rise in support of passage of the fisa amendment reauthorization act. this would provide significant reforms that enhance the privacy protections for individuals and preserving authority critical to our national security for an additional six years. as vice chairman of the senate intelligence committee, i have long advocated balancing national security and counterterrorism with the privacy rights of americans. section 702 stands among the most importa

i asked burr about this specifically and he said, look. i am not going to comment about what we've asked or not asked for. you're going to have to ask devin about his own memo. his office has declined to comment but expected an effort to release it as soon as next week. and then house democrats say it is full of false hoods. they're going to release their memo? it will be pushed forward as soon as next week. they will draft their own memo from that same intelligence and chair going to push for the committee to vote for it next week. if they do, the full house can view it in a classified setting and then committee will have to decide whether to send it to the president. we'll see what he does about the democratic memo. >> all right. thank you so much. lots more to talk about accusations of a secret society inside the fbi that wants to bring down president trump. this is not a spy movie plot. the text messages republicans are trying to spotlight next. when i received the diagnoses, i knew at that exact moment ... i'm beating this. my main fo

for devin nunes to show it to him because senator burr would not allow it to stand, knowing what he knows. again, chairman nunes has put us in a position where we can either right a wrong with another wrong, disseminate classified information which we're not going to do, or remain silent and have to talk around classified information. i can only tell you, nicolle, it is a brain washing memo. it is its only purpose is to poison the well of the members who would have to hold the president accountable if he were to fire mueller by tainting their perception of the fbi. >> i know you can't talk about the fisa warrant process, but let me just read something that was in "the new york times" today and see if we can get in the weeds a little bit. i think our viewers understand this issue pretty well. so, "the new york times" reported today in a story called secret memo hints at new target rod rosenstein. "the new york times" reporting the memo's contention is fbi and justice department officials failed to adequately explain to an intelligence court judge. so, an fbi source stopped me right t

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but republican senator richard burr seemed to try to put this all into context of some sort. >> reporter: that's right, david. burr, the republican chair of the senate intelligence committee, today refused to join in the fray, suggesting that the fbi's explanation of the technical glitch is reasonable. lawmakers from both parties know that the special counsel is considering a wealth of information as its investigation continues, david. >> pierre, thank you. >>> next tonight, the details from inside that deadly school shooting in benton, kentucky. a student opening fire, two 15-year-olds killed. more than a dozen others shot. families gathering at memorials to remember them all, and tonight, what we've now learned about the alleged gunman, a 15-year-old. here's abc's steve osunsami from the scene. >> reporter: this photo of his daughter hannah means so much tonight to jeff dysinger. she's recovering from a gunshot wound to the chest. >> it makes holding your daughter, your kids, just that much more meaningful. >> reporter: what tears him up is that the photo was taken by 15-year-old baile

rusher ultimately burrs responsibility for the victims of this and countless other serious targeted with chemical weapons since russia became involved in syria. the u.s. justice department has confirmed that attorney general jeff sessions was questioned last week over alleged collusion between donald trump's presidential campaign and russia sessions was interviewed for an inquiry led by former f.b.i. director robert mueller is believed to be the first time a prayer member of president chavez cabinet has been questioned in the choir it chum past described the accusations of collusion as fake news and a witch hunt joins me now live from the white house just our significant is that they are now questioning the attorney general. well donald trump is playing down the significance he was asked about it just in the last hour or so in the oval office by reporters whether or not he was concerned by what jeff sessions might have told investigators he said he's not concerned at all but many others in washington think this is a pretty significant step in terms of the investigation after all jeff ses

even the republican chair on the senate intelligence committee richard burr was speaking out against this provision and was trying to change it before monday's votes were cast afterwards burr asked his fellow lawmakers on the senate floor why would you take away the tools that we have to actually hold them accountable. one can practically hear the crickets on capitol hill now in response to birds question because remember according to his son a colleague mr spaghetti noodle for a backbone themself chuckle schumer you don't mess with the intelligence community they have six ways from sunday at getting back at you unless of course shark yeah actually want to do your job and start watching the hawks. what. it looks like. it would be. nice to keep the ball out of. your. like you that i got. with. this. week except. for the what the hawks i have to go to the top of the wallace. so yeah it's strange and i suspect the whole idea of trump coming to washington was to drain the swamp base really hold people accountable and the resistance to trump the whole idea was to make sure that they held

the intelligence community could extend funds as it sees fit and that is the statement from senator burr, who is the chair of the senate intelligence committee and we carried it on live. christine, you get the last word, republican line, your reaction to today eye developments. caller: well, i feel like this. send all them immigrants back over there and our jobs come back open and quick penalizing our children and our elders and our military. that's how i feel. host: again to recap, the house earlier today and the senate passing a bill that will keep the federal government in operation through february 8 and the house is now in recess and meet for a pro forma session on thursday. the senate is in session this week and follow it on all of the c-span networks. and online any time at c-span.org. a rebroadcast of "washington today" and live on c-span radio. >> the bill before us, three things that every republican and democrat should be able to support. first, it ends the shutdown and restores full funding for the federal government through february 8. second, it extends health insurance for

sources tell nbc that nunez's counterpart, the chairman of the intel committee, richard burr, he said he wanted a copy of the memo but it was denied. how come? >> i think because nunez doesn't want to show his work to anyone who has access to the classified information who can rebut it. you can make a misleading case about them and the problem is the people who have seen the underlying information that would rebut your misleading case can't come out and argue against you fairly because the information they would use to make their argument is classified. so everyone else that would be in a position to know what really happened, richard burr, who would have seen the underlying information, the fbi, the justice department, who have seen the underlying information. nunez is saying no, i won't share the memo with anyone who's in a position -- >> i need to interrupt you. we are seeing bb netanyahu walking into the meeting. he is now about to sit down with president trump for that bilateral meeting. let's take a look. >> clearly he's a speed walker. we missed that. all right, we are going to

senators burr and warner in the shown real leadership at a time in washington where we complain that there is not real leadership. senator warren and senator burr deserve real credit. -- on justice concern they were talking about language that you go into the 702 database and you come up with a u.s. person, you have to notify the court within 24 to 48 hours. that sort of amendment is an acknowledgment of the concern. >> i think we always said with that power should, extraordinary accountability. if we find individuals that are abusing that power, they should be held accountable to the full force of the law. americand make the people feel comfortable, that the power is there but we are prepared to discipline people severely. this raises a more general question. this is a technology issue. erodingnology issue is where we know people to be and who they are. where do you see, if i can make you queen for the day in the intelligence community, what reforms or what issues do you think we should focus on as we move forward into the 21st century. i mean queen for the day in the power sense as

. >> why don't you want senator burr to look at it? >> well, the intell committee is doing their investigation and we are doing ours. >> gregory meeks adding his name to the list of democrats boycotting the stale of the union address. she explaining on politics nation today. >> i am giving him a chance. i was one in the beginning when he was being inaugurated. i said he's the president of the united states. therefore i'm going to go for the office but since he has been the president of the united states and every opportunity he has disrespected me and individuals who look like me. >> our coverage includes jeff benne bennett, erin delmore and while it water investigator solomon wisenberg. what can you tell us? >> reporter: good afternoon. so far white house officials have not disputed the reports that president trump ordered the firing of special council robert mueller, only backing down rather than carry out that direct i directiv directives. mark short appeared on one of the sunday morning talk shows. he did not say one way or another

richard burr. and last night, on msnbc's "all in" ranking democrat adam schiff described how the letter revealed how little the house intelligence members care what is actually in the document. >> what's so astounding to me about the fbi/doj letter is it reveals for the first time chairman nunes didn't read the underlying materials, after making this fuss and claiming all this conspiracy, he didn't bother to take the time to read the materials that he was characterizing in this memo. the only two member who is have read the underlying materials are myself and trey gowdy. and bear in mind mr. gowdy is the same one who brought us those endless benghazi conspiracy theories, none of which proved to be true. so when i moved in the committee at the time the republicans voted to provide this flawed document to the house, i made a motion to allow the members to read the underlying materials before they voted on characterizing them in such a distorted fashion. they voted that down. i moved to let the -- >>

richard burr is the chairman. multiultimately it's an open question what steve bannon knows. he was not on the campaign when donald trump jr. held the meeting in russia. he may have his own opinion about it that he shared, but it's not clear whether he was involved as reporting comes out about mueller's investigation. another parallel investigation into this. we haven't heart steve bannon's name. >> hoar suggests money laundering is a major problem which is illegal especially doing it with russians and suggesting that the meeting at trump tower was treasonous. that raises questions that committee members want answers to. >> the point is and you are right that he joined this administration after the trump tower meeting. a couple of months. we also know the context of all of this which is that steve bannon hates jared kushner. president. end of story. he is going to say a lot of stuff about jared that jared is clearly going to dispute. we know this from our own reporting. there is a question in today's excerpt, for example, about how involved jared was in the firing in pushing

>> brian, warner and burr have a better relationship than grassley and feinstein at this point. but really, on capitol hill, this has evolved into two separate partisan tracks. there is basically very little agreement, comedy, bipartisanship on the subject of russia. as we get closer and closer to the midterm elections in particular, this story will get increasingly politicized. the house intelligence committee has basically collapsed into partisan acrimony. the house democrats want to start a probe and issue a report. you're starting to get that sense on the intelligence side as well. yes, i think you're right, that congress has sort of wound up in a predictable place where the two parties are in their political trenches. it's only getting worse. what happened today is only going to further inflame it. but robert mueller keeps on plugging along. most of his work remains out of public view. these spats and going on television and taking shots at each other and acting unilaterally, none of that has to do with mueller. he is plugging along and we just all have to wait for the next

. >> richard burr, too. >> that's right. richard burr, not warner. >> anyway. >> that's one of the reasons. you have partisan politics overtaking the entire investigation. that's why everybody is just looking at the mueller probe because the stuff coming out of the hill, those investigations are politicized and what you have is the people on the hill trying to politicize even the mueller probe. they know that's the most important thing. >> despite pompeo's warning that russia intends to meddle in the 2016 elections, the trump decided there's no need to implement the sanctions that congress passed to punish russia for their interference in 201637 the state department claims the sanction is enough of a deterrent even though the sanctions haven't been enacted. senate minority leader chuck schumer called on trump to explain that decision in his speech tonight. >> we call on president trump in the state of the union to tell americans that he will support the sanctions 90% of america supports or tell us why he won't. any other pre

so it falls on mueller and largely warner and burr to tell the american people what went on here. >> and as i was talking to jim about the time line. it is said current american officials and foreign officials with direct knowledge, the foreign inquiry did not start with mr. steele's dossier, early parts which did not reach counter intelligence investigators and the fbi until august. that was after the bureau's inquiry had already begun. so this wasn't the genesis as republicans have said, into the investigation, correct? >> that's right. that's right. >> jim, one other thing. during glen simpson's testimony, one of the attorneys for simpson said a person had died because of the publication of this dossier? what do you know about that? >> it was an interesting moment in there, in this whole thing. i just want to read so folks get a sense of what he said. this was actually simpson's lawyer speaking here. he said he simpson wants to be very careful to protect his sources. someone's already been killed as a result of the publication of this dossier. no harm should come to anybody relate

and marci gonzalez is in burr burr -- burbank. marci: k9 going through the stick mud. looking for remains and searching for survivors after the powerful mudslides in southern california. >> i have lived with fires, earthquakes. i have never seen anything like that. this is devastating. >> the storm that brought the deluge rushing into neighborhood, triggering gas line explosions that sent this family -- >> help me! help! marci: -- scrambling to safety. >> we left the house and we weren't scared of the flood. we thought it was the fire. marci: the fast-moving rush of mud and giant boulders stranded them in a park until they were rescued by helicopter. >> oh, my god. mom! marci: recording as the mud down the street in montecito and into his home. >> wake dad up. marci: the family stuck in sky rescued. >> i turned and apologized to my folks. i didn't force them to evacuate. it was an emotional moment. marci: emotions high with 17 people in the community now confirmed dead. >> i know people already personally who have died. marci: after days of searching for >> fight with

burr: mr. president, i want to thank the chairman of the judiciary committee for his support, but more importantly, for his in-depth analysis for how this works and why it is constitutional. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that senator warner and i be permitted to complete our remarks clier to the -- prior to the cloture vote. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. burr: i yield to the vest chairman of -- vice chairman of the committee. the presiding officer: the senator from virginia. mr. warner: i thank my colleague for his work. i rise in support of passage of the fisa amendment reauthorization act. this would provide significant reforms that enhance the privacy protections for individuals and preserving authority critical to our national security for an additional six years. as vice chairman of the senate intelligence committee, i have long advocated balancing national security and counterterrorism with the privacy rights of americans. section 702 stands among the most importa

. >> my understanding is that richard burr, nunes counterpart in the senate asked to see the memo and told he can't see it. >> that's correct. remember the first iteration of this effort by the chairman was the whole unmasking fiasco where they spent months and months trying to problem that the obama administration was engaged in some unmasking conspiracy but could never problem that either. when chairman burr was asked whether the senate was going to do a like investigation he said no, that's something nunes came up with. or made up. and so i think we have a similar dynamic here. >> related question. you just voted for the 702 reauthorization of fisa, the part of the government program that allows surveillance of foreign nationals. it's possible americans can be in those interactions. an american could be a foreign national who has a fisa surveillance warrant out them. a lot of democrats voted against it. given your concerns about the trump administration, your concerns about donald trump, his had disrespect for the rule of law, why would you vote to give him that kind of authority?

but i believe burr, you never could get a straight answer out of him. >> if you are making an analogy to the republican leadership or the house and presidency, i agree with you. >> thanks for joining us on a big night when the government prepares to reopen. appreciate it. >>> i want to turn to the broader discussion. sarah is from the change committee, democratic strategic, cornell belcher, and new york daily news columnist, mike bulicka who's itching to talk sports. 6:08 on the east coast and in washington. we're looking at the tail end of this vote. the yeas stacking up to reopen the government. your view of what we're seeing right now, tonight, in the government reopening. >> well, i think you're seeing something that's a little different than what you saw in the past. because in the, right now you're seeing a president that, and i got to borrow from some senator schumer is you know negotiating with jell-o, because arguably, graham and durbin went to the white house and thought they a deal, they thought they had a deal. they found out they did not have a deal when they got to the w

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. >> burr doesn't either. they won't show it to senator burr. >> and i think that needs to be shared but also my concern is whether it would compromise classified information. and that's a really serious matter. so to me, the preferable way to handle the allegations of wrong doing by certain fbi agents and a lawyer there is to leave it in the hands of the inspector general. i know him, he's aggressive. he'll do a fair investigation. >> let's turn to immigration. you've been work with a bipartisan group of senators to come up with a bill that can pass the house and the senate. the white house released a framework for immigration that proposes a path to citizenship for 1.8 million d.r.e.a.m.ers $25 billion for the border wall, an end to diversery lottery program. how different is the white house proposal from the one that you're working on? >> well, we're going to be meeting this week, our common sense coalition to take a look at the four pillars that the white house has put out there. i think all of us realize

. >> reporter: this group of fourth graders from hillside elementary in burr wn thinks the eagles may be in for a minnesota miracle of their own. they put an eagles spin prior to the u.s. hockey team beating the soviets in 1980 at the winter olympics. there's still much more ahead from us here in freezing minneapolis tonight. but first let's get a check on the weather back in philadelphia. let's send it back into the studios with jim and tammy. >> looks like you're holding it together well and staying as warm as you possibly can. but back at home we had a flash freeze, jacky. caused some trouble out there with some drivers. in fact, three people are recovering from minor injuries after a 14-car pileup crash. this happened on the deliluroad overpass. officials are saying it was a fresh freeze. >> they fell so quickly. in fact, we went out to our cars in the parking lot and we found a thin coat of ice. we had that snow falling and melting and refreezing very quickly tonight. and we do have that problem on a number of roadways. and if you go out on your steps, your stoops, your porches,

senator warner and senator burr deserve real credit.on just this conservative talk about inserting language that required if you hit against the 702 database and you came up with the u.s. person, you it and notify the corps within 24-48 hours. that's an acknowledgment i think him that an a minute as an adult with of what the concerns you have. >> we said with that power should come extraordinary accountability attending the event we find individuals who are abusing that power, they should be held accountable to the full force of the law and that would take i think americans would feel comfortable, that the power is there that we are prepared to discipline people quite severely. but this raises a more general question. this is a technology issue. the technology issue is a road in what we know people to be and who they are. so where did you see, if i could make you queen for the day in the intelligence community, what reforms for what issues do you think you would think we should focus on as we move forward for the 21st century? i mean qu

that's the same message we get on a consistent basis from chairman burr. that is, they're going to follow it through. they're not going to let things slip through the cracks. they're going to ask all the questions they can. try to get to everybody involved in it, because that's their job. what that allows the rest of us to do is our job, because they're taking care of following through on this investigation. >> i'm curious. look, you come from a state that supported the president in big numbers. in south dakota. is there a point where the president's temperament or behavior here starts to become a problem for your con stitch web constituents? in the last 24 hours, my button is bigger than yours. this is the president of the united states in the last 48 hours. is this any way to run a presidency? >> within our state what most people will tell you is they disagree with some of the things he says, but they agree with the policies that he is promoting. they agree that the defense should be increased. they agreed we had to have tax policy. they wanted to see a

burr, senator burr, the chairman of the house intel committee, asked for the document. they wouldn't give it to him. they withheld it from democrats. they made it very difficult for anyone to get access to it while claiming they want transparency. they've also denied the democrats their ability to get out a document that explains their side of the issue. it's just they're claiming transparency where none exists. an effort to undermine mueller's investigation. and it is a threat to the rule of law in the united states. >> matt, from your perspective, does it alleviate any concerns you had? because we thought nobody in the department of justice saw it. but if chris wray has reviewed it, does that give you any sense of confidence maybe it's not so bad? or maybe not that the contents are so bad, that it's not a risk to our system? >> no, because even though chris wray was allowed to review it, the house intelligence committee decided not to listen to chris wray or the justice department, not to take into account any of their concerns. they wouldn't even listen to him. >> wo

especially the refusal to show it to the justice department and richard burr in the senate? >> well, i think what is interesting about the memo is the number of republicans up on capitol hill who are pushing for its release as well. people like house freedom caucus mark med dose. so i think that there is a vocal constituency on the republican party. they are in lock-step with president trump on this issue. we know for sure it has been quite controversial and others disagree with that. at tend of the day, all the intensity surrounding this, everybody's point would suggest we are nearing the completion of this investigation. and as a result of that, you're seeing republicans and democrats start to amplify their rhetoric around it in the name of transparency, but at the end of the day, it's all about finally seeing a what bob mueller has concluded from this investigation. >> this comes on the heels of the bombshell report that president trump ordered the firing of special counsel robert mueller. let me hear what the cia director robert gates told chuck todd in an interview airi

no one would should talk to the burr owe without their counsel.ct is i have to do this. >> those who raise concerns if the president is just speaking on the record under oath to the special counsel. who knows what he may say. if he goes off on a tangent. the example being tonight talking to reporters minutes later what some hour later his attorney is already walking back what the president himself said. in just a 15 minute q and a with reporters. thst really no telling what the president might say under oath. >> i understand that. i have a great respect for drelkt director mueller and the team. they will be disciplined and demand the president answer the questions. what the president says will matter no matter what kind of intersen intervention the president lawyers might say. what the cap pain meant to say it. that won't hold water. what the president says is going to matter. >> the president cast doubt on the fbi as a whole. saying he's disturbed and the missing texts are worse than water gate. if he had confidence in or trusted the fbi. and he

democrats have even praised richard burr, the chairman of the committee for the distance he has kept personally from the white house to the degree to which he's held the line to make that a nonpartisan investigation. mitch mcconnell said that effort will go on as long as necessary. and on the senate side, too, you've heard, even over the last couple of days, from allies of the president, like lindsey graham, for example, who has become a golfing buddy and somebody who the president listens to, saying we need to make sure robert mueller does his job. we need to do our jobs in the senate to not put artificial timelines on finishing that effort. so i think the senate side listen continue to be the place to watch those investigations when they get back later this week. >> and i know you'll be watching this when you get back, hopefully later today, my friend, after a long stretch for you down there. appreciate it. joining me is matt miller, nbc justice and security analyst, former spokesperson for the department of justice, and father of a toddler who kept him up at 6:00 in the morning? >

international probe into syrian chemical weapons attacks for the us secretary of state claims moscow burrs responsibility for all such crimes regardless of who's . also ahead this hour protests brickyard to a crawl switzerland against the gathering of the rich and powerful at the world economic forum in davos where donald trump is expected to make an appearance later this week. on the american government confirms that several u.s. citizens were among the twenty two people killed in a taliban assault on a hotel in the afghan capital of the week. six pm in beijing at nine pm in melbourne on one in the morning right here in moscow welcome to r.t. international my names you know name our top story the u.n. security council has just concluded the session on the chemical weapons attacks in syria for the details let's cross live now to see mira samir a high there tell us what was said at the u.n. here in new york today. well let's first go into what happened exactly just today rex tillerson said that assad may be continuing to use chemical weapons alleging that assad was responsible for a suspect