thank you mr president terry moran with a.b.c. news first in the united states investigations by congress the department of justice and the media have uncovered a very large number of contacts between russian citizens associated with your government and high officials of the trump campaign and some of those officials are now being prosecuted for a line about those contacts all this is not normal and many americans are saying where there's that much smoke there must be fire how would you explain to americans the sheer number of contacts between the trump campaign and your government and second if i may it's almost been a year since downall trump has been elected president you praised donald trump during the campaign what is your assessment of donald trump as president after one year especially. the which of. the second parts. it's not up to me to assess. what trump has been doing it's up to the those who have elected him it's up to the american people and there's been some major achievements even in this short span of time look at the m

chris reddy who's a trump friend told a.b.c. news this week that robert muller's investigation quote poses an existential threat to the trump presidency what are your thoughts on that assessment. first let me just say i agree with david jolly on the on the a.b.c. matter larry you're on i've known brian ross for a long time he's a great guy he's been an excellent reporter but he really screwed up this one he i think deserved to be suspended and i think a.b.c. missed a step when the first of all they said well we're going to investigate this they didn't act right away they didn't apologize they are issued a clarification not an apology they got it wrong and they sort of fessed up right away and then moved on but as far as what chris reddy says if i understand your correctly i believe robert mueller is investigation does represent an existential threat to the trump of ministration look it's certainly not a witch hunt it's not fake news and it's not going away any time soon which is what the white house keeps telling us this is a serious

a top us political reporter working for a.b.c. news has been suspended with pay after making false claims about potential collusion between team trump and moscow he stated that the former national security advisor michael flynn was directed by trump to make contact with russia before the election took place but flynn is not believed to establish dialogue until after the vote trumps former aide has been making headlines since friday when he pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. about his contacts but then russian ambassador to the u.s. became the first former white house official to be charged in the so-called russia investigation but as you actually begin to explains fake news is masking what the probe into alleged collusion is actually uncovered after almost a year of investigations into whether team trump and big bad russia were in on it together the only concrete things to come out of those inquiries is a couple charges of making false statements and a shocking revelation that we knew a year ago this building doesn't see anything ne

political reporter working for a.b.c. news has been suspended without pay off to making false claims about potential collusion between team trump and moscow he stated that michael flynn was going to testify he'd been told to make contact with russian officials before trumps election victory but the former national security adviser is not believed to have established dialogue until after the election president from currently stands accused of trying to hinder the f.b.i. investigation as it looked into flynn's actions. what we're beginning to see is that putting together. a case of obstruction of justice i think we see this in the indictment the four indictments and please that had just taken place he sets out that he wasn't acting as a rogue agent that in fact he was acting with the knowledge and at the direction of people who were senior members of the transition team i think probably all of which ultimately ended up in the administration of donald trump tweeted on saturday that he fired flynn for lying to the vice president a

political reporter with a suspension the a.b.c. news network handed out the punishment for a report which said donald trump had told his former security advisor to contact russian officials before his election victory instead it transpired it was after he became american president that involved the war in syria but critics are now rounding trump for hindering an investigation into his acts adviser michael flynn's actions. what we're beginning to see is the putting together. case of obstruction of justice i think we see this in the indictment the four indictments and plays that have just taken place he sets out that he wasn't acting as a rogue agent that in fact he was acting with the knowledge and at the direction of people who were senior members of the transition team i think probably all of which ultimately ended up in the administration of president tweeted on saturday he'd fired flynn for lying to the vice president and the f.b.i. flynn at the time was under investigation when f.b.i. director james comey claimed he was asked to dro

what stood out was relations with the united states putin was asked by an american journalist from a.b.c. news i believe what he thought how he rated trump's performance so far to which putin replied he's in no position to rate trump's performance but he said the market the economy the businesses they obviously love trump and he said that he'd like to see more done to restore relations to repair relations with russia but under stand a ball reasons that even if trump wanted to he'd have some difficulty there's also a question about a potential arms race a new arms race between russia and the united states to which replied look at the numbers look at how much the united states spends on defense which is seven hundred billion dollars and russia forty six billion dollars russia spends fifteen times less on defense than the united states and you know there's no point competing with either me or putin said that we'll spend enough to make sure that we're safe that we can defend ourselves again those are just some of the points that stood out and i think you know we should listen more they'll be a sur

build a mute these that they will a.b.c. news on this one here go ahead i am going to say the obvious they're not going to follow up on the story because israel continually metals and u.s. politics and u.s. politicians across the board both parties i are listening that's what i think it's a i welcome i mean israeli you know i would say control it's not to that extent but a very undue influence over u.s. politics that's the reason the zionist regime in israel now what the actual details of this is that was revealed in what flynn admitted to is that trump son in law during the transition was netanyahu asked question there who asked flynn to ask the russian ambassador and every other advance that are on the security council to vote against because u.n. resolution because they don't bargain minister and he was going to abstain that condemned israel's settlements i.e. ethnic cleansing in palestine russia of course ignored that they did not agree to change course if you will jump in zero i think it's important to note that actually the

stay absolutely and i think what we saw at the stock market with that fake news that came out from a.b.c. news the stock market went into a full blown panic at the thought that trump might not be president for the next eight years and i think that was a message that congress received loud and clear. really good to talk he will leave it that was name a cable washington based political chicken and it's a big politics thank you tom thank you for watching we'll be back with some hot and . michael flynn at mit's lying to the f.b.i. the reaction of russia gators and the liberal media is jubilation but why flynn's admission in fact deflates the now on to receive. i was born into tower it was my home for twenty five years. off to sea in the heart of my state i can't see. that not will follow me and my people whose for the rest of our lives. we won't see any shots of the faithful not in this film we never want to see that again. grenfell for local and good old reasons there's a bigger picture that i love more about every day we talk politics now and how we can take power because we learned that we have

a.b.c. c.b.s. and others came under serious fire from fellow journalists and news media watchdogs after a series of russia gate based stories implicating president trump and his band of cronies in one form of skullduggery or another were found to be patently false most egregious was our good friends at c.n.n. one friday could barely contain their neo liberal con delight in reporting that according to reliable sources an individual fronting for wiki leaks had emailed the trump campaign a secret offer giving them access to the allegedly hacked d.n.c. emails before they were going to be released to the public oh and because wiki leaks could only have gotten those d.n.c. e-mails from russia you could practically hear the champagne pop and in c.n.n. president jeff zucker's office that day this was finally this was finally the smoking gun that blitzer tapper and the rest have been pining for since trump beat hillary clinton in the deep state declare of that that that could only only only only be ructions fault if you if you haven't heard by now it appears that cnn's reliable sources aren't all that relia

a.b.c. c.b.s. and others came under serious fire from fellow journalists and news media watchdogs after a series of russia gate based stories implicating president trump and his band of cronies in one form of skullduggery or another were found to be patently false most egregious was our good friends at c.n.n. one friday could barely contain their neo liberal con delight in reporting that according to reliable sources an individual fronting for wiki leaks had emailed the trump campaign a secret offer giving them access to the allegedly hacked d.n.c. emails before they were going to be released to the public. and because wiki leaks could only have gotten those d.n.c. e-mails from russia you could practically hear the champagne pop and c.n.n. president jeff zucker's office that day. this was finally this was finally the smoking gun that blitzer tapper and the rest have been pining boars since trump beat hillary clinton in the deep state declare of the that that could only only only only be ructions fault if you if you haven't heard by now it appears that cnn's reliable sources aren't all that reliable

a.b.c. c.b.s. and others came under serious fire from fellow journalists and news media watchdogs after a series of russia gate based stories implicating president trump and his band of cronies in one form of scold augury or another were found to be patently false most egregious was our good friends at c.n.n. one friday could barely contain their neo liberal con delight in reporting that according to reliable sources an individual fronting for wiki leaks had emailed the trump campaign a secret offer giving them access to the allegedly hacked d.n.c. emails before they were going to be released to the public oh and because wiki leaks could only have gotten those d.n.c. e-mails from russia you could practically hear the champagne pop and c.n.n. president jeff zucker's office that day this was finally this was finally the smoking gun that blitzer tapper and the rest of been pining for since trump beat hillary clinton in the deep state declare of the that that could only only only only be russell's fault. well if you if you haven't heard by now it appears that cnn's reliable sources aren't all that reli

tussling with yet another journalist from another news outlet over the coverage of the rush trump election collusion investigation yes last weekend a.b.c. ran an explosive and widely cited story about former national security advisor michael flynn the story said that flynn had been directed by trump during the presidential campaign to contacts russian political operatives it turns out that media story was false and a.b.c. was forced to issue a clarification which later turned into a correction and the network is not the bend in the reporter in question brian ross who is the chief investigative correspondent for four weeks here at the listening post we spent a lot of time examining the digital revolution the impact it's had on the traditional news industry looks like australia's is the latest government there wants to take a long hard look at that very question of what is going on down and yes the internet at one stage was supposed to transform the fortunes of news media outlets by giving them new ways of raising funds namely online advertising but haven't quite worked out that way for one big reason two companies have monopolized onlin

tussling with yet another journalist from another news outlet over the coverage of the russia trump election collusion investigation yes last weekend a.b.c. ran an explosive and widely cited story about former national security advisor michael flynn the story said that flynn had been directed by trump joining the presidential campaign to contacts russian political operatives it turns out that that media story was false and a.b.c. was forced to issue a clarification which later turned into a correction and the network is not the bend in the reporter in question brian ross who is the chief investigative correspondent for four weeks here at the listening post respond a lot of time examining the digital revolution the impact it's had on the traditional news industry looks like australia's is the latest government that wants to take a long hard look at that very question what is going on down and yes the internet at one stage was supposed to transform the fortunes of news media outlets by giving them new ways of raising funds namely online advertising but haven't quite worked out that way and one big reason two companies have monopolized onli

a.b.c. issued an apology about how they deeply regret the serious error saying they had not fully vetted ross the story well maybe they should have known better given his history of producing fake news back in two thousand and one ross made the explosive claim that saddam hussein may have been responsible for anthrax attacks in the u.s. citing only anonymous sources the white house personally shot down that story and what they refer to as concocted claims one news agency describe ross as quote having produced more high level haphazard reporting than perhaps any other reporter on. television although to be fair he's far from alone when it comes to reporting especially when it comes to stories on russia. will disputed that he ever assured the president that he was not under any kind of investigation. the march the thirtieth and again i. told him we're not investigating personally that was true. corrections clarifications and apologies are all well and good but more often than not once the fake story is out of the bag the retraction does little to put it back in. south korea the united states have been conducting their largest ever joint aerial drills according to officials in seoul th

a.b.c. affiliate i think he says it's currently a little more than fifty percent turnout across the state double the expectation for john and that's pretty amazing to all of this could be good news for doug jones a democrat but it all depends on how about rural to another rule whites hard call. or would rather kill themselves with democrat china is in comparison to the sort of turned up we're seeing in the areas more affluent areas where the democrat is expected to do well to still good for the objects the bad stuff for the germans according to those exit polls which i'm going to talk about even though we will treat them so skeptically now. he just hasn't done it he hasn't got the african-american vote what he really wanted was college educated white people to switch to him but according to exit polls he hasn't got an exit poll say a whole college graduates he's only had by seventy points and then when we now look through ethnicity here in alabama very important fifty nine percent of white college graduates of voting for judge all right but then we were talking about whites women call the graduates kaley we were told they're up in arms about the allegations of sex the propriety