because engels subsidized him, offered him the salary he got while he was writing capital. ironic, it dose the full circle -- it goes the full circle. >> it was really eye-opening to read about the early history of manufacturing in the united states. i was having dinner with someone from rhode island, and i said one of the very first factories was in porticket, and just as england stole technologies from italy, america stole technologies from england. .. >> can you talk about that? >> first francis who was in england came back to the united states to improve english technology. but they were aware that through that political life on lexicon but alexander hamilton had a lot of critics to feel that what distinguishes us with that autonomy that is undermined. so they want to avoid that to disassemble the labor force. there aren't enough children and without labor shortage so really think of the idea to get young women then they settle down and get married, but to get social women but have to show their parents that it is a safe thing to do. so with those world police with the

here's our chief foreign correspondent richard engel. >> reporter: just this month, general jonathan braga showed us the battlefields of the war on isis. vast terrain liberated from isis control. what are these ditches? >> these are mass graves. >> reporter: american commanders say the u.s.-led war in syria killed nearly 65,000 isis fighters over the past four years. >> we're on the 2 yard line of finishing the physical destruction of the caliphate. >> reporter: and following that progress, president trump now effectively declaring the war over. >> we'll be coming out of syria like very soon. let the other people take care of it now. >> reporter: but here in syria many u.s. military commanders worry withdrawing without a plan could jeopardize everything they've accomplished. nearly all of the ground combat has been done by these u.s.-backed kurdish-led fighters, but they are now under attack from turkey. if the u.s. leaves, they could be wiped out. at a graveyard for some of the 4,000 men and women who died fighting isis alongside u.s. forces, this kurdish commander told us the u.s.

use the cars.com app to compare price, features and value. >>> richard engel had this scoop tonight on "nbc nightly news." >> tonight new clues that could solve what's been a week's long mystery, how were former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter poisoned with a nerve agent that left them criticallyily? we've reconstructed their last known movements on march 4th in salisbu salisbury, england. at 1:30 they set out from home for drinks at this pub. followed by lunch around the corner. at 3:35, they left the restaurant and soon collapsed on a nearby park bench. chemical weapons expert walked us through the crime scene. >> heading towards the center of town. >> he thinks the fast-acting poison was likely smeared on something they touched. >> if breathed in can kill you instantaneously. if absorbed through the skin, which i think is the case in this attack, within minutes if not hours. >> british authorities say they think the poison was left on the skripals' front door. the kremlin denies it but another russian spy turned double agent has no doubt his former bosses were responsibl

i'm joined by the author of that report nbc's richard engel in salisbury, england where the poisoning occurred. peter take, chief white house correspondent for the "new york times" and anyone nap is the great grand daughter of nikki ta khrushchev. richard, let me start with you. the idea that this assassination attempt part of a hit list. what can you tell us about that? >> well, it's certainly plausible according to a former british intelligence official who is familiar with russia and russian tactics. i can tell you that the poisoning that happened here in salisbury sent a chill down the russian community living in this country. the uk has been something of a magnet for russian dissidents for critics of putin and frankly, for spies who have changed sides and come here to take refuge. we spoke to two former spies, both people that the kremlin considers traitors. they are both concerned for their future, concerned for their lives. and one of them said that in february, he received a call from someone on the inside. we have no way to verify he received that call. we weren't on call. he

our chief foreign correspondent richard engel went on the trail to a remote russian port looking into this. >> reporter: one of the keys to north korea's funding its expanding nuclear program might be here in russia. we came here to investigate how the sanctions-starved regime is getting cash through smuggling right under everyone's nose. this area may look completely blocked off right now by the ice, but this is actually an essential shipping route. a route, apparently, used to move banned goods and keep kim jong-un's regime afloat. a still-unpublished u.n. report obtained by nbc news says north korea made $200 million in just nine months last year through illicit trade. the report describes several cases of shipping north korean coal through russia. we were searching the ports for specific ships. we're looking for a ship called "vitas." according to shipping logs, it went out to sea last fall and then apparently turned off its locator beacon. reuters quoted two european security officials who said the ship then transferred is, -- 1,600 tons of oil to a north korean vessel. the guard

>> richard engel. >>> we have an update tonight on that mix-up on united airlines that resulted in aog being flown to japan instead of kansas city. when the owners of the german shepherd named irgo went to pick him up, a great dane jumped out of the kennel instead. irgo is scheduled to land back in the u.s. this evening. united has apologized for the mix-up. >>> still ahead tonight the government's landmark proposal on cigarettes and how it could save millions of lives. >>> also, with toys "r" us shutting down, what happens to any gift cards you may be holding? we'll have the answer. >>> we're back now with the unprecedented action announced today by the fda regarding cigarettes in what some advocates are calling one of the most important health measures ever proposed by the federal government. the fda is now seeking to impose new limits on nicotine to make smoking less addictive. for more on this historic move, here's nbc's anne thompson. >> reporter: imagine lighting up with little or no risk of getting hooked. that's behind the fda's proposal to dramatically lower nicotine, the ad

>> richard engel in moscow, thanks. >>> the faa is taking action after that deadly tourist chopper crashyork. the faa is suspending all so-called doors-off helicopter tours unless the aircraft have quick-release restraints in the event of an emergency. five tourists died last weekend strapped into a helicopter with its doors off that plunged into the east river. >>> still ahead for us tonight, another dog disaster for united airlines. how the carrier's latest pet mix-up became a became major hassle for an entire plane load of passengers. >>> the nightmare on the slopes when a ski lift goes haywire sending riders flying in all directions and all caught on camera. >>> it has happened again. another mistake by united airlines involving a beloved pet. this time an entire flight was diverted because of yet another dog mix-up after a week filled with bad headlines over united's handling of passengers' pets. nbc's anne thompson has the latest. >> reporter: this has been a tough week for the friendly skies and man's best friend. for the second time united airlines put a dog on the wrong plane ca

richard engel, nbc news. >>> it was another rough day on wall street. stocks tanking again finishing down 424 points and capping off the worst week in two years. it comes amid white house whiplash, first the fear that president trump is starting a trade war with china, then a surprise shake-up in his national security and legal teams. and this morning the sudden threat from the president that sent washington scrambling. here's nbc's peter alexander. >> reporter: president trump tonight complaining the trillion dollar six-month spending plan cost too much without giving americans enough in return. >> i will never sign another bill like this again. >> reporter: but this time the president did, just four hours after this tweet threatening to veto it. it comes as the president takes a sharp right turn on foreign policy. president trump moving out moderates, elevating hawks. incoming national security adviser john bolton alongside hard-liner mike pompeo just tapped for secretary of state. >> i think that their history over decades is that they, like iran, li

. >> reporter: i'm richard engel. tonight new clues that could solve what's been a weeks' long mystery. just how were former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter poisoned with a nerve agent that left them critically ill? we've reconstructed their last known movements on march 4th in salisbury, england. at 1:30 they set out from home for drinks at this pub followed by lunch around the corner. at 3:35, they left the restaurant and soon collapsed on a nearby park bench. chemical weapons expert hamish debrettton gordon walked us through the crime scene. >> heading towards the center of town. >> reporter: he thinks the fast-acting poison was likely smeared on something they touched. >> this stuff if breathed in could kill you instantaneously. if absorbed through the skin, which i think was the case in this particular attack, within minutes if not hours. >> reporter: british authorities now say they think the poison was left on skripal's front door. the kremlin strongly denies it was involved, but boris karpichkov, a

>> richard engel, thank you. >>> now to our exclusive interview with vladimir putin. after his press conference today our megyn kelly, who was on assignment in moscow, sat down with the russian president. >> several analysts in the west have said this is the declaration of a new cold war. are we in a new arms race right now? >> translator: my point of view is the individuals who have said that a new cold war has started are not really analysts. they do propaganda. if you were to speak about arms race, then an arms race began at exactly the time and moment when the u.s. opted out of the anti-ballistic missile treaty. >> some analysts are suggesting you tested it and it's failed, and that's why you only showed animations of it today and have not yet produced any actual videos. >> translator: are you talking about icbms? >> yes, the one that you claim renders defense systems useless. >> translator: as a matter of fact, every single weapons system discussed today easily surpasses and avoids an anti-missile defense system. >> but you've tested it? >> translator: the test w

richard engel from moscow. if they're not their forces, whose could they have been?eally worrying. >> very much so. and it is not over right now. the situation in syria is chaotic. it's effectively a free-for-all. assad's forces making land grabs, turkish forces making land grabs. you have u.s. troops that are still there about 2,000 special forces on the ground. and now there is this other enemy, opportunistic russian forces. these mercenaries who in this case it appears were trying to go after an oil refinery. so think about this. the country is in chaos. u.s. troops are there trying to fight isis. and in the middle of this chaotic situation you have russian mercenaries tied to a company backed by an oligarch, very close to vladimir putin in this country, trying to grab a oil refinery. we're told that there was a business deal that if the russian mercenaries had grabbed this oil refinery they would have gotten 20% of the proceeds but the mission didn't go correctly because when they approach this oil refinery, they are still american troops there. the american troo

nbc's richard engel tells us more about this. >> reporter: even before the polls opened, it was already clear president vladimir putin would win six more years. ♪ voters were greeted at the polls by costumed characters, dancing, and cookies. tiny enticements to lure the crowd. >> russia is a very important country in the world and it's because of our president. >> reporter: the atmosphere here is utterly relaxed. it feels more like a holiday than an election. there is zero expectation of political change. the only question is how many people will bother to show up. turnout is a matter of pride for putin to show russians would still come out for a shoe-in. it's a focus of putin's rivals, the opposition leader wasn't allowed to run so he told his supporters to head to the poll not to vote but observe looking for irregularities. in this videos verified by the ap, voters seem to insert multiple ballot, one appears to stroll over to a box, stuff it, while no one in the room seems to mind. but these would only be vanity votes. putin doesn't need fraud to win. he has deep support. and as the b

let's go to richard engel in moscow. i was using cautious language 20

@oa richard engel.or watching. >>> this sunday, crisis, chaos and confusion at the white house. one of president trump's closest aides out. his son-in-law, under fire. his attorney general, defying the president. now mr. trump is reportedly feeling increasingly isolated and under siege by special counsel robert mueller. >> the president is very frustrated about this entire what he calls witch hunt and hoax. >> is a white house built on chaos now being consumed by it? >>> plus, president trump promise its tariffs to help american businesses. >> 25% for steel. it will be 10% for aluminum.

it's time to listen to us now. >> so richard engel starting us off from moscow.terview with vladimir putin. after his press conference today, our own megyn kelly who was on assignment in moscow sat down with the russian president. >> several analysts in the west have said this is the declaration of a new cold war. are we in a new arms race right now? >> translator: my point of view is that the individuals who said that a new cold war has started, they are not analysts. they do propaganda. if you were to speak about an arms race, then an arms race began at the time and moment when the u.s. opted out of the anti-ballistic missile treaty. >> some are suggesting that you tested it and it failed and that's why you only showed animations today and have not produced any videos. >> translator: are you talking about icbms. >> yes. the ones that you claimed makes defense systems useless. >> translator: as a matter of fact every single weapons system easily avoids an anti-missile defense system. >> you've tested it? >> translator: the test was excellent. some of them still

last night richard engel had a scoop on nightly news involving a kgb intelligence officer who defected to the west. we are in the middle of a swirl of international news and international intrigue involving what's now turning into a big tight betwe fight between russia and a fairly united west but it's got this unexpected modern twist of our own government is a question mark, a black box in the two-sided fight. richard has a bunch of new reporting on that tonight so tonight we'll go to sengland where richard engel is live on assignment. >>> welcome to salsalisbury. you can see the cathedral lit up. this is the focus of world attention because just over three weeks ago, someone used a chemical weapon, a military grade nerve agent less than two miles away from where i'm standing right now. the world changed since sergei a russian spy and his daughter were poisoned on a park bench. the incident sparked the worst crisis between russia by ordering 23 rurkssian diplomats presumed to be thinly disguised to leave the country. 26 others soon followed suit and something truly remarkable happened

engel, five minutes. mr. engel: thank you, mr. chairman. i'm pleased to be the democratic lead on two of the bipartisan bills we're considering during this hearing. the poison center network enhancement act and the results act. and during this panel i'd like to focus on the results act which is a bill i've introduced with congressman stivers. in a bipartisan way. the goal of the results act is to ensure that federal grants intended to treat mental health and substance abuse disorders, fund activities that are backed by sound evidence so it will help build the evidence-based inowevative interventions. -- innovative interventions. while the concept is straightforward, i want to be sures that executed carefully as we work to end the opioid crisis. we need to ensure that results drive decision making and that we always keep the door open to new and innovative approaches that could be game changers. i hope that this discussion will help us strike the right balance. one of the objectives of the results act is to ensure that there are tools availa

chief foreign correspondent richard engel joins me now. what do we know about this meeting with china's president? >> i think quite a bit. china has now put out a lot of images of this meeting. it's been blanketed across the media in north korea. both countries hailing it as a success. even president trump saying that it was a success with president trump appearing to try to take some credit for it. but for china, this was an important agenda. it was an important meeting. it wanted to make sure that the diplomacy didn't get out of beijing's courtyard. and china rolled out the red carpet. >> china's president wanted to make sure kim jong-un's first summit was with him. and that his first ever trip abroad since taking power in 2011 was to beijing. official images of the secretive trip, which china and north korea both initial i refused to confirm, show all the. trappings of a state visit. kim jong-un inspecting the chinese honor guard. the two leaders toasting at a lavish banquet. even formal portraits of the two men with their wives. welcom

nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel spent his career reporting on intrigue around the world and tonight he's got something. he's reporting from south korea. here now is "on assignment" with richard engel. >>> welcome, it's saturday morning in seoul, south korea. i spent a lot of time covering conflicts but one thing i didn't expect to be reporting on is the possibility, remote possibility of a nuclear conflict but here i am and that's what we're doing, talking about rising tensions with a nuclear armed north korea. now, north korea is a small, poor, isolated country with very limited resources, but in my hotel room the other day, i watched vladimir putin, the president of the world's second largest nuclear power make a presentation that included a slide showing a nuclear strike on florida. experts say he may well be bluffing to whip up supporters but it doesn't take a concerned scientists to say the threat of nuclear war is back with a venn agai -- vengeance. we'll have the story of a brave young woman that escaped from north korea when she was just 13. first, we have a stor

i'm joined by nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel.'s start with why glushkov's death is raising eyebrows. >> mostly his associations. glushkov, 68 years old. he was a business partner of another russian critic of vladimir putin, a man named boris berezovskiy. he was one of the original oligarchs. at one stage close to putin. a very big falling out. berezovskiy fled this country and moved to the uk. he was then found dead, presumably hanged. some people said it was suicide. those close to him have told me they do not believe it was a suicide. that he was, in fact, murdered. berezovskiy at one stage also had on his payroll alexander litvinenk on o. the former russian kgb agent who then moved to the uk and drank tea that was laced with a radioactive compound pulonium 210. he died. now this other associate of the same group is in his home. he's found dead with compressions to the neck. and now the police in london said they are treating it as murder, not as a suicide. not as an accidental death. one more thing that makes it suspicious. wh

>> richard engel, thank you so much for for your great reporting.eciate your time tonight. >>> joining me on set, democrat senator chris van hollen of maryland. senator, thank you for being with us tonight. appreciate it. >> thanks, kasie. >> we have quite a bit to talk about. in slightly broader lens and richard was focused on a remarkable story in syria. i want to talk to you about russian influences on our elections and what is happening here at home. the events of this weekend, the president tweeting at bob mueller by name for the first time, do you think this is a significant turning point? and have you and your colleagues discussed trying to take more dramatic action to protect mueller in the wake of these tweets? >> i think it's a very dangerous sign. as you said this is the first time the president has gone after mueller by name. it comes on the heels of reporting that the mueller team has subpoenaed documents from trump enterprises. it sounds like the white house and trump is getting very, very paranoid about what's going on. and as many ha

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let's go to richard engel in moscow. i was using cautious language 20 minutes ago. what's the latest on the election held today? >> reporter: as we were talking about earlier, this was always a forgone conclusion. what people here are waiting for is not to see if president putin has won another six-year term but by how much. that is the sport they're playing tonight as they're watching these resulting come in. about a third of the votes have been counted according to several tallies on russian state television. and a third of the results indicate putin won about 73% of the vote with somewhere just above 60% voter turnout. those numbers could change. they are expected to have the final preliminary results, the official results won't be actually announced for some time, in the next few hours, but they have not been changing much over the last hour or so. they seem to be covering and stabilizing right at that mark, about 73% for putin and with a roughly 60% turnout. if it does stay at that number, as these results continue and the other two-thirds of the ballot are cou

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chief foreign correspondent richard engel has the latest from moscow. >> reporter: even before the polls opened this morning, it was already clear president vladimir putin would win six more years. voters were greeted at the polls by costumed characters, dancing, and cookies. tiny enticements to lure the crowds. >> russia is very important country in the world, and it's because of our president. >> reporter: the atmosphere here is utterly relaxed. it feels more like a holiday than an election. there is zero expectation of political change. the only question is how many people will bother to show up. turnout is a matter of pride for putin to show that russians would still come out for a shoo-in. it's also a focus of putin's rivals. an opposition leader wasn't allowed to run, so he told his supporters to head to the polls not to vote but to observe, looking for irregularities. in these videos verified by the a.p., voters seem to insert multiple ballots. one election official appears to stroll over to a box, stuff it, while no one in the room seems to mind. but these would only be vanity vo

engel side and -- the north bay some of the warmest temperatures here. 75 at noon. high clouds at 7:00. look at the low to mid-80s. calistoga at 85. cloverdale 86. bodega bay mild at 70 degrees. all right. going to be another i'd say cool to mild night tonight with temperatures in the upper 40s. about 49 to about 53 degrees down in redwood city and san jose. don't you wish every day could be like the last couple of days on the roads. >> oh, man. they have been perfect, right? except later in the morning, we've had issues there. this early morning commute has been great. especially with spring break and the ideal traveling conditions. we are actually breathing a sigh of relief for the central valley drivers. we were potentially going to have a big problem this morning. westbound 580 past flynn road, they had emergency pothole repair. it was wrapped up on time. they wrapped it up a few minutes ahead of schedule at 4:00 amount. >>> 26 miles an hour on 205. 24 miles an hour once you get closer to altamont pass. quick check of the drive times here too. westbound 580 trac

role do you see to make sure democrats don't nominate the analogue of christine o'donnell or sharon engel, especially in a state like south dakota or oklahoma? tom: well, i don't believe we should be anointing candidates. texas should be electing people in texas. virginia last year, i think what worked best, everybody who went to the polls felt like they had a fair shake and their candidate had a fair shake and to me that's the most important thing. what we're doing as democrats since 2017, one of the keys to our success has been that the candidates that have been fielded have been spectacular. i spoke personally to almost all of the candidates running in the virginia house of delegates because i wanted to tell them the new d.n.c. is about helping elect democrats from the school board to the oval office and we did help them. they were incredibly qualified. in oklahoma i met the four new members who are democrats of the state legislature and the state senate. spectacular candidates who were talking about the most important issue in oklahoma which in oklahoma is public education because kid

chief foreign correspondent richard engel reports on what's behind all of this. >> reporter: it's our first glimpse of a historic and mysterious trip. north korea's kim jong-un getting the recognition he's always wanted. reviewing troops with chinese president xi jinping. official portraits with the two leaders and their wives. toasts at a lavish banquet. all for kim who has never visited a foreign country, never met a world leader since taking power in 2011. reportedly telling his chinese allies he's willing to meet with president trump and give up his nuclear weapons if the u.s. responds with goodwill. it's a far different image than we usually get of kim in north korean propaganda. instead of supervising tests of missiles that threaten the u.s., now he's seen taking notes in meetings and his trip where he arrived on that bulletproof train also allowing china to send a message to president trump. >> china is reacting to president trump's extremely unexpected offer to immediately go to the bargaining table with kim jong-un. they don't want to be left out of this process. >> reporter:

and that's why my dear friend, ranking member eliot engel of the foreign affairs committee and i, introduced the venezuelan humanitarian assistance act. this bill calls attention to the food shortages, to the water shortages, to the severe lack of medicine, severe lack medical medical supplies. and the lack of other vital goods and services. but more importantly, it directs our great agencies, the u.s. ate especially -- usaid, especially, and the department of state, to develop a plan to determine how the u.s. can help send in some humanitarian assistance through credible and independent nongovernmental organizations that are operating in venezuela. or in neighboring countries. it is very difficult to get that aid to the people who need it because maduro does not want to help the suffering venezuelan people. the bill passed the house last year and it sends a strong message that we see the millions of people of venezuela who are suffering and that we want to help. so as the political situation continues to deteriorate, because socialism does not work, communism does not work, with maduro anno

and joining me, richard engel, i'll start with you on this one.he past have shown that putin's popularity tends to rise in times of fallings out with the west. >> it's funny you should mention that. an official from putin's campaign staff put out a tweet not long ago, thanking british officials for their comments and accusations against putin, saying it gave voters a boost, gave them the extra push they needed going into the elections. they definitely see that antagonistic role that has been set up with putin presenting himself as someone who is willing to confront the west, and reclaim what many here think is russia's faded glory. that is appealing, and it's something they're playing to. and have been playing to. >> richard, is putin expected to continue governing past 2024, or is he looking to the future? >> that's a hard thing to know. as often is the case with strong men, they find themselves on a treadmill, once you're on it, you can't really get off. because your past can come back to haunt you. the way putin came to power may suggest an off

richard engel reports from london. >> reporter: client's president xi jinping wanted to make sure the north korean leader jokim jong-un's first summit was with him. doctor. >> the distinctive armor are on the train. he said he remains committed to denuclearization and a summit with trump. could it happen at the end of may but the details including where it could take place remain unclear. kim jong-un has so far held off on missile and nuclear tests while he tests diplomacy. for that reason the white house hailed the visit as a successful even appearing to take credit for it in a statement. we see this development as further evidence that our campaign of maximum pressure is creating the appropriate atmosphere for dialogue with north korea. but it was china's president xi look who have took the first step signaling that while he may be bold, china is fast and will not be side stepped in its own backyard. kim jong-un has reportedly returned to north korea and president trump has said that he are received positive reviews from the chinese president and the north korean leader looks forwar

richard engel, nbc news, moscow. >>> a north bay congressman is trying to tackle the issue of gun violence. jared huffman wanted students to lead the discussion on how to make schools safer. organizers say 1,000 people registered for the event. >> this is about celebrating and encouraging and supporting this amazing younger generation that is stepping up, and giving voice to their concerns and their aspirations. >> florida shooting survivor emma gonzales was supposed to join the conversation via skype. she wasn't able to because of a last-minute conflict. >>> a taco bell in danville became a drive through today. take a look. the car plowed through the front wall of the south food building into the dining room and then stopped at the counter. the dining room is destroyed. thankfully, no reported injuries. big mess out there and a different kind of mess for weather this week. >>> yeah, tuesday morning's commute. the storm is coming in faster than the models had earlier this evening. watching the timeline on that. the tuesday commute now, especially from 6:00 a.m., could be impacted by the fi

richard engel explains it. >> reporter: this is a story that hits close to home for me.son. and so many amazing doctors and researchers working toward treatments and cures. but they need help. for years and years there was an incentive, something that drove this research. but unfortunately, it's just been reduced dramatically. like all parents with a special needs child, my wife and i live on the hope that scientific research will find a cure. it's hard to tell how much he's understanding. our 2-year-old son henry has a variant of rett's syndrome, a lifelong genetic disorder that severely limits him mentally and physically. he wasn't always sitting up this well. for us, this is progress. henry's particular disorder is rare. but there are many children facing similar challenges. he has 1 of more than 7,000 disorders identified as rare or orphan. and 95% of them have no cures. impacting, researchers say, 30 million americans. becky and joel roman in indiana know this all too well. they have six children, three biological and three adopted, all of them with so-called orphan

nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel has the latest. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. we have made our way to moscow to the iconic red square. we have just come here after spending time with u.s. special forces in syria. there are thousands of u.s. troops in iraq and syria fighting isis. those troops have told us that, in fact, an american helicopter has gone down in western iraq, not far from the syrian border, all four personnel on board were killed. u.s. officials say seven americans on that helicopter did, in fact, die, that another helicopter was in the area, reported the incident. at this stage, there is still an ongoing investigation, but u.s. officials say there is no indication whatsoever that the helicopter was brought down because of enemy fire, that it was an accident that occurred during what was, quote, a routine troop movement. now, we are here in moscow because this weekend russians are expected to go to the polls and very likely going to reelect vladimir putin for another six-year term in office. the resu

this is written to all five, rosenstein, francisco, engel, demerce, higdon, cox. and this is what he said: in this case it's written to all five below rosenstein, francisco, higdon, cox. we have significant concerns he could order the authority to interfere with the probe or shut it down. you fall in the line of succession at the department of justice if the deputy attorney general were resigned or removed. we request you provide a written and public commitment that you will not interfere in the special counsel's investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 elections. possible collusion with such meddling by the trump campaign, efforts to obstruct justice or any related inquiry. as such, we ask that you publicly commit to refuse any order or request expressed or implied to interfere in the investigation including but not limited to firing mr. mueller, cutting off funding or resources, limiting staffing or inhibiting his ability to follow the facts wherever they may lead. so again, that letter is being sent out tonight from democrats on the senate judiciary comm

richard engel has new reporting on what's happening in syria. he recently met with u.s. forces there. yesterday president trump said time is running out for the u.s. mission in syria, but america's local allies out there are concerned that we're going to end up cutting and running, leaving them to essentially fend for themselves. if the u.s. pulls out of syria without a plan, and that leaves a vacuum that will be filled by russia, what happens next? it will make it russia's largest troop deployment since world war ii. >> well -- >> michael, i'm sorry. >> there's two types of consequences to this. on one hand, if the united states withdraws, then russia effectively owns syria. and so that for vladimir putin also poses a number of challenges because, especially in the eastern part of the country, he's going to have wave upon wave of sunnir radicalized extremist to attack the assad regime. it's presenting russia with a real conone drum going forward. it cuts both ways. >>. >>> news on the russia investigation. we'll tell you what robert mueller is looking at now and how it

ambassador to russia during the obama administration, white house reporter to the "washington post", cliff engel, and the head of public affairs. ashley, i'd like to begin with you, but by doing so, let's listen to something your colleague, carol linnig said about what happened at the white house after the phone call. >> after the president's call with vladimir putin, there was quite a curfuffle in the white house about what just went down, sort of an oh, gee moment of, what are we going to say about this call? are we going to say the president congratulated putin? the russians sort of took that choice out of the white house by announcing that trump had congratulated their leader. >> so, ashley, with that as the background story, like this one in the "washington post," show there are people at the core of the presidency, perhaps career people, perhaps military people who still care enough to make it known that in their view a wrong has happened, correct? >> that is correct, and this is not the first sort of phone call with foreign leaders that has leaked out. you'll remember the "washington post

teve engel in tenman square. -- ten man square.enzie man square. >> reality moment which has been transforming that country but asia as well with generally consumption patents chaining. that's causing the government to reflect as the current measure remains the most accurate. south korea has more than doubled the numbers of products it surveys online. indian look at the yea to nclude online sales into its inflation index. nda what gives here? >> we've seen this before where it's called the amazon effect. but e commerce is booming in asia on the back of asia's middle-class. we've seen people the way they market goods online. and in truth, policymakers don't know what to make of it. is this having any material impact on prices, on inflation. rishaad: what does it mean? people are trying to get grips ointment >> nobody is suggesting that it's going to transform inflation in a region where the price of oils and monsoons dominate. but it's a factor. roishr rishaad: do we have a policy result. do they have any policymakers on this? >> yo

eshoo and from representative engel, and these are all bipartisan provisions that you will see included in this legislation. mr. johnson has a provision that is included that will change the way the inspector general works in this agency so that he truly is an inspector general who is independent. so we've worked together in a bipartisan way to do our repack which deals with our broadcasters and our spectrum to handle mobile now which has been a priority of the senate that could not get it finished. we have finished that process, and then also the f.c.c. re-authorization. so i express my gratitude to the committee members, both democrats and republicans, and he staff members from both sides of the dieas to say thank you -- dais to say thank you for re-authorizing this agency to deal with our spectrum repack and to address the mobile now concerns. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: mr. speaker, i would now yield two minutes to the ranking member of the telecommunications subcom