millions of colombians have been lifted out of poverty. today, we continue next to you as partners in peace colombia, to consolidate peace in the most affected areas. with the robust support of your government, we are removing thousands of anti-personnel mines that murdered and mutilated children, women, and soldiers. we are healing the wounds of our veterans and we are embarking on a big social development program. such as we said today, we are working with your administration to take advantage of the unique opportunity peace offers so as to reduce permanently the production of coca leaf in colombia and fight more effectively the other links in drug trafficking, including consumption. we must continue and deepen the fight against organized crime, transnational crime, responsible not just for drug trafficking but also for human trafficking and illegal mining. our shared agenda framed within a high level dialogue that we colombians value so much includes cooperation which has allowed us to have unprecedented progress towards quality educati

formalize the military cooperation and security cooperation in the region by region assuring the colombian people that the united states supports the implementation and that i they will be conditioned on the full compliance and we will work with the colombian government, the democratically elected chosen to ensure the crimes committed do not go unpunished and victims are adequately compensated. finally by reassessing the program in the region to assure the effort is actually having the desired impact in places like haiti and they are not undermining the effectiveness of the support we must make clear fiscal constraints the united states is willing to support those partners and we commit to dealing with security challenges for the norms into the room of law that support these broad issues. that's a lot to digest and i know it is creating almost like a powerpoint, but i want to get that on the record because as i said earlier the one point i try to make to my colleague is more often than not i said this last night about columbia. they are in answer, not a problem and more often than not it's

millions of colombians have been lifted out of poverty. today we continue next to u.s. partners in peace colombia to consolidate peace in the most affected areas. with the robust support of your government, we are removing thousands of anti-personnel mines that murdered and mutilated children, women, and soldiers. we are healing the wounds of our victims and we are embarking on a big social development program. such as we said today, we are working with your administration to take advantage of the unique opportunity peace offers so as to reduce permanently the production of coca leaf in colombia and fight more effectively the other links in drug trafficking including consumption. we must continue and deepen the fight against organized crime, transnational crime. responsible not just for drug trafficking but also for human trafficking and illegal mining. our shared agenda framed within a high-level dialogue that we colombians value so much includes cooperation which has allowed us to have unprecedented progress toward quality education for everyone, and this is a priorit

anti—government radicals. along the colombian border, a centro of anti-government radicals.ioting and looting in the area. at least 40 people are being killed nationwide since protests flared up. from supermarket to squalor. this is the result of another night of looting in the venezuelan state. the shelves are empty and the floors are full of debris, dirt and rotting food. translation: we have been told an armed group on motorcycles was trying to get in. about 300 people came over the barriers. they took everything, equipment, cash register is even refrigerators. it is not just supermarkets. this is what is love of the family—owned bus station. translation: there were not cover buses. they were mine and my families. my fathers. they left our business is useless. the government says over 2000 soldiers will be sent to the region to restore order. the looting and violent protests come amid widespread shortages of basic goods. a symptom of the deepening economic crisis in venezuela. 0ver the last six weeks, protesters have been demanding a general election and the chance to rem

millions of colombians have been lifted out of poverty. we continue next to you as partners in a piece columbia. with a robust support of your government we are removing thousands of anti-personnel mines that murdered and mutilated children, women, and soldiers. we are healing the wounds of our victims and we are embarking on a social development program. such as we said today, we are working with your administration to take advantage of the unique , so wenity piece offers can reduce permanently the production of coca leaf and colombia. thefight more effectively links and drug trafficking including consumption. we must continue and deepen the fight against organized crime, transnational crime. responsible not just for drug trafficking but also human trafficking and illegal mining. withhared agenda, framed that a high-level dialogue we value so much includes cooperation. we have to have unprecedented progress towards quality education for everyone. this is a priority in the policies of my government. we wish to do more with regards to innov

the venezuelan government has reinforced its military presence in the state of tachira along the colombian border which it considers a centre for anti—government radicalism. the defence minister said 2,600 troops would be sent to quell looting and rioting. the number of child migrants and refugees travelling alone around the world has reached record numbers, according to the united nations children's fund, unicef. the un says at least 300,000 children applied for asylum last year and warns many are at risk of being exploited by smugglers and traffickers. now on bbc news, hardtalk. today i'm in paris for a special edition of hardtalk. my guest came to the city a week ago from the jungles of colombia. she came as a free woman after more than six years as perhaps the most famous captive in the world. hers is an extraordinary story, from hellish imprisonment to miraculous rescue. and now ingrid betancourt is ready to tell it. ingrid betancourt, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much, i'm so glad to be here with you today. we're very glad to have you on the programme. you've had a week and a li

millions of colombians have been lifted out of poverty. today we continue next to you as partners in peace colombia, to consolidate peace in the most affected areas. with the robust support of your government we are removing thousands of anti-personnel mines that murdered and mutilated children, women and soldiers. we are healing the wounds of our victims and we are embarking on a big social development program. such as we said today, we are working with your administration to take advantage of the unique opportunity peace offers so as to reduce permanently the production of cocoa leaf in colombia and fight more effectively the other links in drug trafficking including consumption. we must continue and deepen the fight against organized crime, trans national crime, responsible not just for drug trafficking but also for human trafficking and illegal mining. our shared agenda, framed within a high-level dialogue that we colombians value so much includes cooperation which has allowed us to have unprecedented progress towards quality education

venezuela steps up its military presence along the colombian border as violent anti—government protestsross the country. on the brink of victory — real madrid edge closer to winning the spanish league for the first time in five years. and i'm sally bundock. from trump bump to trump slump. us markets have their worst day since the presidential election as turmoil grips the white house. plus — alibaba goes west. china's $300 billion e—commerce giant looks to america, but can it take on its us rivals? hello and welcome to bbc news. a new man has been put in charge of investigating alleged russian interference in last year's us election, as well as alleged collusion between mr trump's campaign and moscow. he's former fbi chief robert mueller. it follows a week in which the president fired james comey and sparked an uproar. mr trump continues to strongly deny any suggestion that russia played a role in his victory. from washington here's laura bicker with the latest. do you swear that the testimony you are about to give... this is the man now in charge of investigating whether donald trump's

donald trump is giving a press conference to the colombian leader.ve literally taken over towns and cities of the united states. they will be gone very quickly. i look forward to working with president santos as we target drug trafficking, but the united states and colombia have strong law enforcement and security relationship. we have had it, and especially over the last short period of time. we will continue to fight the criminal networks responsible for the deadly drug trade that our people have a really strong commitment to getting rid of, because they want a much brighter future. president santos and i also discussed the deteriorating situation in venezuela and it is really in a very bad state, as we all see. the stable and peaceful venezuela is in the best interest of the entire hemisphere and america stands with the people in our great hemisphere... donald trump giving a joint press conference with the leader of colombia. they are talking about the drug trade in south america and venezuela. we will listen out to any comments. the conservatives

venezuela steps up its military presence along the colombian border as violent anti—government protestspread across the country. the record numbers of children who've fled war and poverty — we speak to the un in new york about the risks of exploitation. and she's a fierce opponent on the court. but this basketball player had to fight a legal action to play hoops in a hijab. president trump's opponents have long argued for it, and under the weight of the past few weeks of rolling crises in the white house, it's happened. a special prosecutor has been appointed to oversee investigations into alleged russian interference in the us election. he's a former head of the fbi, robert mueller. making the announcement, the us deputy attorney—general said it didn't necessarily mean crimes had been committed. and mrtrump claimed: "a thorough investigation will confirm what we already know — there was no collusion between my campaign and any foreign entity." our correspondent in washington, laura bicker, has more. mr mueller was appointed by george w bush. his senate confirmation hearing was held a f

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there's the president with the colombian president. >> it is a great honor to have president santos of colombia here. we will have long discussions today. colombia has been making great progress but we are working on knocking out the drugs because we have a problem with drugs and you have a very big problem with drugs. we're working very hard and very diligently. we'll be spending a lot of time together today. i know in the future, a lot of time. mr. president, it is an honor to have you with us. thank you very much. we will -- we will be talking about venezuela. we're very close to an fbi director. soon. what's nappihappening in venezus

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the venezuelan government has reinforced its military presence in the state of tatchira, along the colombian border. the defence minister says 2,600 troops are being sent to quell looting and rioting. real madrid have edged closer to winning the spanish league title for the first time in five years. they beat celta vigo 4—1 to go top of the table with one game to go. real will playjuventus in the champions league final next month. now it's time for world business report. from trump bump to trump slump. us markets have their worst day since the presidential election as turmoil grips the white house. plus — alibaba goes west. china's $300 billion e—commerce giant looks to america — but can it take on its us rivals? welcome to world business report. i'm sally bundock. also in the programme, japan's economy grows for the fifth quarter in a row — has abenomics finally paid off? we'll be live in tokyo for reaction. but first, we start on wall street where for months optimism about the trump presidency, the markets have been powering to record highs. but late on wednesday the trump bump turned into

he's doing that with the colombian president. meantime, up on capitol hill, you can see the microphones set up. we're hoping to hear from some of the senators. the man who appointed robert mueller is the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein and he is briefing all 100 senators in a closed-door meeting as i speak. and he is expected to reveal what he knows about why president trump fired former fbi director james comey. but first, let's get to more breaking news because sources are telling cnn that former senator joe lieberman is the front-runner to replace comey as fbi director. let's begin there with our senior white house correspondent jeff zeleny and phil mattingly on capitol hill. jeff zeleny, first to you, what are we hearing from these senior administration sources on the president's thoughts on senator lieberman. >> brooke, we know that the president would like to name an fbi director before he leaves washington which is exactly in 24 hours or so. so we are learning from several sources that joe lieberman is right now, at

to use the that every single day in south florida then they're shipped through logistics' run by colombian americans from the airport and seaport to create an extraordinary opportunity that opportunity to fly into orlando and sari columbia i apologize. the richest resource countries on the planet according to a recent report lost 19 pounds of last year the results of economic calamity and disaster. to see this tool bordering countries bad governance and bad policy of the economic engagement and leadership. this is important and i can tell you we live in the hemisphere with a growing middle class with those trade opportunities. with those constitutional process like argentina but with life in america be more prosperous? every ready in the room knows the answer is it in the united states senate that we can encourage more of our colleagues on both sides of the dial to carry every level because the opportunity is truly extraordinary. and as of now? there are no partisan lines just preexisting conditions it is the blank slate that allow us to benefit america and americans in banks to highlight

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and then it is like in the same second the leader of the operation screams, "we are the colombian armyare free." it's something incredible. i cannot find words to tell you. because i knew it had to be real. and at the same time, the explosion of feelings was so intense that i was like, i thought perhaps i wasn't feeling anything. i screamed, i was yelling, and then i thought, this is ridiculous, i cannot scream. my god. and then all the others came and helped me and everybody was kissing me, and i was in tears, but at the same time, is it true? it was like... the greatest? the greatest moment. the greatest moment of your life? no, because the birth of my children was better. but that was the greatest moment of all this ordeal. at that moment also you can see the guys who had been responsible for your captivity themselves bound. i think one of them was naked. did you feel intense anger at that point? did you want to go and kick them? no, no. i was telling my companions not to do that because i had a moment, some seconds. i prayed. you know, i think that it's very important to be free, t

result of the columbia, we should prioritize security funding from lessons learned and encouraging colombian and military training exercises with northern triangle countries. by focusing our systems on the region developing institutions keep security, including the court system. public path to your offices, police forces and a special emphasis on mexico building unsuccessful. by helping to recycle region their anti- money laundering and loss capabilities. supporting anticorruption and incidences like honduras. the cia cig, which i'm not sure has an acronym but is a. [inaudible] it sounds good to me. by holding countries that are not cooperative like bolivia that are not living up to their international drug control obligations accountable. we need to make clear that us assistance could be affected and they do not produce and implement a narcotics plan. >> >> many external actors are in the process to gain a foothold in our hemisphere. international terrorist groups who have exploited criminal networks for purposes of raising money could use the networks one day to access u.s. territory perpe

. >> next on c-span, president trump holding a joint news conference with colombian president santos and later, house speaker paul ryan and minority leader nancy pelosi holding the weekly briefings discussing the naming of the special counsel. and treasury secretary steve mnuchin testifying before the senate banking committee. "washington journal," live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up friday morning, connecticut democratic congressman jim himes discusses the latest into the investigation on russian interference. then, republican congressman kevin cramer of north dakota on the future of the paris climate agreement and other international efforts to reduce climate change. watch "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern friday morning. join the discussion. >> on friday, the national taxpayer advocate testifies about changes made by the irs to help taxpayers. we have live coverage of the house ways and means subcommittee hearing, starting at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. you can also watch live on www.c-span.org, and on our free c-span radio app. o

dutchman tom dumoulin further underlined his giro d'italia victory ambitions by stunning colombian rival his movistar rival inside the final two kilometres of an 11.8 kilometre climb to the summit finish to take his overall lead over the colombian to two minutes 47 seconds. and when you're not playing in the french open tennis at roland—garros, you don't have to prepare as hard, and you can let your hair downa bit, and what roger federer has been doing. he's been stepping out at the wedding of the year in england. he's there with his wife mirka, at the wedding of pippa middeton, the sister of the duchess of cornwall, kate, and james matthews. smashing three piece! that is all the sport for you, back to you, alpa. there has been an emotional reunion in nigeria for the 82 chibok girls freed from boko haram. it's the first time they and their parents have seen each other since the girls were released last month. afghanistan's vice—president, general abdul rashid dostum, has left the country for turkey. it's alleged he ordered the assault of a former provincial governor and political rival.

by reassuring the pop -- reassuring the colombian people that united states supports the implantation of a peaceful colombia that will become -- newbie on condition and compliance of an agreement. the crimes do not go unpunished in the victims are adequately compensated. finally by reassessing u.s. assistance programs in the region and ensuring our efforts are having the desired impact. and the factors such as corruption and not undermining our support. we must make clear those physical constraints that we face, the united states is continuing to support those partners and commit to dealing with security challenges that we spread -- that respect democratic norms. that's a lot to digest. i know it reads a lot like a powerpoint. almost became one. [laughter] but wanted to get on the richter -- get that on the record. the 1.i try to make my colleagues is more often than , a great gathering we were able to have. region are nothe we are moreea linked than we believe. obviously the media doesn't cover the western hemisphere as much as it once did. rightfully so, these are issues of global i

earlier we saw a sound bite from the p today colombian presidents.eporters were eager to ask him about james comey. >> did you at any time urge former fbi director james comey in any way shape or form to close or to back down the investigation into michael flynn and also, as you look -- >> no, no. next question. >> all right. he quickly moved on with that one, denied it right away. scott, let me get your take on all of this and if indeed this memo exists that we've heard so much about, what sort of legal issues could the president or the white house be facing? >> well, i think mueller is going to get his hands on that memo. i believe that it exists because the sources have been verified by various media companies and the memo was read to them. secondly, the congressional committees and our senate committees are going to get their hand on it and while the memo itself is not dispositive of whether that conversaton took place it's pretty powerful because like most prosecutors and defense lawyers, when you leave a meeting like that and that occurs, you a

the venezuelan government has reinforced its military presence in the state of tachira along the colombian border which it considers a centre for anti—government radicalism. the defence minister said 2,600 troops would be sent to quell looting and rioting. the number of child migrants and refugees travelling alone around the world has reached record numbers, according to the united nations children's fund, unicef. the un says at least 300,000 children applied for asylum last year and warns many are at risk of being exploited by smugglers and traffickers. now on bbc news, click. this week: regenerating teeth, unusual vegetation, and, goodness gracious, great balls of fire! energy, as our demand for it grows, the world is faced with a challenge. when we burn coal, the energy that has been stored inside formally and is of years is released, to power cities and machines. but so, of course, is all the bad stuff that is polluting and changing the environment. countries have met and agreed to reduce carbon emissions and invest in clean energy solutions, we are harnessing more solar and wind energ

the number of colombian businesses export at the united states has grown, and we both believe that we take greater advantage of those agreements in order to increase flows in both directions for the benefit of the colombian and american people. thank you very much, you. and the ends is a very interesting joint press conference in washington, dc. the leaders of the us and colombia walking off to the us and colombia walking off to the side of the stage. that's died just some of the things we heard, in particular we heard from donald trump because it is better say the sta kes trump because it is better say the stakes have joined a trump because it is better say the stakes havejoined a higher still. anthony, we have a situation where the president categorically denying, it did not happen, when asked about whether he told the fbi director to drop that investigation into michael flynn. if that memo exists and contains that quote, those two accou nts contains that quote, those two accounts do not fit. exactly. he was very direct there. he cut of jonathan karl who was asking the question befo

during a joint news conference with the colombian president today...president trump denied he ever colluded with russia. most people on both sides of the isle have praised the appointment of robert mueller as special counsel to oversee the investigation, which has focused on contacts between trump's campaign associates... and russian officials. (sot) rep. paul ryan/-r- house speaker: "i think helps assure people and justice department that they're going to go do their jobs independently and thoroughly, which is what we have called for all along." (grant) and former senator joe lieberman among the top contenders to be the new director of the f-b-i. liberman says he got an unexpected call to interview for the position this week. he met with the commander in chief yesterday. the president says a new fbi leader will be announced soon....last week trump fired fbi head james comey. (pam) a teenage tourist... who was walking around new york's times square ... is dead... an out of control car plowed into her... and nearly two dozen other people. the teen killed has been identified as alyssa elsman

venezuela steps up its military presence along the colombian border as violent anti—government protestss as the un warns many are at risk of being exploited. and she's a fierce opponent on the court. but this basketball player had to fight a legal action to play hoops in a hijab.

. >>> and this afternoon, a joint news conference with president trump and colombian president juan santos live at 3:45 p.m. eastern here on c-span3. >>> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television kanes. and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >>> whether you're going to be a dentist or a lawyer or a teacher or an accountant, let your guiding principle be truth and service. >> success is not an entitlement. it has to be earned and earned every day through the lens of humility. >> our greatest passions in life often force us to face challenges that seem insurmountable. you can conquer these challenges and they will shape and strengthen your character. >> saturday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern, 2017 commencement speeches. this weekend, speakers include senator harris at howard university in washington, d.c., education secretary betsy devos at bethune cookman university in florida, c eo and president of aero rocket dyne drake, executive chairman of starbucks schultz at arizona state university, senat

and it was the colombian, gaviria, who had the power and speed to cross the line first and take the leader'sfrom start to finish. it was also the honda rider's first victory since september last year, in what was a dominant display. his fellow spaniards marc marquez and jorge lorenzo completed the podium while valentino rossi saw his lead at the top of the standings cut to two points following his tenth placed finish. that is sadly all we have time for. we should be back in around an hour. but from me, tulsen tollett, and all the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there, good morning. there's going to be some more sunshine around for the next few days. we may well have seen the peak of the temperature, though, over the weekend. it was pretty much wall—to—wall sunshine in northern ireland. and here we had the warmest day of the year so far. same temperatures in glasgow and we had the warm air all the way from wales towards the south coast. but these areas that had the warmth by day are getting the chill right now with the clearer skies, actually. and in rural parts, we may find temp

we expect to hear more from president trump when he welcomed colombian president juan santos later today to the white house. >>> and shaken on wall street. biggest losses for the year. we will check out how markets are reacting to the news out of washington now. >>> all right. president trump's latest drama rattling wall street after months of calm and steady gains. markets tanking on reports the president asked james comey to end the fbi probe into the former national security adviser. dow down 370 points. the biggest selloff since september. the dollar erasing all post election gains. investor calm is over. wall street's fear index. i told you how it had been calm and complacent. look at that. it spiked. it was the lowest level in decades. up until now, they were ignoring the washington antics and the pressure on the president and the way he behaves in office. instead, they were banking on the promise of tax cuts and deregulation. for investors, the latest issue doesn't signal uncertainty, but the future of the presidency. here is how one wall street trader put it. >> i kind of think w

took a massive step towards winning the giro d'italia when he fended off some desperate attacks by colombiantage 18 to retain the leader's pinkjersey. the dolomites looked tailor—made for movistar‘s quintana but, try as he could, he failed to make any of his attacks stick. with two days of climbing left dumoulin retained his lead of 31 seconds, and now looks favourite to win the first of the year's grand tour races. american tejay van garderen took his first ever grand tour stage win by edging out fellow day—long breakaway member mikel landa at the finish. india captain virat kohli insists he doesn't feel nervous about playing in the icc champions trophy tournament in england following the manchester bomb attack. prince charles was shown the trophy as he attended the official launch of the competition at the oval in london on tuesday. the tournament begins next thursday while india's first match is against pakistan in birmingham three days later. for a few people it can be a nervous time but i did not sink as a squad you have time to focus on those factors because you understand that you are

the colombian is looking to become the first man since the late marco pantani in 1998 to win both three—weeknd the boston celtics at boston lead, but it has been lacking discipline in the second quarter, withjunior discipline in the second quarter, with junior projected for washington, after racing into kellie . from me and the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. the weather charts for friday very, very similar to what we have seen all week long. high pressure dominant to the northern half of the uk altohugh it's drifting a bit more towards iceland. and we're seeing low pressure develop a bit more towards the bay of biscay. in between, easterly winds, maybe gusty winds once again but the clearest of skies northern half of the uk. after a frosty start for one or two, scotland even in northern ireland, northern england, another lovely sunny day. morning mist and low cloud, particularly around some of the coast, will thin and breakm to allow sunnier spells. there could be a bit more sunshine then in recent mornings, across parts of north wales, north midlands and into northern portions of e

colombian sprinter fernando gaviria is continuing to impress at the giro d'italia — winning his fourthherlands still holds the overall lead by over two minutes... but it was all about the sprinters on stage 13 — the last flat one before the race hits the mountains in the north of italy. earlier today mark cavendish tweeted he was thankful that gaviria isn't competing in this year's tour de france. that's all from sportsday. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are henry mance, political correspondent at the financial times and lynn davidson, whitehall correspondent at the sun. led look at what the papers have in store. the daily mail are no fans of julian assange, criticising him for what they describe as a human rights lecture. the swedish prosecutors dropped their rape allegation. the ft has a picture women in terror and going to the polls in the iranian election. the daily mirror have a story and therefore it —— of the daily mirror have a story of two former radio presenters being charged. the times are reporting that the p

colombian fernando gaviria won a bunch sprint at the end of the 229km stage 12 of the giro d'italia onom dumoulin retained the pink leadersjersey. 22—year—old gaviria is the first cyclist to win three stages on his grand tour debut since uwe raab in 1990. tom dumoulin remains the overall race leader, two minutes and 23 seconds ahead of 2014 winner nairo quintana in what is the 100th edition of the race. american duo james hahn and ricky barnes are the two stroke leaders after the opening round of the at&t byron nelson in texas. they carded six under rounds, while three shots further back is world number one dustinjohnson, whose two bogeys nullified in part the three birdies he collected, with this his second shot on the par four 12th setting up one of those chances. defending champion sergio garcia has work to do back on three over with four bogeys only helped in part by one birdie which he picked up after this chip on the seventh. american lexi thompson the world number five is a one stroke leader on six—under after the opening round of the lpga kingsmill championship in virginia. the

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the venezuelan government has stepped up its military presence in the state of tachira along the colombian border, as violent anti—government protests spread across the country. real madrid have edged closer to winning the spanish league title for the first time in five years. they beat celta vigo 4—1 to go "top of the table with one game to go. it is time for our daily news review. on front of the politico website, the us department ofjustice has announced the appointment of a special prosecutor to lead the investigation into alleged russian interference in last year's presidential election. he's a former head of the fbi and his name robert mueller. the straits times reports on remarks made by russian president vladimir putin, who says he's happy to provide a transcript of the conversation that took place between his foreign minister and us president donald trump in the oval office. the moscow times has an article on russia's military build up in the arctic where old soviet airfields have been reopened, as well as two military brigades being deployed to the region. the gulf news reports t

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in that bilateral press conference with the colombian president, he reveals what he really thinks which is, oh, yeah, it's fine, the special prosecutor's fine. that's said, it's terrible and this is a witch hunt. you can't say those two things in back-to-back sentences unless you're donald trump. but watch what he says, not what's coming out of the white house. he's very transparent about what he believes and he doesn't fake it or doesn't really try to fake it and do the political thing. >> listen, michael, we all wondered, everyone wondered how long it would take for him to respond to this. i think he was off of twitter maybe 17 hours, which is i think the longest time he's been off twitter but he does and many of his supporters like to call people snowflakes and he is probably, if you look at his behavior, he may be the biggest snowflake of them all. >> right. look, so much of this entire problem that the white house has with this investigation has been fueled by his own behavior. and even today, if i could mention the repting that we did today about how he's still in touch with micha

of the colombian president t. president, though, continues to be critical of the decision to appoint a special counsel to investigate the russia matter. here's what he said. >> i respect, but the entire thing has been a witch hunt. there is no collusion between simply myself and my campaign, but i can always speak for myself and the russians. zero. i think it divides the country. i think we have a very divided country because of that and many other things. so i can tell you that we want to bring this great country of ours together. >> reporter: one of the flash point in recent days is whether or not the president may have obstructed justice in terms of his asking the fbi director james comey to see his way to letting go the michael flynn investigation in a private conversation between the two that was apparently memorialized in a memo by the fbi director james comey. the president today was asked about that and gave a very strong response. here it is. >> did you at any time urge former fbi director james comey in

and a quick comment because we were listening to the presidential press conference with the colombian president and emphatic denial he told comey to not do the investigation into flynn, i think we're seeing futures, i wanted to point that out, remain positive here. so i think that will also help the overall sentiment leading into tomorrow. couple other notes, walmart had terrific earnings report, a one-two punch, improving traffic, store traffic and online sales at walmart.com were also robust. united health, apple had a nice turn around, up 1.5%, and cisco the loser on the dow, earnings for the networking company were disappointing, router sales were bad and reported disappointing revenue. but we did hear from gap after the bell, surprisingly good, shares higher in the extended session as they revamp fashion plan. same-store sales rising 2% and sticking to revenue growth of 2%. back to you. >> great reporting, lori. appreciate it. up next, more on special counsel robert mueller. we're bringing in former trump campaign spokesperson katrina pierson. >>> and later dennis kucinich says t

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during a joint news conference with the colombian president yesterday...dent trump denied he ever colluded with russia. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have praised the appointment of robert mueller as special counsel to oversee the investigation. but president trump sees it as a witch hunt: ( darya ) the president is also continuing his search for a new f-b-i director. former senator joe lieberman is considered among the top contenders for the position. the president says he will announce his choice soon. ( mark ) the cover of the latest issue of time magazine is raising a lot of eyebrows. the magazine shows the white house being overtaken by russia's kremlin. the new cover comes amid the escalating controversy over

in that bilateral press conference with the colombian president, he reveals what he really thinks which is, oh, yeah, it's fine, the special prosecutor's fine. that's said, it's terrible and this is a witch hunt. if you think the special prosecutor makes sense or you try to undermine it. you can't say those two things in back-to-back sentences unless you're donald trump. but watch what he says, not what's coming out of the white house. he's very transparent about what he believes and he doesn't fake it or doesn't really try to fake it and do the political thing. >> listen, michael, we all wondered, everyone wondered how long it would take for him to respond to this. i think he was off of twitter maybe 17 hours, which is i think the longest time he's been off twitter but he does and many of his supporters like to call people snowflakes and he is probably, if you look at his behavior, he may be the biggest snowflake of them all. >> right. look, so much of this entire problem that the white house has with this investigation has been fueled by his own behavior. and even today, if i could me

the colombians are absolutely, absolutely the best friend and ally as we have in this regard him as part oin that part of th. the costa ricans are all the way up to stem the flow of illegal migration and drugs. so, in my view mr. president, it really begins down there. if we can improve the condition, we can do an awful lot to protect the southwest border. partnering with mexico is critical. we do that with great friends. i count many of the senior ministers and friends of mine we interact all the time it had great cooperation. that's part of it as well. securing the border with physical barriers and other places controlling technology that will go a long way as well and i will just end with this and have a few minutes for a question or two. because of what we have done in terms of implementing the law humanely, with dignity for those we apprehend, but to execute the law which is my responsibility under a quick to point out if you don't like the immigration law, then do your duty and change the law. i can't carry them all out across the spectrum so we do have priorities that if you don't

watching an infomercial about gluten-free diets followed by a movie about pablo escobar the infamous colombian drug lord. locke wants to show the public that officers are not robots. >> it's nice and refreshing to see a police department that's not too serious and we have a human side and sense of humor. >> reporter: the comments have been supportive like this one: >> to which he replied, relax! let us have some fun, huh? we have plenty of serious posts. >> we deal with death. we deal with sad circumstances. it's hard on us sometimes hard on the community. and sometimes you need that relief, to be able to crack a smile and laugh a little bit. >> reporter: and no, they did not get any takers on that meth inspection offer. by the way, the department has solved multiple cases with their facebook and twitter pages and so the 36-year-old lieutenant, a millennial, says departments can no longer afford to ignore the power of social media. in newark, kiet do, kpix 5. >>> still ahead, the new test run from elon musk for a tunnel system that he says can make traffic jams a thing of the past. how it can