so, whether or not they got it from derkach, somehow they got it.gly doing it, then they're in a conspiracy. if they are unwittingly doing it, they are unusualful idiots. either way, it's pretty bad. >> general h.r. mcmaster, the former national security adviser told cnn today that the president is making it easy for vladimir putin. do you think that assessment fits with what intelligence agencies are seeing? >> yeah, i think it fits perfectly, basically. what he's saying is that, you know, the russians' goal is to get americans to do putin's bidding for him, that's how influence operations work. they plant russian ideas in american mouths and american voices and on american outlets. and because we see them coming out of gop mouths and the president's mouth and rudy's mouth and the president retweeted some of this disinformation august 18th directly, yeah, it seems like it's working. and i think there are a lot of people inside the government, including h.r. mcmaster, but also a lot of people in these agencies, who are really concerned about that. b

i don't know who derkach is. as i said earlier, senator grassley and i have repeatedly, unequivocally denied we did not slis tat. we did not accept -- solicit. we did not accept any information from mr. derkach whatsoever. yet democrats persist in pushing this false allegation. as a matter of fact, i'm not sure our committee has alleged anything yet. about the only thing i've alleged is the glaring and obvious conflict of interest. here i've got to step up. i've got to get a little history about ukraine. in february of 2014, ukrainians, courageous ukrainians, basically two factions, one that wanted to integrate closer with the west and younger ukrainians who wanted to rid themselves of the corruption of the soviet legacy. joined together in massive protests. on approximately february 20, 21, over 80 ukrainians were slaughtered by snipers protesting to rid ukraine of corruption and increase their ties to the west. less than two responsibilities later -- two months later, and i ask my colleagues, is this anything f

again the intelligence community said it about derkach a few weeks ago as well.ause they don't want a repeat of 2016. >> let's move away from the lawyer and now let's talk about the client, who has been all over the news, as usual, but as a result of bob woodward's book "rage." i'm talking about president trump. let's take a listen to one of those tapes of bob woodward's interviews with president trump. >> it's a very tricky situation. >> indeed. >> it goes through air, bob. that's always tougher than the touch. you know, the touch, you don't have to touch things, but the air, you just breathe the air. that's how it's passed. and so that's a very tricky one. that's a very delicate one. it's also more deadly than your, you know, even your strenuous flus. this is deadly stuff. >> you know, every time i hear that recording, maya, of the president of the united states talking lucidly, talking with comprehension about the coronavirus, my head wants to explode, because it is the complete opposite of what he has been telling us since february, since that phone call. it'

andrii derkach, for running what they call a covert influence campaign.he very influence campaign that this president personally amplified on his twitter feed. the same campaign that his personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, refuses to acknowledge. i asked about this with him just last week. listen to what he said. >> you know our government sees andrii derkach as a guy who should not be respected or trusted and that they think he's a propagandist and an operative for the russians. >> that's okay. they can see him that way. he is not. >> how susceptible is the president's attorney to someone who he refuses to see as on the make? i mean, this is mind-blowing. the president's intelligence apparatus says watch out for this guy and the president's guy says, nah, i'm okay with it. and they're saying, well, he's working you and you're putting out exactly what he wants you to put out to attack biden and he says, yeah, no, i'm okay with it. crazy. former chief of the fbi's counterespionage section is peter strzok. his new book is called "compromised." boy, you talk abo

. >>> mayor giuliani, did you discuss with the president your meeting with derkach?> i can't tell you, jonathan, without getting disbarred, what i discussed with the president. i can tell you it was long after we submitted all the evidence we had that joe biden was bribing the president of ukraine. >> so you did talk to the president about this? >> that was the president's lawyer, rudy giuliani, in am joy this morning. he refused to answer questions on whether he talked to the president about interviewing a ukrainian lawmaker. the president identified as an active russian agent for over a deck tad. national security and justice correspondent ken delanian is joining us right now. welcome to you. what part of the giuliani interview that you listened to this morning, what part caught your attention? >> reporter: alex, the fact that rudy giuliani will not say whether he discussed with president trump his interactions with a russian agent raises profound questions about whether the president is, once again, soliciting russian help for his election campaign. there's a real

. >> derkach has been an agent for a decade. that's the treasury sanctioning him today. again here is the president's lawyer. trump reportedly said he wants to put him on the u.s. supreme cou court. here he is meeting with that russian agent. meeting with him repeatedly. according to the nate intelligence committee. in 2016 it was the president's campaign chairman, paul manafort who was working closely in that election. while russia -- it is his personal lawyer, rudy giuliani. again, working closely while russia is again messing with our election to keep trump in the white house. it is not just that russia wants to do this or russia wants to do this again. it is that point that you are getting a lot of help and those closest to the president. there is more. russian hackers have targeted 200 groups tied to u.s. elections. in addition to political consultants and state and national parties, its recent target included advocacies and state and national parties. >> the hackers relied on spear fishing and attack that voinvols another person, to steal log-in potential and it de

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it's been widely reported that derkach went to training and his father was noted kgb officers. giuliani has continued to meet with other ukrainian figures accused of corruption who are trying to intervene in our election in a way that the senate intelligence committee run by republicans recently said in a report is being orchestrated or advanced by russian intelligence. so the president's own attorney in league with a russian intelligence officer, agent, whatever he might be, this should make our heads explode. but i think they've already exploded multiple times by now, but it shows you what giuliani and what trump -- because he's doing this for trump -- are willing to do to win this election and to try to pervert the campaign. >> we could spend an hour speaking with you on what you mentioned would normally a front-page story in any other times. thank you. >>> still ahead, fallout from law enforcement in the week of protests across the country. what's the next step in police reform? stressballs gummies have ashwagandha, an herbal stress reliever that helps you turn the stressed

giuliani says he has no reason to believe derkach is a russian agent. cecelia? >> pierre, thanks so much. >>> we turn to the nfl kicking off what we're calling its most unconventional season ever. social justice protests plus changes because of the coronavirus making for an unprecedented season opener and t.j. holmes has the highlights. >> off we go, the 2020 nfl season is under way. >> reporter: the nfl season officially kicked off overnight. and the houston texans and kansas city chiefs took the field for a show of unity and they were showered with boos from the fans in arrowhead stadium. [ booing ] one of just five stadiums to allow fans in attendance this season. >> we, the national football league -- >> believe black lives matter. >> reporter: before the game even started social justice was front and center with the end zone adorned with the phrases it takes all of us and end racism. alicia keys sang what's known as the black national anthem. ♪ lift every voice and sing >> reporter: moments later the star spangled banner was performed while the singers were

treasury department actually placed inches on andre derkach, branding him an active russian agent forr a decade, maintaining close connections with the russian intelligence service. he has denied those allegations. the biden campaign has said in part, as joe biden has said for months, it is absolutely clear who vladimir putin wants to win this election. because donald trump's foreign policy has been a gift to the kremlin. the fbi is also recommending that americans look to state election officials for trusted results in november. the foreign actors and cyber criminals to sow chaos as votes are counted. in a public service announcement released yesterday, the u.s. cyber security and infrastructure agency cautioned that bad actors could create new websites, change existing websites or create or share corresponding content to spread false information. the announcement also alerts that the increased use of mail-in ballots due to covid-19 protocols could leave official with incomplete results on election night. adding that bad actors could exploit the time. you should be voting in november

now, interestingly, andrea, the treasury department today acknowledged that andriy derkach, the ukrainianamentarian, as a russian agent. this is the same person the president's lawyer has been meeting with, has been pushing out false narratives with. in fact treasury acknowledges that these are false narratives about joe biden that this russian agent is pushing out. and the president is amplifying those same false narratives. and here we see the fish rots from the head. when the president of the united states is willing to public out kremlin narratives and get people who work for him to withhold intelligence about what russia is doing to help his campaign, it really puts our elections at risk. >> and that same false narrative also pushed out by prominent chairman of the homeland security committee on the republican side of congress as well. thank you very much for sounding the alarm, adam schiff, thanks for being with us today. >>> in less than an hour, the senate will take up the first in a series of votes on a new round of coronavirus relief measures. don't get your hopes up, though. ka

this is the same stuff that that guy derkach who now our government is saying he's a bad guy. >> i never used that conversation -- >> why would you even meet with this guy. >> he's no part of my report. my report to the state department was rendered five months before i knew his name. >> why would you meet with this guy? >> it has to do with direct witnesses. i interviewed him, because he had additional information. what he gave me was a document from the ukrainian government going back to january of 2017. saying that $5.3 billion in foreign aid is unaccounted for. >> he's called by our government to be a russian operative and a propaganda pusher. >> please, please, please let me finish. >> go ahead. >> two people have already been indicted by the ukrainian government for embezzling about $140 million. two of them are close associates of george soros two months ago. >> so what? what does that have to do with anything? >> they run -- what it has to do with is the fact that our foreign aid was being diverted to ngo's illegally. that's the document that durkach gave me. >> our government se

quote, andriy derkach has been an active russian agent for over a decade, maintaining close connections with the russian intelligence services. he has directly or indirectly engaged in, sponsored, concealed, or otherwise been complicit in foreign interference in an attempt to undermine the upcoming 2020 u.s. presidential election. that's the treasury sanctioning him today. and, again, here's the president's lawyer, who trump reportedly said he wanted to put on the u.s. supreme court. here's the president's lawyer meeting with that russian agent who is working for the russian government to try to interfere in the u.s. election, meeting with him repeatedly. according to the senate intelligence committee, just a few weeks ago you'll remember according to the senate intel, in 2016, it was the president's campaign chairman, paul manafort, who was working closely in that election with a russian intelligence officer while russia messed with that election to try to get donald trump into the white house in the first place. now four years later in 2020, it's not his campaign chairman as far as we

. >> and we have pictures of rudy giuliani meeting with derkach that he posted. remarkable to see repetition of 2016. much appreciated. >>> still to come this hour, dr. sanjay gupta will sit down with the nation's top infectious disease specialist, dr. anthony fauci, for a live conversation. that's just moments away. we'll bring it to you live. >>> and next, republicans say they have the votes for a quick confirmation of the president's supreme court nominee. that does not mean the fight is over. ♪ ♪ for all the moments you've missed and all the moments you haven't "hi" love, can't wait -"got the ring!" -"yes!" and with jared it doesn't have to ♪ that includes temperature scan, and sanitizing everythingfe. and all of our staff wearing gloves and masks. not that mask. this mask. that's the visionworks difference. visionworks. see the difference. we're all finding ways to keep moving. but how do we make sure the direction we're headed is forward? at fidelity, you'll get the planning and advice to prepare you for the future, without sacrificing the things that are i

i've neither received nor solicited information from derkach. now, this is probably the third time i've come to the floor of the senate to say this and yet you still keep getting these accusations from my friends on the other side of the aisle. now, the democrats know that we have neither received this information. yet they refuse to stop repea repeating their faults -- their false insi insinuations. and those false insinuations have resulted in russian-based media repeating the democrat disinformation which is exhibit a why the democrats should have never created that false narrative in the first place. in fact, during the course of this investigation, the minority, not the majority of the committee, introduced derkach's disinformation into the committee record. foreign election interference should have no corner in this country and we must do everything to stop that interference. if only the democrats felt the same about the steele dossier which is a very definition of russian disinformation and election interference. our investigation is base