his presidential campaign the paper said the probe began after he fired the agency's director james comey trump tweeted that the f.b.i. acted for no reason and with no proof. staying in the u.s. now where the partial government shutdown is the longest in the country's history is entering day twenty two with no end in sight to the dispute over funding for president trump's border wall as a result some eight hundred thousand government workers aren't getting paid so they're now scrambling for a temporary paycheck our washington correspondent reports. even when the rent is due you got bills and there's no sign of a paycheck coming anytime soon so maybe if you're a government worker it's time to find a second job the fairfax county school district outside of washington d.c. has a shortage of substitute teachers and fairfax county now has an excess of furloughed government workers problem solution at least temporarily. twenty percent of the population in the greater d.c. area works for the federal government that's now one in five people with no paycheck and nothing to do for. who knows how much lon

director james comey trump tweeted that the f.b.i. acted with no proof.

director james comey trump tweeted that the f.b.i. acted for no reason and with no proof.

from closed door congressional interviews that james baker told lawmakers there were two opposing views. on the one hand, that trump when he fired james comey, was quote somehow followi ining direction executing russia's will. the other view was that trump was quoting baker, completely innocent. and as we're learn iing about ts debate, "the washington post" is reporting president trump has been hiding information on five face-to-face meetings with russian president putin. on one occasion, reportedly, even taking the notes of his own interpreter and directing him not to discuss what happened with other officials. so let's start this hour with garrett graph, author of the threat matrix inside robert mueller's fbi and the war on global terror. so garrett, always great to have you on. good to see you. just starting with today's extraordinary headline, you know that the fbi questioned whether the president of the united

director james comey trump tweeted that the f.b.i. acted for no reason and with no proof. at least three people are dead and dozens injured after an explosion and resulting fire at a bakery in central park.

trump was following the directions of russia in the aftermath of the firing of fbi director james comey. trump called fbi officials scoundrels and dirty cops. and there's more. we've learned president trump actually took away his interpreter's notes after a july 2017 meeting with vladimir putin in hamburg. and warned the interpreter not to discuss the meeting with anybody in the administration. that's according to a former state department official. the president says meetings with foreign leaders are routine and not a big deal. in fact, it is a very big deal when there are more and more questions being raised about why this president seems to be putting russia's interests ahead of our own. it can be hard to keep track of the developments in the russia investigation. we know that. it is the cloud that hangs -- that has hung over the white house since before the president took office. many of the president's own actions and statements raise even more questions than answers. so tonight we're devoting the entire hour to trying to get those answers. so let's begin by take a closer look at presiden

report this morning in the "new york times" that the fbi was so alarmed by president trump's firing of its director james comey that it opened an investigation into whether the president was working for russia. the white house and president trump's lawyers slamming the report overnight. what is the fallout and what does it mean for the mueller investigation? we're live with the story that has stunned the nation. >>> dismal record. this morning the government shutdown is now the longest in history. the president and congressional democrats still sniping at one another. >> staying it is immoral to have the walled. it is immoral to have all these people killed. >> i'm a mother of five, grandmother of nine.

a secret fbi investigation into president donald trump launched days after he fired fbi director james comey. >>> the longest shutdown ever. as hundreds of thousands of americans go without pay. president trump saying he has a plan, that he and democrats could end this in 15 minutes. >>> and the mall shooting chaos. a fight, and then gunfire erupting inside a busy food court. shoppers running for cover. were gangs involved? >>> and good evening. thanks for joining us on this saturday. i'm tom llamas. >>> and we begin tonight with the winter blast, blanketing millions with snow. and the storm now turning deadly. take a look at roads in missouri. up to a foot of snow on the ground. state police there responding to more than a 1,000 stranded motorists. more than 700 crashes. at least four fatalities. that we know of. at the airport in st. louis, an army of snowplows in overdrive, trying to keep the runways clear and keep delays and cancellations down. tonight, that system barrelling east with heavy snow expected tomorrow in the mid-atlantic, including the nation's capital. rob marciano will joi

times" report that the fbi opened an investigation of him after his firing of fbi director james comey, suspecting trump might be a russian asset. >> are you now or have you ever worked for russia, mr. president? >> i think it's the most insulting thing i've ever been asked. >> reporter: president trump did not explicitly deny he was helping the kremlin, but he did repeat his claims there was no collusion, and he called the entire russia probe once again a hoax. errol barnett, cbs news, the white house. >>> the man suspected of kidnapping jayme closs and murdering her parents will be in court today. jake thompson patterson has no criminal history, and he's relatively unknown to his neighbors. he's being charged with one count of kidnapping and two counts of first-degree intentional homicide. demarco morgan is in barron, wisconsin, where the community is still searching for answers. >> reporter: police say jake thomas patterson was proactive and planned the abduction of 13-year-old jayme closs. the sheriff says the 21-year-old acted alone, even shaving his head to avoid leaving trace evidence at the clos

report this morning in the "new york times" that the fbi was so alarmed by president trump's firing of its director james comey that it opened an investigation into whether the president was working for russia. the white house and president trump's lawyers slamming the report overnight. what is the fallout and what does it mean for the mueller investigation? we're live with the story that has stunned the nation. >>> dismal record. this morning the government shutdown is now the longest in history. the president and congressional democrats still sniping at one another. >> staying it is immoral to have the walled. it is immoral to have all these people killed. >> i'm a mother of five, grandmother of nine. i know a temper tantrum when i see one. >> federal workers waking up with no money in their paychecks. we're live in a divided washington. >>> picture of freedom. abducted wisconsin teenager jayme closs seen for the firstty after being held nearly three months following the gruesome murder of her parents. this morning the latest on how the brave teen is doing and the suspect who is in custody accused of the ter

dossier, the memo that gave a window into the possible collusion between the trump campaign and federal government. james comeyefed then president-elect trump january 6th, 2017. just months before trump fired comey, he asked comey for a loyalty pledge asking him to end the investigation into the national security adviser michael flynn. 17 days later, trump was sworn into office. that takes us to may 17th, 2017, eight days after president trump fired fbi director james comey, special counsel robert mueller was appointed. his job, to lead the investigation of russian interference into the 2017 presidential election. >> and the white house pushing back strong on this. joining us from the white house, cnn's white house reporter sarah westwood. what are you hearing from the white house this morning? >> christi, good morning, as you said the white house is pushing back suggesting that president trump was under investigation by the fbi in days after he fired james comey. not just for alleged obstruction of justice but also whether he was working on behalf of russia. sarah sanders saying in a strongly worded statement

involves antitrust action to break them up. >> host: not to leave james comey to quickly and you write a lot about him in your book. you think trumpould have been better off not firing james comey is the fbi director and working with it rather than fighting it or would that have been impossible? >> guest: the only only mistake trump was made was not to fire james comey. james comey would go about sticking a knife in his back to what comey did is the same thing that enter mccabe did. they have both wrote these secret memos to themselves documenting these meetings they had. anybody with any experience in the corporate world knows that the self-serving memos written by you have limited value. you are probably doing your basic cya making it the version you one of the most favorable making the other person with data by the way i don't think it's any accident that comey's book is going to be published right on top of my book "killing the deep state." all the mainstream media and all the enemies from abc. "the news york times" the fodder for the book. it will be viewed as a martyred a victim newbie portrayed as having a higher honor. non

director james comey, suspecting trump might be a russian asset. >> are you now or have you ever worked russia, mr. president? >> i think it's the most insulting thing i've ever been asked. >> reporter: now, president trump did not deny he was helping the kremlin, but he did repeat his claim that there was no collusion and the entire russia probe is a "hoax." david? >> begnaud: errol barnett at the white house. thank you, errol. congress will go back to work tomorrow, but the longest government shutdown in u.s. history continues. here's meg oliver. >> no idea, no idea. >> reporter: president trump now says he doesn't know if he can strike a deal with democrats to get the government open again. the standoff still deadlocked over building a border wall, the president said mexico would pay for. >> i have the absolute right to call a national emergency. other presidents have called many national emergencies. >> reporter: at 23 days, the shutdown is now the longest in american history. senator lindsey graham says he tried to convince the president to get people back to work. >> the president

james comey himself said that later. >> no, no, he didn't. he said that it was raw intelligence but we're losing the forest through the trees here. james comey probably handed the presidential election to donald trumpthat the fbi and james comey somehow were working hard against donald trump is just absurd on the face of it. maria: let me ask you something congressman because i've got this report here that you and your colleagues have said that you have hard evidence of collusion between the president and the russians. are you going to tell us what that hard evidence is? >> what report is that? i've not seen that report and i don't believe we do have hard evidence of collusion. i'm not sure what it is you're referring to. maria: you have said the committee has said you have more than circumstance um stan shall evidence occlusion. where is that evidence? >> there's far better than circumstance um stan shall. we have the president's son inviting russians to trump tower and asking them for help in the election, we have the president himself saying russia please find these e-mails, we have four or five senior trump adminitration and campaign officials who are going to jail for lying about their contact

trump. cientos de empleados del gobierno dejaron de recibir su sueldo en el que serÁ el cierre del gobierno mÁs largo de la historia. y el despido del exdirector del fbi james comeyad de que el presidente estuviera trabajando para el gobierno de rusia. comienza la ediciÓn nocturna. ♪ locutor: este es su noticiero univisiÓn edición nocturna con enrique acevedo y patricia janiot. enrique: muy buenas noches. uno de los capÍtulos mÁs crueles de la polÍtica migratoria del presidente trump llego hoy a su fin con la clausura del campamento de tornillo en el desierto de chihuahua. donde permanecÍan retenidos cientos de menores migrantes. las carpas construidas en este desierto quedaron vacÍas. con la salida de los menores que estuvieron hasta siete meses en este lugar y que ahora serÁn transferidos a otros albergues, serÁn entregados a patrocinadores. reportera: eran tres camiones de 50 y cinco pasajeros los que salieron. no supe si estaban llenos pero fue como a las 6:17 de la maÑana. asÍ describen varios testigos que han permanecido desde el pasado 23 de diciembre en el exterior del albergue en tornillo. una realidad que fue confirmada por el congresista-- el Último ni

times" report that fbi opened an investigation of him after his firing of fbi director james comey, suspecting trumpight be a russian asset. >> have you now or ever worked for russia? >> i think it's the most insulting thing i've been asked. >> reporter: he didn't deny the claims and he did repeat his claims that the whole thing is a hoax. >>> the longest government shutdown in history continueseses. here's megoliver. >> no idea. >> reporter: president trump now says he doesn't know if he ecan strike a deal with democrats to get the government open again. the standoff still deadlocked over building a border wall the president said mexico would pay for. >> i have an absolute right over calling a national emergency. >> reporter: at 23 days the shut dp is now the longest in american can history. senator lindsey graham said he tried to convince the president to get people back to work. >> the president says let's make a deal, then open up the government, nancy pelosi says even if high opened up the government, i wouldn't fund a wall. >> reporter: the democrats insist a wall is wasteful spending. >> open

an investigation into whether or not russia directed the president to fire their beloved trump heater, james comey. that was despite his testimony that there was no evidence of collusion. for nine months they have looked into this and trump was not the target of the investigation. remember, even comey admitted the president could fire him for any reason. congressman john ratcliffe told our own catherine herridge, political bias infected senior fbi leadership and emotion, not evidence, drove their decision-making. now his closed-door interview with the former fbi council james baker revealed this. fbi senior leadership could not accept that comey was fired for cause, and the president had the constitutional authority to terminate comey. now president trump's former attorney john dowd has called the fii's anti-trump operations a political coup.ou watch this. >> little did i know that it appears that they were all in ir together. rosenstein called me, the whole crowd. and they were out to get this president no matter what. i don't think they sincerely believed anything about russia. this is our worst

first i want to ask you about the new york times report that says after president trump fired james comey the fbi began to investigate w p hself a threat to security andr unintension alley influenced by moscow. what is your reaction to this? >> i won't comment on new york times stories. i will say this, the notion that president trump is a threat to national security is ludicrous. >> brennan: to clarify. you were cia director, did you have any idea this investigation was happening. >> margaret, margaret. i have answered this question repeatedly indeed on your show. the idea contained in the new york times story that president trump was a threat to national security is silly on the face and not worthy of a response. >> brennan: one of the reasons you're in the middle east is to reassure and explain to our allies the u.s. policy in syria. i would like you to that for us today. the pentagon has announced they have begun a be draw from syria john bolton said that wouldn't happen until two things. one, the u.s. defeated isis and turkey wasn't going after our allies. >> roughly the 2000 uniform

the new york times," painting a devastating picture of the eight days between when donald trump fired james comeyment of special counsel robert mueller. we now know that time included the fbi deciding to open a counterintelligence investigation into donald trump himself. to determine whether the president of the united states was secretly working on behalf of russia. quote, the decision to investigate mr. trump himself was an aggressive move by fbi officials who were confronting the chaotic aftermouth of the firing of mr. comey and during the president's verbal assaults on the russia investigation as a witch hunt. quote, a vigorous debate was taking shape among some former law enforcement officials outside the case over whether fbi investigators overreacted in opening the counterintelligence inquiry during a tumultuous period at the justice department. joining us now is frank figliuzzi, nbc contributor, national security contributor, and former assistant director of the fbi's counterintelligence department. thanks so much for being here. >> thank you, joy. >> i just want to start by asking you wh

trump. james comey told that to the president. reason president trump fired comey was comey refused to say that publicly, that the president was out under investigation. for the fbi to use that firing, that legitimate firing, as an excuse to launch an investigation of the president of the united states, as to whether or not he was a spy, that's almost like a coup within the government. that is disgraceful to have no evidence and to be investigating the president of the united states. to me, this is not indictment of president trump. this is an indictment of the fbi leadership and it proves, i believe, what the president has been saying about the bias against him, trubaker, strzok. they were going after him. disgraceful. >> sandra: they were claiming the president went through extra measures to conceal the details of this conversation with vladmir putin. senator ron johnson was asked about this and had this to say. >> i have no first-hand knowledge of what the facts are here. i do know president trump was burned earlier by leaks of

the decision to fire fbi director james comey is continuing to haunt president trump. york times" published a bombshell, the firing prompted the fbi to look into whether the president was working on behalf of russia. james comey's firing was one catalyst, according to the report. this was another.

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mark: "the new york times" reported the probe will follow the firing of james comey and actionsmr. trump's a threat to national security and whether james comey's dismissal constituted obstruction of justice. measure of a polar city died after being attacked onstage at a charity event. the suspect in the stabbing was released from prison last month after serving a sentence for bank robberies and was immediately detained. he said it was revenge against the political party the mayor once belonged to. this is the first assassination of a high-ranking polish politician while in office since communism ended in 1989. investigators now have a better chance of solving the mystery of what brought down that line and air jet off of indonesia. divers have recovered the recorder. an airspeed sensor malfunctioned on the plane's previous life and have not been replaced. that raised questions about the airplane's safety and the crew's performance. in los angeles, public school teachers have gone on strike against the nation's's second-largest school district. among the issues, higher wages and class sizes

the president's plan to send a letter to james comey about his firing, but never did in which mr. trumpxplicitly mentioned the russia investigation. the second, the apartmepresiden interview with lester in which he appeared to fire comey because of the russia probe. >> knowing no good time to do it. i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made-up story. >> reporter: the president's personal lawyer rudy giuliani pushing back. telling nbc news if the fbi investigation obtained any evidence, it would have to result in action being taken or they are imperiling the national security. this shows how out of control they are. and press secretary sarah sanders in a statement to nbc calling the report absurd. and "the times" reports the mueller team has taken over the investigation into where mr. trump is a russian asset. "the times" says it is not clear if the team is still pursuing it. alex. >> geoff at the white house. thank you. joining me now is former fbi official is chuck rosenberg and criminal attorney ashley mercha merchant. chuck, you first here.

and we know that bill bar is questioned whether it was even inappropriate for president trump to fire james comeyer mueller should be able to subpoena trump over objection of justice not to question that a lot of lawmakers are questioning whether bill bar is appropriate for the job. specifically senator blumenthal who said he wants assurances from bill bar that he would approve a budget for mueller steam. jon: it is interesting that mueller and i'm sorry the nominee and mueller are personally close. >> that's a question for president trump. at this at the point he's called james coming for having a relationship with mueller before and that is possibly up in the air over whether president trump will lambaste bill bar but he nominated bill bar so it could be confusing if he did that. jon: former attorney general under bush 43 says that he has an awful lot of questions to answer as this nomination process goes through. listen. >> he obviously wrote this memo to the department questioning the authority of the special counsel to investigate the president with respect to obstruction and that creates a

trump's behavior after he fired fbi director, james comey. it was triggered by mr. trump's own words, which he said he dismissed comey because of the russia inquiry. >> to be clear, we don't know if robert mueller is pursuing that probe as part of his own investigation in the russia collusion. we spoke to an author of "the new york times" report. here is what he had to say. >> when the fbi started investigating president trump, the day comey was fired, there was two elements, one was the criminal element and the other was the counter intelligence part of it. you know, i think broadly people assumed that, you know, mueller was looking at whether the president himself had conspired with the russians. nobody played out what happened. that's what we saw. the way these things are supposed to work is we are not supposed to find out about it. the fbi investigates somebody. maybe they suspect the individual is working for russia, they investigate and it goes away. >> the white house was quick to respond. press secretary sarah sanders called the story absurd. >> the attorney

30,000 emails that are missing. >> so that statement and that concern hit a fever pitch when trump fired james comeynd then made this statement to nbc's lester holt. >> i was going to fire comey, my decision. it was not -- >> you had made the decision before they came in the room. >> i was going to fire comey. and, in fact, when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made-up story, it's an excuse by the democrats for having lost an election. >> "the new york times" says agents had to consider if trump's own actions instituted a possible threat to national security. geoff bennett is live at the white house for us, now. how is president trump responding this afternoon? >> reporter: morgan, great to see you. president trump is lashing out in response to this extraordinary "the new york times" report that the fbi felt compelled to take the extraordinary step to determine whether the president of the united states was, in fact, a russian asset. now the president this morning fired off five fury filled tweets which begin with this one. he says, wo

may 19th, 2017, president trump fired then fbi director james comey. and shortly after, he drafted a letter thanking comey telling him he was not the subject of the fbi investigation. a couple days after the firing there was the interview with lester holt. and president trump then tied comey's firing to the russia investigation. >> regardless of recommendation, i was going to fire comey. knowing there was no good time to do it. and in fact, when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made-up story. it's an excuse by the democrats for having lost an election that they should have won. >> that was a tipping point for the fbi. then they started looking into connections between trump and russia, leading up to the election and after. here's part of what they found, as candidate for presidency, the fbi found those close to trump held meets in trump tower with russians closely connected to russian president vladimir putin. that was june 9th, 2016. during the campaign, trump himself, he called o

james comey that produced the investigation. in early may 2017, the initial draft of the letter to fire comey mentioned the russia investigation. then on may 9th, president trump fires james comey. may 10th, the next day, trump meets with russians in the oval office. "new york times" would later report that trump told them comey was a, quote, nutjob, and admitted that, quote, i face great pressure because of russia. that's taken off. may 11th, the infamous nbc news interview, trump mentions the russia investigation to lester holt about why he fired comey. may 12th, trump threatens comey in a tweet. quote, better hope there are no tapes of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press. may 17th, mueller is named special counsel. let's get to our panel. chuck rosenberg, former senior fbi firm. matt miller. and betsy woodruff, all nbc news contributors. mr. rosenberg, was this an appropriate step for the fbi to take, to launch this investigation? >> you know, that sounds like a simple question, craig. the answer, if it is any other person on the planet, is yes, with all the predicate facts you just laid out. it would be surprising to me if the fbi did n

trump rage put aside all values. seeking redemption for the firing of james comey. they plotted to destroy your elected president. according to this report the friday "new york times" anonymous sources, several top fbi officials questioned whether or not president trump was working directly for russia. they did this without a single shred of evidence. zero probable cause, zero proof of any collusion. it was a witch hunt. the president has been right from day 1. they opened an investigation into whether or not russia directed the president to fire their beloved hater james comey despite comey's testimony there was no evidence of collusion. for 9 mongst they were looking into this and trump was not the target of this investigation. even comey the trump hater admitted that the president could fire him for any reason. congressman ratcliffe said in may of 2017 political bias infected senior fbi leadership and emotion and not evidence drove their decision making. his closed door interview with james baker revealed this: fbi senior leadership could not accept that comey was fired for cause and the president had the const

trump's behavior, his actions after he fired fbi director james comey. the probe also triggered by mr. trump's own words. his public statements when he said in a tv interview, he dismissed comey because of the russia inquiry. to be clear, we don't know if special counsel robert mueller is pursuing that probe as a part of his overall investigation into the russia collusion. >>> the white house is quick to respovenltd sarah sanders calling this story absurd. comey was fired for being a disgraced party hack. >> rudy guiliani said this, quote, the fact that it goes back a year-and-a-half and nothing came of it showed a breach of national security means they found nothing. >> that according to the president's attorney. >> joining me to talk more about this, steve moore, a retired super agent at fbi. he's fwoot tgot the tie on for and russia operations chief. thank you for talking with us. i want to tuque to you, speev hall, how big could this be? is this a potential bomb shell. >> by the way you correctly phrased the question, yeah, it's a very big deal. from

the decision to fire fbi director james comey is continuing to haunt president trump. overnight, the "new york times" published a bombshell, the firing prompted the fbi to look into whether the president was working on behalf of russia. james comey's firing was one catalyst, according to the report. this was another. >> i was going to fire comey. my decision. it was not -- >> you had made the decision before they came into the room. >> i was going to fire comey. and, in fact, when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story. it's an execute by the democrats for having lost an election. >> this story fundamentally changes our understanding of what has been and what is being scrutinized. it has the president firing off tweet after tweet after tweet after tweet this morning. on msnbc last night, michael schmidt explained what led the fbi to start this inquiry. >> there's a long standing relationship that trump has with russia. there is all these things going on and they decide to go forward with th

in those hectic days after president trump fired james comey, investigators were so concerned they began investigating whether he was working for russia that is different from the known probe into obstruction because of its criminal aspect. a confirmation that the fbi essentially viewed donald trump's behavior as suspicious from a counterintelligence point of view. all of that in "the new york times" report, and they also note that the agents there were as aghast over donald trump's now infamous admissions to lester holt about the probe as many of his critics were. so that's the core of "the times" story, which was so damning that donald trump had to respond to it both yesterday and again today, which i'm going to show you. but first, just consider tonight, let's do this together. let's consider how far we've come, and not in a good way. it was july 2017 when many people thought that it seemed potentially exaggerated or partisan for hillary clinton's former running mate, senator tim kaine to say that trump's campaign actions potentially raised a treason investigation level set of questio

after president trump fired fbi director james comey law enforcement was so concerned that they opened an investigation into whether the president was working on behalf of russia either knowingly or unwittingly. investigators were also troubled about this comment. >> russia, if you're listening, i hope you're able to find the 30,000 e-mails that are missing. >> the republican party also softened it's platform to benefit russia. what kind of questions does that raise? >> so that would -- that starts in 2016 and this is, by the reporting in the new york times, this is when the fbi agents in counter intelligence begins to get concerned about the extent to which trump is either being manipulated. does he know or not know or actively working with the russians. what we have to remember is that the trump campaign was told by the fbi, be careful. the russians are trying to infiltrate these campaigns in the election. and not a single one of the couple of dozen that had contact with the russians ever told the fbi that this was going on and i want to just oppose that clip you just said with a cle

claims that the probe was set up in early twenty seventeen following president trump's firing of then f.b.i. boss james comey according to anonymous sources agents were told to find out if trump was knowingly or unknowingly working for the russian government the white house denies the claim. in congo an opposition candidate is disputing the official results of the recent presidential elections and is calling for a recount supporters of runner up martin you live protested outside. congo's constitutional courts where they will who came to challenge the results had been expected to win but another opposition candidate just a k.t. as taken first place the government has asked the international community to back the outcome as it presently stands. a young woman who said she fled her home in saudi arabia after she said she would else islam as arrived in canada where she's been granted asylum ripoff mohamad canoing arrived at toronto airport canadian foreign minister chrystia freeland was there to greet her couldn't said she feared her family would kill her if she returned home she first went to thailand where she

claims the probe was set off in early twenty seventeen following president trump's firing and then f.b.i. director james comey according to anonymous sources agents were told to find out if trump was knowingly or unknowingly working for the russian government the white house denies the claims. was saying in the u.s. the partial government shutdown is now entering its twenty second day making it the longest in the country's history as the rao overfunding president donald trump's southern border wall drags on as a result some eight hundred thousand workers have not been paid receiving wage that showing nothing but their race and as our washington correspondent my psuedo reports many government workers and now turning to alternative employment. renters do you've got bills and there's no sign of a paycheck coming anytime soon so maybe if you're a government worker it's time to find a second job the fairfax county school district outside of washington d.c. has a shortage of substitute teachers and fairfax county now has an excess of furloughed government workers problem so lucian at least temporarily. twenty perce

after president trump fired fbi director james comey, law enforcement officials were so concerned about the behavior of the president of the united states that they began investigating whether he was secretly working on behalf of russia. that's according to former law enforcement officials and others familiar with the investigation. agents were reportedly also trying to find out whether the president was knowingly working for russia or was being influenced by moscow. there's so much to discuss. i want to bring in the former director of national intelligence. that's mr. james clapper. good evening, sir. appreciate your time beforehand. listen, we have been talking about counter intelligence, counter intelligence investigation into whether the president of the united states constituted a possible threat to national security. put that in to perspective for us. >> well, i think, don, it's obviously explosive just to read it in print. but it's not surprising. i think, in fact, i'd go so far as to say the fbi would have been dirwrong to not have considered tconside considered it. the 27th of

"the new york times" revelled that after donald trump fired james comey in 2017, the fbi opened and inquireryweather trump was secretlywog o. which, come on, no, no, i think that is, no, listen, i think set it. (laughter) he is just putting it out there. (cheers and applause) hasn't done one thing ling pit putin look liefnt. i vn been talking about him playing footsie with putin back in july of 2017 at the republican convention. but if you look it is still shocking, it is like you know your grandparents probably have sex every so often but are you still shocked to read gammy's erotic diaries. and with that he drops his robe and said check out these 50 shades of gray. (laughter) i'm happy for them. i'm happy for them. they-- deserve to enjoy something. after, after comey's firing, counterintelligence investigators had to consider whether the president's owndtute threat to national security. oh, remember when it was only possible that the president was a threat to national security? ah to be young and stupid again. the fbi also tried to figure out whether mr. trump was knowingly working for rus

. >> and on the eye test, remember at the time donald trump the day or the day after he fires james comeyas in the oval office talking to high ranking saying there is a tremendous weight off of me. she mentioned the firing of comey to the memo. yes, but trump told lester holt he was going to fire before. so the thing is only not in regards that we are asking that question. to the point it is a credible question that it can and should be asked. >> it is interesting. he was doing an interview on fox news and he was asked about these allegations, was he an agent and he sort of dodged it. he didn't answer this morning. he was very forceful. he answered it directly. why didn't he do that saturday night? >> you know, it is interesting that the president did not say something, you know, typically he has knee jerk reactions. this time i guess he is learning how to keep kwquiet. thigh figured out what to say. talking about the reason why they have not given things out or talked about it is because they didn't want it leaked. so now, what are you going to do now? transparency is very important espe

the "times" reporting until the days after president trump fired james p. comeyr, law enforcement officials became so concerned by the president's behavior that they began

according to the paper the investigation began in may two thousand and seventeen after trump fired then f.b.i. director james comey counterintelligence investigators were assigned to evaluate whether trump was a potential threat to national security f.b.i. also sought to determine whether the president was deliberately working for russia or had unintentionally but influenced by moscow so trump responded via twitter this is what he wrote wow i just learned in the failing new york times that the corrupt former leaders of the f.b.i. almost all fired or forced to leave the agency for some very bad reasons opened up an investigation on me for no reason and with no proof after i fired lying james komi a total sleaze is fine as a former us associate deputy attorney general and a constitutional lawyer he says his revelation could lead to more investigations. no other president has ever done anything that skates close to the line of acting on behalf of foreign intelligence service or a foreign country it would necessarily constitute treason which under the united states constitution requires a leveling of war but certainly

a stunning new report from "the new york times" reveems that after president trump fired former fbi director james comeye fbi started investigating if president trump was secretly working on behalf of russia, against american interests. a source tells the times there were two specific instances that helped spark this counter-intelligence probe, both

interests the investigation was conducted off to trump's actions over the firing of former f.b.i. director james comey. syrian state media says israeli forces have fired several missiles at targets in damascus including the capital's airport syrian air defenses reportedly intercepted some missiles but one of them damaged an airport warehouse. well u.s. and kurdish forces are attacking the last stronghold in syria as strikes have stepped up on the town of hydrogen where remnants of isis holed up the coalition offensive against them could take two to three months the holiday reports. heavy fighting in this town said. the last leave overlong remaining within isis control is and are told. to cut its lead city and democratic forces as d.e.f. by in a final push to all eyes still fighters from their last remaining stronghold in this town city. as they have commanders say they're making some progress backed by u.s. airstrikes which have been stepped up since donald trump announced the withdrawal of american troops from city problem of this storage is full of weapons and ammunition we took from i saw fighters