this is elijah cummings. in any case, it is unclear why mr.kushner continues to have access to classified information while these allegations are being investigated. how do you anticipate the white house responding to this? >> i don't think he's going to get the answer he's hoping to get. if mr. flynn is the president as right hand and jewiared kushner the right hand, he is his closest confidant. i don't see how the president would make any steps to have his security clearance removed. though it is worthy to question it. remember, he had plenty of opportunities to redact his initial statements, to redact and change his initial disclosures. what was really questionable and concerning about it was that not only did he disclose that he met with russian officials including the ambassador and the ceo of a sanctioned bank, but they were alternating explanations. jared kushner and the administration said we met because we were talking about foreign policy specifically related to syria. the russian version of it was that, no, jared kushner met with us

i agree with elijah cummings. >> what are your concerns? >> a whole host of activity that i can't get into at this point in time, but they raise concern about his judgment and his ability to keep our nation secret. >> can you elaborate a little bit, because that's intriguing. mo more meetings that we don't know about? >> no, i'm only reference what mr. cummings is referencing, but some of those only come in a classified setting. >> right now he's in jerusalem skpm ramala to try to broker some kind of peace deal. you don't think he should be doing that, is that what you're saying? >> i like that we are always moving forward on peace deals. that's what our country should do. first of all, he is wholly unqualified to do that. he shouldn't have had clearance at tht point. what came out of that meeting? >> he was meeting with the leadership of the committee, not the full committee, and i understand that they talked about how to do this on a cooperative basis. >> what's the deconfliction, they say, to make sure nothing you do could undermine the

we have posted cummings' letter at maddowblog.com. detailed, granular, times, dates, people, places. i think it's going to be one of those things that ends up being an important reference document, if nothing else. if mike flynn and the white house handling him as national security advisor stays at the center of these inquiries into the russian attack. in addition to cummings' very pointed questions about flynn and why he was still able to listen in on the most sensitive intelligence our government has, in addition to that, in this letter elijah cummings and the democrats on the oversight committee also raise the question of the security clearance not just for flynn but also the one that had been issued for jared kushner, the president's son-in-law. because although mike flynn and jared kushner are different breeds of cat, they do both have multiple high level contacts with russian officials that have yet to be explained, that they didn't publicly disclose until they were forced to by press reports. an importantly the russian contacts

congressman cummings raises interesting points. as i say, we're going to post that letter on-line so you can read it for yourself. it's granular, detailed. he makes a very good case. you know, it's just a democrat, and the oversight committee in the house, like every committee, is controlled by the republicans. honestly, the republicans on the oversight committee do not want to investigate russia, and they do not want to talk about anybody in the trump administration having secret meetings with the russians or maybe not deserving their security clearances. they do not want to talk about any of that. a democrat on the committee writing a letter is -- even if it's a good letter raising good points, it's just a democrat on a committee writing a letter. that brings us to our teeny tiny little scoop tonight, which is this. >> on the right side there, it's signed by a couple of democrats. right side on the bottom is sheldon white house, senator from rhode island. dianne feinstein, senator from california. looky lew on the left. lindsey g

right after that report on wednesday, elijah cummings wrote to the white house and wrote to white house chief of staff reince priebus demanding to know how the white house had handled the issue of mike flynn's security clearance. after they've been formally notified by the justice department that flynn was a security risk. we have posted cummings letter tonight at nano blog.com in case you want to see it, detailed and gr grabular and detailed times an places and it will be an important reference document if nothing else. if mike flynn and the white house handling him as national security adviser stays at the center of the inquiries into the russian attack. >>> in addition to cummings very pointed questions about flynn and why he was still able to listen in on the most sensitive intelligence our government has, in addition to that, in this letter, cummings an the democrats on the over sight commity, they also raise the question of the security clearance not just for flynn but the one issued to jared kushner. the president's son-in-law. because although mike flynn and jared kushner are di

here are the views of david shute and alan cummings.bbc was on the spot for immediate eyewitness accounts, in competition with rivals which reached fever pitch, recently. and because of that their obligations for broadcasting accurately and with accountability is being compromised. they have proved, in the event, to being totally inaccurate, highly emotive and often personally influenced accounts broadcast repeatedly on the bbc news loop. i think that in the recent grenfell tower tragedy we saw reporting which was actually starting to incite violence, incite further trouble, which is not what reporting is about. another viewer who got in touch on the subject wasjon brookes, and hejoins us now from our ipswich studio. jon, there were lots of concerns about coverage of the grenfell tower fire. last week a number of viewers commented on it being used as a backdrop to news bulletins when it was still burning. was that a concern of yours? yes, that was the main one. there was no real need to have somebody on the scene standing in front of a

here are the views of david shute and alan cummings.bbc was on the spot for immediate eyewitness accounts, in competition with rivals which reached fever pitch, recently. and because of that their obligations for broadcasting accurately and with accountability is being compromised. they have proved, in the event, to being totally inaccurate, highly emotive and often personally influenced accounts broadcast repeatedly on the bbc news loop. i think that in the recent grenfell tower tragedy we saw reporting which was actually starting to incite violence, incite further trouble, which is not what reporting is about. another viewer who got in touch on the subject wasjon brookes, and hejoins us now from our ipswich studio. jon, there were lots of concerns about coverage of the grenfell tower fire. last week a number of viewers commented on it being used as a backdrop to news bulletins when it was still burning. was that a concern of yours? yes, that was the main one. there was no real need to have somebody on the scene standing in front of a

today a top house democrat, elijah cummings, writing to the president's chief of staff raises seriousoncerns about why the white house didn't suspend the security clearances for not only flynn then, but for trump's son-in-law jared kushner now, since he also failed to disclose multiple contacts with russians. neither the white house nor flynn's attorneys have commented. michelle kozinski, cnn, washington. >> thanks, michelle kozinski for that piece. next we'll talk to a member of the house committee for her opinion on russian hacking. stay with us. we come into this world needing others. ♪ then we are told it's braver to go it alone. ♪ but there is another way to live. ♪ a way that sees the only path to fulfillment- is through others. ♪ heri think i might burst..... totally immersed weekenders. whatever kind of weekender you are, there's a hilton for you. book your weekend break direct with hilton.com and join the summer weekenders. and i quit smoking with chantix. i was very grateful to have chantix. at times when i would normally go smoke, i just didn't it's kind of like "wait a min

does representative cummings have a point? should jared kushner's be suspended?, yes, he has a point. if you look at the various aspects of the investigation, the house and senate intelligence investigations, you've got a lot of data pointing to jared kushner, his failure to disclose information, his sort of amnesia about what he's doing with the russians. let alone the fact he also ran the data management side of the campaign, something that we know mueller is looking at. it is a fair question to ask, and i will tell you anyone who wasn't the president's son-in-law would not have a security clearance at this stage. >> ambassador, kushner failed to report dozens of meetings with foreign leaders on his security clearance application, including foreign meetings with various russians. should he have access to the nation's biggest secrets until this clears? >> i don't think you automatically pull someone's clearance. presumably he was investigated thoroughly and carefully to get the clearance. i don't think you pull it just because he hasn't fully filled out some for

trouble spots for your drive from rodeo and cummings skyway in towards pinole.we have an accident blocking two left lanes, just crawling, under 10 miles an hour for big delays. we'll get to drive times in just a second. also san jose northbound 85, we have emergency crews blocking two lanes of traffic. pardon me, that's northbound 78 with speeds under 20 miles an hour there as well. 80, highway 4 to the maze it's relatively light once you get past that accident. there's 87 from highway 85 to the sloez airporan jose airport. >> "good morning america" is coming up at 7:00 on abc 7. >> we're live in new york with a look at what's ahead. >> reporter: good morning to you reggie and natasha. coming up next on gm british police are facing questions over the latest terror attack in london. there are reports the ringleader was previously known to authorities and that has people wondering if he could have been stopped. then an abc news exclusive, president trump's sons sitting down with our us. donald, jr., and eric responding to the criticism over their father's tweets t

this is elijah cumming ranking democrat on the house oversight committee and eliot engel on the house foreign affairs committee because he went to saudi arabia to discuss a deal between saudi arabia and russia to build nuclear power plants. what the democrats are saying is this is about a pattern here. it's not the first time that general flynn failed to disclose something that's material. you'll remember and we've talked about this on the air before, don, that flynn did not disclose foreign payments, payments from the russian government for a speech he gave there in 2015, that famous picture we've seen of him sitting at that table next to vladimir tute pin. he took russian money for that and didn't disclose it. there were the key conversations with the russian ambassador to the u.s. during the transition he did not disclose even to the vice president pence which led to his being fired as national securiti security adviser. they're looking at pay the tern of nondisclosure and why the nondisclosure. >> that's a big question. jim, thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> and here to discuss

there's elijah cummings of maryland and elliott engle of new york asking the attorneys of michael flynn to provide more documents. this comes after enormous scrutiny for michael flynn for not disclosing not just these middle east trips but other trips he's taken over the years, including trips paid for by russian-backed entities, including russian television network where he appeared at a dinner next to vladimir putin and also did not disclose that that was paid for by rt. one thing that they are looking at is whether or not he misled federal investigators by not disclosing these meetings, including these two mideast trips that are not at the center of these two house democrats. >> obviously it would be very significant, not just the trips themselves. they met with foreign officials and it was involving a $100 billion possible deal with russia. the letter also says, manu, the letter that you obtained, that flynn's security clearance was a very specific question. have you dealt with foreign nationals in the last seven years. he did not include a single meeting with a foreign official in

cummings letter, it should have been directed to robert mueller and it wasn't directed to me.hose are allegations of crime. if you completed a security application and you omitted material information or misrepresented material information, that's a crime. and i promise bob mueller tuesday night i was not going to do anything wittingly or unwittingly that interfered with his probe. that used to be what i do for a living. i'm very sense stiv itive to st out of his lane. in elijah makes accusations nats up to him but i'll let bob mueller figure it out from what you've heard, do you think it rises to level of a crime? >> my mind is not wired that way. i can't take 20% of the information and draw a conclusion. we're meeting with dan coats this morning. i'll add to my body of information, my body of evidence this morning. it's when you interview the last witness that you can draw a conclusion. you can't do it after you interview the first one. let's hear it all, but keep in mind, congress doesn't grant security clearances. that's an executive branch function. you did not hear me ca

>> andrea cummings. >> what about? i have no idea, don't represent andrea. >> your reaction to this mistrial, the jury was hopelessly deadlocked and a couple days later they were deadlocked. are you surprised by what happened and your reaction? >> i am never surprised by what a jury will do. it is not over until it is over and it may not be over yet. it is over for this jury, the prosecution can still refile, a new gerri, i have seen that many times in cases all over the country. sometimes a second gerri will render a different outcome for the first gerri. we don't know. we have to await the prosecutor's decision as to whether or not he will refile. that is good. sometimes prosecutors wait to know how many jurors voted before conviction or not. if he already said that, then i am very happy because that is important and i emphasize i would like to see a court -- to testify. that is relevant on the issue of whether bill cosby had a plan, a scheme to drug and sexually assault women and the jury will be better served if th

cummings in the papers that they would not deficiencies in the papers i don't think i would have criticized them but your point of view would be stronger and stronger. i hadn't found that to have been wrong by the american meat institute. no i don't i don't think that. would change it wouldn't change my point of view it might change your point of view that you tend to not believe what i'm saying because twenty five years ago i got some amount of money that i don't remember. for making progress he can't remember how much but he does remember getting paid. but you have to understand that the industry is a money making business so they're very risk averse they would not fund a study that. someone proposed to them that eating hot dogs increases the risk of childhood cancer why would they fund that you know they would only fund something that says proposes childhood cancer is prevented by eating more hotdogs or there's no relationship you know they're not going to fund a study that. is bad for their business. at least he's honest much of the meat industry is lobbying depends on collaboration wit

say director of my cum pail claims that russian modeling in the u.s. presidential elections was just a pawn of a decades long at ford to undermine american democracy russia has always denied any interference pump ayos statement comes and his first interview after taking out the post of cia director and generally. i can't talk about the details of the intelligence but we have the intelligence committee has said that this election was meddled with by the russians in a way that is frankly not particular original they've been doing this for an awfully long time and we are decades into the russians trying to undermine american democracy i think a lot of actors try to exercise influence in the in the election i don't know the specifics of what russia may or may not have done and what other nations may or may not have done i think the facts are clear in the public domain that the democratic national committee try it may well have rigged the primary for hillary and did their level best to tip the scales in the elections to a bigger issue is the degree to which

pedro: that was one of the arguments that elijah cummings had when he met with the president early this year to talk about drug prices and controlling prices, specifically purchased under medicare. here is a bit from his statement to the press. bill presented to him a that we would be filing in about two weeks and we asked him and secretary price who was also present to take a look and give us their comments. it was our hope to be able to file it in two weeks. astec andwas in suzy he was really aware of the problem and clearly made it clear to us that he wanted to do something about it. any chance lipton, of that changing within medicare itself and how the government purchases drugs for medicare? mr. lipton: there is something trump has mentioned the number of times, that he doesn't understand why the federal government can't negotiate prices with other members of the hill for the change in the rules that allow it. the federal government is the single biggest buyer, probably in the united states and is not ,he world -- if not the world why can't it negotiate bulk pricing? the veterans a

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and you can see near cummings parkway. just after the carquinez bridge.his is where those big delays start. and you'll be tapping the brakes if this is part of your morning ride. give yourself extra time. over at the bay bridge toll plaza. we haven't seen much change. a 23-minute ride from the maze to downtown san francisco. in oakland, southbound 880. and a crash not blocking any lanes, and it's definitely slowing things down. 23rd avenue and we see the delays continue through the south bay. it has lanes blocked from 87 to kurtner avenue. >>> if you're atop mount vaca, there's the view. sunup was 5:47 this morning. starting with clouds near the shoreline. and temperatures mostly in the 50s. and cooler in santa rosa. high pressure has given way to low pressure from the gulf. a little storm system will be moving through by thursday. today, however, looks pretty good. but let's show you what's going to be happening. you can see the clouds on the way from the north. this is 5:00 tomorrow night. we get increasing clouds over the north bay. and this is sweepin

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i want to let our audience listen to elijah cummings. these are representatives we send to washington in order to do this very work. one of their own, a member of congress, elijah cummings calling for independent investigation themselves calling for an investigation. >> house republicans have shown repeatedly that they refuse credible robust oversight over this president. they do as little as humanly possible just to claim they are doing something. republicans are not doing their job to hold the republican president accountable, and so it's our job to do so. >> jill, in your view, is the only way to get an investigation going to put democrats in charge of the house or the senate? >> i think that would certainly change the dynamics of the situation but we could also look to something like the 9/11 commission, which was a bipartisan, independent group that held public hearings, that helped america get through the 9/11 crisis. i think we could do the same thing here. the special counsel can bring justice through independent criminal laws. t

all that, no one knew who to nominate for attorney general and i finally said, what about homer cummings? he said, oh, well, he's a lawyer. 's been the democratic party chairman, what else do you need to do to become attorney general? unfortunately, he was slated to become the governor-general of the philippines so they went to him and said homer, what would you rather do? and he thought malaria or a nice safe desk job in washington? i think i'd rather be attorney general. he took the job, the banking system was saved and you can thank me in small part for that. [applause] >> thank you, thank you. well, i'm going to let my biographer, kathryn smith, tell you the rest of my story. [applaus [applause]. >> okay. girls, how was the accent? okay. gin and barbara are missy's great nieces and you all stand up, stand up, please. [applaus [applause] >> barbara jakes and jane scarboro and they were wonderful to work with and so generous in sharing their great aunt's papers with me. the book could not have happened without them and i've been a little nervous doing the boston accent since obviously,

joining me for the inside scoop is ann guerin diplomatic correspondent and jean cummings, washingtonal deputy chief. we covered hillary clinton for 18 months on the road and there's a lot that resonates in what she said, some people are questioning the tone and whether she acknowledges enough, you know, fault on her own part, but they were sounding the alarm about russia, nobody was listening and it's indisputable that jim comey went into chapter and verse on july 5th about everything she had done wrong by his view and never mentioned that he started an investigation of russia and that trump people back in july? >> sure. i mean clinton gets a lot of criticism for fighting the last war goi back over all the reon tt external reasons that she lost by, you know, what she -- the reason she says she lost. she's making up a slightly different point here about the dnc saying that they didn't have money to help support her, that their data operations were poor, they were -- that the dnc, which is supposed to support the presidential nominee was providing bad information. that's a deeper indic

i think that's one of the reasons tad cummings was able to move in on her so quick. >> reporter: jasons the thomas family's attorney. do you think he targeted her? >> no doubt. >> reporter: he sought her out? >> no doubt. he was specifically grooming this child for a very specific purpose, and that was a relationship. he chose a girl that was clearly having issues, because she went to him for, quote, unquote, "counseling." she was the perfect victim. >> reporter: as part of the seduction, cummins portrayed himself an international man of mystery. >> apparently he told a lot of tales about his fictional background. he's a cia operative. he's an fbi agent. he's a millionaire. >> reporter: anthony thomas says his daughter was impressed with cummins' alleged exploits. >> and i said, "you're telling me he's been in these fbi and the cia." "oh, yeah. oh, tad has got a bunch of money. actually a couple million dollars in the bank." >> reporter: still, thomas didn't object when cummins took elizabeth to church. former fbi agent brad garrett is an abc news consultant. >> the idea that he would

. >> reporter: we're right across the street from cumming ping-pong where this all played out about six months ago. i covered it as breaking news. you can see it is open. some of the employees, as well as the owner showed up in court today to talk about how this shooting has impacted their lives and this business. >> it sort of jumped off the internet into the real world. >> eric o'connor and his wife lived near the pizza place in northwest d.c. they were stunned when a man acting on a conspiracy theory showed up with gun and opened fire inside the restaurant. that man edgar welch sentenced today after four years in prison. >> there are proper channel if there was something nefarious going on. he can take an active role on that but didn't need to bring a gun into a restaurant. >> employees and the owner gave statements in court. they talked about having violent nightmares, ptsd and inanxiety attack after the shooting. they hope he gets help and able to move on. a just released video shows the comet gunman driving from his home in north carolina to d.c. delivering a message to his two da

doctor cumming was a thoughtful and inspiring leader. he fostered a number of priorities to make the fbi better and stronger. from improvements in the way we collect, use, share intelligence are cyber programs, to leadership in diversity issues. we are going to do our best to make sure we continue to make progress in all of those areas. the threats we face are constantly evolving and we too must continually see examine the way we can do business to ensure that we are doing everything we can invest way that we can. i firmly believe that the fbi maintains a sacred trust with the american people to protect them and uphold the constitution. we do that with the precious resources that those people in this committee give us. the fundamental elements of that sacred trust is making sure that we are always good stewards of the taxpayers money. we have tried to be good stewards of the funding provided in the event conservative in our budget request. we ask for what we need and when we need extra in certain areas, we don't hesitate to tell you and

deputy attorney general who appointed rod rosenstein and wrote the letter who made the case for james cummings firing up as fbi director. something president trump talked about in an interview last month. >> he made a recommendation. he's highly respected. very smart guy. the democrats like him, the republicans like him. he made a recommendation. regardless of recommendation, i was going to fire comey. >> because of those comments and because of that letter, there's a real chance that rosenstein would have to recuse himself. he could become a witness in the special counsel's investigation. >> julie: is rosenstein's job in jeopardy? >> it's possible. it's something that members of congress asked rosenstein about during some testimony on capitol hill last week. >> could you be terminated without cause? >> yes. >> who would appoint a replacement? as your position of deputy general? >> of the president. >> so that is a possibility? >> anything is possible. >> amid the rumors of a recusal, the department of justice had a state may yesterday trying to calm the rumor mill by saying quote, as deputy a

he worked with elijah cummings. >> benghazi, benghazi, benghazi.ll see how the intensity he brought to benghazi. see if that shifts to now what isenraptured d.c. we have house speaker paul ryan saying trump is new to government. trying to justify the wireird stuff that is happening. is that a legitimate defense for the president? we will talk about that ahead. what's that? p3 planters nuts, jerky and seeds. i like a variety in my protein. totally, that's why i have this uh trail mix. wow minty. p3 snacks. the more interesting way to get your protein. ...studying to be a dentist and she gave me advice. she said... my daughter is... ...dadgo pro with crest pro-health. 4 out of 5 dentists confirm... ...these crest pro-health... ...products help maintain a... ...professional clean. go pro with crest pro health crest pro-health... ...really brought my mouth... ...to the next level. ♪ art. it can be sculpted, bringing to life beautiful detail. or painted in luxurious strokes. and in rare cases... both. ♪ >>> welcome back. i'm thomas roberts at msnbc worl

too few people have come forward to support the bill that elijah cumming and i wrote. we're wondering what are the inflexion points. he fired james comey if he were to move to get rid of bob mueller, wouldn't that be enough, i would certainly hope so. >> let me ask about the attorney general jeff sessions and before i get to what you would like to hear from him tomorrow, i just want to ask you how unusual or anomalous it was this strange back and forth the heads of the federal department to talk about why they had the budget needs they have. is it strange, unusual or not that strange and unusual for the attorney general to counsel. >> don't know what to make of that, but i do agree that the most important questions that he should face right now are, what was his role in the campaign with russia. also, what was his role in the firing of james comey and what has his role been in the hiring of the new fbi director. i think that -- those predominant any other questions that are out there right now. he seems to be -- to use nba finals tonight. a player that's been thrown ou

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the top ranking democrat elijah cummings said to me in a statement this is not what democracy looks like look, how are we supposed to do our oversight job? how are we supposed to report back to our constituents if we can't even get basic information so real causing a lot of backlash here in d.c., wolf. >> and that department of justice decision affects all of the executive branch. all right. everybody stand by. there's much more coming up, including vladimir putin now opening up about president trump, hillary clinton and more. up next though, why he's telling people, quote, and speaking in english even, don't worry, be happy. ♪ there's nothing traditional about my small business. so when it comes to technology, i need someone that understands my unique needs. my dell small business advisor has gotten to know our business so well, that it feels like he's a part of our team. with one phone call, he sets me up with tailored products and services. and when my advisor is focused on my tech, i can focus on my small business. ♪ on a perfect car, then smash it into a tree. your insurance company

call you at a random pay phone tonight, my problem stems from princess , meaning girlfriend stacy cummings, not helping with utility bills. through the testimony, philadelphia's top law enforcement official apparently shook his head and rolled his eyes enough,'s floyd judge paul diamond. during a break judge lashed out at williams warning next time, he would be scolded in front of the jury. prosecutors claimed that wise, man convicted of tax fraud, showered williams with cash, plane tickets and vacations. in exchange williams made him a special advisor to his office and sent letters to help wise, rebuild his damage reputation. testimony in evidence revealed a buddy/buddy relationship. wise texted williams, what does he want for his birthday? defense terence tried to reverse the story showing williams was tapping in wise knowledge of the lbgt affairs claiming that the two had legitimate business relationship but wise recalls telling his brot about williams continuing solicitation of money. we have to stop this. i think we have given enough into this friendship. asked about retaliation he re

now he's got cummings and the fs-86 lies on the forms to get a clearance. he has three big legal problems. in some sense, he is the most logical person to become a witness, if he's got a story to tell. >> remember, that's -- when you say he's got a story to tell, that was the statement from his attorney. he wants immunity. it was not offered. if he is cooperating, if he is cooperating with the fbi, what does that signal? >> again, it depends on what he thooz say. if he has information about collusion, then it signals this is going to be a very big and long and torturous investigation. he's got no information about collusion, if it's just bits and pieces on the fringes of, you know, maybe some counter intelligence investigation where russia was doing this or doing that, then it's not so much. does he have a person to say this person did something wrong? >> if he's got to work with the fbi, he's got to have something. >> that's exactly right. he was immunized. they don't know what he's got. >> the democrats want more information. they are digging into two mor

however, we are getting reports of quite a bit of lumber spilled in the road along interstate 80 near cummings parkway. traffic is moving along in both directions not too many cars out there. they might have just cleared that debris. westbound 580 from 205 tosix 680, 30 minutes. >>> we have some sunshine in our inland areas, mount vaca, isn't this gorgeous? it's summertime in the bay area. the sun is making an appearance official sunrise was at 5:50. and at 6:01 we're socked in. that's your typical "june gloom" at the coast into the bay. marching inland this morning, but not quite as widespread as 24 hours ago. this is the coolest temperature i have seen all week in santa rosa at 47 degrees. otherwise it's 60 now in san jose. that's a big gap in the temperatures. here's the marine layer. more compressed this morning at 1100 feet compared to yesterday at 2,000 feet and notice it doesn't supreme as far to the north as 24 hours -- stream as far to the north as 24 hours, it does to the south but not to the east. we'll see earlier burnoff today. mid-60s in pacifica at rockaway beach. same around mo

the rest of your right on the eastshore freeway is right near cummings parkway, not too bad. it's an easy commute heading in through berkeley on down towards the maze. no delays over at the bay bridge toll plaza although it's getting crowded. a few more folks joining our tuesday morning ride. good morning to you. 10 minutes as you make your way from the maze into downtown san francisco. we do have a "sig alert" that remains in effect two lanes closed. westbound 205 near grant line we had an accident before midnight last night and that shut down those lanes and now we are getting a new crash in the same area. avoid 205 "super commuters." traffic backed up into manteca along westbound 120. hat's a check of your traffic; over to you. >>> you say traffic is backed up to manteca, oh, my goodness. there's some water slides out there. [ laughter ] >> you may want to head there over the next couple of days. he today you will feel the difference at this early hour. official sundayup at 5:47. it will be a gorgeous day here in the bay area. 47 in santa rosa. 53 in san jose and san franc

roger cummings asking questions about this. discuss this with james the former director of cia. and juliette. welcome to the program. juliette you first, let me get your reactions to manu raju reports, does the retch have a a point should jared kushner's secure clearance be suspended? >> oh absolutely he has a point. the house and senate intelligence investigation and now the judiciary investigation, you've got a lot of data pointing to jared kushner, his failure to disclose information. his sort of amnesia about what he's doing with the russians, let alone the fact he also ran the data management side of the campaign, something we know mueller is looking at. it is a fair question to ask and i'll tell you anyone who wouldn't the president's son-in-law would not have a security clearance at this stage. >> ambassador, kushner failed to report dozens of leaders with foreign meetings on his security application, should he have access to the nation's biggest secrets until this investigation clears him? >> well, i don't think you aut

cummings words -- and mr. comey's words "to prompted the appointment of a special counsel." although he testified he only leak the memos in response to a tweet. the public record reveals the new york times was quoting from the memos the day before the referenced tweet, which belies the excuse for this unauthorized disclosure of privileged information and appears to be entirely retaliatory. we will leave it to the appropriate authorities to determine whether these leaks should be investigated, along with all the others being investigated. establisheds now the president was not being investigated for colluding with or attempting to obstruct any investigation. as the committee pointed out today, these important facts for the country to know are virtually the only facts that have not been leaked during the course of events. as he said yesterday, the president feels completely vindicated and is eager to continue moving forward with his agenda, with the business of this country, and with this public cloud removed. thank you. >> why did the president -- was the outside attorney for

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crank cummings, that his security clearance be reviewed.irst of all, among others, that he had these clandestine conversations with the head of the major bank in russia who had ties to putin and to the intelligence community in russia. and second, this effort to establish a back channel using russian diplomatic facilities. so those potential errors in judgment, not to mention divulging confidential information, require a security clearance review for him. and i think that there's an untold and unused term here. which is very important to understand. and that term is conspiracy. because if flynn and others in the white house in any way agreed or even cooperated, or some of them agreed and others cooperated, there could be a potential conspiracy charge against any one of them or all of they will. >> one thing that is important, the public knew none of this. they never knew that jeremy -- that jarrod was meeting with the russians, the top bank guy, sanctions, they never knew about flynn. this administration has told us nothing on the record. t

amy: jared kushner's israel trip came as democratic congressmember elijah cummings demanded to know why kushner still has a top-level security clearance afafter he f failed to report dozens of contacts with foreign leaders on his application, including russian leaders. meanwhile, china's foreign ministryry has confirmed t thate chinese government has invited kushner and his wife, president trump's daughter ivanka trump, to beijing later this year for an official visit. the invitation came as the guardian reported ivanka trump's brand continued to order shoes from a factory cited for labor abuses two months after the company claimed it had halted contracts with the manufacturer. the guardian report comes as three chinese activists with the group china labor watch continue to be imprisoned after they were arrested while investigating labor conditions at the shoe factory. in wisconsin, a jury in milwaukee acquitted a former police officer wednesday of charges of reckless homicide for shooting and killing 23-year-old african-american resident sylville smith. body cam video showed smith flee

now sixers star posting a picture with fultz and ben simmons and cummings on inextra game after a workoutg should be legendary if it happens. tim tebow had an embarrassing moment during last night's game. the former heisman trophy winner throw his bat way up into the stands! look how far the bat went before it finally landed? luckily, no one was hurt. tebow did end up striking out in that at-bat. >>> pete rose still banned from baseball but not stopping his old team honoring him. he helped is in the reds unveil his statue at great american ballpark with major league baseball's permission, of course. the larger than life bronze sculpture captures his head-first slide and physiciete having a fun day at the ballpark. don't think he is ever getting into the baseball hall of fame considering he is still banned from baseball. >> i'm still thinking about the pink pants! >> he played so well yesterday. >> thank you, andy. >>> seven u.s. sailors reported missing after a collision at sea are dead. >> a u.s. warship collided with the container ship when that crash happened. the ship took on water. i

congressman cummings sent a letter to reince priebus regarding jared kushner's security clearances. they have serious concerns after i'm guessing today's story about michael flynn, that other people entangled in the investigation should have their security clearances re-evaluated. obviously, jared kushner is someone who literally sits at the intersection of all of the national security agencies. we interviewed nikki haley. she said she's in regular contact with jared. the secretary of state is in contact with jared kushner. he's in the middle east right now. what would the consequences or the fallout be if someone like jared kushner -- i understand he gets his own intel briefing. if he were to have a serious sort of limit on what he can see i don't know how he functions in the job he has. >> with all due respect i don't think the president has to worry about that. because flynn -- jared kushner is his left hand. the two most depended guys of this president relied on, turned to on a daily basis are now in trouble obviously michael flynn is gone. jared kushner was very close with flyn

to the fun part, before the leader, what do you make of the fact that coming from chris, the word cumming from newt gingrich, i assume as surrogate. why are they putting tup notion that the president might fire the special counsel just named to investigate him. that's the only reason to fire the guy, he's investigating you. >> it is unbelievable. they must feel and, you know, my reporting has not yet yielded anything that puts this close to the president. but somebody in the president's orbit must have said yes to this and must feel they can get away with it. the question that i have, is why would they float this when they know that there will likely be a backlash, not just from democrats and we've seen stuff from adam shift tweeted about it. from republicans, this is the button to push if you want to ali alienate republicans. >> i think it's incredible, the thinking behind this can be because you had james comey admitting the reason he shared his memo he wanted a special prosecutor appointed, that gives a little bit of leeway to say, he was picked so quickly afterward. however, i can't i