he asked the fbi operatives, who he thought were connected with ice, for a semiautomatic rifle and components to build a bomb, but they were never provided to him. the fbi says when asked about his escape plan, jameson said, he was ready to die. but court documents say on monday he told them, i don't think i can do this after all. i've reconsidered. after an fbi employee in washington mistakenly dialed his cell phone, then hung up. agents say a search of his house turned the up three firearms and a martyrdom letter dated december 16th calling the u.s. nationalistic and godless and complaining about president trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. jameson appeared briefly in court late today to face these charges. federal officials say he's also been undergoing a mental health evaluation. san francisco police say even before this arrest they'd already peter? >> thanks, pete, very much. >>> now to the mad dash to make it home for christmas, whether you're heading out this weekend or your loved ones are heading to you, chances are you're keeping a close eye on the weat

he asked the fbi operatives who he thought were connected with isis for a semiautomatic rifle and components to build a bomb, but they were never provided to him. the fbi says when asked about his escape plan, jameson said he was ready to die. but court documents say on monday he told him, i don't think i can do this after all, i've reconsidered, after an fbi employee in washington mistakenly dialed his cell phone then hung up. agents say a search of his house turned up three firearms and a martyrdom letter dated december 16th, calling the u.s. nationalistic and godless and complaining about president trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. >> jameson returnins to court o thursday. >>> and did trump lose votes by bullying other countries? th that's next. is this where you typically shop? is this where anyone typically shops? it's time to switch to the capital one venture card. with venture, you earn unlimited double miles on every purchase, everywhere, every day... not just airline purchases. seriously... double miles... everywhere! what's in your wallet? your body

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investigators say 26-year-old everitt aaron jameson, a tow truck driver began communitying with fbi on operativesths ago and investigators told them he was willing to stage a gun and bomb attack on christmas day and asked the fbi operatives who he thought were connected with isis for a semi automatic rifle and bomb components. on monday he suddenly told them, i don't think i could do this after all. i've reconsidered. after an fbi employee in washington mistakenly dialed his cell phone and then hung up. agents say a search of his house turned up a martyrdom letter dated december 16th calling the u.s. nationalistic and godless and complaining about president trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. family members say jameson converted to islam and bam radical after child protective services took away his children. >> he lost his kids and may have lost faith in jesus or maybe switched over. >> he appeared briefly on friday in federal court to face the terror allegations. his lawyer said he'll soon enter a plea to the charges. >> he'll plead not guilty to those on january 5 when

he was willing to stage a gun and bomb attack on christmas day and asked the fbi operatives who he thought were connected with isis for a semi automatic rifle and bomb components. court documents say on monday he suddenly told them i don't think i can do this after all. i've reconsidered after an fbi employee in washington mistakenly dialed his cell phone and then hung up. a search of his house turned up a letter dated december 16th calling the u.s. nationalistic and godless and complaining about president trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as isreal's capital. family members say he converted to islam and became radicalized after child protective services took away his children. >> he lost his kids and he might have lost a little bit of faith of jesus or something and switched over. >> he appeared briefly friday in federal court to face the allegations. his lawyer says he'll soon enter a plea to the charges. >> he'll plead not guilty to those on january 5 when we learn what they actually are. >> san francisco police say even before this arrest they had planned to step up security for

it could not be clearer that under leaders like robert mueller and james comey, the fbi operate as an arm of the democratic party with almost unchecked power. but mule per and comey's successor christopher wray, specifically on the clinton email investigation, he says he's wait are for an internal review by the inspector gin in order to determine the next check. >> the inspector general is looking at the important question of whether improper political considerations factors into the decision-making. if he were to conclude that happened, then we have to assess what else might need to be done to unring that bell, if you will. lou: my first guest among the members of the house judiciary committee who glild the director of the fbi this morning, jim jordan. congressman, you gave fbi director wray quite a grilling today. are you satisfied with the answers that you elicited? >> i will be satisfied when i see the application that was take to the fisa court. i think peter strzok took the application to the fisa court with all the dossier garbage in it and that was used to spy on the donald tr

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it could not be clearer under leaders like robert mueller and james comey, the fbi operated as an arm. democratic party with almost unchecked power. tonight mueller and comey's successor christopher ray denying allegations of bis in his tell before the house judiciary committee and specifically on the clinton e-mail investigation he is waiting for the review by the inspector general. >> the inspector general is looking at whether or not improper political decisions factored in the decision making. if he concluded that happened we have to assess what else might need to be done to unring that bell if you will. >> lou: my first guest who grilled the fbi director this morning, republican congressman jim jordan of ohio. he's on the over sight committee and toe founder of the freedom caucus. you gave fbi director ray quite a grilling today, are you satisfied with the answers that you elisted. >> i will be satisfied when they release the application from the court. i believe peter took it to the court where the court grant that application based on the dossier with all of the garbage in it.

light of day for which the fbi cannot receive public credit due the sensitivity of the fbi's methods and operations. we are truly grateful and hope that the line agents, analysts and support staff of the fbi know that their jobs are sincerely appreciated and greatly valued. again, director wray, thank you for appearing today. i will now yield to the ranking member of the committee, the gentleman from new york mr. nadler for his opening statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman. welcome to the house judicial committee, director wray. earlier this week in a message to your agents and employees, you gave us your vision of what the fbi is supposed to be. quote, we find ourselves under the microscope each and every day and rightfully so. we do hard work for a living. we are entrusted with protecting the american people and upholding the constitution and laws of the united states. because of the importance of our mission, we are also entrusted with great power and we should expect and welcome people asking tough questions about how we use that power. that goes with the job. it always has. end quote from your

thing is that we would all be better served if everybody were able to have trust again in how the fbi operatesally does. if hillary won the election and republicans go after her, i'm sure everyone would be singing a different tune. >> a couple of things, the tax on the fbi from both sides are politically motivated. no question about that. just like any organization, you are going to have problems. there is no question. they had somebody who is investigating. that has worked. that's how the government works right now. talking to the rank and file so to speak who live in and around washington, d.c., there is a level of frustration. don't to use the word depression because that's going too far. when you have the president of the united states constantly attacking and needling you and you pair it with what was said about the intelligence agencies and the work they are doing, there is not a whole lot of respect, i would say, or con confidence in the commander in chief when he said he has no confidence. >> we have more we need to discuss. we are awaiting the lawmaker who is are expected to begin vot

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broader than that, though, on the national security side, the fbi is conducting what is now becoming the most important counter intelligence operation in our country right now. the fbi is trying to get to the bottom of how the russians were able to not only infiltrate the highest levels of a presidential campaign but fundamentally gets a sets assets related to putin's pockets. trump fawning over putin particularly in the last week, two phone calls that he made to congratulate putin without even once mentioning election concerns. if we look at this as a counter intelligence operation, that will certainly help give the fbi the support it needs. but that support will have to come from the american public. >> the dossier, which is what a lot of republicans are hanging their hat on in trying to say that the origins and financing of it are their smoking gun to say this entire investigation is a fraud. your name came up in a politico investigation because now republicans are trying to say because an fbi official who's linked in some way to that dossier spoke to you, that somehow that proves -- i don't know what they're trying to say. what

the bureau of alcohol tobacco firearms and explosives aren't the fbi launched operation tin panda in spring. fox5's tisha lewis joins us live from northeast with the story. tisha. > reporter: well, tony, we're here at atf headquarters and for the first time we're hearing details and new went into this bust in operation tin panda. we do know that this investigation centered on the blood gangs and their criminal and illegal activity across northern virginia, the district and the maryland. we're also learning that more than 70 illegal guns were recovered in this bust. >> the investigation lasted about seven months culminated yesterday with the takedown of more than 20 search warrants, multiple arrests across the northern virginia, the district, maryland and elsewhere. we used a lot of investigative techniques in this case. we involved a lot of electronic media, surveillance, physical surveillance, enforcement operations like search warrants arrest warrants, physical searches. >> i think that this investigation is a great example of how a concerted effort can have real impact on violent

it's our justice department and fbi, and i don't think it helps to undermine their ability to operatehen you hear your republican colleagues and right-wing media now saying this, it's becoming it's own echo chamber of undermining the criminal justice system and fbi. what are they doing? what is that about? >> well, we will rule the day because of this. and it's these types of institutions, i strongly support their mission and their work. i don't think they should be dealt with in such an overtly political fashion. of course there are people in these intelligence services and the fbi who have political opinions, and as we witness, too, those political opinions should be kept to themselves, and director mueller when he discovered the text messages from two involved, they were removed or demoted. and director mueller, too, is a republican. i don't think it's in everybody's interest to overly politicize our intelligence services. >> if you tune into sean hannity's program at night, you will hear this. do you feel people have to choose between the department of justice and the president? >

year-old everett aaron jamison, a tow truck driver from modesto began communicating with fbi undercover operatives two months ago telling them he supported isis and was pleased with the new york city attack on a bike path. investigators saying he was willing to use his u.s. marine corps training either by joining isis in syria or staging a gun and bomb attack in the u.s. he asked them for a semiautomatic rifle and components to build a bomb, but they were never provided to him. the fbi says when asked about his escape plan, jamison said, he was ready to die. but court documents say on monday he told them, i don't think i can do this after all. i've reconsidered. after an fbi employee in washington mistakenly dialed his cell phone, then hung up. agents say a search of his house turned the up three firearms and a martyrdom letter calling the u.s. nationalistic and godless and complaining about president trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. jamison appeared briefly in court late today to face these charges. federal officials say he's also been undergoing a mental health i

. >> harp says that the fbi is going to continue to operate in san francisco, so why not find a way to know what's going on. >> the fbi will continue operations so if you have been offered a seat at the table, by all means, have a seat at the table and that way you go brief your staff without waiting for the phone call from the fbi. >> any new agreement between the city and the fbi would have to undergo a public hearing at the police commission. >> you said when the city dropped out of the task force but why exactly was that decision made at a time. >> well, at the time we interviewed a number of people at city hall and in a word, it was trump. this happened directly after he was sworn in and a number of people were concerned about the police won rating with -- cooperating with the fbi. there have been years of tension between the city and the agency over tougher enforcement rules when the police were working with the fbi but it cull nine ated once -- culminated once trump was sworn in. >>> san francisco is suing the department of defense for failing to report the names of service memb

reason to believe there was treasonous collusion with russia or was it an entire information operation where the fbirations and research to go after an incoming administration. >> bret: i think critics would say painting with too broad a brush about the fbi where there are a lot of good people fighting good battles is dangerous. this investigation showing that that there is some nugget that opens up another piece of the investigation. >> at the very least when james comey was saying was of misrepresentation the truth. obviously people had consulted on editing. i'm not sure who was, differing with the judge in one sense, it's important to know who is editing because i would like to know the process. as catherine reported, we don't know who was responsible for the edits. peter strzok was one but there may have been more. i wonder how much james comey knew about the exhibit a versus exhibit b. the deletions, whatever was taken out or how the language was change. i will say one of the things that struck me letter was the edits to downgrade the likelihood that hostile actors had penetrated secretary clin

dishonest stories. >> reporter: now "the new york times" is reporting the fbi warned hicks earlier this year that russian operatives had made repeated attempts to contact her during the presidential transition. there is no indication hicks did anything wrong, fbi agents briefed her twice earlier this year in the white house situation room warning that emails she received may have been part of a russian intelligence operation. hicks has was questioned today and yesterday by special counsel robert mueller's team. she is a potentially key witness at the president's side during so many important moments throughout the campaign, the transition, and now at the white house. >> jon karl with us live from the white house. jon, robert muellers team interviewing hicks. this is clearly the president's inner circle. >> reporter: and mueller's team has talked to jared kushner. i expect he will interview him before long and likely donald trump jr. as well. david. >> jon karl on a friday night. thank you. >>> now to roy moore and the alabama senate race. for weeks the white house has been asked whether president trump will travel

the lowest prices. >>> we're getting word ton that the fbi warned president trump's communication director hope hicks about russian operatives contact with her. this is reporting from "the new york times." cnn correspondent jessica snyder joins with us more. >> this was earlier this year and senior fbi officials they cautioned hope hicks about several introductory emails she received after the election from russian government email addresses. now fbi agents they met with hope hicks twice inside the situation room at the white house. and they told her that these emails they weren't what they seemed. and they may have been a part of a russian intelligence operation. all that have is according to the "new york times." this was a very specific warning. and it show that is law enforcement was really alarmed that the russians were still trying to establish contacts with the trump team even after the election. and anderson we know that hope hicks -- she disclosed her meeting was the fbi, the white house counsel don mcgann and she met with the robert mueller team today and yesterday as part of the russia probe. >> what more are you

i ran fbi international operations my last five years in the bureau, was on the board of interpol, i could tell you that our reputation around the world, or the fbi reputation and america's reputation really matters in terms of gaining cooperation from foreign services, governments, intel services, militaries, and the general public in those countries. and those to just disparage the fbi without differentiating between ht few senior executives no question about it i think brought shame on the bureau, but that's not the whole fbi. and just ought to be a little more articulate about what he's complaining about. >> tom, on skype, sorry about the cross talk there. thank you. i appreciate both of you. >>> next scathing words for utah senior senator editorial board for the largest newspaper in the state calling on orrin hatch to end his career or suggesting voters do it for him. i'm going to talk to a member of the editorial board, and that's next. you might take something for your heart... or joints. but do you take something for your brain. with an ingredient originally found in jellyfish

how is it likely to go over among your colleagues at your own beloved institution at it fbi to operated the knowledge that the attack on this american institution may be an act of deflection away from the president? >> it wouldn't be the first time and it is my beloved if stugz and it is for a reason. the men and women for are good and decent and honest and try very hard to get it it right. congress has a legitimate oversight function. lord knows i've testified in front of it many times and i respect that. but in terms of investigations, the notion that a small number of people in one party in one chamber would be conducting investigation leaves me feeling a little bit queazy. investigations require that you leave all of your politics at the doorstep. you can't permit that if hnto a investigation. so i trust the fbi to do it and do it right. i have concerns have articulated about the way it's being done in the house. >> shannon, it is clear there is nothing scarier to democrats than the thought of the president in florida in a room alone with his cell phone on say christmas eve. when s

the justice department and the fbi have a lot of procedures to prevent that from happening, fbi agents operate in pairs, what they discover has to be reviewed by five others, what the five have reviewed has to be reviewed by justice department employees. the only final decisions i have been made in this investigation are to seek two indictments and some guilty pleas which they have obtained. rod rosenstein in my view painted a very credible picture today by saying i don't know exactly where we are and if i did i wouldn't tell you but it's too early to say whether or not so-and-so's political opinion affected the outcome because we haven't reached the outcome yet. >> harris: catherine herridge says the text message from august 2016, what trey gowdy calls his paramore, we know they were having some sort of relationship and that may have only come into play -- people say, why would that be important? it puts that agent going back and forth in a capitulated position. you can bribe that person. there are a lot of things i can go on. >> the text message to which you refer occurred in august of 2016.

think there's an effort to invest get the president and clearly these facts are about how the fbi has operated. let's wait for the inspector general report to be done. let's wait for a former director of mueller's investigation to be concluded, then we can answer those questions. >> fair point, thank you so much, good to see you both. coming up next everyone, now that tax reform is out, president trump is already focusing on his next big agenda item. karl rove is here to tell us what is going to take to get it done next time around. the president is making good on his promise to make the economy great again. we'll show you what a record holiday stocking season will do for your bank accounts. plus the one reason jarrell owens says he and colin kaepernick are not on the field this season. >> what's stopping you from being in the nfl right now? >> owners, general managers. ♪ was my warfarin treatment right for me? my doctor told me about eliquis. eliquis treats dvt and pe blood clots and reduces the risk of them happening again. not only does eliquis treat dvt and pe blood clots... eliquis also h

plus, the fbi warning one of trump's closest aides, hope hicks, that russian operatives were trying to make contact with her. why do they continue even after russia was accused of election meddling? and protests planned as president trump is set to attend the opening of mississippi's civil rights museum. should trump stay away? let's go "outfront." good evening, everyone. i'm kate bolduan in for erin burnett. tonight, we are following breaking news. all in for roy moore. president trump about to rally thousands of supporters in pen sa cola, florida just across the border from alabama. you're looking at live pictures now of the event. trump is about to take the stage. why florida? good question. to put it in context, this rally is just 15 miles away from the alabama border, which means just about 15 miles away from voters in a hotly contested special election senate race. but the president has as of today, left zero doubt where he stands. tweeting this morning, an attack against the democrat in the race and ending it with quote, vote roy moore. the embattled republican candidate run ng

there's a way to criticize the fbi, it's operation as. but this felt different. >> that's true. the agents, the ones in the trenches, are still going to do their job and be non-partisan, follow the letter of the law. if there are people in the government who want to bash the government and this is not the first time that the fbi's been the target of criticism. >> sure. >> there are better ways to do it and the president should never do it. >> right. it's a government agency. it's open to criticism and should be and there are times when it is required. after 9/11 we knew that the various agencies weren't cooperating, exchanging information most useful. that required work. the president at the speech at quantico today seemed to be drawing a distinction between law enforcement, police officers he likes, supports, has many friends of and the fbi. drawing some distinction. trying to create a distinction that the fbi is some kind of a rotten apple. what's he getting at and why? >> first, the audience is primarily law enfirstment officials. national academy. the academy comprised of st

the paper is reporting during the transition she was warned by the fbi that russian operatives were trying to contact her. the fbi officials cited in the report say there's no evidence that hicks herself did anything improper. they were just very alarmed by how bold these russian operatives were being, especially since this was after the u.s. intelligence community had come out and publicly accused of the moscow of trying to influence the 2016 election. i know the president and the white house has been very hopeful this could perhaps be wrapped up by christmas, but it certainly doesn't look like that will happen. >> many twists and turns. every day we learn something new about someone involved on either side of the equation. thank you very much. >> well, arizona republican congressman trent frank moved up the timetable on his resignation making it effective today. he said his wife was admitted to the hospital last night with an ongoing ailment. last time he disclosed he would resign in january. the congressman repeatedly pressured her to carry his child as surrogate and offered her $5 mill

during the transition she was warned by the fbi that russian operatives were trying to contact her.that broke yesterday, the judge presiding over the case of michael flynn has recused himself without any explanation. rudolph contreras was randomly reassigned according to a spokeswoman for the court and this raises questions about why contreras did not recuse himself before flynn pled guilty to lying to the fbi. also one of the top deputies, was at hillary clinton's election night party. this comes around the same time as another fbi investigator was removed from the investigation for allegedly sending anti- trump text messages. republican congressman jim jordan -- he's kicked off for a text message that is anti-trump. if we kicked everybody's -- there has got to be something more here. >> reporter: democrats argued that these are simply signs that robert mueller is doing his job.>> as the walls closing around the president. >> reporter: as for what you can expect both manafort and rick gates will be back in court, first thing monday morning. in washington, fox news. >> it's being ca

and was in charge of the day-to-day operations of the fbi. he still is, in some ways, in charge of the day-to-day operations of the fbi. nothing has changed since the new fbi director has come in but, you know, for the president, andrew mccabe has been a person that he has lobbed a lot of attacks against and not only mccabe but others at the fbi and the fbi in general and, you know, it's important that we note this, pam, that andrew mccabe is not being forced out. he's going to retire on his own will. you know, it's about that time, around march or so is when he's eligible for retirement. he's been talking about this for months. this is not just something he decided just this week, yesterday, today. it's been an ongoing discussion for months. he has told his team, he has told people at the fbi, senior members of the fbi that he plans to retire. he told them this months ago. so i think it's just important that people understand, this is not in response to anyone that the president has done or folks on the hill has done. >> shimon, thanks so muc

fbi agents operate in pairs of two, whatever two do, five more have to approve it.avid: he had the ear of james comey who is the one who presented to the nation the evidence of what hillary clinton did wrong which a lot of people say she should have been indicted for but this guy, peter strzok changed the language so she couldn't be indicted. >> jim comey is responsible for what he says. whether peter strzok advises him or not. on hillary thing i could not agree with you more. comey was wrong on the facts. david: it was strzok who changed the language to make her unindictable. >> drafts men. comey is responsible for what he said. david: in light of what he said we can't take that risk. he said this back in august when she was, when trump and hillary were still neck-and-neck, looked like hillary had a good chance to win. look, i read the all of the transcripts that came out. there are about 25 pages of details. time and time, it wasn't just one or two instances. this guy and his mistress were talking back and forth time and again how we can't allow this guy to become

harp says the fbi is going to continue to operate in san francisco. so why not find a way to know what's going on. >> the fbi will continue to conduct their investigations with or without sfpd. so if you have been offered a seat at the table. by all means sit at the table, have access to the information and wait for that briefing call to come from the fbi. >> reporter: any >> reporter: -- any move by the city or fbi will have to be approved by a public meeting. >>> biologists performed a necropsy this afternoon and say it's a male hump back. the team plans to sent skin and muscle samples for testing. the whale does not appear to have died from a collision with a ship. however back in may another whale washed -p up in the same area. that time a blue whraeul -- blue whale was struck by a ship. >>> christie teagan was trying to get from los angeles to tokyo. and had to head back after a mix up. >> reporter: l.a.x. police say they were told to be ready for a & a flight to be returned before they discovered there was a mix up that was straightened out. the

put out his letter in 11 days out, that was a violation of the rules.is because there were fbi rogue operatorsfact that he didn't tell the fact that he didn't tell the public that the russians were trying to get trump elected that is the double standard that all ran to the benefit for trump. >> tucker: you will not get me to defend comey under any circumstances. i merely will repeat what i just said and i want your response to it. this guy, strzok, was at the center of both investigations. apparently he was removed from his office because of hisht partisan politics. why doesn't the congress, which oversees, provides oversight to the fbi, have the right to see those? >> i agree with you on that. >> tucker: why it in time and again are using the fbi refused to respond to congress when its own integrity is in question? that is a cover up. >> there are hundreds of requests for documents from this administration from senators and house members that have not been responded to. >> tucker: first of all, this is a big one. >> i agree. >> tucker: and second, every single one should be responded to. you

the paper is reporting during the transition she was warned by the fbi that russian operatives were tryingt her. the fbi officials cited in the report say there's no evidence that hicks herself did anything improper. they were just very alarmed by how bold these russian operatives were being, especially since this was after the u.s. intelligence community had come out and publicly accused of the moscow of trying to influence the 2016 election. i know the president and the white house has been very hopeful this could perhaps be wrapped up by christmas, but it certainly doesn't look like that will happen. >> many twists and turns. every day we learn something new about someone involved on either side of the equation. thank you very much. >> well, arizona republican congressman trent frank moved up the timetable on his resignation making it effective today. he said his wife was admitted to the hospital last night with an ongoing ailment. last time he disclosed he would resign in january. the congressman repeatedly pressured her to carry his child as surrogate and offered her $5 million. an up

fbi. really managing the day-to-day duties, the day the to kay operations, the various investigations that they have ongoing. the problem from mccabe has been that he's sort of been the punching back for the president in many instances when the president tweets against the fbi because it was he who was sort of overseeing, right? he's in charge of the day-to-day operations. he was overseeing the hillary clinton e-mail and there was some controversy because andy mccabe's wife was running for office for a state office in virginia during the democratic ticket. received some donations from a democratic party. and the president has taken issue with that. suggesting that in some ways, andy mccabe was biased and in some way, also, politicized that investigation, pam. >> and you know, what's interesting here is that under fbi rules, mccabe could leave earlier, potentially, right? >> that's right. he could leave. what we've also been told is there's the issue of terminal leave. that he has enough time that if he wanted to leave earlier, he could. perhaps by the end of this year. in the next week or