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what were devon nunez's guys doing showing up in london at christopher steele's office?nfirming that congressman nunez is behind this secret attempt to contact the dossier author. nice to have you here tonight. >> good to be here. >> so describing it as a secret attempt, i'm flummoxed by the fact that nobody involved in any of these investigations knew about it. why does congressman nunez have the ability to dispatch people in this way? >> he's still chairman of the house intelligence committee, even though he stepped aside from the russia investigation. he still has control over resources, the staff, director, has worked for him since 2003. so obviously a nunez man in place. and he has the ability to use the resources and dispatch staffers. but it is incredibly unusual for this to happen for a foreign trip without other members of the committee being informed. this is way out of the norm. >> do we have any idea what those staffers did, once they went to steele's offices? we understand from your reporting, and from politico's information that they turned up unannounced.
what were devon nunez's guys doing showing up in london at christopher steele's office?nfirming that congressman nunez is behind this secret attempt to contact the dossier author. nice to have you here tonight. >> good to be here. >> so describing it as a secret attempt, i'm flummoxed by the fact that nobody involved in any of these investigations knew about it. why does congressman nunez have the ability to dispatch people in this way? >> he's still chairman of the house...
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what the heck were those republican staffers doing at christopher steele's office in london then. thanks to the guardian newspaper today we know more. the guardian reports that these two staffers from the house intelligence committee who went to london to turn up unannounced at christopher steele's office, they were sent there by a long standing aid to devin nunez. member of the trump transition. de devin nunez who stepped aside from leading the nfths after his weird stunt where he tried to claim that the real problem is the obama administration. he is there for supposedly not involved in the russia investigation. how is it that his long time staffer is dispatching people at taxpayer expense to go doorstop christopher cele's office in london in a way that might screw up all of the other investigations into the dossier part of the trump-russia story. and he's able to send those folks off without the knowledge of any of the folks involved in the investigation, including robert mueller, the democrats and the republican congressman who is supposed to be running that investigation in t
what the heck were those republican staffers doing at christopher steele's office in london then. thanks to the guardian newspaper today we know more. the guardian reports that these two staffers from the house intelligence committee who went to london to turn up unannounced at christopher steele's office, they were sent there by a long standing aid to devin nunez. member of the trump transition. de devin nunez who stepped aside from leading the nfths after his weird stunt where he tried to...
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christopher steele was way ahead of it and so was david corn. >> malcolm, i'm struck by the way that rthered in the last 48 hours. the co-funder who commissioned the dossier from steele, he's done this ten-hour interview from the senate and has handed over 40,000 pages to the senate, cooperating with the investigation. infusion is saying, listen, we stand by the dossier. basically, we think it's true. check it out. if that testimony that he just gave, those ten hours of testimony, the transcript for that will be made public. do you think that changes the stakes materially for the white house? >> well, i think it does because what it does is if he turned over 40,000 documents, forget about the ten hours of answering questions. if he turned over the raw material, the traffic that he used to, you know, christopher ste steele used and the notes that he took to bring that about, trained intelligence analysts at the cia and counterintelligence office of the fbi, they are going to make a lot of links back to known intelligence that comes from the broader intelligence community. we had heard
christopher steele was way ahead of it and so was david corn. >> malcolm, i'm struck by the way that rthered in the last 48 hours. the co-funder who commissioned the dossier from steele, he's done this ten-hour interview from the senate and has handed over 40,000 pages to the senate, cooperating with the investigation. infusion is saying, listen, we stand by the dossier. basically, we think it's true. check it out. if that testimony that he just gave, those ten hours of testimony, the...
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yesterday we reported that the firm that hired christopher steele, that ex mi-6 agent, the head of the american firm that hired him to do it, fusion gps, was interviewed yesterday by the staff of the senate judiciary committee for ten total i had hours. we can confirm that glen simpson did hand over 40,000 pages of documents to the committee as well that was first reported by fox news last night, we can confirm it tonight. if you put aside 40,000 pages of documents, think about his 10 hour long interview. we know what it was about. i mean, the only reason the head of fusion gps was talking to the senate judiciary committee for 10 hours was because of their role in commissionings the does way. when simpson came out of the view, his lawyer made a statement saying the dossier was the subject of the interview. and -- everybody calls it uncorroborated and unverified, that's not the way fusion gpa views it. richard ben-veniste is a famous political figure especially investigations of complicated sandals, he was a water gate investigator, when simpson came out of that interview, his lawyer qu
yesterday we reported that the firm that hired christopher steele, that ex mi-6 agent, the head of the american firm that hired him to do it, fusion gps, was interviewed yesterday by the staff of the senate judiciary committee for ten total i had hours. we can confirm that glen simpson did hand over 40,000 pages of documents to the committee as well that was first reported by fox news last night, we can confirm it tonight. if you put aside 40,000 pages of documents, think about his 10 hour long...
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. >> chris: the most intriguing thing and the guy i want to hear from his christopher steele.dently he had some contacts. to have christopher steele tell us what he found out and what's behind it. >> david: an ongoing case in the united kingdom related to this company, fusion gps. what comes out in the u.k., started about five weeks ago, we may well give us an indication of what's going to come out in the united states. >> chris: i hope christopher steele testifies. it's going to be better than the "game of thrones" finale. >> eboni: i would like to take it around the table. how does everybody feel around closed-door versus open-door testimony? we have seen both a lot recently. which do you prefer? i would say you get more from closed-door. >> david: the advantage to closed-door is the queen queen. a principal. you get a chance to talk. you get -- they make decisions. i like it. i do want the open testimony on the record after a while. that's what our elected representatives are supposed to do. >> kat: i agree. closed-door, you can get more. open, i get more. i can watch it an
. >> chris: the most intriguing thing and the guy i want to hear from his christopher steele.dently he had some contacts. to have christopher steele tell us what he found out and what's behind it. >> david: an ongoing case in the united kingdom related to this company, fusion gps. what comes out in the u.k., started about five weeks ago, we may well give us an indication of what's going to come out in the united states. >> chris: i hope christopher steele testifies. it's going...
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now, if that is abc news report is true, that would allow the fbi to retrace christopher steele's steps to either verify or disprove what is in that incredibly inflammatory does dwra. you'll remember the key claim was that the trump campaign not only knowingly clued wlt russian attack on the eelection, but it was the end product of a year's long relationship that involved the politically useful obtaining of information, that included extensive illicit financial ties between trump, trump businesses and russian entities including some that are close to vladimir putin. that's what's in the dossier, right? if the firm that paid for that investigation just handed over 40,000 pages worth of documents, and the founder of that firm just gave 10 hours of testimony, and if the intelligence agent who collected that information has confided information about his sources to the fbi for their own investigation of those matters, well, then, you could see where the pressure might be boiling up from in terms of the white house really wanting to shut down these investigations. and looking ahead in terms
now, if that is abc news report is true, that would allow the fbi to retrace christopher steele's steps to either verify or disprove what is in that incredibly inflammatory does dwra. you'll remember the key claim was that the trump campaign not only knowingly clued wlt russian attack on the eelection, but it was the end product of a year's long relationship that involved the politically useful obtaining of information, that included extensive illicit financial ties between trump, trump...
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wall street jou journal reporter who had responsibility for assembling the dossier and hired christopher steelformer mi6 agent who worked on this because of his russia connections. those are people, i don't know if you know, glen. i've known him a long time. i have a lot of confidence in his integrity and his seriousness. people in england that i've talked to and that others have spoken to say the same thing about christopher steel. >> you know glen. what picture do you think glen painted in this still secret testimo testimony. his lawyers said they do want it released. >> i think glen explained he hasn't been up to anything nefarious here. he was doing a job that he was hired to do as a private investigator. he did not, for instance, has been accused set up the trump tower meeting as some kind of trick on the trumps and it will be interesting to see, by the way, when and if donald trump junior, paul manafort and jared kushner finally testify before the committee themselves and see whether their testimony is released. >> let me go to nick. >> i have my doubts about that. none of them have test
wall street jou journal reporter who had responsibility for assembling the dossier and hired christopher steelformer mi6 agent who worked on this because of his russia connections. those are people, i don't know if you know, glen. i've known him a long time. i have a lot of confidence in his integrity and his seriousness. people in england that i've talked to and that others have spoken to say the same thing about christopher steel. >> you know glen. what picture do you think glen painted...
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is learning that members of the committee tried to speak with the british intelligence agent christopher steeleo a source familiar with the matter. the source says the congressional staff members did not ultimately meet with steele while in london. >> what do we know about how steele became involved in all of this? >> well, jake, he was hired by a research firm here in washington, d.c. and helped compile a dossier of allegations of alleged ties, of russian ties to donald trump's campaign. a congressional source confirms that democratic staffers on the committee were kept in the dark about the republican staffers' trip to london. >> thank you so much. sto >>> in our money lead, the so-called pharma bro is found guilty. prosecutors argued that he duped investors to put millions of dollars into the hedge funds he launched. he lied about how the hedge funds were doing at the investment firms and illegally using money at a pharmaceutical company where he was ceo. shkreli drew frouwns unpositivw raised the cost of pills. it's officially unrelated to this fraud case. shkreli called this a witch hunt o
is learning that members of the committee tried to speak with the british intelligence agent christopher steeleo a source familiar with the matter. the source says the congressional staff members did not ultimately meet with steele while in london. >> what do we know about how steele became involved in all of this? >> well, jake, he was hired by a research firm here in washington, d.c. and helped compile a dossier of allegations of alleged ties, of russian ties to donald trump's...
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christopher steel who authored the dossier while work for political opposition research firm fusion gpsfighting the ruling by a district judge in florida. co-founder of fusion spoke to investigators on the senate judiciary committee this week. one investigate years accusing mr. simpson of stonewalling for giving the committee thousands of blank pages to answer to subpoena. tony shaffer, a senior fellow with the london center for policy. it's looking like this whole thing was a russian setup. >> i think it was in some aspects. it's no mystery about hot so-called republican customer was who first started gps down this path and it was taken over by the democrats at some point. david: but what senator grassley is trying to find out, he subpoenaed elements of what fusion gps had. what he's trying to find out is whether or not the russians supplied fusion gps with this information rather than mr. steel the retired british agent. >> this is one of those points. apparently mr. steel is well respected. why would someone who is well respected put their entire career and reputation on the line by
christopher steel who authored the dossier while work for political opposition research firm fusion gpsfighting the ruling by a district judge in florida. co-founder of fusion spoke to investigators on the senate judiciary committee this week. one investigate years accusing mr. simpson of stonewalling for giving the committee thousands of blank pages to answer to subpoena. tony shaffer, a senior fellow with the london center for policy. it's looking like this whole thing was a russian setup....
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this is dossier authored by christopher steele, that john mccain himself brought to the attention of the form he fbi director james comey. and it brought a summary directly to president trump. it contains some very salacious and totally unconfirmed allegations as well as claims we know to be true. >> when you look at what has become public, some of the public information is very much in line with what is recorded in that dossier. and i'll give you an example. it talks about sources within the kremlin reporting that they have three goals they want to find out what support friendly u.s. persons would want. all of that is implicated in the don jr. e-mails that have been released. i think people put too much focus on the salacious parts of the dossier. >> in february, cnn reported u.s. investigators had corroborated some of the communications. they had verified a key claim in the dossier that a russian diplomat in washington was in fact a spy. president trump for his part dismisses it altogether. >> it's all fake news, phony stuff. it didn't happen. and it was gotten by points of ours, y
this is dossier authored by christopher steele, that john mccain himself brought to the attention of the form he fbi director james comey. and it brought a summary directly to president trump. it contains some very salacious and totally unconfirmed allegations as well as claims we know to be true. >> when you look at what has become public, some of the public information is very much in line with what is recorded in that dossier. and i'll give you an example. it talks about sources within...
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abc is reporting that christopher steele, the former british spy who compiled the dossier has met withd agents with the names of his sources. >>> i want to turn to business where u.s. stock closed higher amid the hopes of tax returns. global markets, they're mixed. and also seem to be reacting to president trump's nafta comments last night. kelly joining us live from london. good morning. >> good morning to you. a lot going on in the world of business. obviously, we saw the dow jumping 200 points its best gain since the month of april. that was on reports there would be tax reform. they've turnaround, they're negative so i guess that rally has fizzled. and mario draghi didn't say much either. and of course, we have those comments from donald trump, he said he would probably end up terminating nafta. on top of that, he also raised the prospect of a government shutdown in his fight to build a wall across the u.s./mexican border. that saw gold up and the mexican peso was down. lg electronics said it will spend about $25 million to build a factory in michigan. that could create 300 jobs. >
abc is reporting that christopher steele, the former british spy who compiled the dossier has met withd agents with the names of his sources. >>> i want to turn to business where u.s. stock closed higher amid the hopes of tax returns. global markets, they're mixed. and also seem to be reacting to president trump's nafta comments last night. kelly joining us live from london. good morning. >> good morning to you. a lot going on in the world of business. obviously, we saw the dow...
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we want to hear from christopher steele. he is certainly a relevant witness in what happened. i home they won't do anything to deter him. >> thank you. >>> ahead, dan rather joins me to talk about tweets. >>> amidst of a fleur of news, president trump tweeted this. >>> amidst of a fleur of news, president trump tweeted this. one small problem, that scoop from fox news.com was based on information coming from unnamed u.s. officials with knowledge of the latest intelligence in the region. in other words, the story was based on a leak and it just so happens about 50 minutes later on fox and friends, the u.s. ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley was asked about that exact same report. >> can you tell us about that. >> ya. i can't talk about anything classified and if that's in the newspaper, it shouldn't be. >> i don't know what's going on but it is incredibly dangerous when things get into the press like that. you're not only just getting a scoop on something. you're playing with people's lives and this has to stop. all you're doing putting americans in danger. >> it is
we want to hear from christopher steele. he is certainly a relevant witness in what happened. i home they won't do anything to deter him. >> thank you. >>> ahead, dan rather joins me to talk about tweets. >>> amidst of a fleur of news, president trump tweeted this. >>> amidst of a fleur of news, president trump tweeted this. one small problem, that scoop from fox news.com was based on information coming from unnamed u.s. officials with knowledge of the latest...
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. >> the other wrinkle we haven't talked about is abc reported that christopher steele, the former british spy, has met with the fbi and told him who his sources are. i mean -- >> so this is what i'm hearing. we're hearing that mueller, the best resume in america, he has it all. the 16 people he's been able to recruit. we understand he's using the dossier as his template. let's check out that claim and that claim. using it as the skelton of his investigation. >> we called him bob the boss. he is extremely authorize sxoe very fair. he is looking at this as piece of evidence, unsubstantiated obligations. it is his duty to look at everything. trump is worried about collusion but there's always mission creep. so looking at financial dealings, including real estate back in the day. it is all going to come to the light of day. >> we know that before comey was fired, he showed the dossier to trump. i'm laughing because it can only be -- it's like a television -- he shows, here's where we're headed here, mr. president. here's the stuff we may have on you. this may be a road map to putting you out
. >> the other wrinkle we haven't talked about is abc reported that christopher steele, the former british spy, has met with the fbi and told him who his sources are. i mean -- >> so this is what i'm hearing. we're hearing that mueller, the best resume in america, he has it all. the 16 people he's been able to recruit. we understand he's using the dossier as his template. let's check out that claim and that claim. using it as the skelton of his investigation. >> we called him...
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according to a source familiar with the matter who says the staffers ultimately did not meet with christopher steele. also, president trump is beginning a 17-day vacation at the end of a tumultuous week. that's seen a dramatic escalation to the russian investigation by special counsel robert mueller. just hours after a revelation of a grand jury and subpoenas in the case, the president dismissed the russia story as, quote, a total fabrication. cnn is reporting tonight on russia's election interference. they are now telling us the fbi monitored social media on election day last year in an effort to track a suspected russian disinformation campaign spreading false stories and conspiracies, many aimed at hillary clinton. and attorney general jeff sessions has announced a plan to crack down on leaks of classified information. president trump has been pressuring sessions to aggressively pursue leakers and publicly criticized him as being weak on investigations. sessions said he will review lectures from there. let's begin with the latest on the russia investigation. our senior correspondent jim acosta ha
according to a source familiar with the matter who says the staffers ultimately did not meet with christopher steele. also, president trump is beginning a 17-day vacation at the end of a tumultuous week. that's seen a dramatic escalation to the russian investigation by special counsel robert mueller. just hours after a revelation of a grand jury and subpoenas in the case, the president dismissed the russia story as, quote, a total fabrication. cnn is reporting tonight on russia's election...
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the house intelligence committee, traveled to london earlier this summer to try to speak with christopher steelt who compiled that dossier of allegations of possible ties to the trump campaign. do republican have their own separate investigation going on? >> i wasn't aware of it. i don't think mr. connelly was either. we would like to have mr. steele come before the committee. we would be happy to go to london to sit down with him. he does, certainly, have relevant information that would assist our investigation. we want to do this certainly in a cooperative way. i think that is an important element. we want to look at each of the allegations within the so-called dossier and in light of what we know from that don junior meeting about the intent of the campaign to get russian help. part of that is discuss not necessarily that particular meeting about you that whole idea discussed within mr. steele's findings within that dossier sflt don junior meeting with someone billed as a russian attorney who had dirt on hillary clinton, we only found out about that a few weeks ago but took place more than a
the house intelligence committee, traveled to london earlier this summer to try to speak with christopher steelt who compiled that dossier of allegations of possible ties to the trump campaign. do republican have their own separate investigation going on? >> i wasn't aware of it. i don't think mr. connelly was either. we would like to have mr. steele come before the committee. we would be happy to go to london to sit down with him. he does, certainly, have relevant information that would...
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the dossier was put together by the former british spy, christopher steel, and used sources tied to the russian government? well, now the evidence is so overwhelming even democrats, even congressman adam shift, mr. i want to be a talk show host guest any time i can, he's now admitting he wants to talk to steele which is even more reason we need special counsel looking into all of these inseses. now it all comes down to this. does rod rosenstein know what's going to happen if mueller's mission creep continues to go unchecked? how does he think voters are going to feel? how many trump supporters will feel robbed of their right and their vote in the free electiontion of the president of the united states? you don't think the country is divided enough now? it will be more divided than ever. half the american people are going to rightly feel cheated. that just can't happen. that is bad for the country. that is bad for the system of justice, and it is bad if we believe in a constitutional republic. here with reaction, fox news anchor attorney greg jarrod. salem nationally syndicated talk show
the dossier was put together by the former british spy, christopher steel, and used sources tied to the russian government? well, now the evidence is so overwhelming even democrats, even congressman adam shift, mr. i want to be a talk show host guest any time i can, he's now admitting he wants to talk to steele which is even more reason we need special counsel looking into all of these inseses. now it all comes down to this. does rod rosenstein know what's going to happen if mueller's mission...
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the fbi talked to christopher steele about working for them.hat never happened, but it's clear the fbi was taking the dossier very seriously. but it's only 35 pages. glen simpson knows more than what's contained in the 35 pages published by buzzfeed. so it's interesting what democrats may be asking simp oy now on the record behind closed doors in the senate judiciary committee. >>> let's go to two things we know, when you get close to the nerve with russia, donald trump let you know that you have done so. his reaction to the dossier and reaction to media outlets that cover the unsubstantiated d dossi dossier was one of the most vittvitt reon the being of interesting to mueller is of concern for the white house? >> it has to be. what gets a lot of attention are the very salacious sexual details we won't go into here. but the dossier actually allege add conspiracy between the trump campaign and russia. it went into a lot of details about alleged connections and talked about how the intelligence services were trying to cultivate trump for years, a
the fbi talked to christopher steele about working for them.hat never happened, but it's clear the fbi was taking the dossier very seriously. but it's only 35 pages. glen simpson knows more than what's contained in the 35 pages published by buzzfeed. so it's interesting what democrats may be asking simp oy now on the record behind closed doors in the senate judiciary committee. >>> let's go to two things we know, when you get close to the nerve with russia, donald trump let you know...
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we want to hear from christopher steele. he is certainly a relevant witness in what happened. i home they won't do anything to deter him. >> thank you. >>> ahead, dan rather joins me to talk about tweets. because i get a safe driving bonus check every six months i'm accident free. because i don't use my cellphone when i'm driving. even though my family does, and leaves me all alone. here's something else... i don't share it with mom. i don't. right, mom? i have a brand new putter you don't even know about! it's awesome. safe driving bonus checks, only from allstate. sometimes i leave the seat up on purpose. switching to allstate is worth it. ♪ hey, is this our turn? honey...our turn? yeah, we go left right here. (woman vo) great adventures are still out there. we'll find them in our subaru outback. (avo) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. get 0% apr financing for 63 months on all new 2017 subaru outback models. now through august 31. they've changed and how we meet. . our phones have evolved, isn't time our networks did too? introducing america's largest, most reliable
we want to hear from christopher steele. he is certainly a relevant witness in what happened. i home they won't do anything to deter him. >> thank you. >>> ahead, dan rather joins me to talk about tweets. because i get a safe driving bonus check every six months i'm accident free. because i don't use my cellphone when i'm driving. even though my family does, and leaves me all alone. here's something else... i don't share it with mom. i don't. right, mom? i have a brand new putter...
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also, former mi-6 agent christopher steele, for everything he figured out for the das yai, in his reporting, the dossier, he never mentioned the trump tower meeting. it's not in the dossier. he seems to have figured out a lot of other stuff. we also now know -- so that's interesting that it seems to have stayed under the ray car for so long. which is unusual, given the number of people in that meeting and who they were. but we also now know that by the time that meeting happened on june 9th, the dnc, the democratic party and clinton campaign had already been hacked by russian hackers. now if you put the timeline back together, you can now see that once the democrats had had their servers hacked and all their documents stolen, that's when the senior leadership of the trump campaign took the meeting with the guy who has extensive known experience in exactly that kind of hacking, this guy who has years of experiencing, arranging the stealing of and weaponizing of hacked information for russian political purposes. the day after the trump tower meeting, the weekend of june 10 and 11, that's when
also, former mi-6 agent christopher steele, for everything he figured out for the das yai, in his reporting, the dossier, he never mentioned the trump tower meeting. it's not in the dossier. he seems to have figured out a lot of other stuff. we also now know -- so that's interesting that it seems to have stayed under the ray car for so long. which is unusual, given the number of people in that meeting and who they were. but we also now know that by the time that meeting happened on june 9th,...
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we've got a little news to break on the trump-russia dossier prepared by christopher steele last year, the dossier of alleged dirt published by buzzfeed in january, created such an uproar at the time. people who commissioned the dossier described it as a road map into the investigation as to whether or not donald trump colluded with the russian attack. people who commissioned the dossier stand by it saying that the dossier is direct. the dossier is now back at the center of what we know about the trump-russia investigation. we're going to break a little bit of news on that later on the show this evening. but you know, the day that we the public all first learned about the dossier was actually before the election. it was on october 31st, halloween, 2016. david corn at mother jones magazine was the first person in the country to break the news that a form eer wrern intelligee agent collected intelligence reports damaging to donald trump specifically in relation to his relationship with russia. david reported on halloween that the fbi had seen the findings and was looking into them. nobo
we've got a little news to break on the trump-russia dossier prepared by christopher steele last year, the dossier of alleged dirt published by buzzfeed in january, created such an uproar at the time. people who commissioned the dossier described it as a road map into the investigation as to whether or not donald trump colluded with the russian attack. people who commissioned the dossier stand by it saying that the dossier is direct. the dossier is now back at the center of what we know about...
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against buzzfeed related to the publication of that dossier where the author of the dossier, christopher steele to testify in court in this lawsuit. so it's going on on many levels and it must be putting some pressure on the president and the people around him who may know things that we don't know about who is being called in to testify, who is being questioned, what documents are being requested. to doubt this is putting pressure on the trump presidency. >> ken dilanian thank you for spending some time with us. real quickly, jonathan lemire, i hear from inside the white house that they see the president's behavior directly correlated to anxiety about the russia investigation. >> there's no question there are people who suggest that. he is at his most erratic i guess when something like that is happening. >> yeah. >> that he is -- >> that's difficult to control. >> people are trying to keep him on track, he's more easily distracted. he's more prone to lash out and take to twitter to go after somebody. they try to shield him from some of this but obviously that's impossible. he's the president.
against buzzfeed related to the publication of that dossier where the author of the dossier, christopher steele to testify in court in this lawsuit. so it's going on on many levels and it must be putting some pressure on the president and the people around him who may know things that we don't know about who is being called in to testify, who is being questioned, what documents are being requested. to doubt this is putting pressure on the trump presidency. >> ken dilanian thank you for...
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the russian dossier -- completely correct -- christopher steele, the british operative, who put togetherdossier, somehow got payment from fusion gps. so, instead of pointing the finger at donald trump jr. and saying maybe he's colluding. mo, big word. colluding with the russians, maybe the russians were colluding with hillary clinton to get information on donald trump. >> seth: what? [ laughter ] have you been near the mexican border recently? because you sound like you got hit in the head with a big bag of drugs. [ laughter and applause ] but of course, don jr's not the only member of the trump team who's been been implicated in this latest bombshell. trump's son-in-law and advisor, jared kushner, as well as campaign chairman, paul manafort, were both copied on the email and attended the meeting. so what's their excuse? they both claim they didn't read the email. kushner claims that he did not scan to the bottom of the email thread, forwarded by his brother-in-law, therefore completely missing the part about russia and it's government. and a source close to manafort told "politico" on t
the russian dossier -- completely correct -- christopher steele, the british operative, who put togetherdossier, somehow got payment from fusion gps. so, instead of pointing the finger at donald trump jr. and saying maybe he's colluding. mo, big word. colluding with the russians, maybe the russians were colluding with hillary clinton to get information on donald trump. >> seth: what? [ laughter ] have you been near the mexican border recently? because you sound like you got hit in the...
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and was his firm who hired the very well regarded british intelligence officer christopher steel to dossier. now senator grassley has told a town meeting in iowa he's looking into holding a public hearing, but doesn't have an inherent objection it releasing the transcript of that. simpson and his attorney say it is up to the committee to release the transcript. where do we stand on the investigation into finding out whether the really troubling contents of that so-called dossier may be true. >> there has been an effort by some to discredit the firm fusion gps or discredit mr. steel and as you say, mr. steel has a very good reputation, is reportedly a former british intelligence officer. i can't confirm that. but is reported to be very well regarded and i think the key thing from an investigative point of view is not trying to impeach the people who produce the report or commission the report, but rather find out whether the facts are true in the report and when you look at just what has become public, some of the public information is very much in line with what is reported in that dos
and was his firm who hired the very well regarded british intelligence officer christopher steel to dossier. now senator grassley has told a town meeting in iowa he's looking into holding a public hearing, but doesn't have an inherent objection it releasing the transcript of that. simpson and his attorney say it is up to the committee to release the transcript. where do we stand on the investigation into finding out whether the really troubling contents of that so-called dossier may be true....
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because they were working with his partner christopher steele for many months the former british authorbut the public doesn't have that information. who knows -- in ten hours of testimony what other allegations mr. simpson laid out and evidence to substantiate the allegations that have not been made public in the dossier. for this document to become public will have a significant influence on how the whole investigation is viewed. >> let me ask you a quick last question. when the dossier itself went public in january, the president of the united states was justifiably irate and it set off a day's long war of words between the president, the white house and the media outlets that published it and even the ones that simply mentioned its existence. it came into the news because jim comey had stayed behind in the first briefing simply to tell the president of its existence and probably what you're talking about that the fbi had it in their hands and they have investigating it -- they were investigating it independently. talk about how red hot the contents of that dossier would be to this wh
because they were working with his partner christopher steele for many months the former british authorbut the public doesn't have that information. who knows -- in ten hours of testimony what other allegations mr. simpson laid out and evidence to substantiate the allegations that have not been made public in the dossier. for this document to become public will have a significant influence on how the whole investigation is viewed. >> let me ask you a quick last question. when the dossier...
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committee staffers showed up in london, trying to find the author of that controversial dossier, christopher steelformer intelligence -- current intelligence guy, and the staffers were republican staffers, it turns out not only did adam schiff not know about it, the democratic ranking member, but mike conway, the republican, who is subbing for the chairman did not know and according to the guardian on rachel maddow's show, they were sent there by devin nunez, the intelligence chair, who is recused from all of this. >> and discredited in the process and had to step down because of his collusion with the white house. the apparent collusion. look, this is another example of how you've got the trump administration, allies, trying to muddy the waters. it is all the more reason we need special counsel mueller to act quickly and get to the bottom of this. >> senator van holland, thank you very much. >>> another tense day in paris after a 36-year-old man allegedly slammed his bmw into a group of french soldiers injuring six of them three of them seriously in an affluent suburb, home to france's main intel
committee staffers showed up in london, trying to find the author of that controversial dossier, christopher steelformer intelligence -- current intelligence guy, and the staffers were republican staffers, it turns out not only did adam schiff not know about it, the democratic ranking member, but mike conway, the republican, who is subbing for the chairman did not know and according to the guardian on rachel maddow's show, they were sent there by devin nunez, the intelligence chair, who is...
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they were funded by the russians and then by the democrats in producing the christopher steel doccier against candidate trump that was defunked. >> that we have never reported on the contents on this network. >> well, then perhaps to your detriment. >> no. because we will report things when we confirm they're true. >> kudos to you for not reporting the contents because they were fallacious. but the point being that the issue regarding russia is twofold. one is that, yes, we understand, the russians will try to interfere in the conduct of great democracies such as the united states. >> again -- >> should we have the most rebust defense against that, absolutely. >> they did so to help one candidate and not another. >> they tried to meddle in our election and tried to disrupt democracy, not elect donald trump. even if they were, that's not donald trump's fault. >> that may be the problem, that he thinks those two things are related. >> i think the problem here that frustrates any mutual effort to try to solve this issue is that trump and trump supporters conflate two things. the reason t
they were funded by the russians and then by the democrats in producing the christopher steel doccier against candidate trump that was defunked. >> that we have never reported on the contents on this network. >> well, then perhaps to your detriment. >> no. because we will report things when we confirm they're true. >> kudos to you for not reporting the contents because they were fallacious. but the point being that the issue regarding russia is twofold. one is that, yes,...
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the former british spy who simpson hired to investigate trump's so-called russian connection, christopher steeleso far he is refusing to talk. steele has met with the fbi and provided agents with the names of his sources about the allegations in the dossier. allegations the special counsel tips to investigate, george. >> a lot of fronts for that investigation right now. thanks very much. >>> now to that breaking news from overnight, dozens injured in a train crash outside of philadelphia when a high-speed train ran into one that was parked at that station. authorities are now investigating the incident and abc's gio benitez is there on the scene with all the latest. good morning, gio. >> reporter: amy, good morning to you. we're talking about 42 people injured in this crash. i want to step out of the way so you can zoom in and take a look at that train right there. it's got the yellow police tape around it. the investigation very much under way. >> accident involving trolley. >> we got people down all over. >> reporter: overnight ambulances rushing to a pennsylvania train station after 42 people
the former british spy who simpson hired to investigate trump's so-called russian connection, christopher steeleso far he is refusing to talk. steele has met with the fbi and provided agents with the names of his sources about the allegations in the dossier. allegations the special counsel tips to investigate, george. >> a lot of fronts for that investigation right now. thanks very much. >>> now to that breaking news from overnight, dozens injured in a train crash outside of...
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yes and dave the m i six officer christopher steele. more more information comes out daily it's hard to absorb all of it and make sense of it what i would say is this as a former cia officer what i find really odd and very concerning is that in the period before donald trump was even a candidate much less elected there was an incredible amount of. cooperation conversations contacts with russian officials i find that really odd you would think that a presidential candidate would be busy thinking about how what pre-sentencing needs to bring up to where a needs to deploy his resources instead what we're seeing is really unusual contacts with various people that all seem to have associations to putin the latest was i believe some emails have surface to surface that. that someone was making a promise that if the trump tower got built in moscow. you know putin would help a left donald trump president whether that has any basis in reality or not it's just one in a really long line you look for patterns and the pattern is concerning and i just
yes and dave the m i six officer christopher steele. more more information comes out daily it's hard to absorb all of it and make sense of it what i would say is this as a former cia officer what i find really odd and very concerning is that in the period before donald trump was even a candidate much less elected there was an incredible amount of. cooperation conversations contacts with russian officials i find that really odd you would think that a presidential candidate would be busy thinking...
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christopher wray. >> we need leaders with steel spines, not weak spine. i believe mr. wray will be sufficient a leader. >> he pledged during his confirmation hearing last month to remain independent from any political pressure. >> and wray also testified he was never asked to testify to loyalty to the president but if he would have, he would have said no. >>> ahead on "cbs this morning" we'll talk with kelly an conway, counsel to the president, about the statement of donald trump jr.'s meeting with the russian laier. a lawsuit details an alleged conspiracy between the trump administration, trump supporters, and the fox news channel. chip reid has the story. >> the lawsuit claims president trump personally persuaded fox news to publish a story that turned out to not be true. it turns out seth rich was responsible for leaking the party's wikileaks in 2016 and was not the hackers. the goal was to help lift the cloud of the russia investigation. sean hannity who is one of president trump's biggest fans hosted the story but fox retracted the meeting after just a meet saying
christopher wray. >> we need leaders with steel spines, not weak spine. i believe mr. wray will be sufficient a leader. >> he pledged during his confirmation hearing last month to remain independent from any political pressure. >> and wray also testified he was never asked to testify to loyalty to the president but if he would have, he would have said no. >>> ahead on "cbs this morning" we'll talk with kelly an conway, counsel to the president, about the...
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bipartisan support voted 92-five tuesday afternoon to confirm christopher wray, president trump's pick to lead the fbi. >> we need leaders with steel spines, and not weak knees. i believe that mr. wray will be a leader. >> fifty year-old former justice department lawyer who replaces james comey pledged during his confirmation hearing to remain independent from any political pressure. >>> hanna dova for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> there will be much more ahead on cbs this morning including a interview with counselor to the president kelly ann conway at 7:00 immediately after "eyewitness news" here on cbs-3. >>> city leaders are meet to go day, they will discuss a controversial construction project that many residents oppose. recent rains left large pools of water on margate beaches. water is sitting in newly built sand dunes. army core of engineers is working to pump the water out. many blame the dune project for poor drainage. today city leaders will discuss whether to seek a court injunction to stop the project. in the meantime all beaches withstanding water are closed in the further notice. >>> sixers great allen iverson issues
bipartisan support voted 92-five tuesday afternoon to confirm christopher wray, president trump's pick to lead the fbi. >> we need leaders with steel spines, and not weak knees. i believe that mr. wray will be a leader. >> fifty year-old former justice department lawyer who replaces james comey pledged during his confirmation hearing to remain independent from any political pressure. >>> hanna dova for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> there will be much more...
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bipartisan support voted 92-five tuesday afternoon to confirm christopher wray, president trump's pick to lead the fbi. >> we need leaders with steel spines, not weak knees. i believe that mr. wray will be such a leader. >> the 50 year-old former justice department lawyer who replaces james comey pledged during his confirmation hearing last month to remain independent from any political pressure. >>> hanna dova for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> city leaders are meeting in margate and they will talk about a controversial construction project that has many residents upset. recent rains left large pools of water in margate beaches. they are sitting in newly build sand dunes. army core of engineers is working to pump the water out. many blame sand dune project for poor drainage. city leaders will discuss whether to take a court injunction to stop the project n the meantime all beaches that have standing water are closed until further notice. >>> well, still ahead on "eyewitness news" shocking video of the car slamming in the police officer, during what should have been a routine traffic stop. owe survived. find out why that driver will
bipartisan support voted 92-five tuesday afternoon to confirm christopher wray, president trump's pick to lead the fbi. >> we need leaders with steel spines, not weak knees. i believe that mr. wray will be such a leader. >> the 50 year-old former justice department lawyer who replaces james comey pledged during his confirmation hearing last month to remain independent from any political pressure. >>> hanna dova for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> city...
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christopher sdpeel sources that ties to the russian government. well, now the evidence is overwhelming and congressman adam shift who wants to be a talk show guest, he admitted he wants to to talk to steel and we need special counsel looking into all of these incidents. does rod rosenstein know what will happen if mueller's mission creep goes unchecked and how does he feel voters are going to feel until how many trump supporters will feel robbed of their right and vote for the free election of the president of the united states. you don't think the country is divided now? it will be more divided. half. american people will rightly feel cheated. that is bad for the country and bad for the system of justice and bad if we believe in a constitutional republic. here with reflection fox news anchor gregg jarret and syndicated radio talk show host larry elder. you have been all over the laws, the evidence in all of these cases is overwhelming. what do you think first about rosenstein? >> very shortly after mueller was appointed by rosenstein. i wrote columes that both must recuse themselves. think of rosenstein. he's prosecutor and investigator and witness all rolled into one. >> sean: how is
christopher sdpeel sources that ties to the russian government. well, now the evidence is overwhelming and congressman adam shift who wants to be a talk show guest, he admitted he wants to to talk to steel and we need special counsel looking into all of these incidents. does rod rosenstein know what will happen if mueller's mission creep goes unchecked and how does he feel voters are going to feel until how many trump supporters will feel robbed of their right and vote for the free election of...