asha rangappa and jim schultz. let's deal with the last question first. asha, this is too far back.ess you have clear proof of some type of contagion, this is huff and puff. what do you say? >> well, it is relevant to the broader picture, which is that we have someone sitting in the oval office who has immense power, particularly to shape foreign policy. so if that person might be beholden or have things in their past that could be used by foreign actors to coerce or persuade them to behave in certain ways, then that individual, the president of the united states, is actually unable to uphold their oath of office. so even if it's not criminal, it is from a national security perspective a legitimate concern and i think that is what the white house intelligence committee is looking to uncover. >> jim, young it's worth looking, because of the plaguing two questions we have? one, why do people around the president, including the president keep lying about russia? and two, why is he so nice to putin? >> well, there have been a lot of promises and a lot of democrats that got elected had a

i mean i really think i agree with asha that his ace in the hole here is a pardon. and i think he's not going to enhance his chances of getting one if, you know, he slips up and says something compromising to the president. to the point asha made about the special counsel really having the goods on him, the things he's charged with, many of them don't require the kwacorroborat of other witnesses. he testified to the congressional committee and it was patently false. and it wasn't just one or two things, and it's not going to amount to defense of faulty memory. they really had the goods on him. and by the way, i'm not sure that the mueller team would want to make a deal with him. what is he going to give them? the likelihood of his being a credible useful witness i think is pretty darn low. so i don't really see that. but you never know. >> okay. shimon, the prosecutor who spoke in court today is with the u.s. attorney's office. not part of mueller's team. >> that's right. >> significant? >> i think it is, don. and certainly i've been making this point, you know, sev

i mean, i think asha and joe are absolutely right.e political aspect here for barr is really dangerous. i don't see how he's at least not going to be facing a huge subpoena from congress right away. they're going to try to haul robert mueller up to the hill right away to press him on exactly what he said in that report. whether he'll answer, whether he'll come voluntarily, whether the justice department will try to block it, i think all of this is going to get litigated to the highest levels, probably up to the supreme court. i think we're going to now be in the next tranche of this. we've been in the investigative tranche for a long time and i think the next step here is the congressional fights and all of the battles on capitol hill. but the regulations, i mean, they just give him so much authority. and i think it's part of the reason that you see even republicans like senator chuck grassley coming together in a bipartisan fashion with senator coons to say, wait a minute, the regulations here actually don't say that he's supposed to

let's bring in now shimon prokupecz, asha rangapa, jack quinn and harry lippman. friday is when we relaxed. used to. not anymore. let's talk about roger stone in court today. the judge considering a gag order, telling him this is criminal proceeding not a public relations campaign. his media appearance has caught the judge's attention, and he's not going to like that because he likes the attention and likes going on tv a lot. >> he's also using the attention and media appearances to try and raise money for his defense. he was on fox news, he did infowars right after the court appearance, which is what he's normally doing. he keeps doing it because he needs the money. he has taken a different tone, perhaps, in some of his public remarks right now. but certainly this judge like you said, don, is no nonsense. she's already instituted gag orders in other parts of this investigation. paul manafort she sentenced to jail after he violated conditions of his release. so she is no nonsense. and if roger stone plays around too much here, he's going to be sent to jail. and if

julia is here, asha rangappa.nt denies accusations but "the new york times" describes his behavior as a more sustained and secretive assault by president trump on the machinery of federal law enforcement than previously known. but does it amount to obstruction of justice? >> it certainly looks like it. i mean from the reporting it's certainly that he tried to at least undermine the law enforcement efforts that were investigating a variety of actions either by trump or the russians because they're different, the new york case versus the mueller case. i will say, though, this focus on obstruction of justice, we can't forget that obstruction of justice is really a substantive matter. and he tells that in his book when donald trump rejects the intelligence assessment and said i believe putin when it came to north korea. in light of the concern that the president is -- you know, believes in putin, lies about his meetings with putin, doesn't let staff in with his meetings with putin, lies about the trump tower, you know

as well asjohnson thompson — britain's laura muir, asha philip, richard kilty and andrew pozzi will alling titles at the european indoors... follow the action from 9.30 tomorrow morning on bbc two. now it's always a captivating event to follow. the bobsleigh world championships begin in canada tomorrow. and there will be added pressure for the british teams, knowing they're likely to need a medal if they re to secure funding for the next winter olympics in 2022. nick hope has been to meet the gb's men. the british bobsleigh for man team believed they were genuine 0lympic medal contenders but they were left devastated after finishing 17th and 18th which led to the funding being com pletely 18th which led to the funding being completely axed. jung chang was difficult, my most difficult one so farand i'm difficult, my most difficult one so far and i'm not one to shed a tear over sport that hurt. i am not sure what happened but i went back to the olympic games now i think i would do a betterjob. we ran out of gas after a successful season. we are keen to climb up that leaderboard because we

here to discuss all of this, asha rangappa. asha, thank you for joining us here. that all happened in just 72 hours, 72 hours after comey's firing. nearly two years later, you almost forget just how shocking all of it was. >> absolutely. i think we've become so numb to it. but, don, you know, the day that comey was fired, my phone flew up from former colleagues and people who i still knew who were in the fbi. i remember one of them saying i am gobsmacked. so i think we do need to retransport ourselves, as different as it may be to that mind-set of how shocking that was for a president to do that to a sitting fbi director. >> this was also just a few months into the trump presidency. if this sequence of events were to happen now, do you think that it would be handled differently? >> well, you know, at this point, we're kind of inured, as i said, to some of the crazy, frankly. but i think that when we look at -- i think you're asking about the opening of the investigation on the president, the counterintelligence and the obstruction of justice investigation. and i t

sprinter asha philip and hurdler andrew pozzi will all be defending their titles from belgrade in 2017ill retire from one—day internationals after this summer's world cup to concentrate on t20 cricket. england wing chris ashton is out of his side's six nations match with wales this weekend with a calf strain. he started their win over france last time out. and finn russell is a doubt for scotland against france. he went off with a knock to the head playing for racing in the top 14 today. and how about this for talent running in the family. america's nelly korda added another chapter in the long list of family achievments. she won the women's australian open. with a final round of 67 to finish i7—under par and claim her second lpga title. now, korda's sisterjessica won the same tournament seven years ago, while their father petr won the australian open tennis title in 1998 and her brother sebastian won the boys' singles title in melbourne last year. nelly‘s sisterjessica tweeted this picture earlier of the four of them celebrating their respective wins doing the same celebratoryjump! am

final seconds now, asha thomas from oakland. the layup is good at the buzzer.etty the shot is. this is her only basket of the game and it wins it at the buzzer for cal. did you know the super bowl is this sunday. patriots 2 1/2 favorite to beat the rams and the bay area well- respected in this one. you know jared goff. anderson played at cal. tom brady played in san mateo. he will go for his 6thring and throwing to julian edelman. >> being from northern california you follow those guys, and watch cj for a while. jared, marcus, norcal is represented well. i know jared a little bit. we have mutual friends. >> this may be the best story of the night. prior to the phoenix open amy whhas the 16th hole. >> okay. i got this. you got it. yeah. >> let's do it. >> outstanding. >> good night. [phone ringing] remember the way we used to do things? hey man... like connect with friends? dig it! or get in shape? or sell a house and pay a real estate agent a big commission. [crash] at redfin, we charge you a 1% listing fee. and because redfin.com is america's #1 brokerage site

asha, thanks for coming on this friday. was that a threat? >> he doesn't have authority over this.onsider it a threat. it's a misinformed opinion. the special counsel regulations lay out the grounds for terminating especially counsel. there are five. misconduct, dereliction of duty, incapacity, conflict of interest, and a general other good cause. so, you know, the question is would the new attorney general actually sign his name to any of those reasons for firing robert mueller who he's even said in public hearing that he respects him and his work very much. so i think the other piece here is this misconception that somehow mueller leaving makes the investigations go away. it doesn't. he's overseeing active investigations. if he were to be fired his investigations would be transferred back to the department of justice and then, as we know, there are other ongoing investigations in, say, the southern district of new york that would continue on as well. i think he needs to learn more about how the department of justice operates. >> we hope he's listening. on another topic, you're a

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joining me now is former special agent and legal analyst asha.t does this tell you about not only manafort's fate, but where the special council is in its investigation? >> we know that manafort was a major prosecution for mueller and that part is clearly coming to a close. and i think that it kind of signals that he's wrapping up his investigation, which doesn't mean that everything is over. he could have formed some other leads out to other offices. as far as this memo itself, this kind of sums up all these charges that he was facing in the district of virginia and also this d.c. and ity that it reflects the fact that manafort has every step made things worse for himself. so not only did he commit these crimes, he then committed r more kroo crimes by trying to obstruct justice. then he lied to mueller and his team when he decided to plead guilty, which made things worse. he's looking at a very long prison sentence. >> i don't think we have to guess how the special council feels about the way paul manafort conducted himself over the course of th

. >> coming up next, breaking newses from south east asha talks with the president trump and kim 81 un1 unended. >> flooding in son opa county. we're no longer asking people the evacuate. >>> kim young unhas left the summit. >> we are expecting a news conference with president trump any moment now. here's what we can tell you. they are in hanoi to discuss denuclearizing north korea. the talks appeared to be going well. they expressed optimism they would reach an agreement. >> now it appears the talks have collapsed and

asha: in the past referred him say things like this before.this case an annualized rate. i think whether or not -- i think in general this focus on production, traditional analyst and institutional investors put way too much focus on it. our point of view on tesla is it is some autonomous electric vehicle company. this is a long-term story we care about. in talking about production and hitting these specific targets they are off by a month or two, , that will not change the long-term thesis. emily: the general counsel leaving after just two months. jonathan chang is taking over after musk surprised investors saying the cfo will be leaving. what exactly happened here? greg we do not know much besides : this vague reference to it being a poor cultural fit. at this that is reminiscent of point something we heard from some of the many executives that departed last year. one executive who comes to mind is just and back in here -- caneer, who joined the company from seagate and was supposed to be the chief accounting officer and left a couple months

asha safai, who has made sure that we never forget about the needs of our moderate and middle-income families. whether it comes to open space or affordable housing policies. and catherine stephanie, the first as you already heard, is the first and the loudest to ensure that our children are safe from gun violence. and walton, who is coming from a youth work development organization but who even before that as one of his first jobs after graduating college was already serving children and families with his work at the boys and girls club. colleagues, i believe that my job as your board president is to help amplify your work, to help to bridge differences and misunderstandings when needed. and to help each one of my fellow public servants to be the most effective leader for your district and together for our entire city. i want to thank all of the workers out there who have built and continue to build our city. you will make san francisco what it is and you are not appreciated enough. i also want to thank all of my community leaders i have worked with and learned from. i want to thank

---in the final seconds-- cal's last chance.......asha thomas coming through clutch, flips in the game winner. that does it for cal. golden bears with an 81-80 upset over ....8th ranked stanford. finally, our super bowl coverage continues both the rams and patriots in their last few practice sessions before sunday. --mercedes benz stadium in atlanta is ready to go... and so are both teams. --starting with the patriots, fun tom brady fact for the day... he's entering his 9th super bowl, which singlehandedly is more than the 31-other teams in the league.. --and we've talked about how he and jared goff are both from the bay area... and there are some other connections, julian edelman...woodside alum. cj anderson from vallejo.. and oakland's own, rams cornerback marcus peters. "we're going to do our job. we're going to attack our game plan. we're just going to go out there and execute. can't do nothing about what it's going to be. it's going to be what it's going to be. it's a new year. it's a new team. so, it's going to be different.""playing in this game, you ha

jamaica's olympic 100 and 200 metres champion elaine thompson narrowly held off britain's asha philipver 4 metres 81 to take the win. there was a world record for ethiopian teenager samuel tefera in the men's 1500 metres. he beat the mark set by hicham el—guerrouj back in 1997. england assistant coach paul farbrace is to leave his position at the end of their tour of west indies to become the sport director of warwickshire. farbrace will take up the position in county cricket in march, meaning he won't be part of england's coaching team for the world cup and ashes series this year. he will succeed ashley giles, who left edgbaston to become managing director of england men's cricket last month. sri lanka have pulled off a remarkable victory in the first test against south africa in durban. sri lanka started the day on 83—3 chasing a target of 304 to win, which looked unlikely when they slumped to 226—9. kusal perera then played the innings of his life, clearing the boundary five times on the way to an unbeaten 153. fittingly he won the match with a four, with last man vishwa fernando h

sprinter asha philip and hurdler andrew pozzi will all be defending their titles from belgrade in 2017ead after his first run in 0ra, sweden. but he clocked the third—quickest time of the second run, moving him up 11 places and ending up just over a second behind austrian marcel hirscher. america's nelly korda added another chapter to her family's incredible sporting success story with victory in the women's australian open. korda carded a final round of 67 to finish 17—under par, two shots clear of korea'sjin young ko, to claim her second lpga title. she's the latest in her family to win an aussie open of some kind. korda's sisterjessica won the same tournament seven years ago, while their father petr won the australian open tennis title in 1998 and her brother sebastian won the boys' singles title in melbourne last year. jessica korda tweeted this picture earlier of the four of them celebrating their respective wins doing the same celebratoryjump! amazing success in that family. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.

holly bradshaw took gold in the pole vault, naomi 0gbeta won the triple jump and asha philips won theut on an olympic medal at rio. she's recently come back from a serious achilles injury which left her unable to walk. johnson—thompson, who's also competing in the long jump tomorrow, ran a season's best time of 8.27. gabriela ade—0nojobi finished third with a new lifetime best. the time off make me really realise that this bargaining so much to me. the opportunity to run is such a blessing. i'm tremendously happy to be here. it's amazing, honestly. i didn't think i could do that day because it is just so difficult. so but i am trying really hard so i'm glad to be back. its a year to the day since the crash that ended the olympic dream of gb snowboarder katie 0rmerod and she s has marked the anniversary by returning to the slopes performing freestyle tricks of the first time. 0ur 0lympic reporter nick hope was there to meet her. while her british team—mate celebrated a record hall of winter 0lympic medals and pyeongchang, she was in hospital with a broken heel and wrist. i qualified fo

ashas now displaced france the world's sixth largest economy.hat is notable is data from the world bank. france did not shrink. growth andy anemic france. india is growing at 7.2%. terms of the promise of indian growth, that is where it lies. that has been around for a long time. many companies are focused there. one of them has been walmart. walmart is another. regulate the karma's willcommerce companies affect amazon and walmart. they are the behemoths in that market and you are already seeing products disappearing from the online shells there. >> it was one of the more negative aspects of the earnings call. have trimmedsts their price targets for amazon. in the longer term, analysts are bullish on amazon. we are seeing slowing growth trajectories for the cloud computing aws division. also prime subscriptions as well. >> it was a busy week for oil earnings. wall street was impressed. exxon and chevron had positive reports this morning before the bell. they both had better fourth-quarter profits. these companies keep giving more and more cash b

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