welcome senator burr. senator burr: thank you very much and i jump on the opportunity to talk for 15 or 20 minutes without mentioning russia. it seems to be all-consuming but it also demonstrates the things we think are in our rearview mirror all of a sudden reappear right in front of us. that's how we have to put in perspective the need for an investment in the right leadership in biodefense. we have new adversaries every day that enter the game. they look for the fastest, cheapest, most effective way too produce a threat. i'm going to also remind you that a lot of that comes naturally. as i walked over here, though and listened to your description of accomplishment, it proves to me what you can do on the hill if you've got good staff. but i also reflected back to 16 years ago. and ask myself how many staff members on the hill today were here then? probably less than 20% of the staff. so it made me understand that re-authorization is not an automatic process for the staff members that are serving many mem

i think that gets to senator burr's point. there's going to be a debate not only in this room but in congress in terms of how broadly do you open up pahpa and what goes in there and does influenza go in there? do other public health threat goes there? and i suspect that there will be quite a bit of conversation about how broad to make the jurisdiction of pahpa and project bioshield. but i don't know if there are comments that any panelists want to make. >> i'll make a comment on that. i think that's a really important question. not to negate all the various public health threats and all the eamericanning infect shuzz diseases around -- infectious diseases around the world and models to approach how the world prepares for those in response to those threats. at the same time, i think it's critically important to understand the purpose of the creation of project bioshield and pahpa and to prepare our country for these bioterrorist threats, these threats to our american way of life that are determined to be -- significant threats.

we heard from it senator burr as well. public-private partnerships even more important than bio defense. paul, you're here today sort of on the private side of this public-private sector partnership. and i'd love to get your thoughts on how it feels to be on the private side. and what has worked, what have been the challenges, from your perspective? >> yes, so thank you for inviting me to the panel. i'm the c.o. of venordic and i guess many people believe we have been one of the great success stories in the private-public partnership working with barta. i would say what has worked really well is that of the last decade or so, i've worked with some really talented, smart, dedicated people. drug development or vaccine development is really tough. it's long, it's expensive, it's typically a billion dollars, 15 to 20 years, to get a vaccine from the bench to approval. just last week, last phase 3 clinical trial read out for a safer smallpox vaccine, which proved it's not only safer but is more ev case than the vaccine that's a

>> thank you, senator burr. senator burr, thank you for your willingness to chair this hearing. on march 2013, president obama signed into law the bipartisan pandemic and all hazard preparedness reauthorization act. senator burr was the author of that reauthorization and the original legislation, which became law in 2006. he worked with many senators on this committee, both democratic and republican, and i thank them all for that. senator murray, senator casey and others. senator isakson was another of those. senator burr is chairing the hearing and i thank him for that. i would also like to welcome senator smith from minnesota, who is joining our committee, replacing senator franken, who was a valuable member of the committee. senator jones from alabama is also a new member of the committee. we welcome him. he replaced senator whitehead, who was a very valuable member of the committee -- i mean whitehouse, who has taken a lesser assignment on the finance committee, for some reason, but we will miss sheldon and his work on this committee. i'm going to, mr. chairman, withhold my

but aides to warner and burr stressed to me today that chairman, mr. burr was in the loop. the senators just gave us this joint statement. bipartisan way. and we intend to continue to do so. leaks of incomplete information out of context by anyone inside or outside our committee are unacceptable. the senate intelligence committee has been in possession of this material for several months. the full committee has that access to the material and been briefed on its content and committee investigators are pursued all relevant investigative leads related to this material. we wanted to give that full statement. waldman, who did not return calls today seeking comment runs endeavor group. he signed $40,000 a month retainer in 2009 and 2010 to petition the u.s. government on behalf of that russian billionaire. there are reports that darryl posca sued paul manafort over a business deal has information to share with the u.s. congress but last may both the senate and house intel panels decided not to give darryl legal immunity so so far he has not testified, martha. >> martha: i mean,

also on the senate floor, north carolina senators richard burr and tom tillis spoke about the life and legacy of reverend graham. he is laid in honor at the u.s. capitol today and tomorrow. >> mr. president, i rise with my colleagues from north carolina and my colleagues in the senate and the american people today to honor the life of the north carolinian tillie graham, a man who has reached millions around the globe. reverend graham grave marker will be described this way, preacher of the gospel of the lord jesus christ. as the son of a minister myself, i am uniquely aware of the sacrifices and the responsibility that come with this calling and indeed this is a calling that he fulfilled honorably andri nobly, bringing hope and comfort around the globe. roots on a north carolina dairy farm. he committed his life to jesus christ at the age of 15 and lived the commitment with face for the next 84 years. he was married for 64 years to ruth bell graham. he was a father of three daughters, two sons and now 19 grandchildren. as his casket was laid in honor in the rotunda, i realized that one

has one vote past by congressional delegation and the first outlet is eight for jefferson, six for burr and two tied and only one of those is tied because congressman joseph nicholson who is suffering from a fever is put on a stretcher and carried two miles through washington dc, put in a committee room where his wife fears he is going to die and he is there to keep maryland tied otherwise the vote would go to burr and it would be 7, 8 to 7. after 36 ballots in six days, 11 february they begin voting at 10:00 in the morning and vote every hour until the following evening, they vote through the night, cast 28 ballots and around april come to the decision, they vote for five more days and on the 36 ballot alexander hamilton helps deliver the presidency to the man he hates more than anyone else except when in american politics, thomas jefferson, by saying of the evils, take the lesser. and congressman from delaware, casts a blank ballot so this state moves out of the birth column and convinces a federalist colleague to absent himself so delivering the vote from jefferson, they get four fed

you can see senator, the chair richard burr there. mark warner. they're not under way yet but we're obviously ready to get started and we will follow this all morning. >>> top u.s. intelligence officials are testifying before the senate intel committee. we're going to hear from fbi director chris wray and the director of national intelligence dan coates. i want to bring in nbc's intelligence and national security reporter ken dilanian. ken, good morning to you. you are always paying attention to this stuff but as they get ready to actually testify, what specifically are you going to be listening for? >> there's some big questions that are driving u.s. foreign policy right now. big intelligence questions. in particular, i'm going to be listening for the latest assessment on how close north korea is to putting a nuclear weapon on a missile that can reach to the united states. as you know, the trump administration has said they are willing to go to war to prevent north korea from gaining that capability. i'll also be listening to what the intelligenc

burr is another one.ey'll say the next day or two or three after memo is released and in the follow up, obviously. >> should the senate be working to put provisions in place to try to protect robert mueller in his position? >> i think it would be a prudent thing to do. there are arguments, it's a matter of conscientitutional la. but at least symbolically. whether they should pass legislation or not, come out and say, this would be totally unacceptable to fire him, to fire rhoden steoad rosenstein, n uncourau encourage the president to work with the investigation. >> lindsey graham said it'd be the end of the presidency. >> graham says a lot of things. the way things are going, it won't be the end of the presidency. he'll retail the support of most republicans and some senate republicans and keep his base. this is where the republicans need to do more than, oh, he won't do that. they need to explain to republican voters out there why it is so damaging that the president is doing what he is doing and is con

but warner and burr stressed to fox the chairman of the committee, richard burr, was in the loop aboutll this. waldman did not return calls. he signed a $40,000 a month retainer in 2009 and 2010 to petition the u.s. government on behalf of that russian billionaire, supposed to have ties to paul manafort, which is why the committee wanted to get to him. remember, this investigation started with the various committees and are robert mueller looking at the president's ties to russians, now it's being turned around on democrats, talker. >> tucker: a little bit. doesn't look good. when a president said -- a senator said he doesn't want a paper trail, that's not good. thank you for that. a great story. >> thanks. >> tucker: and fbi informants as russia spent millions trying to influence the clintons and te obama administration. that comes next. ♪ what is the power of pacific? it's life insurance and retirement solutions to help you reach your goals. it's having the confidence to create the future that's most meaningful to you. it's protection for generations of families, and 150 years of str

senator burr, thank you for your kind words. thank you for your leadership in moving forward with the resolution honoring his life and legacy. madam president, i yield the floor. a senator: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from north carolina. mr. burr: madam president, on behalf of senator tillis and myself, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to consideration of s.j. res. 53, submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s.j. res. 53, joint resolution honoring the life of william billy f. graham jr. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. burr: i ask unanimous consent that the joint resolution be considered read a third time and passed, the preamble be passed, and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. mr. burr: i thank the president.

the hearing to chat with you and from the two senators who have given their opening remarks chairman burr and mark warner, the vice chairman, both mentioned russia, both mentioned election interference in their opening statement. it's very clearly will be something that these gentlemen who are taking questions will be asked to talk about. there are a number of issues on the table from affidavighanista iran, china. but one of the things to watch during the course of this hearing is going to be christopher wray. he's the man of the hour. this is president trump's own fbi director. he has not been questioned very much in public the last few weeks have been filled with fbi-related headline which is he has not discussed in great lengths in public including the devin nunes memo, the background check process in the white house which mark warner alluded to saying the security clearance in this country is broken. so a little bit of something for everybody, but certainly a focus on russia, not just looking backwards but also starting to look ahead now to 2018 and what is being done to protect ameri

what they will also see is senator richard burr who will be in the meeting. he is someone who tried to strike a different tone than devin nunes, trying to avoid all the controversy that nunes has gotten himself into in the middle of this investigation. burr saying just last week, he did not think the nunes memo should be public. and also, he just said that there's a fair amount they want to investigate but he did not want to discuss the areas of concerns with the investigation that he wants to continue to explore. it is very clear that this committee is moving forward on a different path and trying to put together an interim report about election vulnerabilities, heading into the 2018 mid terms. it has devolved into more partisan grid lock amid the nunes memo. >> thanks as usual. coming up, as the north korean athletes and cheerleaders try to make a splash, will it result in direct talks between kim jong-un's regime and the united states? orked well enough, it may be time for a change. ask your doctor about entyvio, the only biologic developed and approved ju

npr interviewed a burr cat in the department of energy who admitted that she and her colleagues wereing project reports to remove mentions of climate change so the administration wouldn't end them. they said they were protecting their interests and agenda. how fortunate we are to have such public minded civil servants saving america from the consequences of silly old democracy. here's another official, quote, there are definitely some career civil servants that will not ever give in. the people who know how the system works have used these tactics. when theyty what they're doing is harmful to the citizens or the country in the long run, i think they'll stand up for what they believe in the bureaucratic ways they can. if that civil servant wants to stand up for what they believe in, run for office like everybody else. there's one more way they weld their power. the intelligence bureaucracies have become swollen with unaccountable power and resources since the 9/1 is attack despite continuing scandals and failures. before edward snowden exposed the mass collection of american's phone r

mark warner, the senate intelligence chair who has been working in sync with richard burr. they have been remarkably bipartisan for the most part, while things have been going really off the rails on the house side. he is calling this reckless demonstrating an astonishing disregard for the truth. this unprecedented public disclosure of classified material during an ongoing criminal investigation is dangerous to our national security. and one other line from the adam schiff statement is, if potential intelligence sources know their identities might be compromised when political wins arise, those sources of vital information will simply dry up at great cost to our national security. chris matthews? >> you have to wonder if you look at this, how extraordinary it is that a member of congress has behaved like an operative. going down to the eob and picking up that material. who invited him down there? which staffers down there had that material to give to him? which staffers working for nunes are really working with hand and glove with the people down there the trump people. the

. >> bret: i want to play, moments ago senator richard burr was asked about hope hicks resigning. he is the chair of the senate intelligence committee. >> she really didn't provide for us any information on the investigation. it may be that the house is investigating something different. we are looking at russian collusion. >> bret: basically, amy, both democrats and republicans said she took privilege on a lot of the questions that have to do with her time in the white house. she answered questions about the transition but nine hours. every question, every angle, every kind of combination on capitol hill yesterday. >> this is where we are. democrats are going to be frustrated. republicans are going to say she did the best of her ability. there was no possibility, senator burr says we don't have any opportunity to say this is about collusion. that was certainly a big issue yesterday. i think the bigger question as we move into the midterm elections and think about what's going to happen afterwards, who was going to be around the president in the second half of his first term. ther

attention remains on russia and providing solutions before voters head back to the polls burr: we needo focus on answering what russia did to influence the 2016 elections some senators pressed for answers about attacks here at homefrom the white housecharging that the fbi and other intelligence agencies investigations into russian interference has poltically motivated..senator martin heinrich: so you haven't seen any evidence of inherent political bias in the agency?wray: noduring his testimony, fbi director christopher wray also provided a brief timelinethat appreared to differ from the white house versionon the background check process for former white house staff secretary rob porter. porter resigned last week under fire for past domestic abuse.in washington brie jackson. (steve) two daca recipients who were afraid of deportation....will go to defend the country instead. john and james are identical twins from the philippines... who were brought to the u-s as children. they applied to enlist in the military... which they say is their lifelong dream. but they were concerned that ice

the countess wore burr berry. kate chatted with stella mccartney. the duchess met with vogue editor and chief anna wintour. the prince took a spin on a new bike while touring the factory. in royal wedding news meghan markle is busy planning. a source tells "e.t." she has met with her dress designing aiming to make the wedding intimate. >> i will. of course i will. ♪ >> the two made it a date night on friday attending hamilton. meghan previously saw it in new york with pher gal pal. at a runway show for quinn wintour kept her sunglasses on and the queen seemed to like the fashion. >> looks thrilled. >> also during london fashion week amal clooney and her mom checked out the show room with the company's ceo. george released a serious statement today. nischelle turner is here with that. >> he's showing his heart one against. he announced he and his family will join high schoolers from parkland, florida at their protest in d.c. next month. quote in the name of our children ella and alexander we're donating $500,000 to help pay for this ground breaking e

but warner and burr gave me an official statement bushing back on this and they say, quote from, thef our investigation we have taken each step in a bipartisan way and we intend to continue to do so. leaks of incomplete information out of context by anyone, inside or outside our committee, are unacceptable. they add the full committee has had access to the material and been briefed on its content and committee investigators have pursued all relevant investigative leads related to this material. waldman by the way did not return calls seeking comment. evidence signed a $40,000 monthly retainer in 2000 and 2010 on behalf of that russian billionaire. there are reports that deripaska who sued paul manafort over a failed business deal has information to share so far he has not gotten legal immunity so he has not talked to the senate intel committee. had you warner and other democrats scrutinizing the president's ties to russians now obviously these text messages coming out. >> sean: unbelievable. we will continue to follow this story. thank you, ed henry. also big news tonight on uranium

steve: the chairman, richard burr new the contact but didn't know the context of the mess sandals.dy on the committee because it does not look good. looks bad. private meeting, no paper trail. ainsley: meeting with christopher steele the guy who wrote the unverified dirty dossier. pete: why does this all matter? more democrats chasing this unverified dossier as if it's the center of the universe. the justification for their so-called collusion narrative and willing to do it off the books. no paper trail, text messages, six months later i better tell the rest of the committee i was doing. this bipartisan willingness to say we knew about it did we know about it in march? no. did it look above board? no it didn't. ainsley: why did marco rubio put #fox news? we the only one covering it. steve: usually. think about the hypocrisy. if richard burr, the republican on that committee the chairman had he reached out to christopher steele the chairman and said i want no paper trail and private meeting do you think that would be a big story. pete: been part of the collusion. steve: letters that

the united states government about this issue is absolutely appropriate mac i hope my sense is that burr and warner will not simply have a report on the russian attempt to influence the election but i think they will have a concrete series of recommendation and the fact they have conducted their investigation in a way that has not been highly partisan has not been polarizing will give them credibility to make those suggestions to the senate and i would suspect if trump comes roaring out of the senate with strong numbers there is no way the house will not adopt those regulations. had a conversation with a couple of members of the committee who are vaguely implying that yes, we will do that. >> i say briefly that on his optimism -- i agree senator burr and senator warner have been fantastic. i fear what the president's response will be to it. i think that if you look at polls right now what republican voters think over half of them don't inc. that russia did this. that is deeply concerning and if this issue and this threat of cyber weather other countries become a partisan zone where it he

senator burr is to be commended for the fact that he has really not been tainted by this process. he has not engaged in street fighting partisan, you know, struggling, power struggles here. he has been fair, a totally fair broker and senator mark warner, his ranking democrat, has said that all along. and i really think that they're findings, senate select committee on intelligence, when their report comes out, it will be weighed much more heavily than the one coming from the house intelligence committee. that's unfortunate, but will be taken more seriously because it is more credible because it will be bipartisan. >> a.b., doug, bakari, appreciate it. >>> the president calling out the top democrat on the house intel committee, as pressure mustn'ts for t mounts. we'll get new reaction. >>> super bowl blunder. sensitive documents about a super bowl terrorism drill, documents left in the seatback pocket of a plane. we're on it. hey! we didn't have a homeowners claim last year so allstate is giving us money back on our bill. well, that seems fair. we didn't use it. wish we got money b

not everyone ranking member senator burr. republican. >> that's true. we have not, no one has seen the memo on this side. the way the intelligence committee works on the senate we know it doesn't work on the house side from what devin nunes has done. he was sanctioned by his own commit to have after the russian investigation. he comes back and sarts this investigation on his own and won't reveal sources. we have nine different intelligence agencies that we cross check with to make sure that we're all in sink before anything is said, leased or afwreeed upon. we don't come from the senate side unless we have agreement and bipartisan way. they're working in this house intelligence strictly on partisan. on a partisan participation. that now how the intelligence committee on either side has been set up. and devin nunes pardon the pun, he has neutered the confidence people could have in the house intelligence committee. the senate intelligence committee under chairman burr from north carolina republican, and ranking member mark warner from virginia, basically

but aides to warner and richard burr said the chairman was in the loop.rom the beginning of our investigation, we have taken each step in a bipartisan way, we intend to continue to do so. leaks of incomplete information out of context by anyone inside or outside our committee are unacceptable, the senate intel panel has been in possession of this material for several months. the full committee has has access to the information and committee investigators have pursued all relative leads. he did not return calls for comment. he signed a 40,000 monthly retainer in '09 and 20 downtube edition the government government on behalf of that russian billionaire, there are reports that he sued paul manafort over a failed business deal and has information to share, but they decided not to give him legal immunity. we mentioned that there is a lot of reaction to this tonight. first, marco rubio is out there with this to each. you can see right there. he links to our story. the president a few minutes ago have a much different view. bottom line, marco rubio is a member

burr has been blocked from reading it. jeff flake wrote that the memo, quote, undermines u.s.ntelligence gathering efforts. last night, senator lindsey graham said it is fought good for a part is an memo to come out when no one in the senator has seen it and those senators haven't had access, republican congressman carly dent of pennsylvania was able to look at the gop and democrats memos and said they need to remain secret. >> i've read both of the memos and i don't think we should use this for any advantage, either side. i think we should take a step back and not do anything that could -- if a partisan advantage that could risk a sensitive source or method. > >> and a republican senator old the justice department that he has a list of employees names and he is demanding to see the entirety of their communications. in a letter, the homeland security senate chairman ron johnson says he's investigating 16 officials who investigated hillary clinton many of whom overlap with the trump russia probe. johnson is asking for all communications not limited to e-mails, text messages, ip

. >> across northern california there was a distinct burr to the air. san francisco is shivering. oakland has puddles to splash in again. we have big swings in the weather but the month does end with moisture. >> it will be interesting to see if we have our big drought this where -- this year. >> we need the rain, that is for sure.>> reporter: the system moved on by the evening commute. we will have a promise of a powerful storm midshipman week. >> it is kind of what should happen in the weekend. we should not have to drive in it to. >>> the pair of storms are from the gulf of alaska. and it is dropping snow at lower elevations. nothing is as dramatic like this area. this transformed the landscape in an instant. they are experiencing this. >> yes. >> if march comes in like a lion that should be good for the snowpack that is low this year. >>> the sierra got its share of winter weather, several school districts canceled the school today. rain turned to snow before 6 am. one hour later the snow was starting to pile up. at this hour, chains are required on interstate 80 and interstat

. >> the call to recall judge aaron burr sky, the people who were responsibility for that letter said that since you are going to disrobe persky, i'm going to call you emily doe. emily doe is the survivor of the crime committed by turner. >> we're going to continue to stand with survivors of the sexual assault, we're going to continue to pursue the democratic process. >> reporter: stamford says the white powder was investigated by officials and was found to be harmless. >>> the two suspects in the murder of 19-year-old lizzette cuesta made their appearance. live in dublin with what the young victims yelled at the killers. >> reporter: the grieving father inside the courtroom in the front row during this brief hearing. all the bailiffs seemed focused on him. but it was the young woman sitting behind him with the family who jumped up and screamed expletives at melissa leonardo, including the phrase, you'll get what you deserve. it was a brief was emotional hearing, as three families touched by the murder of 19-year-old lizzette cuesta sat just feet from one another in a courtroom, each

. >> burr, keith. you do look cold. and the "today" show is live at the olympics. be sure to watch savannah guthrie, hoda kotb, and al roker this morning right after the nbc 10 news. this is the only place you can catch all the action. >>> happening today in washington former president barack obama will be immortalized on canvas at the smithsonian's national portrait gallery he and his former first lady mitial obama will attend the availing of the portrait. the national portrait gallery is the only museum with a complete collection of presidential portraits outside of the white house. >>> 4:47. we're tracking showers moving through south jersey and delaware this morning. here's a look at what heavy showers did to philadelphia in the suburbs over the weekend. water, water everywhere. several roads were shutdown. amon martin luther king which just reopened to traffic. yesterday was the third sunday in a row rain had soaked our area. we will dry out later this morning. that will be welcome. >> i mean so much rain over the weekend i was like can you make it stop. but a

and as i mentioned, msnbc's ari mel burr. guys, thank you all for joining us. ari, i want to get your legal take on this. we have this four-page memo from devin nunes. it is talking about a fisa warrant on carter page. ken delaney was saying four different fisa court judges approved this warrant. so you can infer from that that they had to go through the bulk of evidence against carter page each time. this wasn't just somebody who was saying, i've done this before, sure. four different people who would need to see all the evidence four different times. >> right. there's a legal process. and this four-page memo criticizes the outcome of the process and suggests a do-over. maybe carter page's surveillance which was authorized in october 2016, maybe it shouldn't have been approved in the first place. that's a hypothetical argument and that's something we often see from people in the process. not to belittle this, but sometimes a court case is like a football game. when it's over on monday morning people talk about how it should have gone. what is not in the memo i

. >> i had to find my gloves in my car when i got in and said burr. >> said the man who went from his heated home to his heated car. if you're going to stand outside for a while, you're going to need the winter coat. especially in some neighborhoods. not so bad on boathouse row. the temperatures are above freezing. it's in the 30s. a live clear view of boathouse row. it is going to be a nice and mild day and again tomorrow. but march is going to begin with wet and windy weather. fortunately, we're drying out for the weekend. this is where you're going to need the heavy coat. lehigh valley, the suburbs, some neighborhoods in jourthscy have dipped down to below freezing. most are 36 degrees. and in philadelphia, 36 degrees. some are in neighborhoods chestnut hill below freezing. and parkside down to 30 degrees and somerton and low 40s in society hill. we will see sunshine, a chilly start at the bus stop in the 30s. reading, allentown, close to 40 degrees in atlantic city. fortunately, trenton, wilmington, all getting bright sunshine. so it's a quick warmup with nothing but sunshine toda

richard burr, roy blunt, thom tillie, cory gardner. it's money spent on preventing people from running against you or attack ads on components. they will support me, let's say, as a candidate, but the minute i blink and decide i want to have restrictions on one little part of guns. >> even if they're widely supported by the public. >> which they are, they'll find someone like you who won't take that view and the support i got will then move to you. >> it's important to note also it's not just the money. the nra is very effective at mobilizing its base. when i talk to politicians about this, they're not only afraid of losing donations, or donations going to their opponent. they're also worried about the small minority of americans who feel very strongly about the second amendment and that there should be not any restrictions on the second amendment. they'll come out to vote, they will come out to rallies, be very effective, and freak out politician. >> richard painter said the other day, it's like a protection racket for politicians, an

russia ultimately burrs responsibility for the victims and. countless others targeted with chemical weapons since russia became involved in syria well the secretary of defense in the u.s. james mattis actually went even further than that suggesting that it's not just chlorine attacks but also that sarin has been used in another chemical agent in these attacks although he did also admit that there will a new agreements that could go back and read those claims now the u.n. is of course investigating the allegations all these attacks in syria on some of the areas in the country but it remains to be seen whether the probes will ever be able to identify any concrete evidence as to whether those attacks indeed took place and who indeed was behind them and of course whether they will be able to agree on. find a result objective enough for everybody to agree on. the international probe into syrian chemical weapons stalled late last year until november it was handled by a body called the joint investigative mechanism but that probe was shut down when r

russia ultimately burrs responsibility for the victims and. countless others targeted with chemical weapons since russia became involved in syria well the secretary of defense in the u.s. james mattis actually went even further than that suggesting that it's not just chlorine attacks but also that sarin has been used another chemical agent in these attacks although he did also admit that they were in your dreams that you could back up those claims now the u.n. is of course invested. ating the allegations all these attacks in syria on some of the areas in the country but it remains to be seen whether the probes will ever be able to identify any concrete evidence as to whether those attacks indeed took place in who indeed was behind them and of course whether they will be able to agree and find a result ject if enough for everybody to agree on the international probe into syrian chemical weapons stalled late last year in fact until november it was handled by a body called the joint investigative mechanism that probe was shut down when russia vet

chairman richard burr in his capacity as a member of what's called the gang of eight. so that top eight intelligence -- they receive special -- more information about national security than even the other members who sit on the intelligence committee. and that includes the leadership in the house and in the senate as well as the chairman, vice chairman in the senate, and ranking member on the house side of those intelligence committees. so far they've said sorry, you can't take a look at this. so in some ways, the voices that we have heard that have tried to protect robert mueller in the republican party, people like bob corker at times, others, you know, it had been described as potentially a red line, should the president go after mueller. those voices don't have all of the information about this memo. so in some ways, they are unable to comment in a way that could potentially drive a different narrative around this. and of course house speaker paul ryan and charlie has written about this in "the new york times," just in the last few hours, that the speaker insists t

burr i want to know is how can you be governor of new jersey for a month and not talk about affordabilityor its residents inthe only policy he has come up with sense has been in office is to push for free community college and legal marijuana. both up thes that he has no idea all the resistance he is getting in the legislature. so the question is, governor murphy. what point will you actually afordability? i can tell you, suing the government, thele from government, over the epa, over tax cuts is not making new jersey more affordable. spending hundreds of millions of more dollars we don't have to provide free college tuition is not making new jersey more affordable. i would like to focus on alleviating the tax burden of some of the most taxed people in the country. all right. i am bill spadea. i will see you tomorrow night on "chasing news." >> live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 11:00. >>> you ready for this jawn. >> got your plan, warm clothes the parade of champions tomorrow an event many have been waiting a lifetime to see we are happy to be able to spend this

russia ultimately burrs responsibility for the victims and. countless others targeted with chemical weapons since russia became involved in syria well the secretary of defense in the u.s. james mattis actually went even further than that suggesting that it's not just chlorine attacks but also that sarin has been used in other chemical agent in these attacks although he did also admit that they were in your dreams that could back up those claims now the u.n. is of course invested. waiting the allegations all these attacks in syria on some of the areas in the country but it remains to be seen whether the probes will ever be able to identify any concrete evidence as to whether those attacks indeed took place in who indeed was behind them and of course whether they will be able to agree and find a result that is objective enough for everybody to agree on. the international probe into syrian chemical weapons stalled late last year until november it was handled by a body called the joint investigative mechanism that probe or shut down when russia ve

russia ultimately burrs responsibility for the victims and. countless others targeted with chemical weapons since russia became involved in syria well the secretary of defense in the u.s. james mattis actually went even further than that suggesting that it's not just chlorine attacks but also that sarin has been used in other chemical agent in these attacks although he did also admit that there will a new evidence that could back up those claims now the u.n. is of course invested. waiting the allegations all these attacks in syria on some of the areas in the country but it remains to be seen whether the probes will ever be able to identify any concrete evidence as to whether those attacks indeed took place in who indeed was behind them and of course whether they will be able to agree and find a result ject if enough for everybody to agree on the international probe into syrian chemical weapons stalled late last year until november it was handled by a body called a joint investigative mechanism that probe was shut down when russia vetoed a u.n.

john burr civil rights attorney says he too has seen the video. >> he shot three times and he falls in the back and has this puzzled look on his face. >> reporter: today b.a.r.t. issued a statement saying the b.a.r.t. police department is fully cooperating with opd. b.a.r.t. says it would not release the video until after the investigation was done. >> you may call it reckless and was deliberate and it should be prosecuted. >> reporter: in oakland lyanne melendez abc7 news. >>> a man tossed a dog to his death from a parking garage. facing several charges of animal cruelty. best broke into a car and threw this four-year-old chihuahua onto the street below. captured on a dash camera. and he was arrested on sunday. >>> new at 6:00, an update to an abc7 news special. special. another resident suing. part of the oakmont senior living facility. they have accused oakmont senior living to not have back up generators tor elevators. official claim they did have working generators. >>> the bay area has yet to see a major wild land fires. the agency is planning thousands of controlled burns and on

richard burr has kept his head down through this, he has not publicly sniped with mark warner, the two of them appeared together when they are talking about matters related to the investigation. in any investigation like this there is always tension between republicans and democrats trying to work together, publicly we have not seen that in the result is that whatever the senate committee releases as a product of their investigation is going to have a lot more credence than the ultimate product of the house investigation. host: you have looked at the memo. based on what you've been able byread, was it the dossier christopher steele or george papadopoulos who started this investigation? guest: the memo is short and i was able to read all of it. one thing it says that is interesting is that it is george papadopoulos that is the reason the fbi kicked off its investigation, rather than the scandalous dossier christopher steel put together. that is important because it feels like the memo undermines itself. the memo is pushing this idea ele dossier, which is ultimately funded by democrats,