are, there should be total transparency, it could be another explosive hearing tomorrow with christopher raynstein. shannon: he will testify publicly, doug luzader live for us. the historic face-to-face meeting between donald trump and vladimir putin is one step closer, as potential high-stakes summit. the two countries will take center stage, the sitdown could happen as early as next month. donald trump hitting the campaign trail, thousands will hear him rally support for kevin kramer in fargo, north dakota walking to the groundbreaking of the technology plant which is expected to create 13,000 jobs as wisconsin-based company harley-davidson announced they are moving their production to europe to avoid new eu tariffs. a major victory for donald trump, 5-4 in favor of his signature travel ban. the court is just getting warmed up. and what else we can expect. busy time of the year. >> thank you, tremendous victory for the american people and constitution, celebratory words of the pres. upon learning of the big decision. >> we have to be tough and we have to be safe and have to be secure, to e

clinton email investigation was on the up and up. >> the first public testimony i like horowitz and christopher ray, >> director ray has quite a mess to clean up and he knows that. >> the inspector general found no evidence of political bias in the fbi investigation of secretary clinton or the decision not to pursue criminal charges. >> horwitz testified they were to investigate james comey. and private conversations with donald trump. >> we receive that from the fbi, we are handling that recover and we will issue a report when the matter is complete. >> former new york city mayor turned pres. trump attorney rudy giuliani. >> can you assure the american people there are no ongoing leaks for many office? >> i'm not aware of any. we are aggressively investigating a number of leaks. >> the fbi director said have a dozen employees would be disciplined when he emphasized the mistakes and bad judgment. >> this is focused on a specific set of events in 2016 and small number of fbi employees connected with those events. >> one republican was not satisfied. >> remember who that small number of employees was

heather: rod rosenstein and christopher ray feeling the heat, the new document deadline they are facing. clean up on file 9. weight and so we tell you what happened here. "fox and friends first" starts right now. ♪ heather: live shot from new york city, it is friday, the weekend is here and what a week it has been. thank you for joining us this friday morning. let's get to the fox news alert. unbelievable, a grudge may be the motive in a targeted attack ever capital gazette newsroom in maryland, 5 people gunned down in a hail of bullets by this man, jarrod ramos, who once sued the paper for defamation. griff jenkins live in annapolis, maryland. i understand he is refusing to speak with police. what else can you tell us? >> reporter: no indication that jarrod ramos has started cooperating. he would not speak with authorities when taken into custody and at 10:30 this morning he will make his first court appearance, charged with 5 counts of first-degree murder and more about the motives behind jarrod ramos's heinous attack. he had history on social media according to the police chief of ma

now christopher ray is insisting the ig report clears the fbi of responsibility. >> nothing in this reporthi impugneds the integrity of our work force as a whole. >> chris ray, there are consequences. the consequences are that your fellow citizens question whether or not they can have confidence in the world's premier law enforcement agency. >> laura: remember when jim comey says this? >> it makes me mildly nauseous to think we had some impact on the election. n >> laura: it makes me wildly nauseous in learning how comey and his colleagues intended to impact the election and they failed, and that's the angle. two men who know what it's like to be targeted by the government. roger stone and dinesh d'souza react, next. >> laura: joining us now are two men who have been unfairly targeted, roger stone, and dinesh d'souza whose new movie, "death of a nation, can we save america a second time," comes out august 3. looking forward to that. dinesh, whether it's the new york, state attorney general's office going after the trump foundation that gave away $19 million with no overhead, no administrativ

director christopher ray held a news conference on the justice department's inspector general's report related to the hillary clinton email investigation and 16 presidential campaign. his announcement is fol led by top dels reacting to the report. >> good morning. thank you all for being here. the u.s. office of inspector general issued its report about activity in the run up to the 2016 election. let me say up front they appreciate the inspector general's work on this important eview. thought i'd take a few minutes to talk about the report then i'm happy to take questions. the f.b.i.'s mission is to protect the american people and uphold the constitution. to carry out that mission we're entrusted with a lot of authority. so our actions are subject to close over-- eversight from the courts, from the courts and entities like the inspector general. that's how it should be. that kind of examination that kind of oversight, makes the f.b.i. stronger as an organization and makes the pling more safe. with that in mind, let me briefly address the findings in the inspector general's report. i t

director christopher ray and deputy attorney general rod rosenstein testified thursday before the house judiciary committee about actions taken by the f.b.i. and the justice department during the 2016 elections. including the clinton email investigation. watch live thursday at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3, c-span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app. >> sunday night on afterwords, physician details her efforts to prove that dr i flint, michigan, were being exposed to lead poisoning. in her book "what the eyes don't see: a story of crisis, resistance and hope in an american city." she's interviewed by michigan senator. >> let's talk about your actions. because you heard that there might be lead in the water. when did that happen and what were some of the first actions you snook >> the point that i realized there was lead in the water wasn't until the end of august of 2015. and it wasn't from seeing patients. it happened to be at my house, over a glass of wine, with a high school girlfriend who happened to be a water expert. formally with the e.p.a. formally with the e.p.a. in wa

and on c-span three and 9:30 9:30 christopher ray and deputy maternal general testify at a house judiciary committee on fbi and justice department actions. the c-span bus is traveling across the country on our 50 capitals to her. the bus stop in fairbanks alaska asking folks what is the most important issue in alaska. i was born and raised in fairbanks alaska. i knew the most important issue to me is the walls that are society seems to be bringing up. we are finding it hard to embrace our differences and that's a good thing. and that's creating great divide and greater conflicts than we really need at the moment. we should be focusing our problem-solving skills on more important not how we are different because it's our differences that make us great we are falling behind. is not simply the case. and it's important to me for the federal government to make that policy. i am a dentist here in fairbank. i've been here since 1976. i came appear from michigan where i went to school at the university of michigan. dental health is of course a very important issue here. whether it's in the cities

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. >> fbi director christopher ray and rod rosenstein receiver is a special counsel case testifying publiclyn the south same house panel. >> fixing the border crisis. and being separated, and adding 200 immigration judges. after the house failed to pass a compromise bill and provide a daca fixed. milania is expected to visit centers housing illegal migrants. time to shake up the department, robert wilkie appears to be heading for compromising, facing lawmakers on capitol hill. and patient wait times. >> no greater assignment i am honored they gave me the responsibility to help. >> david cell can was fired in march. the landmark ruling marking a big win for first amendment rights, deciding government employees will no longer be forced to pay fees for unions, outraging democratic labor groups, and financially support political views. nonunion workers don't agree with those views and it was a violation of free speech. fox news alert supreme court shakeup, and to pick a fight over whoever donald trump pics to replace justice kennedy. how important is it for republicans to hold onto their own sea

is current chief christopher ray has just held a news conference over the findings he says he'll be taking action against employees who were found guilty of misconduct the report does identify errors of judgment by a lay sions of or even disregard for policy and decisions that at the very least the benefit of hindsight were not the best choices we've already started taking the necessary steps to address those issues first we're going to hold employees accountable for any potential misconduct a white house correspondent kimberly hellcat has more. this is a wide ranging report by the inspector general seventeen months in the making it walks through the key moments in that investigation and the handling by the former f.b.i. director james comey into the use of a private e-mail server by hillary clinton the democratic presidential nominee when she was the secretary of state in the obama administration the report expected to be highly politicized even though this is a nonpartisan review it's likely to be just the opposite given the contentious nature of the election and the divided american ele

. -- rod rosenit sign and christopher ray testified on report that focused on the 2016 clinton email investigation. days advanceven notice required. andchair of the committee ranking member gave their opening statements and the committee recessed for votes on the floor. this portion is 30 minutes. >> members of the media, retreat. we're going to start hearing. hearing. good morning. begin the hearing this morning, we need to vote to weigh the seven day here in notice requirement. clause a of rule three. the question is whether there is good cause to begin today's hearing less than seven days after it was was noticed. aye. in favor, say i -- >>aye. the clerk will call the role. -- roll. [calling roll] >> the gentlewoman is recorded as no. we are going to wait another minute or two for the ranking members area -- members. ?re you recording >> mr. johnson votes yes. inquire of theto basis of the emergency and cause that has generated this resolution to ignore the regular order of the seven-day notice. it is not an emergency. it is good cause. the gentleman from maryland. >> how my recor

. >> reporter: christopher ray testified thursday before the house judiciary committee on the ig reporting the 2016 election, a group of republican lawmakers requested rosenstein hand over the names of every single person working on the russia probe. we will see how much of it gets in the hands of the people. >> massive voter registration error affecting more people than originally thought. a computer glitch at the maryland nba could affect as many as 80,000 voters, four times as many then officials first estimated over the weekend, the issue related to changes they made to address or party affiliation on nba website. those affected will use provisional ballots. maryland one of 7 states holding elections today, urging people to vote at a rally in south carolina. >> please get your [bleep] out tomorrow and vote. you got to get out and vote. heather: donald trump rallying for henry mcmasters up against john warren in a runoff today. mcmaster was the first a white elected official to endorse the trump campaign. that is where mitt romney is against mike kennedy in the gop senate primary and

christopher ray says he takes the report seriously. >> disappointed.ort does identify errors of judgment, violations of or disregard for policy and decisions that at the very least with the benefit of hindsight were not the best choices. there are some sobering lessons and we will learn those lessons and act on those lessons. heather: democrats point out it did not find political bias in the fbi decision to clear hillary clinton in the investigation. disagree with that, read it for yourself. bill clinton was actually offended when he was criticized over his tarmac meeting with loretta lynch, sparking controversy with a 2016 conversation with ben atty. gen. just days before the fbi announced no charges against his wife. an interview with the inspector general he said i don't know whether i am more offended that they think i'm crooked or that they think i'm stupid. the ig report called it an error in judgment, you decide on that as well. there are concerns the fallout from the report will do serious damage to more row among rank-and-file fbi agents, the

all of this may be a prelude to another hearing tomorrow with christopher ray and atty. gen. rosenstein. jillian: a federal judge ending most family separations at the border and paving the way to reunite those families already separated. the company you court ordering all kids under 5 must be reunited within 14 days and older children within a month as 17 states soon the trump administration over those family separations, the white house says 500 minors have been reunited with their families. and immigration showdown on capitol hill, the deal on the table meant to be a compromise reversing the 0-tolerance policy that has been on the books for years, donald trump ramping up the pressure on the border wall. >> we ask an increase in wall spending so we can finish it quicker. it stops the drugs, stops people, give the security and safety. >> reporter: the senate will vote on a similar bill tomorrow, adding 200 immigration judges at the border. rob: a lot of election results after 7 state primaries, the big shocker for democrats, 10 term congressman and fourth ranking democrat in

this into a christopher ray has to say about rummy. >> i cannot imagine a situation in which i wouldt conference. >> the more richer richer report, the more i begin to focus the ad hoc decision-making based on his personal views. >> they are now looking. and by the way, e-mail is going to president barack obama at the time. >> has said that so many times. i believe the fact that comey leaked his own communication, his internal memos to the press. we know that's the subject of an investigation is illegal. that was the property of the government. finally someone looking into the fact that comey did not follow sba protocols in any stretch of the imagination. cheryl: republican senators are saying we want to know who these employees were. you put them in the report. time to name them in the issue of transparency. we shall see what horvitz does. misty merits, thank you very much. gerri: coming up, the washington capitals. a major member of the scene is opting for free agency. terrell owens but the legendary scene. got to get back to markets. the dow jones industrial average down 360 point

heather: tempers flaring as rod rosenstein and christopher ray testified before congress. catherine herridge is there, she joins us with new fallout tonight. >> reporter: russia isn't being hurt by this investigation, we are. >> reporter: the ripple effect of the special counsel probe dominated the hearing. >> whatever you have got, finish it up. this country is being torn apart. >> we are not going to do our investigation subject to any political influence by either side. >> reporter: the alleged use of confidential sources together intelligence about trump campaign aides through fireworks. >> not keeping any information from congress. the house of representatives will say something different. >> as the hearing unfolded by a vote of 226-183 the house passed a nonbinding resolution calling on rod rosenstein to provide withheld documents of the congressional subpoena. >> do you believe you have the ability to be of the law? >> know. >> for republicans there were other frustrations. >> you won't say this committee whether you even read the document you signed that authorized

rob: rod rosenstein and christopher ray accused of stonewalling congressional oversight, the doj andave a new deadline to hand over all documents regarding the russia probe or be held in contempt of congress this time. todd pyro is here to break it down. congress not joking around, some fireworks yesterday. >> reporter: they were fired up the last couple months, sparks flying on capitol hill, lawmakers demanded all documents related to robert mueller's russia probe be handed over. after 13 months enough is enough. >> if you have evidence of wrongdoing by any member of the trump campaign, present it to the grand jury. if you have evidence this president acted inappropriately presented to the american people. whatever you got. finish it up. this country is being torn apart. rob: it didn't stop there, congressman jim jordan accusing deputy attorney general rod rosenstein of suppressing congressional oversight by rejecting crucial documents. >> the house of representatives will go on record saying you haven't complied with requests from a separate and equal branch of government, that you

rob: christopher ray inherited a real mess.ay this is just a few people, and orin hatch jumps all over that and says the director, these are the top brass of the fbi and the guy running the hillary investigation, that did not come off well, if anyone can matter more i can't think of it. >> i talk to retired fbi agent i know who told me the line agents have no confidence in the leadership in washington dc. they see the problems that the ig reports are too. >> 18 after the hour, out of surveillance business and the petition in the civil rights group list launched. >> who is more popular? the north korean leader known as little rocket man or the woman who called donald trump's tax cuts crumbs? the brand-new paul and the answer that may surprise you when we come back. ♪ with two times more geographic detail... ...ancestrydna can pinpoint where your ancestors are from... ...and the paths they took, to a new home. could their journey inspire yours? order your kit at ancestrydna.com. ♪ cleaning floors with a mop and bucket is a hassle

jillian: fbi director and deputy attorney general in the hot seat today, christopher ray and rod rosenstein will testify on fbi and doj actions leading to the 2016 election, lawmakers planning a public hearing for disgraced fbi agent peter stzrok who was grilled for 11 hours on capitol hill but did not answer many questions was republicans convinced bias impacted fbi investigations. >> don't know how you read the text, any reasonable person reads the text and would suggest there was no bias. there was no information not included in the report. concerns about political bias have been alleviated based on what i heard so far. >> stzrok is being investigated for text messages like this one to stop then candidate trump. peter stzrok left with more questions than answer claiming he couldn't share classified information with house committee members. fox news contributor sarah carter says this is exactly why the justice department needs to release the documents congress has been demanding. >> a lot of what i have been hearing is peter stzrok is hiding behind the idea of classified information. stzr

michael horowitz and christopher ray, if you want to know what he will say, listen to the press conference, he described a report as disappointing unexplained changes the fbi will make but defendant the bureau by the vast majority of fbi agents did nothing wrong. >> we take this report seriously and accept its findings and recommendations. it is also important to note what the inspector general did not find. this report did not find any evidence of political bias or improper considerations impacting the investigation under review. >> donald trump talked about the ig report. he also said he won't interfere with this. >> i will stay away from the justice department until it is completed. that doesn't mean i have t i can get involved but i don't want you to say i am interfering or doing anything. the report yesterday, maybe more importantly than anything, there was no collusion or obstruction. >> rudy giuliani, special counsel should suspend the investigation. >> it is a made up charge by someone who said i'm going to stop him and get him out of the white house. an investigation of comey, fbi

. >> a good man o great faith is now fbi director christopher ray described special agent in charge davidwho was laid to rest here at quantico na.onal cemetery how, calm and collected is and that sentiment was echoed he as those who knewim best said their final farewe. >> there was something special out special agent in charge david levalley. you could feel it.you could see memorial chapel. law enforcement fro near and far came to remember one of their own. one who on was on his way to work when he spotted the first g towero down after being struck by teresrists. >> he rnded to help. >> he was upstanding citize he did all he could. he was there for 9/11. and h ae helpedll the citizens as possible. >> on friday morning levalley was remembered with full honors for making the ultimateic sae. his friend and colleaguehomas o'connor describes a man who inspired united an served. >> i spoke to dave two weeks ago related to the world trade center health monitoring program. dave levalley as has been said nd of guy that just took care i of people. sheriff from loudoun county came up to me and said

director christopher ray also testifies at the senate udiciary hearing which gets under way at 2:00 p.m. eastern live here on c-span. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. you unfiltered coverage of house, and he white events in washington, d.c. and around the country. is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> next, a look at russia's military strategy with defense the rand rom corporation. they talk about recruitment ia't in syria and the military relationship between russia, india and china. hour.s just under an >> okay. everybody.ng, it's nice to see some smiling faces on a friday morning bright and early. jamie -- i'm the irector of congressional

christopher ray takes the report seriously. >> the report does identify errors of judgment, violationsolicy and decisions that at the very least in the benefit of hindsight were not the best choices. there are some sobering lessons and we are going to learn those lessons and act on those lessons. jillian: democrats point out the report did not find political bias in the fbi's decision to clear hillary clinton in the investigation. despite the findings director ray is taking a page out of starbucks playbook by vowing to train his employees on how to avoid bias. it is not clear when this training will begin or what it will entail. rob: the neighbor who attacked rand paul will be sentenced today, renee boucher pleaded guilty after toggling the kentucky lawmaker in his own yard last year over lawn debris. paul left with 6 broken ribs and a long road to recovery complicated by recurring pneumonia. boucher could face 21 months in prison for the assault. jillian: a 3 day ice sweeps legals with 162 illegal immigrants in handcuffs. the operation targeting convicted criminals around los angeles

. >> reporter: a good man of faith is how fbi director christophe ray described special agent i chargeemetery. cool,al cand collected. that sentiment was echoee her as those who knew him b said their final farewells. >> there was something specialke about special air in charge david la v ali.ee could yo and hear it. law enforcement from near and farmeame tmber one of their own. one who on 911 was on his way to work when he spotted the first tower go down. after being suck by terrorists. he responded to help >> he did all he could, he there thrndgh 911 a helped all the citizens as much as possible. >> reporter: friday morning, he r making the ultimate llfo hono sacrifice. his friend andolleague thomas o'connor described the man who inspired, united and served >> i spoke to dave two weeks ago related to t health progra as been said many times, he was the kind of guy who too care of people. sheriff from loudoun county came up to my and said a he police officer in the same community as dave was, and they had a bond,e was the kind of guy that just showed up at scenes or went to meetings to

you cannot conflate the two, and christopher ray didn't do so. >> i want to tell our viewers that waselson and not me. nelson, i'm suffering. i know how you feel, brother. i'm dealing with it right now. should i come back to you because i wanted to ask you the next question. are you okay? >> i think you can go ahead. >> so nelson, is he saying that sessions should un-recuse himself unilaterally and put a stop to this entire investigation? >> you can't un-recuse yourself because you can't undo the facts that led to your recusal. jeff sessions recused himself because he said he didn't talk to any russians during the time he was advising trump's campaign and it turns out he did on multiple occasions. he can't take that back so undoing it isn't going to happen. rudy, my old boss -- by the way, jack quintan was also my old boss. if you look at this in 500 pages this report is about the hillary clinton e-mail investigation. it ended months, i think five or six months before mueller was even named. i don't know what this has to do with bob mueller. >> okay. so, jack, he says he doesn't know

. >> you mention sarah sanders encouraging people to tune in to christopher ray's press conference which lapped late today. talk about what ray said. it was a full throated defense of the fbi but also saying, they accepted the ig report? >> he was asked at one point if he could give a one word reaction to the report, what would it be? he said disappointed. the fbi director who was picked by president trump is disappointed in the outcome of this investigation and what the investigation found. it was interesting toward the end of this press conference with the fbi director who we don't see in front of the cameras often. he was asked to comment on the president's tweets. he said, i only want to comment on opinions that i care about. it sounded like a dig somewhat at the president. it may have been the fbi director's attempts to sidestep the issue. he didn't want to talk about the president's opinion on all of this we're waiting for the president to weigh-in on all of this. it's his birthday, he's not weighed in, perhaps he's waiting until the day after his birthday to weigh-in. >> it was on

christopher ray and deputy attorney general rod rosenstein before the house judiciary committee. they will likely have to aner questions on the inspector general report about what both agencies diduring the 2016 race. >>> still ahead, e number of opioid deaths across our area is rising. >> the new lawsuit aimed at saving lives. sheena. >> well, good morning. temperatures you are heading out maybe to do exercise outside, they'll be 80s this afternoon. near 90 degrees by 5:00 p.m. the best chance of any shower today will be just in the next couple of hours. otherwise, we're dry, but heating up into the weekend, chuck is back with a look at the hot weekend forecast. a>>> y. the lifeguards just got here. we're ready to jump into the river. stay-cation his option for the fourth of july weekend coming up on news 4 weekend coming up on news 4 toda ♪ weekend coming up on news 4 toda wow! ♪ find a world of inspiration. find something you love today. ever changing selection. ever amazing prices.go homeods. go finding. zblieshlgts welcome back. warm front 15. virginia leaders are taking dra

deputy attorney general rod rosenstein and fbi director christopher ray appeared at the house you judiciarymittee. -- house judiciary committee. refusing to produce documents they believed would show improper fbi conduct. >> who are we supposed to believe? staff members who've never misled us or you guys, were caught hiding information who are we supposed to believe? >> i'm telling the truth and i'm under oath. >> i know these staff members. >> the hearing unfolded. the house passed a nonbinding resolution calling on rosenstein to provide withheld documents under congressional subpoena. >>> more than 600 people including some doctors are facing federal charges in connection with healthcare fraud. the justice department is calling it the largest crackdown ongovernment and insurance company's more than $2 billion. the are linked to opioid epidemics. >>> two people in solano county are facing charges this morning for shooting out dozens of car windows with bb guns. we first showed you the surveillance video last week of a black dodge charger driving to an american canyon neighborhood. dozens o

and interestingly on thursday christopher ray, the fbi director and rod rosenstein are going to be testifying the house judiciary committee. and that's going to be a really interesting session because you know where the house republicans are coming from on this. they are -- you know, they've convinced themselves that the entire mueller investigation is, you know, fruit from a poisoned tree that originated by biased fbi agents, peter struck being the prime example. andod rosenstein has been trying to walk a very fine line here. he's the guy overseeing mueller's investigation. he's the guy in charge of it. the house republicans are going to be coming after him to defend the mueller investigation. it's going to be really interesting to see how he handles that, how he responds to what's going to be hostile questions at that hearing on thursday. >> phil, listen, you have a unique perspective here because you have work would the fbi. so what kind of information can struck provide? >> he can offer some context. yore dealing with an investigation that involves hundreds of people. he made an epically

fbi director christopher ray is a registered republican correct? >> that i don't mow. >> for the last few hours we sat in this hearing and some of my colleagues part of the cover up caucus have attempted to pedal conspiracy theories that the investigation into the trump campaign's potential criminality where we were attacked by a hostile foreign power is a witch hunt. there is not a bit of evidence that a witch hunt exists right now. in fact, if any individual connected to the 2016 presidential campaign was victimized by prosecutor misconduct her name was hillary clinton. the report that you've produced, 500 plus pages, makes clear that the former fbi director violated the department of justice protocol on multiple occasions, most severely in july of 2016 with a public explanation of hillary clinton's conduct, recklessly calling it extremely careless. violating d.o.j. protocol, and then of course again in october 2016 with eleven days prior to the presidential campaign. what are you guys complaining about? you know what happened. james comey decide

don't forget, director christopher ray will be briefing at 5:30.e are looking forward to hearing his impressions. by the way, the lawsuit that you and write just discussing, the one in new york is the latest in a series of suits. the white house would suggest to you that they're rolled out by democrats and their backers and this sort of effort to distract the president, maybe get into his taxes. they say it's more of the same. >> neil: thanks, kevin. so you know, both sides have said, we trust our institutions. but after this today, democrats and republicans alike, not these and not at this time and not with some of the folks in charge and handling things. what is next? after this. that chevy won a j.d.power dependability award for its midsize car-the chevy malibu. i forgot. chevy also won a j.d. power dependability award for its light-duty truck the chevy silverado. oh, and since the chevy equinox and traverse also won chevy is the only brand to earn the j.d. power dependability award across cars, trucks and suvs-three years in a row. phew. third

it's underway now in the house where deputy attorney general red rosenstein and fbi director christopher ray judiciary committee. here is just one of the joemts from this afternoon. >> all this was at the same time that this fbi agent said a trump presidency would be f'ing terrifying and that will never happen. no, no. we'll stop it. he was talking about impeach men within three days of special counsel mueller being appointed. three days. that's even quicker than msnbc and the democrats were talking about impeaching. russia attacked this country. they should be the target. but russia isn't being hurt by this investigation right now. we are. this country is being hurt. >> this hearing happening just after this modern's announcement from the white house that president trump build hold a summit with russian president vladimir putin on july 16th in helsinki. let's bring in natasha bertrand, and ned price. natasha let me start with you, listening to trey gowdy, talking about the mueller investigation, about the u.s. relationship with russia, with news certainly of this summit. what did you make o

. >> so that was fbi director christopher ray speaking at the house judiciary committee happening. talking 2016. that's the intent of the hearing. but it is likely that once democrats begin the questioning, you may hear more on the russian interference with the 2016 election and president trump's tweet this morning ahead of his announcement of a summit between himself and vladimir putin in finland. right now that's a republican of florida questioning deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. we are going to keep you posted on this. we'll update as news warrants. we also want to talk about other big issues facing folks not just on capitol hill but across the country. this morning justice kennedy's exit from the court has some advocacy groups bracing for the worst, and others gearing up for what they've been hoping for for years. >> we have a panel with us. david, thank you for being on here. lots to get to. the big issues at stake, abortion, affirmative action, partisan, jerry bandering, which one is the most vulnerable? what are you gearing up for at the aclu? >> i think they're all

current fbi director for christopher ray and justice inspector michael horowitz, the guy who wrote that report could face tough queions in front of the judicial committee. that's set to haen in about three 1/2 hours from now. i spoke with peter truck's lawyer. he told me through his lawyer that his sclient willing to answer questions openly not pleading the fifeth. if that happens, struck's comments could give us a new window into the thinking of some of the people and this person in particular could give us a look into the high stakes in the white house in years. >> he's ready to tell all and tell everything, peter struc putting no restrictions on any testimony to lawmakers after the head of the house judiciary committee reportedly began the process to subpoena the agent. >> i think is he eager to tell the truth. and, you know, hopefully it will be an open session in congress. >> struck wlor was part of e fbi's investigation into hillary clinton's e-mail server was also involved in a now infamous text message exchange from august 2016 recently revealed in an inspector general report. a

. >> you just heard there christopher ray about a 20-minute press conference there.five-minute opening statement and took a number of questions. an moment for the fbi director there. he should have drained that room of questions and i think he did a pretty good job. ben is still with us. matt miller, former justice department spokesperson also still with us and my panel. let me get quick reactions. i'll start with ben. >> i think there are probably a lot of people in the fbi who are going to be anxious after that press conference. >> i think he used painfully clear a couple times, which sounded to us he wants that to be a fireable offense now. >> and he specifically said that after the opr process he won't hesitate to hold people accountable. and i think there are probably that noises like that tr the director in public, particularly a director who has been so reticent is will be heard loudly around the fbi building. and i think a lot of people in that building will, you know, worry that the leadership is not standing up for the rank and file of the institution or is

>> that i don't know. >> christopher ray was appointed to his position by donald trump, true? >> that is correct. >> and in that capacity, the fbi director helps lead the investigation into the trump campaign, true? >> i'm actually not sure how that plays. >> okay. we think he's involved. fbi director christopher wray is a registered republican, correct? >> that i don't know. >> for the last few hours we sat in this hearing and some of my colleagues part of the cover up caucus have attempted to pedal conspiracy theories that the investigation into the trump campaign potential criminality where we were attacked by a hostile foreign power is a witch hunt. there is no evidence that a witch hunt exists right now. in fact, if any individual connected to the 2016 presidential campaign was victimized by misconduct, her name was hillary clinton. the report that you produced 500 plus pages makes clear that the former fbi director violated department of justice protocol on multiple occasions. most severely in july of 2016 with the public explanation of hillary clinton's conduct reckless

inspector general report, michael horowitz getting ready to testify after he and the fbi director christopher rayarrage of questions before the senate judiciary committee, the hillary clinton email investigation. or and hatch ripping mr. ray over minimizing the issues at the fbi. >> senior agency officials running two of the most important investigations in the bureau's history, they were insubordinate in their communications and even untruthful. let's not pretend it was a 1-off problem. there is a serious problem with the culture fbi headquarters. your statement suggested we should not worry about the events detailed in the inspector general report because it focuses on a group of individuals and events and that is exactly backwards. >> the fact the very first press conference i held as fbi director was a measure of how important this is. maria: federal prosecutor andrew mccarthy, good to see you, thanks for joining us. >> clearly he misrepresented the report. the report says there is abundant evidence of prejudice and bias against trump and in favor of clinton. what horowitz says is he can't sa

director christopher ray needs to come clean on two key points. >> bill: new reaction from the formerue the obama administration. and saying he have a two tiered justice system. next. >> i think president trump is taking it back to the place it needs to be. it is unfortunate that one prosecutor and a couple of f.b.i. agents detried my life for no reason. >> sandra: we expect the lawyer of weinstein, to step out to the microphone at any moment now and we'll learn more on what happened in the courthouse. the lawyer challenged the victims and said his client is confident to clear his name. he called rain allegation is absurd saying that they had had a alleged consensual relationship. can we listen in. and that is outside of the state. and that is what will happen. and pleading not guilty. the hearing is on charges involves two women. and one alleged victim who is not identified publicly. and said that weinstein cornered her and raped her. the lawyer will make a comment and if he steps up to the microphone, we'll take his comments, live. >> i made a mistake as a young kid and clear attemp

deputy attorney general rod rosenstein and fbi director christopher ray talk about the findings in the inspector general's report. watch live on cspan3, cspan.org or on the cspan radio app.

and christopher ray, focusing on the clinton e-mail investigation. on c-span 2 at 10:00 p.m. eastern, the confirmation hearing for the next irs commissioner. on c-span 3 at 8:00 a hearing on the promowsed merger between t-mobil and sprint. >>> next, a hearing on u.s. foreign policy in europe. and u.s. military interests. before a senate foreign relations subcommittee.

and christopher ray, focusing on the clinton e-mail investigation. on c-span 2 at 10:00 p.m. eastern, the confirmation hearing for the next irs commissioner. on c-span 3 at 8:00 a hearing on the promowsed merger between t-mobil and sprint. >>> next, a hearing on u.s. foreign policy in europe. and u.s. military interests. before a senate foreign relations subcommittee. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >> this hearing of the senate foreign relations subcommittee is called to order. i'm happy to welcome assistant secretary wes mitchell. we appreciate you coming and looking forward to our back and forth -- i would ask consent to my opening -- my written opening remarks be entered into the record. i'm an accountant, i like data, there are two relatively big issues that have brought to the floor in the last 18 months. one relates to our nato partners, meeting our 2% commitment. the question we have, 2% have a limited number of meeting that. what does that mean dollar wise. in 2016, the shortfall was $122 billion of defense spending. they've increased spending about 14.4 billion. sla

and i think christopher ray and others, because we all want the f.b.i.work as effectively as it needs to. here's the final step. we're doing this in the wrong way. ronald reagan did it the right way with the iran contra. we need all the american people we trust, joe lieberman and such folks, to look at all of this with transparency and tell the american people what happened in 2016. this is complicated, we've been talking about it a year and-a-half. what are the lessons learned, and how do we go forward with all of these serious questions? >> sandra: you know, bill and melissa, you're out on long island listening in on this conversation. and, bill, a big part of what the president also said this morning was his reaction to the revelation of those text messages. he said peter struck should have been fired a long time ago, said the president. >> bill: he's not the only one saying that. leading republicans on the hill are as well. it's a friday, melis a getting a friday news jump. maybe this is the news forth coming this afternoon. peter struck is still get

fbi director christopher ray. >> the report makes clear that we higeficant work to do, and as i said, we are going to learn from the report and better as a result. >> testifying before the senate judiciary committee on monday, michael horowitz said there was no political biainsidehe fbi to tilt the election to hillary clinton or donald trump, still rae cticized james comey for breaking protocol. >> horowitz acknowledging the conduct of one agent wcould hav cast a shadow. >> we found the implication to beeeply troubling. >> despite president trump's claim the report exonerates him in the russia investigation. >> there was collusion. report to show that. >> reporter: the inspector solution. report did not address that. we d not look into collusion questions. >> reporter: as the president continues tol rai against the tionial counsel's investi as a witch hunt, the fbi direct repeatedly expressing his confidence about robert mueller. >> i believe that speal counsel mueller is conducting at valid ination. >> reporter: where does this go from here? the inspector general is revieying how the

as long as the director of the fbi, christopher ray is doing a great job working hard to set the fbi in the right course. he made the point and i agree with him this isn't about the tens of thousands who keep us safe and prevent terrorist attacks. this is about a handful of people, maybe a slightly larger group who have been involved in a miscarricker -- mischaracter of justice. >> thank you. >> thank you, neil. >>> kidney of you catch micheal moore with the supreme court pick. he said he would surround the u.s. capital with a few other people to stop the confirmation. how will this go? after this. >>> the trust is we have to fact lose the ideals of the country. >> what did you say? did you speak out? did you speak from your heart. now is the moment we must fight. >> they are right and they are wrong and we must fight every single step of the way. >>> all right, i'll put them all out as a maybe. he's the president of the united states. it's okay for him to do so right now. i don't want to get in the timing issue. many on the left are upset about this. kerry is here. her group is amon

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