reward his cronies and retaliate against his enemies and i think that's what you see here. >> adam goldman, take us through what you and your colleagues are reporting and take us through what some of the concerns were about jared kushner in the background clearance investigation process. >> well, early on when jared was struggling to get his security clearance, when they had botched two fs-86s, the security forms they fill out, we started hearing rumblings about other concerns, classified concerns, concerns about his contacts with the saudis, israelis and russians. and emirates. so we kept digging and digging. in ultimately may 2018 kushner's lawyer, abbe lowell, gets out there and says, hey, everything is fine, just hunky dory. we didn't buy that for a minute. we continued to report. probably a few weeks ago maggie haberman, the force that she is, got a -- got a tip that the president ordered these clearances. and then we had a chance to interview trump. the story wasn't fully baked but we conferred and we thought why not ask trump the question. let's just put it to him. it wasn't a gotch

by new yorkiewed times reporter adam goldman. >> i spent a lot of time thinking about the decisions weade and the reasons behind those decisions, and how we thought about those decisions at the time. i tried to be honest in my reassessment, did we get it right or not? jim'sggest issues, announcement in july about our conclusion of the case in a public way that departed from president. and jim's decision to notify congress in october about the reopening of the case because of the emails on anthony weiner's laptop. in retrospect, i

e he is interviewed by new york times reporter adam goldman. >> i spend a lot of time thinking about the decisions and the reason and how we thought about those issues at the time and with the benefit of hindsight, i tried to be honest in my own reassessment of did we get it right or did we not? the biggest issues there are jim's announcement, jim comey's announcement in july about our conclusion of the case, in a public way that departed from jim's decision in october to notify congress about the reopening of the case because the emails on the anthony weiner laptop. i agreed with jim's decision to announce the cases we did in july. in retrospect, i think that we probably got that wrong. >> watch book tv this weekend on c-span2. and the acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney is seapac. at we will ring that to you live. some of the conference from earlier today before that. >> good morning, cpac. thank you so much for inviting me to spain. movie,alism were a socialism would be friday the 13th. because it seems to always stock college coeds who all think that the death and vio

by new yorkiewed times reporter adam goldman. >> i spent a lot of time thinking about the decisions we made and the reasons behind those decisions, and how we thought about those decisions at the time. i tried to be honest in my reassessment, did we get it right or not? jim'sggest issues, announcement in july about our conclusion of the case in a public way that departed from president. and jim's decision to notify congress in october about the reopening of the case because of the emails on anthony weiner's laptop. think we got, i that wrong. >> watch book tv this weekend on c-span2. joining us from lincoln, nebraska on our newsmakers program is governor pete ricketts. joining us in the questioning in washington is daniel strauss, he covers politics for politico. and reid wilson. in light of amazon pulling out of new york as part of the hq to headquarters, google is looking to set up a research facility in nebraska. what is the lessons from your state? gov. ricketts: when we talk to companies, one of the biggest challenges is making sure they have the right workforce. that is one thing

he is interviewed by "new york times" reporter adam goldman. >> i did think about the decisions we made and the reasons behind those decisions and how we thought about them at the time. with the benefit of hindsight, i try to be honest in the sense of did we get it right or did we not. the biggest issues are of course, jim comey's announcements in july about our conclusion of the case in a very public way that departed from president, and of course, jim's decision in october to notify congress about the reopening of the case because of the emails on the wiener laptop. i agreed with jim's decision to announce the case as we did in july. in retrospect, i think that would probably got that wrong. announcer: stephen recker is the creator of the book "rare images of antietam and the photographers who took them." next, stephen recker talks about how he became interested in collecting photographs of the antietam battlefield and shares pictures of some of the rare and previously unseen images he discovered. he also discusses what he learned about the battle of antietam and its aftermath from st

book, the threat, how the fbi protects america in the age of terror and trump, interviewed by adam goldman. >> i did spend a lot of time thinking about the decisions we made. and the reasons behind those decisions and how we thought about those issues at the time and with the benefit of hindsight i tried to be honest in my reassessment of did we get it right or not. the biggest issues are jim's announcement in july about our conclusion of the case and a very public way that departed from precedent and then jim's decision in october to notify congress about the case because of the females on the weiner laptop. think wepect i probably got that wrong. >> watch book tv this weekend on c-span 2. cohen,ednesday, michael president trump's former lawyer, testified about investigations related to the 2016 presidential campaign and the president's financial disclosures. here is mr. cohen's opening statements followed by highlights from the hearing. : thank you for inviting me here today. i asked this committee to

by "new yorkewed times" reporter adam goldman. >> i spent a lot of time thinking about the decisions we made in the reasons behind them. how we thought about those issues at the time and with the benefit of hindsight, i tried to be honest in my own reassessment of did we get it right or did we not? the biggest issues are the jimuncement in july by comey about the conclusion of the case in a public way that departed from precedent. incourse, jim's decision october to notify congress about the reopening of the case because of the emails on the laptop. thery much agreed with decision to announce the case as we did in july. in retrospect, i think we probably got that wrong. >> watch book tv this weekend on c-span2. c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television company. today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington dc and around the country. yourn is brought to you by cable and satellite provider. next, on american history tv, l

he is interviewed by "new york times" reporter adam goldman. >> i did think about the decisions we made and the reasons behind those decisions and how we thought about them at the time. with the benefit of hindsight, i try to be honest in the sense of did we get it right or did we not. the biggest issues are of course, jim comey's announcements in july about our conclusion of the case in a very public way that departed from president, and of course, jim's decision in october to notify congress about the reopening of the case because of the emails on the wiener laptop. i agreed with jim's decision to announce the case as we did in july. in retrospect, i think that would probably got that wrong. announcer: stephen recker is the creator of the book "rare images of antietam and the photographers who took them." next, stephen recker talks about how he became interested in collecting photographs of the antietam battlefield and shares pictures of some of the rare and previously unseen images he discovered. he also discusses what he learned about the battle of antietam and its aftermath from st

he is interviewed by adam goldman. >> i did spend a lot of time thinking about the decisions and theeasons behind those decisions. how we thought about those issues at the time and with the benefit of hindsight i tried to be honest in our own assessment of did we get it right or not? the big issue there is the announcement, jim comey's announcement in july about the conclusion of the case in a very public way that departed from precedent and of course, jim's decision in october to notify congress about the reopening of the case because of the email on the laptop. i very much agree with the decision to announce the case as we did in july. in retrospect, i think that we probably got that wrong. >> watch book tv this weekend on c-span2. >>> sunday night on c-span's q&a. army veteran irene rivers on her book beyond the call about three women who went beyond their regular duties to help women in afghanistan and further the mission. >> one experience she shared with me is there was a time when she felt like there were men who tried to break her and see if she could actually hack it. so the

he is interviewed by adam goldman. >> i spent a lot of time thinking about the decisions we made and reasons behind them, and how we talked about those issues. with the benefit of hindsight, i tried to be honest in my reassessment of did we get it right or not. the two biggest issues are jim comey's announcement in july about our conclusion of the case in a public way that departed from president, and jim's decision to notify congress about the reopening of the case, because the emails on the laptop. i agreed with his decision to announce the case as we did in july, in retrospect, i think we got that wrong. >> watch book tv this weekend on c-span two. morning, american history tv has all-day coverage of the american civil war museum annual symposium from the library of virginia in richmond. starting at 9:30 a.m. featured speakers will include john meacham discussing america then and now. on southerneir unionist. looks at shively military history. war studiesh civil professor paul quigley questions why the war took place. followed by closing remarks by the board president of the ameri

andrew mccabe talks about "the threat," and he is interviewed by "new york times" reporter adam goldmancabe: i did think about how we thought about it at the time and with the benefit of hindsight, i tried to be honest in my own reassessment of, did we get it right, or did we not. it was a very public case that departed from precedent. and to notify congress about the reopening of the case about the emails on the lunar laptop. i very much agree with jim's decision to announce the case, as we get int in july. in retrospect, i think i probably got that wrong. onwatch "after words" c-span2. journal" "washington continues. host: we are back with politico's steven shepard, who wrote about election do overs. since then, we have had a new election called in north carolina. is this an unprecedented act? guest: it is not unprecedented, but that's been a long time, almost for a years since we had calledtion do over al for. in 1974, watergate, richard nixon, a pretty crazy time in politics, we actually had two election do overs because the louisiana, there was a concern about voting machines. a vo

that overlap is, it is interesting to see, today, as we learned about this new hire from adam schiff, daniel goldman, with this history of fighting russian organized crime that is a very clear message that we're seeing there from house intel. >> you think? it's very -- it's very clear. this is somebody who has prosecuted russians, who has prosecuted the jegevisi crime family. adam schiff is going in a certain direction. it's very clear that he sees and he has said it, parallels between the trump family and the mob and that, of course, russia is at the center of this investigation. so as he staffs up, the white house takes a look at this and says, you know, you're just out to get us and we know which direction you're headed. >> and what's interesting, too, is we're seeing all of this movement in the just the last 24 hours, it's also yet another clear indication that democrats are not waiting on robert mueller. >> no. i think -- honestly, erica, they'd like to see robert mueller like today, but they're not going to, or maybe, and so they've decided they can't wait. they have to continue to sort of mov

this comes as house intelligence committee chairman adam schif announced daniel goldman as his new hire director of investigations. gold mand is a former assistant attorney in the district of new york me worked as legal analyst for msnbc where he made comments like these about the president and the mueller witch hunt. >> right now giuliani and mr. trump have the stratosphere to themselves. at some point before we get to impeachment, we're going to learn that everything that bob mueller knows. it's a one-sided argument right now but i guarantee you if and when we get to impeachment it will no longer be one-sided. it will be strong and per sways i anpersuasiveand damning. lou: another mind expwroing in the political persecution of the president and his administration. joining us tonight is harmeet dhillon, republican congresswoman for the great state of california. great to have you here. does that make your blood boil to know that the chairman of the intel committee just hired that partisan activist? >> on a political level, lou, it doesn't surprise me at all. it's par for the course. an

house intel chairman adam schiff has hired daniel goldman, a former u.s. attorney in the southern district of new york who is well versed in russian organized crime to spearhead the committee's investigation. we have elliott williams with us. he is a former deputy assistant ag at the doj and former counsel to the senate judiciary committee and cnn political correspondent sara murray with us as well. what does this hire signal to you, elliott? >> i know dan. that is a top prosecutor and a great lawyer with a long history of building investigations. so it's clear this is not just some partisan hit job, daniel is not a hack or anything like that, is that they want to get to the truth. if the public can believe that these investigations are a quest for truth and not a partisan hit job, then they'll succeed. >> his background in russian organized crime, why is that significant to note? >> because it's very hard to get information out of foreign countries. it's very hard -- investigations are hard to build as a general matter. russia is a particularly thorny pla

let's look at, for example, lying adam shipp as he hired daniel goldman to lead the witch hunt. goldman was caught promoting what isho now the debunked field dossier. even the author of the dirty dossier, he doesn't stand by his own. michael cohen and two hookers in donald trump's bed. now former u.s. attorney is encouraging every one of these witnesses,no some 80 plus willnesses just to start to go in and plead the fifth. why would anybody want to be a part of the circuit -- circus and what's a part of a perjury trap? even david axelrod gets it. former new york city mayor. they are warning democrats they are headed down a dangerous path and clearly abusing their power. axelrod warning guess what? it looks like a witch hunt. bloomberg warning the left is not going to end well for the democrats. the democrats are now literally grasping at straws unhedged and motivated by aiding trump every second, minute, and hour of every day just like their friends in the media mob. trump russia collusion based on a lie. how ironic. that's why the mainstream media constantly pivot. that story i

. >> also new tonight, laura, adam schiff is hiring a man named daniel goldman to lead the house intelligencebe into trump, and his resume is perhaps very significant. assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york for ten years. he was the deputy chief of the district's organized crime unit. he has a record of fighting russian organized crime in particular, racketeering, gambling, and money laundering, and he's won convictions against the acting boss of the genovese crime family. should trump be worried about goldman leading this? >> absolutely. and really, it's not so much the russian connection, although that does add a different level of intrigue to the fact that adam schiff and members of the committee are probably looking at this in a similar way to the way the mafia operates. and precisely because the testimony of michael cohen that also corroborates that, the idea that a lot of this case will be built, if any, against the president of the united states and the investigation based not on direct statements or orders but a lot of innuendo and the assumption of what one wan

president's finances and foreign connections and today the committee chairman adam schiff announced several new hires including daniel goldman, a veteran prosecutor with experience fighting russian organized crime will lead the investigation of the trump administration to democrats are doing what they promised to do if they won back the house in the midterms, going full throttle on investigating all aspects of the trump presidency. >> thank you very much, two big stories out of dc tonight. democratic congresswoman alexandria ocasio cortez facing allegations that could land her in serious legal trouble. fox news caught up with her and asked the congresswoman about complaints filed by conservative watchdog the claim she and her she to 5 chief of staff violated campaign-finance law. >> would you comment on the sec violation? >> there is no violation. >> is that a sign of you taking dark money? >> know, no. shannon: let's bring in the chief counsel the house judiciary committee, white house correspondent for the daily caller and the heritage foundation, a former member of the federal election commission, i will start with you. w

. >> adam schiff hired a prosecutor, a guy by the name dan goldman.y do you call him a friend you worked with him, supervised him and he sent me this article about how mobs are investigating and how it could translate to him asking the trump organization. what does the hiring of dan goldman tell you? >> he is look at this as a political question and criminal-type issue. you have an organized unit. it can be a political ent enterprize. the trial that we did together and at first i thought he will be doing something a lot different now. certainly he will not be looking at murders or violence. you're going to have to flip people and penetrate this sort of closed secret of networks. i think it will be very well. >> and it is traditionally organizesed crime if. >> i has been youed in public corporation. >> who use it it? >> giuliani and me p. >>> so general motors shuttering protection at the first of four plants it will close in north america. this is in ohio, the center of employment for this town. what does it mean for all oaf those workers next. hi, i'

president's finances and foreign connections, today the committee chairman, adam schiff, announced several new hires, including daniel goldman, a veteran prosecutor with experience fighting russian organized crime, to lead his investigation of the trump administration. democrats are now doing exactly what they promised to do if they won back the house, going full throttle on investigating all aspects of the trump presidency. shannon? >> shannon: kristin fisher, thank you so much. two big stories out of d.c. tonight, let's break them down. democratic congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez facing allegations that could land her in serious legal trouble. fox news caught up with her today and ask asked the congren about a complaint filed by a conservative watchdog that claims she and her chief of staff violated campaign finance law. >> do you have a comment on the fec violations filed against your office? >> there is no violation. >> do you think that is a sign of you taking dark money? >> oh, no, no. >> let's bring in the former chief counsel for the house judiciary committee, julian epstein. white house correspond it for the c

just today, we learned that shifty adam schiff, former msnbc legal analyst, collusion conspiracy theorist at daniel goldmanead this witch hunt against the president. forget the mueller report, that's not working out the way we want, we will rewrite it. as "the daily caller" point out, he's already been caught asserting faceless russia hysteria.se look at the screen. promoting the phony dossier, the debunked dossier, even debunked by michael cohen, who never went to prague. and there were no hookers urinating in donald trump's bed in moscow. they weren't there. endless fishing expeditions have nothing to do with the truth, everything to do with making every working day a public trial against the president. look at this, even david axelrod has more sense than this. former chief strategist forag obama agreeing, writing on t twitter that the democrats wide-ranging investigations to easily play into the witch hunt meme. look at that, he's right. and that's because the democrats are engaging in a witch hunt. here with reaction as we now are looking at two very distinct paths for the future. fox news contributor

point about the capability of the democrats, the process, adam schiff, chairman of the intelligence committee, announcing he's now hired daniel goldman, former prosecutor in the southern district of new york, has a history of prosecuting organized crime cases to help with their investigation. that is one of the legitimate questions, how will the democrats staff up for this? >> i think this is a really important point. one of the questions you just raised, does anyone here know how to play this game anymore? the staff on capitol hill has been hollowed out over the years. there hasn't been good oversight. there's been some instances of t but if you remember when henry waxman and people like that, they would have a big line-up of attorneys with real experience to conduct these things. i think that's probably reflective of a realization we don't have the staff that we need. we need to go find them. that's probably a big important milestone here. let's get some real prosecutorial experience here so we know what we're doing, not just a bunch of political back and forth. >> i think part of this, too, we don't yet know what the mueller repor

goldman's whe wheelhouse. this is what he investigates when he was an assistant u.s. attorney in the southern district of new york. adams, he is concerned about where president trump's ultimate loyalties lie. is he someone who is so fixated on trying to make money in russia that he put his commercial interests ahead of the national interests? these former prosecutors seem like the right people to try to find that out, at least that's what they're going to try to do. we will see how far they get. >> it's an impressive staff. the new people that are coming in, backed up by all the other staffers who are investigating. >> yeah. clearly, the mueller team has got the right people in place from the beginning. the question to jeffrey's point is whether or not they will ultimately find something that unravels the whole case, so to speak, or if mostly what we find out from the mueller report ultimately is along the lines of some of the stuff that we already know. >> what do you think? >> just to the question of the president's business interests, because this has been his red line, i think that's why this conversation of the ne

adam schiff is tapping federal prosecutor from the southern district of new york daniel goldman to leadinto possible collusion between the trump campaign and russia. goldman a former nbc news legal analyst served as deputy chief of the southern district organized crime unit, taking down dozens of defendants in racketeering and fraud cases against individuals with organized crime. two other federal prosecutors will join goldman on the staff. >> it's interesting, i was wondering where he had gone, especially in light of the indictments coming down the pipeline. >> he was working so hard, i thought he was taking a vacation. >> literally, two weeks ago, amid all this roger stone stuff, now we know. speaking, once again of roger stone, he is in hot water as a result of a publication of one of his books. judge amy berman jackson ordered stone yesterday to explain why he thinks the new introduction in the book does not violate her strict gag order preventing him of making public statements about the trial. in the re-he lease of his book the myth of russian collusion, he writes that he now find

adam schiff's intelligence committee is stepping up its investigation hiring among others former federal prosecutor daniel goldman who has overseen prosecutions of russian organized crime networks. maxine walters is probing how deutsche bank loaned money to him and they are demanding documents in jared kushner's security clearance after the report trump overruled top officials and ordered them to give kushner a top-secret clearance despite the misgivings of intelligence agencies. the white house is refusing to hand over those documents but ultimately it may have no choice. democrats have the power of subpoena. then there's trump's tax returns. the one he would love to release if only that pesky audit would finally end. >> as i've told you, they're under audit, they have been for a long time. they're extremely complex. nobody would understand them. nobody turns over a return when it's under audit. >> the president really does seem opposed to releasing his tax returns. today "the washington post" reports democrats are seeking ten years of those returns in the coming weeks. trump is clearly feeling besieged. after m

and on the congressional front today, adam schiff announcing he has hired veteran russian mob prosecutor, see a theme emerging, folks, daniel goldman, to run the house intel investigation into the president. it's in the context of this devastating legal peril that the president appears to be spiraling into meltdown mode, tweeting, "presidential harassment in his outside voice as a refrain in publicly attacking the numerous investigations into his conduct that are now encircling the white house, his family, his businesses, and his closest allies." >> the witch hunt continues. the fact is that i guess we got 81 letters. there was no collusion. there was a hoax. there was no anything. and they want to do that instead of getting legislation passed. 81 people or organizations got letters. it's a disgrace. it's a disgrace to our country. >> and that's where we start today with some of our favorite reporters and friends. frank figliuzzi, former assistant director for counterintelligence at the fbi is back. elliot williams. former deputy assistant attorney general joins us. elliot, we should also add, now does work for an organization advo

chairman of the house intelligence committee adam schiff announcing he's hired a veteran prosecutor with experience in going after russian organized crime. daniel goldman worked as a attorney for the southern district of new york, jeffrey toobin is here, so who is daniel goldman and why is he seen as the right person for hire in this role? >> he was a decade long prosecutor in the southern district of new york, the distinguished u.s. attorney's office here in manhattan and he had a specialty in organized crime but specifically he supervised and tried himself cases involving russian organized crime. so the way the congressional committees are dividing up the investigations is the schiffs intelligence committee is really dealing with russia. all of the preelection stuff either dealing with the issue of collusion and the trump tower/moscow, that's all under his pursue so you want someone that knows something about russia. >> that gives us a sense into his play book, obviously. it also is yet another signal that democrats are not waiting for mueller. >> and yesterday we saw the house judiciary committee ask 81 people and entities for both documents and tes

goldman sachs is in there. it is savvy and it is kind of thing that will probably get the most recognition, instant recognition from consumers, oh, that sounds like a good idea. connell: adam, dealer's choice, to wrap it up, pick up on that or tell us what stood out the most about all of the announcements? >> first journalists, apple news plus announcement is potentially the most significant thing that happened in our industry since facebook and google started destroying it. this is not a slam-dunk by the way. "the new york times" did not go in. "the wall street journal" is in. a whole bunch of other publications but apple will be offering magazines in particular and quite a handful of newspapers opportunity to make money through the apple app which is new and exciting. connell: magazine industry, adam, you know a lot about, what does it do for the industry? obviously hard times for a long, long time. >> they didn't talk about this because this is the way they do things. they bought a company called texture which was joint venture of all major magazine companies. all important american and other magazines are in this joint venture which apple just bought. they will throw i

adam, do you think this is change the look of apple as a media company now. not just a hard word for gadget company is changed. >> well, changing and signaling aspirations to change. goldmand this on the head. even if apple adds billions of dollars in the next few years, several billions of dollars with these new services, you will move the needle for a company that makes hundreds of billions of dollars off of its iphone's. i believe they are signaling where they want to go, but they aren't anywhere near there yet. neil: thank you very, very much. you're still seeing a very angry rahm emmanuel and the police chief allover the dropping of all the major charges considering -- concerning jussie smollett. from top to bottom this is not on the level. it is saying it a miscarriage of justice. this is not something we should be proud of, going on to say the decision to drop all charges against the actor represents a light wash of justice. stay with us. i wanted more from my copd medicine... ...that's why i've got the power of 1-2-3 medicines with trelegy. the only fda-approved 3-in-1 copd treatment. ♪ trelegy. the power of 1-2-3 ♪ trelegy 1-2-3 trelegy with trelegy and the power