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senator charles grassley's investigation of the charity found it provides mislead figures about amount of money spent on veterans. needs to be more transparent. and that it should cut down on high spending for plane tickets and staff events. grassley also notes that steps have been taken to fix issues exposed by media reports last year. >> veterans, now have their own parking space at sonic. one at least. in indiana. the space at the indiana location is marked by red, white, blue lines, vets using the space also get a 10 discount on their orders. >> first time. only place that does. >> maybe a trend. see more of this. >> high profile juj tiff from justice. the founder of hot yoga is on the run after a judge issued an arrest warrant amid sexual assault allegations. >> later in the skinny, why the wife of chris hems. worth is saying -- something interesting about his guns. you are watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by united health care. >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by united health care. nothing more important than y

. >> republican senator charles grassley asked comey about the document earlier this month. >> what steps did the fbi take to determine whether attorney general lynch had actually given assurances that the political fix was in no matter what. did the who wrote the email. if not, why not. >> i have to give you the same answer. i can't talk about that in an unclassified setting. >> associates of comey say he made the best decision he could with the information he had. but sock, clinton campaign officials point to that july press conference where he also criticized the handling of classified information as contributing to her loss. julianna goldman, thank you. >> yesterday the fox news channel retracted a story that said a democratic national committee staffer may have leaked sensitive emails before he was murdered last year. well, there's no evidence of this but chip reid reports that several conservative commentators are still peddling this sen taition-- sensational conspiracy theory. >> i know for sure it is the russians. >> reporter: most of official washington believes that russia was b

tonight, there's been bipartisan support for this move by the president, both the republican, charles grassley and the ranking democrat on judiciary, dianne feinstein, they support the move, but you can expect more calls for a special counsel. >> to chuck todd now, our moderator on "meet the press." there are legal distinctions and then there are optics. how do the optics look? >> the optics look terrible for the white house. director comey had lost confidence with members of both sides of the aisle in the united states senate. as early as 20 minutes before the announcement -- before the firing was announced, lester, i spoke with democratic senator richard blumenthal on the judiciary committee and asked if he still had confidence in director comey. he would not say he did and instead said he had confidence in the fbi. the timing and optics of it, why didn't president trump fire him sooner? that's going to be something democrats say, you should have done it at the beginning, if this was the cause the handling of the clinton investigation was the cause of the firing. the timing now looks like it

>> reporter: republican senator charles grassley asked him about this document earlier this month. >> what steps did the fbi take to determine that the political fix was in? did the fbi interview the person who wrote the e-mail? if not, why not? >> i have to give you the same answer. i can't talk about that in an unclassified setting. >> associates of comey said he made the best decision he could with the information he had but clinton officials point to that fbi conference where he criticized her handling of classified information asn goesp a car thief. this is the "cbs morning news." ate video. >>> and someone goes to extremes to stop a car thief. this is the "cbs morning news." along with diet and exercise, farxiga helps lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. lowering a1c by up to 1.2 points. do not take if allergic to farxiga. if you experience symptoms of a serious allergic reaction such as rash, swelling, difficulty breathing or swallowing, stop taking and seek medical help right away. do not take farxiga if you have severe kidney problems, are on dialysis, or have bl

featuring newsmakers committee chair charles grassley answering questions about the director's termination. president trump's scrapped visit had cancelling plans he had to visit the f.b.i. in the days after he fired director james comey. the president was told the f.b.i. agents may not give him a wa warm reception. voted for y of them candidate trump in 2016 but few are ready to celebrate the visit after he sacked their boss. you can read more at .hehill.com acting f.b.i. director mccabe testified before the senate committee e contradicting statements by the white house that the f.b.i.'s employees had lost confidence in former director comey. here is some of his testimony. no s it the rank and file director comey? >> no, sir, that's not accurate. i can tell you, sir, i worked very, very closely with director comey from the moment he started f.b.i. i was his executive assistant director at that time. worked for him running the washington field office. of course, i served as deputy for the last year. tell you that i hold director comey in the absolute highest regard. highest respect for his

the chairman of the judiciary committee, charles grassley, has questioned mr. mccabe's impartiality in the trump campaign investigation. and stay with me on this. it's a little bit labrinthian. here's the reason. andrew mccabe's wife -- andrew mccabe's wife ran for the state senate in virginia. she received a contribution of $700,000 from a fund by terry mcall if who is the governor. terry is a close friend and advisor to hillary clinton. so, the question from some of the senate republicans has been, given this political connection of mccabe's wife, how can he possibly be independent on the trump campaign investigation given the politics of his wife. now, the fbi, of course, has completely dismissed that, but the problem is that this is going to be a process that will play out here. he won't be directly in charge of the investigation that's run by the fbi's counter terrorism investigation. he's now the top official at the fbi. so, life is complicated here. >> greta, have at it. >> can i ask pete williams a question? pete, is mccabe the one who pulled reince pri

after that, newsmakers, featuring charles grassley, answering reporter questions about the fbi director's termination. c-span's "washington journal," live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. friday morning, syracuse university law school professor william banks will discuss the appointment, history, and law pertaining to special counsel. then, senior security scientist of the union of concerned scientists will talk about the safety and security of nuclear waste. of teen suicide. parent concerns about the suicide seriesr "13 reasons why." watch "washington journal." join the discussion. >> as the hill reports, president trump's visit to fbi headquarters, canceling plans to visit the fbi in the days after he fired director james comey. the president was told the fbi agents might not give him a warm reception following comey's ousting. fbi agents told nbc that many of them voted for candidate trump during the 2016 election, but few i ready to celebrate the visit after he sacked their boss. you can read more at thehill.com. andrew mccabe testified before the senate intellig

>> reporter: republican senator charles grassley asked comey about the document earlier this month. >> what steps did the fbi take to determine whether attorney general lynch had actually given assurances that the political fix was in no matter what. did the fbi interview the person who wrote the e-mail? if not, why not? >> i have to give you the same answer. i can't talk about that in an unclassified setting. >> reporter: associates of comey say he made the best decision he could with the information he had. but clinton officials point to that as contributing to her loss. >> julianna goldman, thank you. the cbs overnight news will be right back. stains happen... and they happen easily. the other side of this... is they can be removed... easily. spray and wash's... powerful formula... removes over 100 stains. spray and wash. better on over 100 stains. ♪ new lysol kitchen pro eliminates 99.9% of bacteria without any harsh chemical residue. lysol. what it takes to protect. with motionsense technology... degree has redefined deodorant so that i can redefine... power... footwork... range.

in rare bipartisan unity, both democrat dianne feinstein and republican charles grassley introduced legislationnate to terminate the eb-5 program. however, president trump signed a bill to extend the program through the end of september. now, i'm all in favor of attracting foreign investment and generating jobs in the u.s. but better to do it through wise tax and regulatory policy that makes the country friendly for business rather than through the sale of something that should be more precious -- the right to be an american citizen. next on "gps" in the midst of chaos and rioting, a moment of magic. ♪ what's going on in venezuela? and why? ♪ >>> a lone violinist stands amidst teargas canisters and molotov cocktails in venezuela. violent unrest rocked the country for weeks as protesters call for the release of political prisoners and a solution to a massive food and medical shortage. today more than a quarter of venezuela's people are out of work. more than 80% now live in poverty. all this in a country with some of the largest oil reserves in the world. how did this happen? we have with us sha

. >> jon: charles grassley is one that has said that he has seen no information from the fbi that suggestss any collusion between the trump campaign and russian officials. >> well of course you do not have the information until you do the investigation. you cannot have confidence in the investigation unless it is carried out by an independent special counsel. i hope very much during an exhaustive review there is no evidence of collusion. because as an american, i would like to think that the person serving in the white house did not get there as part of a conspiracy with a foreign power to burg allies were cyber the democratic national committee. >> jon: but it should not surprise us that to the russians are trying to have metal with our elections? they are masters at the disinformation. >> everybody knows that russia was involved, but it is the question of whether the trump campaign was colluding. we know that a crime was committed, the question is was that a crime of putin, or was it acting in concert with the trump campaign. we will have confidence in that answer unless we have an indep

and as for this idea that he's not under investigation, senator charles grassley implied that jim comeyn in march that trump was not under investigation today as well. >> all right. let's go to chuck todd, nbc news political director, moderator of "meet the press" also in our washington bureau. chuck, your initial thoughts about that portion of the conversation? >> well, look, the president himself said he separated himself from the campaign. and frankly it wouldn't be unusual if you're investigating a campaign you wouldn't necessarily be investigating the candidate from that campaign. it has always been about his associates. there hasn't been as much about any sort of role that the president himself as a candidate may or may not have played. so, that -- in some ways i think that's been one of those washington questions that have been out there. well, is the president himself under investigation? it doesn't mean he's off the hook here because the campaign is at the center of this investigation. >> all right. i want to bring in -- chuck, thanks. hali jackson, our chief white house corres

now the second development was a statement made by charles grassley this morning. he's the chairman of the senate judiciary committee. it's having a business meeting today. he said the following, he said that he and diane feinstein have been briefed when james comey was still the fbi director about who was under investigation by the fbi on the whole russia question. he says that he is -- he asked the director last week, will you say whether or not the president is under investigation, and comey said, i can't answer that. grassley said, i think that the fbi should say publicly whether or not the president is under investigation. you've got to stop yourself right there and ask, would the chairman, republican chairman of the judiciary committee want that public, if the answer was that the president was under investigation. but there's more. he goes on in his statement to say on tuesday, the president's letter said director comey told him he was not in investigation. senator feinstein and i heard nothing that contradicted the president's statement. i think this is as c

. >> reporter: the chairman of the judiciary committee charles grassley said not too long ago that it was his belief that james comey had said very much the same thing to him though perhaps not in such direct words. so we expect we'll hear more on that as the hours go on here. maria >> maria: thank you very much. andrew mccabe also joining his national security colleagues today testifying before the senate intelligence committee in the wake of the firing of his former boss, james comey. catherine herridge live on capitol hill. what did we learn? >> reporter: everyone here had been expecting the fbi director until he was fired tuesday. then as the acting director andrew mccabe testified that the firing of his boss had not disrupted the russia probe. >> have the dismissal of mr. comey impeded, interrupted, stopped or negatively impacted any of the work, any investigation or any on going projects at the federal bureau of investigations? >> simply put, sir, you cannot stop the men and women of the fbi from doing the right thing, protecting the american people, upholding the constitution.

republican senator charles grassley is investigating the program. >> my suspicion is that there's a lotof things wrong with the program. it may not be serving all of the people it should serve. there may be people in the middle getting more than they should. but you would think that this would be something the irs would be looking into, because they have to police to see whether the money is serving the purpose it's supposed to serve. >> sullivan: and are they policing? >> no, they aren't. there's only been seven audits in 29 years. well, if you aren't following the money, how do you know that the low-income housing tax credit is working? >> sullivan: that's what we were doing and that took us to miami, where we found a troubling story about the tax credit program. this is it. this is nice. i met up with michael cox. he spent 15 years as an affordable housing developer. he showed me one of his prized projects, labre place. >> hey mike. how are you? >> sullivan: hi. it's a $25 million development with 90 units. half of them for formerly homeless, like mike fleunery. >> you would never kn

. >> if you read the letter from charles grassley and dianne feinstein, they want all of this comey memos having to do with trump, and they want the comey memos having to do with the clinton email investigation, assuming there are some. they want all of it. and request, when it comes from the republican and the democrat, really has quite a lot of strength to it. >> bret: meanwhile, the white house tries to turn the page to the foreign trip and all that's going to happen on that. >> yeah, i think that's what they're doing. also treasury secretary steven mnuchin was on capitol hill. they are trying to applaud along the tax reform in this swirl of news. he had a series of meetings today. >> bret: standby. let's check on some other headlines. believe it or not, there's other news. authorities say nine people were hurt, two arrests were made during altercations at the turkish ambassador's residence. this is here in washington yesterday. senior u.s. official tells fox the attackers included the turkish president's personal bodyguards. u.s. secret service and state department had been brought in

. >> republican senator charles grassley asked comey about document earlier this month. >> did the fbi interview the person who wrote the e-mail? if not, why not? >> i have to gip you the same answer. i can't talk about that in a classified setting. >> that was comey's last appearance on the hill before he was fired. charlie, grassley and senator dianne feinstein wrote asking for a follow-up briefing on questions comey was then able to answer. they say they're still waitling. >> thanks, ju congressional office shows it's totally incapable of reporting on the budget impact. the bill reduces the deficit by $110 billion by the next ten years but also leaves 23 million more people uninsured. nancy cordes on capitol hill. nancy, good morning. >> good morning. you might remember that house republicans moved to pass their obamacare replacement bill the minute they had enough votes. they did not wait for the congressional budget office. democrats criticized them for it at the time and now they've got new ammunition. >> call it whatever you want, but please do not call this bill a health care b

charles grassley and dianne feinstein, the chairman and ranking democrat on the senate judiciary committee sent a letter to the f.b.i. saying we want a briefing. by the way, we want you to respond by 5:00 p.m. today. i think that's a measure right there of their growing impatience in this situation. >> bill: thank you, sir. encourage our viewers to check out the piece in the examiner today. thank you on the monday morning. >> shannon: well, we've got a lot going on today as you would expect on a monday morning. it will be very busy. president trump will speak at 11 this morning and mike pence attending the national peace officers memorial service and thousands of people attended a candlelight vigil in washington, d.c. saturday night recognizing 400 officers who died in the line of duty. they're very moving. the families of those who have been impacted and lost someone are there. there is a lot of support and it is uplifting as you remember those. >> bill: i would agree with that. you went to liberty university and the president was there on saturday. what did you think of the speech? >> sh

for example, yesterday in a meeting of the senate judiciary committee, the chairman, charles grassleythe republican, ranking member dianne feinstein, the democrat, talked about a time at the earlier hearing when james comey appeared and one democratic senator tried to get comey to acknowledge that president trump is a quote, target of the russian investigation and comey wouldn't say. and grassley came out and said, listen, we were briefed by comey and basically he said trump was not the target of the administration-- of the investigation. and feinstein agreed with that statement and there's not been a whole lot of coverage of that and i'm just saying that that's part of the story in addition to everything else that you're hearing. >> i'd like to hear the full story, frankly, i'd like to hear more about the good news about the economy. byron york, everyone, thank you, sir. >> early on a friday morning. >> despite the turmoil and venom m the media, stocks haven't taken much of a hit or the positive economic signs that we're seeing in the economy. well, they seem to be supporting the ove

and as for this idea that he's not under investigation, senator charles grassley implied that jim comey mold ray or the of "meet the press," also in our washington bureau. your initial thoughts about that portion of the conversation. >> well, look, the president himself said he separated himself from the campaign. and frankly, it wouldn't be unusual if you're investigating a campaign, you wouldn't necessarily be investigating the candidate for that campaign. it has always been about his associates. there hasn't been as much about any sort of role that the president himself as a candidate plarnt play may or may not have played. i think that's one of those washington questions. is he under investigation. it doesn't mean he's off the hook because the campaign is at the center of this investigation. >> halle jackson, chief white house correspondent. president said he made up his mind to fire comey before he met with a.g. and the deputy a.g. how does that gibe with what we heard in yesterday's white house briefing? >> it ratzs serious questions about what the white house has said over the la

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the nation's agencies, intelligence agencies made multiple statements, as others, charles -- you know, senator grassley and others talking about the involvement, making it very clear there was none. we took them at their word then, and we continue to believe -- >> [inaudible] but i want to -- >> again, i think that -- but the question, kristin, before you move on is then why did he make the statements that he did when he did? to turn around months later and say, well, even though i made those comments on multiple occasions, you know, i wasn't briefed? >> [inaudible] i, well, i appreciate -- >>t's not surprising or abnormal that i would not have known out the investigation. >> yeah. it sounds hike the story that's changing. right. okay, there's been -- >> could you tell me very quickly -- >> do you mind if i -- this story has changed. he made those comments several time, and to say that the director of national intelligence who stated unequivocally what his position was on multiple occasions before today and now suddenly is saying i wasn't sure about it, the burden seems to be on him, not on us. >> [ina

. >> reporter: republican senator charles grassley asked comey about the document earlier this month. >> did the fbi interview the person who wrote the e-mail? if not, why not? >> i have to give you the same answer i can't talk about that in an unclassified setting. >> reporter: that was comey's last appearance on the hill before he was fired. charlie, grassley and senator dianne feinstein wrote to deputy attorney general rod rosenstein and acting fbi director andrew mccabe asking for a follow-up briefing on questions, comey was able to answer, they say they're still waiting. >> thanks, julian na. >>> the white house says history shows the congressional budget office is, quote, totally incapable of predicting the republican health care bill's impact. a new cbo report shows the bill to replace obamacare reduces federal deficit by $119 billion over the next ten years. but it also leaves 23 million more people uninsured. nancy cordes is on capitol hill. nancy, good morning. >> good morning. you might remember that house republicans moved to pass their obamacare replacement bill the minut

the story broke, i got in touch with the senate judiciary committee, the republican chairman charles grassleythe chairman know about this, in other words, if the fbi director felt that the president had try today obstruct this investigation in february, did he ever tell the committees in congress that are responsible for overseeing him in the justice department and the answer was, no, it was a surprise to grassley and also we had andrew mccabe, the number two man at the fbi testifying less than a week ago that there had been no effort to impede the investigation. so did he not know, did he forget, did he not consider this to be an effort to impede the investigation? everybody has a lot of questions about what's going on right now. dagen: i will say senator burr, head of senate intelligence committee said the same thing that warner and burr sat down with comey the day before he got fired and had a lengthy conversation with him and this never came up. mccabe, the acting, andrew mccabe the acting fbi director right now testified last week that there was no interference by the white house in this