this is the national security court, trumpeted by the americans that the afghans were serious about confrontingrnments, so, yes, both governments. it was one of the situations where it was funded by our governments and well—intentioned, but they are bringing a lot of innocent people through to justify the money that was being spent. was not a moment when you saw this unfold, and of course as a lawyer, with very basic principles of your own, was this a point where you said i need to not just be a trainer, i need to be an involved player. they need to play a role inside courts in afghanistan if my presence here is to mean anything. going into that court started my wheels turning, it wasn't that moment where i said i need to ta ke that moment where i said i need to take cases, because i was still new to the game. but when it really designated with me was when i went to the prisons and i talked to hundreds of people that were locked up hundreds of people that were locked up and saying the same thing that this man was saying, they were tortured, they didn't have an attorney, no witnesses, no evidenc

security. the supreme court has sided with president trump. allowing the administration to fully enforce the policies cracking down on asylum claims. and attorneys for former national security advisor for michael flynn say the justice department new that they were at the very least problems with the fbi investigation of flynn and that the case should be thrown out. fox chief intelligent correspondent with the latest. >> thank you and good evening. according to the records unsealed by the federal court, i flynn's legal team believes there's a letter from the british embassy warning about the dossier credibility in the alleged was withheld by special counsel prosecutors. the defense team motion states in part, a letter delivered by the british embassy to the incoming national security team after donald trump selection and outgoing national security advisor susan rice says the letter just about or more british secret service agent and causes credibility into question and declares him untrustworthy. the timing matters because the warming about christopher about the presidential transition would be another red flag coming and james comey with president trump on the alle

victory for border security, the supreme court has sided president trump allowing administration to fully enforce its policies cracking down on asylum claims and attorneys for former nationalecurity advisor michael flynn say now that the justice department knew that there were at the very least about problems with the fbi investigation of flynn and that the case should be thrown out. fox chief intelligence cor or spoangt katherine with the latest. >> well thank you lew and good evening according to these records unsealed today by the federal court michael flynn legal team believe there's a letter from the british academy warning about the author credibility and they allege it was withheld by special counsel prosecutors the defense team motion states in part, quote, a letter delivered by the british academy to the incoming national security team after donald trump's election and to outgoing national security advisor susan rice it continues to say that letter apparently disavows former british secret agent calls this is credibility into questions and declares him untrustworthy . the timing matters here because a warning about christopher steele during the presidential transi

was talking to the season 2 national security adviser about replacing the season 3 national security adviser. of course, the season 1 national security adviser was in court today learning that his criminal sentencing would be later in december. talk about what you're reporting exclusively about donald trump's lifeline to the man he fired to install bolton. >> sure. what we learned, nicolle, is that president trump started reaching out to his former national security adviser h.r. mcmaster last fall about six months after bolton had come into the white house, by the way, came into the white house with much fanfare, there was a lot of excitement. everyone called him trump's new it boy, his new favorite. mcmaster was unceremoniously fired as well, announced on twitter, caught off guard. we learned that as trump soured on bolton, questioned whether or not he should have confidence in him, he's called mcmaster from time to time, told him he misses him, he's told people around him that he misses mcmaster and he's asked at times for, you know, policy -- like, advice, you know, who should i name as my next defense secretary. one source told us was particularly ab

if you want to go to the foreign intelligence surveillance courtt urges thwhich is the court thats national security cases you must verify the information before you submit an application to the court. and while that is always important. in the fbi investigations, what we are allowed to do is monitor people for the government says there is probable cause not that they committed a crime necessarily, but that they are agents of the foreign power and operating on behalf of the foreign power in the united states they are publi called agr building the criminal investigation. you know why that's important? criminal investigation keeps people honest. in the criminal investigation, it's true that if i want to get a search warrant or i went to get a wiretap, or i went to get some other source of information where there was something in the law that allowed me to go to court and get an order tha to cl somebody to surrender the evidence to me it is true that i was allowed to go to the judge with my agent by myself. no defense lawyer, no defennt, no suspect, just us and the judge. but, in a criminal investigati

court. from a national security perspective, it is not a court of law thing, it is a did this actually happens whistle-blower reporting something that may have happened because our government, our intelligence community, our national security apparatus has the ability to get to the bottom of whether it is true or not. if it is not true, maybe the whistle-blower should face some consequence. but if it is true, that's more important than the fact it was firsthand. >> well, sure. i think if you do want to go to the technical legal merits, first of all, there's nothing in the whistle-blower statute that requires the information to be firsthand, that a concerned government official is reporting. that would be a misreading of the whistle-blower statute. second, it is important to keep in mind that the whistle-blower's complaint was carefully crafted. he or she, very clearly stated when the information was secondhand and made that clear on the face of the complaint, there's no attempt to hide the fact that the information wasn't obtained firsthand and the whistle-blower spelled that out in the actua

if you want to go to the foreign intelligence surveillance court which handles national security cases, you must verify the information before you submit an application to the court. while that is always important, it is always critical for the honor of the justice department and the credibility, it is always important to corroborate your information before you bring it to a court. especially important in foreign counterintelligence. an fbi investigation, what we are allowed to do is monitor people who the government says there is probable cause, not that they committed a crime necessarily, but that they are operating on behalf of a foreign power in the united states in a clandestine way against our people and against our government. that is what these powers allow us to do. they are intelligence gathering powers. they are not for building a criminal investigation. you know why that is important? criminal investigation keeps people honest. in a criminal investigation, it is true if i went to get a search warrant or i went to get some other source of information where there was somethin

the third national security advisor fired or pushed out of the administration in two and a half years. it happened as the president's first national security adviser michael flynn was in court once again. the drama continues. joining me from the white house nbc news correspondent hans nichols "l.a. times" white house reporter eli stokeles, msnbc national security analyst ned price and nbc news correspondent carole lee. it's good to see all of you. hans, yet again, conflicting reports out of this white house. was he fired or did he resign? >> well, according to john bolton he resigned. according to the president he accepted that resignation. these duly narratives are important because we may get ultimately to the truth of the story that is just what the proximate cause was for john bolton leaving, departing, treating the administration, however you want to phrase it. the latest from stephanie grisham the white house press secretary they didn't have a conversation today. john bolton is not in the white house today. so the president and john bolton did not speak according to grisham. this 1:30 briefing supposed to be bolton, pompeo and steve mnuchin the treasury secretary is s

national security advisor himself. >> bill: we are learning more about the fisa fight. there are developments later today. what can we expect? >> this morning we have two major hearings that track on the national security or fisa courtns this hour with multiple law enforcement witnesses. we expect there will be questions about whether this should be reform of the national security or fisa court in light of the 2016 election and the second hearing starts an hour later with government watchdogs including michael horowitz who investigates the f.b.i. and justice department and now the former f.b.i. deputy director andrew mccabe under threat of indictment for misleading investigators is publicing attacking the credibility of the horowitz report. mccabe was a cnn contributor took his complaints to prime time. >> i absolutely reject the findings and the conclusions of the i.g. report that accuse me of exhibiting a lack of candor in several instances. absolutely reject them. i never intentionally misled anyone about anything and i have certainly not committed a crime. >> the republicans are calling out mccabe's former boss director james comey, horowitz investigators found that in his handling of the f.b.i. memos and his le

so again, it sounds awesome on tv, but in court it sounds a little different and that's how things are going for president trump's first national security adviser. that was him in court today playing russia hoax bingo in the courtroom hearing that was -- in the court hearing on his case at this point. it does, though, seem like with flynn we're pretty clearly teeing up two things that are going to happen next. for the one hand the whole recommendation that flynn doesn't go to jail, that may change. prosecutors were asked by the judge today if they still believe that mike flynn should get no jail time, if they still believe he's been an excellent cooperator and should get maximum lenience. prosecutors responded in a way that suggests that is no longer their view of this matter. the judge says, "i have to ask you" -- talking to the prosecutors -- "does the government stand by its sentencing recommendation or is that something the court should just wait to receive in writing?" prosecutor responds, "in terms of the government's position at sentencing, that is something that the government intends to refile. we'll refile the appropriate pape

national spiri security divn he served a legal position as a department of defense of state and the national security council. he also served as a law clerk for judge patrick on the united states court of appeals for the fifth circuit. he received his d.a. from duke university and his jd from harvard law school. michael orlando is a deputy assistant director count of terrorism division. he has a duty as a special agent of the pittsburgh field office in 2003 and since has worked on matters in t honolulu, baltimore and washington field offices. previously he worked as the assistant counter intelligence investigation. prior to working for the fbi, he served in the u.s. army. he received his d.a. from the state university of new york and a masters in leadership from georgetown university of business. susan morgan has worked as nsa operations for 18 years. we welcome all of our distinguished witnesses and thank them for participating in today's hearing. if you would please rise i will swear yougu in. raise your right hand, you swear and affirm the perjury that the testimony you are about to give his true and correct to the best of your knowledge if so hope you got. let the record show th

court. usually in the 9th circuit somewhere. they try to block the president's national security policies. many times these courts go against the president. and it's just atrocious to see a president who is hamstrung trying to secure our border and keep our people safe and have this happen. liz: border apprehensions dropped dramatically on pressure from the white house to do more. watch this. >> during the move august, cbp and prehernlded a total of 64,000 individuals. for july, if you recall, that number was just over 82,000. which represents a decline of 22%. moreover, the august mums reflect a 56% reduction from the peak in may which you recall was over 144,000. we need to make sure they are sustaining efforts right now. liz: those numbers are still high. this news coming in. two dozen people arrested in new hampshire trying to cross in from canada. they came from seven different countries. and others tried to get in through washington state. >> it just sells you how porous the problem is with our border. i was up at the port of entry. less than six weeks ago, the border patrol and cbp.

national security division. previously he served in legal positions at the department of defense and state and at the national security council. he also served as a law clerk for judge patrick higgenbatham on the united states court of appeals. he received his b.a. from duke university and jd from harvard law school. michael orlando is the deputy assistant director at the federal bureau of investigations counterterrorism division. he entered duty as a special agent in the pittsburgh field office in 2003 and since worked on counterintelligence matters at the honolulu, baltimore, and washington field offices. previously, mr. orlando worked as the assistant section chief of east asia counterintelligence investigations. prior to working for the fbi, mr. orlando served in the u.s. army. he received his b.a. from the state university of new york college at cortland and received a master's in leadership from georgetown university's mcdina school of business. susan morgan has worked in nsa o operations for 18 years. we welcome all of our distinguished witnesses and we thank them for participating in today's hearing. now, in you would please rise i'll begin by swearing you in. raise your right hand. unless you're a lefty.

court decisions from this year, the other supreme court decision allowing the pentagon $2.5 billion toward the construction since this is a national security issue. so these are back to back supreme court decisions. that plus the border crossing numbers that went down significantly from july to august. usually they go up from july to august. they're down. we see a number of different measures. this president talking about executive action -- the flores decision which only gives 20 days for a minor child to be held before release into the interior and also these asylum laws. this president is taking executive action where congress has failed to act. i know some of them are talking about impeachment. there's no public appetite for that. they had a big slump. their big superstars testifying were dud after dud after dud. i saw a poll today that 10% of democrats say they think impeachment is a top priority, but 54% say that it's a top priority to the democrats in congress. that is such a disconnect to what rank and file democrats are telling members of their own party. they want drug pricing, they want health care, they want common gun sense re

department of defense, largely wrapped up in the national security of the united states for the the president to adjust these priorities. lou: the supreme courtmed specifically what this president was doing and three republicans who should be supporting him on issues of national security including border security, including on the fight against sex trafficking, human smuggling drug trafficking as well. it is stunning, don't you think? >> there's no doubt we have a sovereignty issue and national security issue on our southern border. the president has the most information to deal with that than anyone in government, in terms of where all that information was funneled. he's making decisions based on those priorities as he sees it. that's what he was elected for. lou: general jack keane, great to have you with us. have a great weekend. >> good talking to you lou: look forward to seeing you again. follow me at twitter on lou dobbs, like me on facebook, follow me on instagram at lou dobbs tonight. up next, the radical left in pittsburgh are targeting trump's supporting business. the party of hate finding new ways to express it. we take that up nex

at page 420 of the report, e, 420, the courts have long shown themselves sensitive to the issue is shown by the executive that considerations of national securityeclude judicial investigation, but even in that field, the courts will not act on the mere assertion that questions of national security would involve, evidence is required that the decision is in fact founded on those grounds. that is, i think, decision is in fact founded on those grounds. that is, ithink, beyond doubt. and then it goes on to the merits of the matter. so we respectfully submit that on the facts of this case, the inner house was correct in its analysis and conclusion as to the motive of the prime minister. their conclusions, we say, are supported by the prime minister's own public statements as to his concerns as to what parliament may do and the court, in addition, should be prepared in the circumstances of this case to draw an inference from the absence of any evidence on the government's side by way of witness statement as to the answers to the allegation from the prime minister or the cabinet secretary on his behalf. we submit that on all the material, the court sh

so specifically in that supreme court case distinguish the national security context and said the ruling was only applicable in a criminal case. but we've given thought to how does the carpenter case apply. to really go into the detail as to how we're applying it. so i'm happy to do that for you. >> so what you're saying is, you're looking at it. it's not the belief of the department that carpenter actually applies to what you're doing but you're considering the 4th amendment implications for how you were proceeding. would that be accurate? >> i think it's a fair summary to say it's not controlling but something we've given serious thought to in terms of how we apply it to our national security authorities even though it's not controlling. >> one of the things that i have had concern about is the collection of content under various provisions of our fisa efforts. i do think it's important to note if you get enough information, even if it's not called content, it provides tremendous insight into the details of privacy rights of americans. can you, ms. morgan, talk about how much content t

national security adviser michael flynn served only 21 days in the job. the shortest tenure of any national security adviser in history. michael flynn was in court today for a presentencing hearing for the crimes he has pleaded guilty to. crimes he committed in the white house while serving as national security adviser when he lied to the fbi. michael flynn was replaced by h.r. mcmaster. h.r. mcmaster was then replaced by john bolton, and john bolton will be replaced next week according to the president. the position of national security adviser does not require senate confirmation. so the only possible struggle for the president in appointing a new national security adviser is finding someone who will accept the job. it was an honor for susan rice to accept the offer from president obama to serve as his third national security adviser. she served in that position for the entire second term of the obama presidency. in the first term of the obama presidency susan rice served as the ambassador to the united nations. ambassador susan rice will join us next. hmm. exactly. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you nee

. >> president trump's first national security adviser michael flynn appeared in court today.tember 18th as a tentative date for his sentencing. he pled guilty to lying to agents about contacts with the u.s./russian ambassador. flynn's cooperation appears to be finished but he's been ordered to testify before congress later this month. >>> it appears the president is considering diving into one of the bay area's biggest issues. president trump has ordered them to begin developing a plan to sweep up california's homeless population and move them into government-run facilities. nbc mark matthew is in san francisco where some welcome this move by president trump. >> well, the president's order may be new, his talking point about san francisco's homeless problem has been around for a while. here's what he said this past july. >> you take alook at what's going on with san francisco it's terrible. we're looking at it seriously. we may interseed. >> reporter: today "the washington post" said federal officials are discussing homeless sweeps. >> nice. i welcome the opportunity to get a

trump's betrayal of his oath of office, betrayal of our national security and betrayal of the integrity of our elections. the uk's supreme courtthe verdict is wrong but says he will respect it. thousands more british holidaymakers are brought home following the collapse of thomas cook. ten more days of emergency flights are planned. and on their tour of south africa, the duke and duchess of sussex visit

trump's betrayal of his oath of office, betrayal of our national security and betrayal of the integrity of our elections. the uk's supreme court. he claims the verdict is wrong, but says he will respect it. and on their tour of south africa, the duke and duchess of sussex visit the country's oldest mosque.

court. >> the foreign intelligence surveillance act allows national security organizations to conduct surveillance foreign governments spying on the united states or committing terrorism. it's a court, much like criminal court. so in order to get the ability to monitor somebody's telephone, you have to have a warrant. and in it, it explains that i believe chi mak is committing espionage for the following reasons. >> after five months on the case, we got authorization to tap his telephone lines. and to go inside of his house and do a covert search. we were listening to every phone call that came in out of that house. >> which led us to learn about a trip he was taking to alaska. >> when we found out chi mak and rebecca were going to alaska, i believe the first thought in everybody's mind was, he must be going operational. potentially meeting a handler to give information. that's very typical trade craft for a spy. >> so we took the safest course and sent agents along with them who would watch them and make sure they didn't meet or pass any information to other people. and from what we could tell, t

eventually, and it wasn't predictable because the president has fired two other national security advisers, one was actually in courtoday's ronnicly. it was predictable because the president and john bolton have always head strikingly different views onwide range of foreign policy issues. from venezuela and iran and now the meeting at camp david, they have fundamental disagreements. bolton is a hard line more traditional conservative hawk if you will. not a secret in washington. and it was not a secret to president trump. >> john bolton is absolutely a hawk. if it was up to him, he would take on the whole world at one time. i have john bolton who i would definitely say is a hawk and i have other people that are on the other side of the equation. john is very good. john is a -- he has strong views on things, but that is okay. i actually temper john, which is pretty amazing, isn't it? >> so then even more perplexing than the initial decision to hire john bolton is the white house's explanation for firing john bolton. the president today tweeted i disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions as did others in the adm

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. >>> former national security adviser michael flynn is back in court. the judge is set to schedule a sentencing date and also talk about flynn's cooperation with prosecutors. last year flynn pled guilty to lying to the fbi about his conversations with russian officials before joining the registration. flynn asked for a lighter punishment in exchange for working with prosecutors in the russia probe. his legal team says the justice department is withholding evidence that would show the full extent of his cooperation. this comes as house democrats accuse flynn of not complying with their investigation, dem d demanding he testify before congress later this month. >>> it sounds like a hollywood screenplay. a top russian official who turns out to be a spy working for the cia. that's how investigators are describing a man, detailing his time to the kremlin and rush to get him back to the u.s. after the 2016 election. i'll talk about it with two former cia inviteders. >>> plus, speaking with one voice. 2020 democrats teaming up on what's sure to be a key issue

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boarded up but beginning to serve in freeport. >> sandra: former white house national security advisor michael flynn in courtg. what his new legal team is claiming nearly two years after his guilty plea about lying to the f.b.i. about his contacts with the ambassador from russia. >> bill: a modern-day bonnie and clyde wanted for murder on the run for weeks after escaping custody. who the feds think are helping these fugitives today. >> very strange route to come through. seems suspicious that it wasn't that far from where the barksdales do have acquaintances. lief. we're the rivera family and we plan to be with usaa for life. see how much you can save with usaa insurance. see how much you can save wit looks like jill heading offe on an adventure. jill has entresto, a heart failure medicine that helps her heart so she can keep on doing what she loves. in the largest heart failure study ever, entresto was proven superior at helping people stay alive and out of the hospital. it helps improve your heart's ability to pump blood to the body. don't take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn

national security perspective is rudy giuliani's behavior and his involvement, at least that we know of, up to this point. >> it would be incredibly concerning from a national security perspective, victor. because our different agencies try to court nad based on a common base of knowledge. when conversations happen with foreign countries, that's going to affect how the state department, how the department of defense, nsa decides to collect information, for example. all of these things are carefully coordinated. when someone is having, you know, back-channel communications, that then creates a firewall where our agencies don't know what's going on, how to respond or what to make of what the other side is doing. so it can be bad. it can cause a lot of confusion on our end. >> so i need you to, i guess, temper some expectations for people who know that there is this congressional delegation led by a democrat from california, ajune gurmendi who went there today to check on investments from the military, eastern europe. they're expected to come back with treasure trove of information related to the call. temper expectations about what the members of congress could get out of this visit. >> yes, i don't think they are going to necessar

court. and president donald trump's firing off his national security advisor john bolton is raising speculation about a possible shift in u.s. foreign policy the president tweeted out the news of the latest firings saying that he disagreed strongly with bolton on many issues this. coming up next on the d.w. news asia we investigate a growing sex trade that forces rowing the women in bangladesh refugee camps to turn to prostitution survives. and toxic smaug hits malaysia and indonesia as both nations argue over who is responsible for forest fires in the region. she has that story and much more coming up on the debt and here's a shot. welcome to the book is the game here's one. place to talk about a. phrase that's a whole. bunch of it becoming. a good link from africa. your link to exceptional stories and discussion among uses easy to our website deputy comes to africa join us on facebook doubling up for god. natural riches. precious resources. and a rewarding investment. farmland has been called ethiopians green gold for the country has an abundant supply places it took international triumphs of

national security. u.s. government charged snowden under the espionage act. a congressional courtational security. sn snowden tells his detail in story and speaks about his life in exile in russia. snowden who identifies himself as a privacy advocate spoke with us in an exclusive tv interview that we taped earlier this morning. you said in the book you wish you had had a strategy in terms of a what's next plan once you released these documents. you sit here six years later in exile in moscow where you said you don't want to be. was it worth it? >> it was. i mean, when we look at these -- all of these complexities and all of the consequences that we have as a result of any of the decisions as we go through our lives, i think we realize that, look, we see chances, opportunities in life where we can make a decision to try to change something. right now in 2019 it's hard to look around at the world and think nothing needs to change. but nothing changes just if we believe in something. we have to actually be willing to risk something. we have to be willing to stand for something. >> bu

trump's betrayal of his oath of office, betrayal of our national security and betrayal of the integrity of our elections. the uk's supreme court rules that borisjohnson‘s suspension of parliament was unlawful. he says the verdict is wrong, but will respect it. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: donald trump has accused iran of escalating aggression at the united nations, and asks members to tighten the noose around the iranian economy. and the duke and duchess of sussex continue their tour of south africa, visiting the country's oldest mosque. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm in washington where, in the past couple of hours democrats have launched an official inquiry into impeaching donald trump. it follows claims that he pressured ukraine to investigate the democratic presidential candidate and former vice—president, joe biden. our north america editor jon sopel reports. new york in september, when the leadership of the world converges on the un to speak, but one conversation is causing donald trump e

trump's betrayal of his oath of office, betrayal of our national security and betrayal of the integrity of our elections. the uk's supreme court rules borisjohnson‘s suspension of parliament is unlawful. he claims the verdict is wrong but says he will respect it. thousands more british holidaymakers are brought home following the collapse of thomas cook. ten more days of emergency flights are planned. and on their tour of south africa, the duke and duchess of sussex visit the country's oldest mosque. in washington, members of the democratic party in congress have launched a formal impeachment inquiry against president trump, accusing him of seeking the help of a foreign government to smear a political rival. he has acknowledged withholding military aid to an american ally, ukraine, and pushing the country to investigate joe biden, frontrunner for the democrats for next year's presidential election. but mr trump says withholding the funds was not done to put pressure on ukraine. this from our north america editorjon sopel. new york in september, when the leadership of the world converges on the un to speak, but one conversation