be ongoing debate as to why but it's important to remember it was the trump justice department that indicted his sons' the trump state department that sought to extradite him trump vice president mike pence who extorted and bribe ecuador into giving up julian assange so there was a big huge hurdle to even get into the room to discuss julian assange and unfortunately the president did not pull the trigger tucker carlson's explanation has been the threats from mitch mcconnell and the republicans in the senate that they would vote to convict him up on the impeachment trial if he pardoned isaan who was the final straw that broke the back in favor of not pardoning a son and just a few days before trump had been inclined to grant the pardon so it's it's going to be a stain on the president's reputation and record depending on what happens with julian assange and his administration that fail to pardon him is probably one of the worst stains on the trump administration's tenure. some of the new biden people in were part of the obama administration that had constitutional doubts about seeking the extradition indictment of jul

if the trump state department is going out with a bang. ecting the dots between two of america's rivals in the middle east and calling for a tough approach from the biden the administration. state department correspondent rich edson shows us tonight. >> al qaeda has a new home base. it is the islamic republic of iran. >> days ahead of a transition at the state department, secretary of state mike pompeo's morning of unprecedented ties between iran's government and al qaeda. a senior state department official says u.s. intelligence shows al qaeda reorganized and i ran in 2015 and enjoys operational freedom and support as iranian officials even allow al qaeda leaders shopping trips and use of a pool in tehran to swim laps. >> we ignored this nexus at our own peril. we need to acknowledge it. we must confront it and indeed, we must defeat it. >> so officials have been warning for years that al qaeda leaders were operating in iran. in his speech, the secretary also confirmed the assassination of al qaeda's second in command who gunman killed aug

president trump, the state department, the white house? sec. : it was enabled by president trump. those were the recognition of jerusalem as the capital, the people, that the golan heights was part of israel. iran, acknowledging israel had the capacity to defend themselves from iran. those things enabled the good work, then it was a team effort, jared kushner, the white house, state department, department of treasury, all had a hand delivering the outcome. it was israel is not a threat, a partner, a friend, and they ought to normalize relationships. i am confident there will be more. it is the direction of travel, the direction of history. i'm glad we were partners for these countries that enable them to get across the line. david: when you visited israel, you became the first secretary of state visit the west bank territories occupied by settlements and to visit the area. was that a conscious statement to visit the areas where the previous secretary of state had not been willing, and what was the purpose of your visit in terms of sending a sign

is that president trump, the state department, the white house? sec. it was first enabled by president trump who made some decisions which enabled us. those were the simple recognition of the rightful capital of israel as being in jerusalem, the homeland of the jewish people. that the golan heights is part of israel. that the state department talked about settlements being not necessarily illegal in every situation. also with respect to iran, putting pressure on iran. flipping the script and acknowledging the gulf states and israel have the rightful capacity to defend themselves from iran. putting real pressure on iran. and those things all enabled the good work. then it was a team effort, jared kushner, the white house, state department, department of treasury, all had a hand in making sure we delivered the outcomes which enabled these nations to make the right decision. which is israel is not a threat but a partner, a friend and they . and they ought to normalize relationships. i am confident there will be more. it is the direction of travel, the dire

in july of 2018 the trump state department expressed concerns about pakistan's elections..s. expressed concerns about russian elections and russia's corruption of elections in other countries. same with china and its interference in taiwan. republican lawmakers preparing to formally vote against the will of the american people. do you really not see what a mockery you're about to make of all that? you're undermining our claim to be that shining city on a hill that president reagan once spoke of. you don't think you're contesting the election based on conspiracy theories and the whims of a losing president's brittle spirit? you think that isn't going to be used against not just the u.s. but the principle of enfranchisement and author teenager. how interesting you claim we undid a free and fair election, because you also have been accused of trying to do the very same thing. ask about american exceptionalism, donald trump once said he thought it was a dangerous term. it offended vladimir putin. trump opposed the idea that america is exceptional. and now by undermining how ad

in july 2018 the trump state department expressed concerns about pakistan's elections. the u.s.ressed concerns about russia's elections and russia's corruption of elections in other companies. same with china and interference in taiwan. do you really not see what a mockery you are about to make of all of that? you are undermining our claim to be that shining city on a hill that president reagan once spoke of. you really don't think you are contesting the election of joe biden based on deranged conspiracy theories and the whims of a losing president's brittle spirit? you think that isn't going to be used not just against the u.s. but the principle of enfranchise. and democracy? you don't think despots and authoritarians are licking their chops at this. you claimed, senator holly, we indid a free and fair election because you have been accused of doing the very same thing. asked about american exceptionalism donald trump said he thought it was a dangerous term because, among other reasons, it offended vladimir putin. trump opposed the idea that america is exceptional. now by under

is it president trump, the state department, the white house? sec. eo: it was first enabled by president trump, who made some decisions at the beginning of his time as president which enabled this. what were those? those were the simple recognition of the rightful capital of israel being in jerusalem, the homeland of the jewish people. the fact that the goal on heights was rightly part of israel. this statement from the state department which talked about settlements not necessarily being illegal in every situation. the policy we took with respect to iran. putting pressure on iran. not taking it as our primary security partner in the middle east, but flipping the script and acknowledging that the gulf states had the rightful capacity and israel had the rightful capacity to defend themselves from iran and put real pressure on iran. that enabled the team work. jared kushner and his team at the white house, or state department team at the department of the treasury all had a hand in making sure we deliver the outcomes which enabled these nations to make

there was nothing factually incorrect in there, but the fact that it was coming from the trump state department i thought was interesting. how much has the president and enablers harmed our ability as americans to issue such statements? >> well, you know, our reputation is harmed, jake. there are celebrations across the world among authoritarian regimes and feel as if they're emboldened and justified. all you have to do, if you can stomach it, read the "china daily" what passes as news from the chinese communist party and what they have been doing, jake. this isn't new. this is what they've been doing for years and especially since china foisted this pandemic on the world, lied about it, sup pressed news of transmission of the virus, what you've seen is they have portrayed their system, their authoritarian system as superior to our democracy. what i would say to americans is hey, we ought to be confident. as i mentioned, we were stress tested in the worst possible way, right? >> yeah. >> with the president of the united states actively undermining our confidence in our democratic process and we

department of justice invalidate joe biden's victory wen even further. after the texas tbs case was dismissed on december 11th mr. trump began pushing the justice department to file its own lawsuits again the states directly in the supreme court. frustrated his wishes weren't being implemented, trump at one point planned to bypass the attorney general and telephone the acting solicitor general directly. one of trump's outside lawyers sent over a draft legal brief he wished the department to file with the supreme court. now the justice department's inspector general, michael or oy wits, has announced he will investigate any former or current doj official engaged in an improper event to have doj

government agencies the state department the white house the intelligence agencies the justice department to see all of these different departments and agencies attacked by donald. bye bye trump calling the state department the deep state department and calling the department of justice the department of justice with air quotes. this is really damaging and that it's going to sink in. and joe biden is really going to need to work hard over the next 4 years to try to undo that damage and to combat these conspiracy theories and fat is going on as joe biden is trying to restore trust in government what role is there for folks like you who right now have been supportive of biden given the choice but yet you don't really share all of joe biden's views i mean are you going to get back into the game and try and we claim re hijack that republican party turn it into a different turn into a different course what is going to happen with those because you're one of the few and i remember you stood up early and loudly and bravely to challenge us but a lot of your colleagues did not they've been waiting to see how this comes out now ben sasse senator ben south you know he's all over ben you

alibaba and tencent are the latest to face action from the trump administration as the state departmentiscusses expanding action against companies deemed to be linked to the chinese military. china says the u.s. has been flip-flopping on policy for years, calling for respect for market principles amid the uncertainty over mainland companies trading in new york. the foreign ministry says the trump administration has been oppressing overseas firms, warning the policy will hurt the u.s. more than china. beijing says action against chinese companies will undermine america in global markets and u.k. government is warning the latest drivers locked down will last for several months as reported infections hit their highest levels since april. boris johnson called parliament that pandemic restrictions will be lifted only gradually as the situation changes. the lockdown is expected to sla sh the u.k.'s economic growth. rising virus numbers in japan are expected to trigger a state of emergency in tokyo. local media say prime minister suga will impose new measures which will last at least one month

. >> what is the leading state sponsor of terror according to the obama and trump state departments. et's leave that guy up. who just doesn't threat err people but whole countries. cory booker, my state of new jersey, told activists to get up in the face of some congresspeople in 2018. that tweet is still up. hillary clinton says you can't be civil with a political party that doesn't support what you stand for. that is still up. there is no consistency. some people may think it is because after political bias, ashley. go figure. ashley: could you be on to something, joe concha, great stuff, joe. thanks for joining us this morning. we do appreciate it. >> all right, sir. good to see you. ashley: good to see you. another conservative social media app, gab, g-a-b, is actually seeing surging growth. how much, lauren? lauren: lauren: its ceo gab gained 10,000 users per hour after president trump was booted from twitter. the growth keeps on growing. over half a million users on saturday alone. what do we need to know? about gab? it was founded five years ago. it is promoted as a platform fo

one other item that caught our attention during today's push to get trump to resign. a state department website featuring the president's biography suddenly changed this afternoon to read simply, donald j. trump's term ended on january 11th, 2021. there are reports a disgruntled employee at the state department was responsible. certainly doesn't appear to be the work of the gruntled. on that note, let's bring in our three terrific lead-off guests on this monday night as we start this new week. ashley parker, pulitzer prize-winning white house reporter for the "washington post." neal katyal, former acting solicitor general during the obama years. he's argued dozens of cases before the u.s. supreme court. and frank figliuzzi, former fbi assistant director for counterintelligence. notably he is the author of a new book, "the fbi way: inside the bureau's code of excellence." good evening and welcome to you all. ashley, i want to read back to you your own work with your colleagues rucker and dawsey in the "washington post" tonight. the president safely ensconced in the west wing. this was du

on the last full day of trump's presidency the u.s. state department eclairs of the chinese government has committed genocide against we goes and other minorities in change yeah. we begin in the united states where joe biden is hours away from becoming the 46th president he'll lead a country devastated by an unprecedented health and economic crisis as well as facing multiple security challenges when a day before his inauguration biden and vice president elect harris paid tribute to more than 400000 americans who've now died of code 19 he says containing the pandemic is his number one priority through he'll we must remember it's hard sometimes to remember but that's how we heal it's important to do that as a nation that's why we're here today between sundown and dusk. the lights the darkness along. remember all we lost and as biden gets ready to start a new chapter donald trump's tumultuous presidency comes to an end in the past hour he's granted clemency to rappers lil wayne kodak black and a former mayor of detroit earlier he delivered his farewell sp

down jorn this is out as a real life and also coming up on the last full day of trump's presidency the u.s. state department of players of the chinese government has committed genocide against other minorities in change at. the biggest drive in history russia's detained opposition leader alexina valmy makes new allegations against president vladimir putin. we begin in the united states where joe biden is hours away from becoming the 46th president people lead a country devastated by unimpressed. didn't help them economic crisis as well as facing multiple security challenges what a day before his inauguration biden and vice president elect carla harris paid tribute to more than 400000 americans who now died of coke at 19 he says contending the pandemic is his number one priority to heal we must remember it's hard sometimes to remember but that's how we hear you it's important to do that as a nation that's why we're here today between sundown and dust. to shine the light. the darkness along the sacred pull of the reflection remember all we lost and as biden gets ready to start a new chapter donald trump's to

well we have not gotten any official reaction yet from the president donald trump or from the state department and we also notably notably have not gotten any reaction from president elect joe biden that's to be expected as biden's foreign policy advisers have said that he will not be making any statements before january 20th on any specific foreign policy issues however we senior adviser at the white house has confirmed out 0 with the last hour or so that it was jeered kushner the president's son in law and senior advisor that brokered this deal and that he as well as to close advisors are on their way to saudi arabia right now if they're not there already to take part in this signing ceremony that is expected in the next 24 hours or so accompanying cushion or according to this senior adviser at the white house it will be abby berkowitz the white house special envoy to the middle east and brian hooke a senior advisor at the state department now according to various reporting here in the united states what we're hearing is that cushion actually started to negotiate this deal between saudi arab

trump. and now he's facing new allegations that he wanted the justice department to sue states to overturn the alexis. trump's impeachment trial is scheduled to start two weeks from today. >>> still ahead, a north bay school will be renamed for the sake of race and social justice. how the new name will be chosen be. >>> and google has a plan to get more people vaccinated. the announcement from the company's ceo. >>> and our atmospheric river we're getting the timeline even narrower. we're looking at tuesday afternoon through wednesday morning, a 3 with up to 3 inches of rain. even more than that in >>> let's take a look at what's going on. i want to set the table by showing you what to expect. storm conditions tomorrow and wednesday, very high for hydroplaning. our evening commute is going to be dangerous tuesdays and the morning commute wednesday, flooding is going to happen and debris and mud flows and evacuations near burn scars, downed power lines. clouds will be on the increase but during the afternoon and evening hours the yellows and oranges moving into the north bay and a 12 hour windo

trump administration. nick: the state department announced a pause on arms sales. ludes the f-35's the trump administration negotiated with united arab emirates and american weapons that saudi arabia uses to fight the iranian backed uzi rebels. -- houthi rebels. lincoln said that move wa routine, but he was concerned about the designation of the houthis as an international terrorist organization over the objection of humanitarians. >> we have seen a campaign led by saudi arabia that has contributed to what is by many estimates the worst humanitarian crisis in the world today, and that is saying something. it is vitally important we do everything we can to get humanitarian assistance to the people of yemen who are in desperate need. we want to make sure any steps we are taking do not get in the way of providing that assistance. nick: criticism of saudi arabia is a break from the trump administration, especially as the biden team wants to negotiate with iran over the objections of congressional republicans. the priority must be to extend the time iran would need to bu

reporter: secretary pompeo's last day in the state department. the trumpistration making a move to lock in gains made against chinese government. the state department formally accusing the chinese communist party of genocide. take a listen. >> this is forced sterilizations, forced abortions, things we haven't seen awfully long time in this world. we conducted a exhaustive review of the facts, made the determination that the fact that the chinese communist party committed these crimes against humanity. continue to deny these people, not just the uyghur muslims but other people as well in similar capacity. reporter: this is continuation of the trump administration to hold china accountable for the coronavirus pandemic and a trade war that so far caused the u.s. economy $315 billion. >> china's pattern of misconduct is well-known. reporter: national security forces tell that the declaration is a big deal. the administration is accusing the chinese government specifically committing crimes against humanity. in the past the u.s. federal government has always be

justice department official, jeffrey clark, secretly plotted with president trump about ousting the acting attorney general and using the department to pressure georgia lawmakers to overturn the state's results. while it was another stunning sign of how far trump tried to go to change the election, he never followed through, fearing mass resignations. now, wolf, the president may be about to add another member to his cabinet officially, because we believe janet yellen is on the cusp of being confirmed as the u.s. treasury secretary. that comes after senator mitch mcconnell said he would vote to confirm her. once she is confirmed, she will be the first female treasury secretary in american history. >> we'll let our viewers know as soon as that happens. we expect it to happen fairly soon. that will be an historic moment, indeed. kaitlan, thank you very, very much. >>> our chief political correspondent dana bash is with us. cnn chief political analyst gloria borger is with us, and ben ginsburg is also with us. gloria, we'll soon see this one article of impeachment against the former president, former president trump be transferred from the house to the senate. this is an important and h

the just a final thought to you i mean we are regularly here that during trump's presidency he has hollowed out the state department in the pentagon to seek a political advantage so what's likely to happen then after the transition what's going to happen to the pentagon and state. well as with every administration the new president puts did you know puts in his political point he's people that he finds are qualified for that position but also well to him so that will that's a natural part of what will happen but it'll be a little different this time especially on the state department because the state department as you said was hollowed out many positions still have not been filled many senior foreign service officers left improve test over president jump i think some of them will be hired back by biden so it'll be a massive personality and state department at the pentagon to that will be some personnel changes and the pentagon really feels that it's been under pressure from president trump especially in these last few months that it's been sort of abused by president trump and of course i think there will be proba

trump. now he's facing new allegations that he wanted the justice department to sue states in the supreme court to overturn the election. trump's impeachment trial is scheduled to start two weeks from today. >>> happening right now, parts of the san ma run zoe velocity and davenport areas are under an evacuation warning. there were signs p trivers gettt that the strong storm we're expecting could be life threatening with risk of landslides and major flooding. this interactive map shows you all the zones that are impacted. evacuation warnings are the ones you see there shaded in yellow. and evacuation advisories are in blue. you can find a link to this map on our website, a a a >>> let's look at the live doppler 7 and what you're going to see are showers over the ocean and showers that move into other than contra costa and the other than alameda counties as we head through the next hour or so. super commuters, watch out. it's going to be wet for you. let's look at the temperatures. mid to upper 30s through the trivalley and low to mid 40s from walnut creek to brentwood on highway 4. other neighb

also inherit a state department workforce in desperate need of a leader that knows that everyone on the team plays a critical role in advancing america's interests abroad. under president trump, our nation's diplomats and state department civilians were relegated to the sidelines, and too many positions in the state department were left vacant or relegated to irrelevance. so none of this will be easy, but i'm confident that mr. blinken is exactly the right person for the job. i look forward to seeing this chamber confirm his nomination later today. and after that, both parties must keep working together to confirm the rest of president biden's outstanding cabinet. we're off to a decent pace with the confirmation of the president's' secretaries of defense, treasury and the director of national intelligence. i appreciate the republican leader's cooperation and hope that we'll continue, because the country needs that. that pace must continue this week with the confirmation of the secretaries of homeland security and transportation. after that, we need a health and human services secretary installed to oversee the public health response to covid, an education secretary to facili

dozen former trump administration officials including outgoing secretary of state mike pompeo, a former senior trump administration official tells fox news that the previous state departmentstaff prepared sanctions on senior chinese government officials to give the biden administration immediate options to retaliate. a current state department spokesperson says china's sanctions are counterproductive, and u.s. officials will work with american allies on china-related issues. it's also unclear whether the biden administration will maintain the trump campaign against chinese telecom companies, tariffs on imports and penalties for steadily-increasing repression in hong kong. >> the biden administration is also moving on russia, proposing to extend for five years the last remaining nuclear arms treaty between the u.s. and russia. the kremlin says it welcomes the offer on the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty, though says it is waiting for more details from the u.s. before officially signing on. at the state department, rich edson, fox news. ♪ arthel: well, we have very sad news to report about a legendary figure in the world of broadcasting. larry king has died. the longtime nationally-s

. >> reporter: "the wall street journal" reported that the trump wanted the justice department to sue states in the supreme court. when that plan failed, "the new york times" said he allegedly plotted to remove acting attorney general and replace him with a trump loyalist. >> we fight like hell. and if you don't fight like hell you're not going to have a country anymore. >> reporter: the former president is already charged with incitement of insurrection. after he urged his supporters to march to the capitol before the deadly riot on january 6th. later today, the house sends that article of impeachment to the senate where democrats will need at least 17 republicans. to vote to convict trump. gop leader mitch mcconnell not saying. but some are already blasting the trial before it even begins. >> we have a flaming fire in this country. >> reporter: at least one republican is still refusing to say the election was not stolen. >> the department of justice led by william barr said there's no widespread evidence of fraud. can't you just say the words -- this election was not stolen -- >> reporter:

the trump administration, there was low morale in the state department, the cia and national securityranches, homeland security, fbi. so i think the policies, the policy expertise and people the biden administration has appointed so far has been extremely impressive, the post diverse cabinet in any administration, and of course our first female vice president of the united states, which is an extraordinary achievement, finally, of the biden administration is fulfilling his promise of far to make the government look like america, but bringing expertise, serious technical knowledge into the government, and once we have a fully functioning u.s. government, that will give them a big opportunity to address these issues. he is also adding a lot of weight to the white house with extra policy offices that will address climate, coronavirus, in additional to domestic economic issues. that kind of focus within white house to drive policy will be very influential going forward. rishaad: we are expecting vice president harris to speak shortly. we are expecting a multilateral approach with regards

state judges, by federal judges including some trump picked himself. even the supreme court. election officials have done recounts in states like georgia. president trump's own homeland security and justice departments including the attorney general of the united states have said there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud or anything that would change the outcome of this election. and what these lawmakers do next week will be etched into history. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell who has recognized joe biden as the president-elect warned, republicans need to vote their conscience saying this vote will mark one of the most significant, perhaps the most significant he's ever cast or any of them will cast. cnn's boris sanchez joins us me white house. how are these senators explaining themselves? >> reporter: well, ana, in a statement released by this group, they're essentially saying that this is about maintaining the integrity of our elections and responding to unprecedented allegations of fraud. they essentially want a 10 day period to do an exhaustive audit of the voting results in different states and then essentially come up with an answer to that in their words, the next president can ha

we saw a pretty tough statement that could have come out of the trump administration from the u.s. state departmentying that beijing is urged to stop intimidating taiwan with military means and to work with the democratically elected government in taiwan, reminding china that america's alliance with taiwan is rock solid. so a pretty strong statement of support. because if you had to pick one of two places where you could actually see tensions between america and china drifting into something really dangerous, taiwan is very clearly on that list. >> it certainly is. how also has the outgoing trump administration's declaration about the uighurs cornered or boxed in the biden administration, or perhaps not? >> reporter: this is really interesting, that although president trump as an individual couldn't care less about the uighurs, we know from his own former national security adviser that he told xi jinping that locking up members of the uighur minority in re-education camps is the right thing to do, his administration has been very tough. as they were out of the door, the former secretary of state, m

trump administration officials including outgoing secretary of state mike pompeo. a former senior trump administration official tells fox news that the previous state department staff prepared sanctions on senior chinese government officials to give the biden administration immediate options to retaliate. the current state department spokesperson said china sanctions are counterproductive and u.s. officials will work with american allies on china-related issues. it's also unclear whether the biden administration will maintain the trump campaign against chinese telecom companies, tariffs on imports, and penalties were steadily increasing repression in hong kong. the biden administration is also moving on russia proposing to extend for five more years the last remaining a nuclear arms treaty between the two countries. the kremlin says it welcomes the u.s. offer to maintain the new start treaty but still waiting for more details before officially signing off. >> bret: thank you. in just the past minute, the senate majority leader chuck schumer saying the impeachment trial will start the week of february 8th. the week of february 8th, as we will follow that on the sena

just this past week president trump announced through the state department that the united states would on allowing diplomats and senior and other officials to go to taiwan which is a red line for china. all of that points to escalating tensions with china. that's going to be on the front burner for joe biden. he said that he wants to tackle this through bringing allies on board. there's no shortage of support from allies to deal with china with the sort of coercive practices of essentially stealing intellectual property of western companies that are doing business there. the internment of uighurs. they announced that the u.k. has looked at satellite imagery of massive internment camps in china. labor camps, all of these. biden will have to bring allies together and into line to form a common agreement about how to deal with china and just last week the european union struck a big, very significant trade deal with china so, you know, it's not all going to go biden's way. the allies are lined up in some respects, but the depth of tensions that trump has brought to the table during his te

state judges, by federal judges, including some trump himself picked, even the supreme court. election officials have done recounts and jaaudits in states like georgia. president trump's own homeland security and justice departments including the attorney general of the united states have said there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud or anything that would change the outcome of this election. what these lawmakers do next week will be etched into history, and the only thing they'll accomplish is causing a spectacle. cnn's boris sanchez joins us from the white house. boris, president trump and some of his most fervent supporters still seem to leave the election can be overturned but anyone with political sense knows this is over. what's in it for josh hawley and ted cruz and these other senators? >> reporter: well, specifically for josh hawley, he's a rising star in the republican ranks. it is widely believed that he is anticipating a run for president himself in 2024, and this elevates his profile with trump supporters who still remain the bulk of the republican base. you could say the same about ted cruz. he has made a number of moves in a recent year in anticipation of a potential 2024 run, but for many of

state judges, by federal judges, including some trump himself picked, even the supreme court. election officials have done recounts and jaaudits in states like georgia. president trump's own homeland security and justice departments the attorney general of the united states have said there is no evidence of de

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