house foreign affairs committee says president trump may have fired a government watchdog because hewas investigating an arms sale to saudi arabia eliot engel says he asked the state department inspector general steve linnik to investigate donald trump's decision to declare an emergency to clear the way for an 8000000000 dollar sale trump announced his plans to remove linnik on friday night mike hanna joins us live now from the white house mike what else do we know about the story. well this goes back to may last year when president trump introduced a state of emergency in a bid to circumvent congress following suggestions from president trump of an 8000000000 dollar arms bill now congress was deeply opposed to this for a number of reasons saudi arabia's human rights record the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi so there was bipartisan opposition in congress to this president trump to pass a state of emergency there by bypassing congress the letter to congress was written by the secretary of state mike pompei are now at the time the house foreign affairs committee asked for an inve

smith, embers of the foreign affairs committee, mr. suozzi, who has een a champion, as i say, on religious freedom throughout the world. and i want to further close by commending mr. mcgovern, again, being relendless and persistent in terms of shining a right light on human rights violations throughout the world and especially in china. that, madam chair, i urge an aye vote and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from texas. mr. mccaul: madam speaker, i have no additional speakers, so i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. sherman: i yield three minutes to the gentleman from new york, mr. suozzi the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. suozzi: thank you, madam speaker, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. ranking member, congressman smith, thank you for your good work and partnership on this issue. thank you to chairman mcgovern and speaker pelosi for her leadership on all issues human righ

and that it continues to deliver on behalf of the american people. >> what about the house foreign affairs committeesec. pompeo: thank you. >> trump's nominee to serve as the energy department's deputy secretary testifies today before the senate energy and natural resources committee. watch live on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen live on the free c-span radio app. government federal at work in d.c. and throughout the country, use the congressional directory for contact information for members of congress, governors, and federal agencies. order your copy today at c-span store.org. ♪ from publicdents affairs. available now in paperback and biographiesenting of every president organized by ranking by historians. website, c-span.org/the presidents to learn about each president and his story. order your copy today wherever books and e-books are sold. joining us from >> joining us from michigan is congressman dan killed the. us.hank you for being with flint making headlines because of the situation with the water. what is the situation today as you you with so many economic issues and now this thr

time on the a threat as president trumpeted being posed by iran at that time the house committee on foreign affairs asked for further information they then spot 2 of this investigation by the. inspector general of the state department now what we understand now from a statement to the chair of the foreign relations committee is that the inspector general had in fact being about to produce the result of his investigation into this arm still and into president trump's attempts to circumvent congress the house has now asked the administration to provide all information you could relating to the firing off the inspector general this is an issue that's not going to go away and certainly eliot engel statement now is creating a great disturbance within congress remembering to bed at the time this was a bipartisan issue there were many republicans within congress who will also appalled at president trump's decision to bypass congressional oversight in the saudi arabian arms do you think that that is my candidate live from the white house . the f.b.i. says it has found evidence that a saudi cadet wasn't con

why you recommended the firing to the president and will the state department make that foreign affairs committee deadline for documents this friday at 5:00? sec. pompeo: there has been discussion about this. i have read a number of reports. let me say three things. first, the president has the unilateral right to choose who he wants to be has inspector general at every agency in the federal government. they are presidentially confirmed positions and like all of us they serve at the pleasure of the president. in this case, i recommended to the president that steve linick should be terminated. frankly, we should have done it some time ago. i am happy to take one more. >> you have said that mr. linick was undermining the departments mission. what exactly does that mean? can you give us examples? even the president does not know know what that means. he says he did not know the guy before you mentioned it. what specifically has mr. linick done? sec. pompeo: i don't talk about personnel matters. i don't week to y'all. i cannot give you specificity. we will share with the appropriate people the ration

committee. my work on the foreign services separately, -- foreign affairs committee, and my background as an intelligenceicer, i former c.i.a. officer. am a the recognition of the challenges or threats that come from a foreign country dominating technological development is one i am keenly attuned to, and acutely aware of. so it is my focus on internet from a rural development perspective and a development perspective and my focus on , national security threats and challenges from a foreign affairs perspective that, while i am not on energy and commerce, this is an area of significant interest for me. peter: to help us delve into those issues, our guest host this afternoon is emily birnbaum of the hill publication. emily: you are talking about foreign threats and the threat of another nation dominating in this space of enormous technological innovation, so can you talk specifically about huawei and vte are dominating the race toward 5g according to experts? where these companies a concern and what do you think is the best strategies to stave off the growing influence? rep. spanberger: the bill we passed

omitted new report with us from germany's green party he's a party spokesperson on foreign affairs and sits on the committee on foreign affairs in parliament this a new report thank you for joining us we just heard from joshua wang there saying this is a matter for the western world this is important to pay attention he has called for the u.s. to issue sanctions on china so what would germany do is germany prepared to issue sanctions for example. couldn't agree more with just wrong it's obvious that we just cannot sit down and watch international law being brought in by the chinese government and it's obvious that the implementation of the national security legislation would exactly bring this so it's obvious that the european countries have to come together as soon as possible to talk about consequences this could be a lot of different consequences which should hopefully should. put pressure on china to step back from it from this measure if we do not if just it will be just to do nothing and do not show any reactions consequence going to be that there is no stop sign for china and the next stop would be o

>> i sit on the foreign affairs committee and agricultural committee. for me broadband technology is pretty much a place for both of those committees touch. when we are looking toward the future of decision agriculture or technologies and precision agricultural tools that are allowing our farmers and producers to monitor their crop and ensure that they be insecurity other animals, particularly our dairy to use fertilizer depending on rainfall in other triggers. the use of 5g technology as we expected to continue to develop will be incredibly important. notably within rural communities that could be benefiting from precision agriculture and there is no internet. it's not an issue of 5g technology but in interest of lack of access completely so i have been focused on access to broadband and access to internet issues within the agriculture actor within our rural communities in that part of my portfolio focuses on the agate committee and then separately my work on the foreign affairs committee and my background as an intelligence officer, former cia officer

and now the ranking member of the senate foreign relations committee, bob menendez, along with the house foreign affairsommittee chairman eliot engel, they've announce aid probe into the firing. senator menendez is joining us right now. senator, thanks very much for joining us. as you know, this is the fourth inspector general in the u.s. government to be removed since the start of last month. what do you think motivated the president to take this extraordinary step? >> well, wolf, it's another friday night massacre. another inspector general gone. this time the state department's inspector general, who has conducted since 2013 when i was chairman, which is when he was confirmed, both tough investigations during the obama and the trump administration. and there are reports that in fact he had opened up an investigation as it relates to secretary pompeo and the improper use of personnel for personal purposes. and one can only conclude from that that in fact there was a purpose to try to ultimately obstruct such an investigation. and this is outrageous. the inspector general's supposed to be independent.

but the anger is growing among democrats with the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee which oversees the state department calling the firing outrageous alex marquardt cnn washington. >>there's a quick live look outside our camera the market arrow showing us a pretty calm looking start to this monday morning though it is wet out there. we have some overnight showers to deal with and that's making the roads a bit slick this morning. reports of sun, minor flooding here and there and a few spinouts as well so be real careful on the roads this morning. and we're back at 4.45 as more cities begin to partially reopen a lot of people might be considering summer trips. >>but officials at lake tahoe are still warning visitors to stay away. we have christensen most to explain. >>these marina employees are happy to be back on the job after the tahoe regional planning agency announced a phased in approach to boating on lake tahoe, if you have an intact inspection seal then you'll be able to launch during the first phase of the program. >>and then later on we'll be able to invite boats fr

you sit on the foreign affairs committee.e committee, a committee that should be all over china whether it's the coronavirus or what's going on in the south china sea, threats to us, our supply chain, our allies, and they're not holding hearings, they're not interested at all because nancy pelosi is focused on power. if removing a president and electing joe biden president. again, your combat veteran, i want to ask your question. would you be comfortable if joe biden was commander-in-chief under the circumstances given what you've seen and heard from joe biden and his close relationship with the chinese government? >> i wouldn't feel comfortable with joe biden as the president for one very basic question that none of his handlers has answered yet, if joe biden was elected president, then who would be the president? obviously it wouldn't be joe biden. who would be running our government, whether it's foreign affairs or domestic policy, i wouldn't feel comfortable and joe biden vintage 2020 isn't the same joe biden of anyone's

the chair of the house foreign affairs committee and the top democrat on the senate foreign affairs committee explicitly this weekend that it's their understanding that secretary pompeo asked for this inspector general to be fired because the inspector general was investigating him personally. that guy's investigating me? all right. well, that guy's got to be fired. that's just about as bad as it gets in terms of bad governance, right? no. no, it's just scratching the surface. it gets much worse. hold that thought. on't...you go. i was just going to say on slide 7, talking about bundling and saving...umm... jamie, you're cutting out. sorry i'm late! hey, whoever's doing that, can you go on mute? oh, my bad! i was just saying there's a typo on slide 7. bundle home & auto for big discosnouts. i think that's supposed to say discounts. you sure about that? hey, can you guys see me? i wanted my hepatitis c gone. i put off treating mine. epclusa treats all main types of chronic hep c. whatever your type, epclusa could be your kind of cure. i just found out about mine. i knew for years. epclusa has

the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee and the top democrat on the senate foreign affairsmittee said exclusively this weekend that it is their understanding that secretary pompeo asked for the inspector general to be fired because the inspector general was investigating him personally. that guy's investigating me, all right, well that guy's got to be fired. right? that is just about as bad as it gets in terms of bad governance, right? no. no, it's just scratching the surface. it gets much worse. hold that thought. saturdays happen. pain happens. aleve it. aleve is proven stronger and longer on pain than tylenol. when pain happens, aleve it. all day strong. i'll start... oh, do you want to go first? no, no i don't...you go. i was just going to say on slide 7, talking about bundling and saving...umm... jamie, you're cutting out. sorry i'm late! hey, whoever's doing that, can you go on mute? oh, my bad! i was just saying there's a typo on slide 7. bundle home & auto for big discosnouts. i think that's supposed to say discounts. you sure about that? hey, can you guys see me? a

coming up friday morning, house foreign affairs committee member florida republican congressman ted yoho discusses u.s. relations with china during the covid-19 pandemic and tensions regarding hong kong. -- talks about his organization's efforts on behalf of workers directly affected by the pandemic. and dr. marshall bloom, associate director for scientific management at the nih rocky mount laboratories on the investigations of infectious diseases. watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern friday morning. join the discussion. president trump announced an executive order for social media companies and user content posted on their platforms. here are his remarks. president greatest earl speeche you know what is going on as well as anybody, it's not good. a small handful of powerful monopolies

house foreign affairs committee says president trump may have fired a government watchdog because it was investigating an arms sales to saudi arabia eliot engel says he asked the state department inspector general steve linnik to investigate donald trump's decision to declare an emergency to clear the way for the $8000000000.00 sale trump announced his plans to remove linnik on friday a jewish settler has been found guilty of murder in a high profile arson attack that killed the palestinian toddler and his parents in 2015 the man fired from the home of the family in the village of duma while they were sleeping 18 months old i leave the option died along with his parents or relatives of the option family say they're afraid of what auntie palestinian activists will do in response. to how they don't know this man was convicted but we think with certainty that he's not alone there are others out there who are part of it and they're free like in still practiced hirono people it is possible that we would be subject to the retaliatory attacks. india has began evacuating thousands of village

the german parliament has been subject to cyber attack and that was a big wake up call the foreign affairs committee chair offered this assessment and vital stock is indeed it's another strong indication that russia actively seeks to undermine germany's democratic institutions and that this is directed from the top it's you know it's evil that it's hard we need to understand that this is happening and address it head on a much easier to the russian embassy in berlin has not yet responded to the arrest warrant. and we are joined by investigative journalist florian flatter you just saw him there in that report welcome to you florian it make you so much for joining us how did investigators link dimitri body to this cyber attack. the investigators of the german federal police collected pieces of evidence linking mr body into several cyber attacks which occurred in recent years they went through all the data that they found in connection with the attack on the german parliament they monitored servers they analyzed the malware that was used by the attackers and in addition there was also information given

the german parliament has been subject to cyber attack and that was a big wake up call the foreign affairs committee chair offered this assessment and vital stop is indeed it's another strong indication that russia is actively seeks to undermine germany's democratic institutions and that this is directed from the top to its own civil that it's not does i mean we need to understand that this is happening and address it head on a much easier to fit in the russian embassy in berlin has not yet responded to the arrest warrant. in the united states hundreds of asian murder hornets have turned up in washington states they can give you a nasty sting and they are not sweet to honey bees. it's only 2 inches long and has a sting that can kill the asian giant hornet has made its 1st appearance in the u.s. and it has officials worried. so what makes a big change or s is that people don't want to look for them and it is a ground nesting species so if you were to encounter a mast on binocs do you know you could be stung several times in a big hurry and several stings is enough to kill a human it's responsible for

. >> engel is the chairman of the house committee on foreign affairs. he claimed len interest noc was fired after investigating pike pompeo. they condemned his firing with this tweet. the firings of multiple inspectors general is unprecedented. it chills the independents essential to their purpose. it is a threat to accountable democracy and a fissure in the balance of fire. cnn picks up the story. >> reporter: in the trump administration, it is the watchdogs who are being watched closely for suspicion and disdain, now being dismissed at a growing pace. friday night, with no warning, the inspector general for the state department was suddenly fired. president donald trump informing the house speaker in a letter it is vital that i have the fullest confidence in the appointees serving as inspectors general that is no longer the case with this instekt spector general. the state inspector general was charged with oversight, keeping watch for any wrongdoing and reporting it. according to democratic chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, lynnnoc lau

> the removal leaves some questions this morning as well after the chairman of the house foreign affairs committeeays linick had opened an investigation into secretary of state mike pompeo. cnn national security analysis and senior adviser to national security adviser under president obama is msamantha lynnsheer. >> the timing could not have been worse when you think of how ig to ig transmission is supposed to happen. the u.s. government is under increased pressure right not because of the pandemic. that means officials at the state department and inspector general's office are doing things like working from home. it seems almost impossible that it will be impossible that it will be feasible for the current inspector general to do a sequence transmission to the t outgoing to the acting inspector general without dropping the ball. perhaps it was the timing of this announcement and it will likely limit the ability of the sitting inspector general to fully transmit his case load to his successor. >> samantha, let's talk about the trend. the third ig replaced or, rather, removed or fired in the last 4

spanberger: i sit on the foreign affairs committee and agriculture committee. and for me, broadband technology is a place where both committees touch. so when we are looking at the future of precision agricultural technologies and precision agricultural tools that allow our farmers and producers to monitor their crops, to ensure the security of their animals, particularly our dairies, to use fertilizer dependent on rainfall, the pendant on other triggers, the use of 5g technology will be incredibly important. many of our rural communities that could be benefiting from precision agricultural technology have no internet. it is an issue of lack of access completely. so i have a focus on access to broadband and internet issues within the agricultural sector in our rural communities. that is part of my portfolio and focus on the agricultural committee. my work on the foreign services committee, my background is as an intelligence officer, former c.i.a. officer. the recognition of the challenges or threats that come from a foreign country dominating technological dev

but the anger is growing among democrats with the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee calling the firing outrageous. alex marquardt, cnn, washington. >>> protesters rallied in south georgia, demanding just physical for ahmaud arbery. they also want accountability for two local district attorneys who failed to file charges in the shooting that took place in february. a rally was held in front of the glynn county courthouse, followed by a march through the streets of brunswick. some demonstrators drove more than four hours from atlanta at. barack obama mentioned the case as part of his speech. >> a disease like this spotlights the inequalities and extra burdens that black communities have historically had to deal with in this country. we see it in the disproportionate impact of covid-19 on our communities. just as we see it when a black man goes for a jog and some folks feel like they can stop and question and shoot him if he doesn't submit to their questioning. >> our martin savage is in glynn county and has more on what the demonstrators want and why. >> reporter: several hund

the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee and the top democrat on senate foreign relationsmittee now is asking the trump administration to hand over all records on his dismissal by this friday. here's speaker of the house nancy pelosi. >> the president has the right to fire any federal employee, but the fact is, if it looks like it's in retaliation for something that the ig, the inspector general, is doing, that could be unlawful. >> harris: jason, this fit so neatly into your wheelhouse as former chairman of the oversight committee. notwithstanding the fact that he can fire anything he wants, even at the police as that. there is no information out here that fox news is confirmed, so i just want to do that. house democrats have discovered that fired ig has done micah completed an investigation into secretary pompeo's widely concise decision to go around congress with an emergency declaration to approve billions of dollars in arms sales to saudi arabia last year. that's aids to the foreign affairs committee, and that's what they are telling our rich edson. first, your reacti

but the anger is growing among democrats with the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee which oversees the state department calling the firing outrageous. that was alex marquardt reporting for us tonight from washington d c. >>today president trump fired back at former president barack obama after his predecessor. >>said leaders in the current administration, where it even quote pretending to be in charge should amid the coronavirus pandemic when asked about president obama's comments president trump had this to say. >>but he wasn't confident residents that's all i can say >>that was all since leaving office president obama has largely avoided weighing in on politics are how he thinks president trump is doing, but recently the former president has become more outspoken. in part due to the coronavirus pandemic. >>ford says it will provide coronavirus testing for workers who show symptoms of covid-19 the automaker announced that plan saturday ahead of reopening some of its factories on monday. ford says that will provide the test to symptomatic workers in michigan, kentucky. mis

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well, this morning after the chairman of the house of foreign affairs committee said that he had somefrom someone that linick had opened an investigation into secretary of state mike pompeo, of course, some democrats are calling for an investigation. >> cnn white house reporter sarah westwood is with us now. so, sarah, are we getting any other reasoning from the president about why he made this decision other than what the president said that he just lost his confidence? >> reporter: victor and christi, there is still a lot we don't know about the reasons why president trump decided to make this decision removing the state department inspector general last night. as you mentioned, he did so in a letter to house speaker nancy pelosi friday evening saying that it was no longer the case that he had full confidence in his state department watchdog and already that move is prompting criticism from democrats. i want to read you part of a statement of house speaker nancy pelosi reacting to this, she said, the president's late night weekend firing of the state department inspector general has

but the anger is growing among democrats with the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee whichs the state department calling the firing outrageous alex marquardt cnn washington. >>and our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic will always be there for you on our website at kron 4 dot com. the latest headlines. they are found right there on the front pages we updated minute by minute with the latest information coming into our newsroom. so make sure you check it off and throughout the day. we'll be bac home. it's not just where we live. it's where we make a life. this memorial day, and every day, we honor those who gave everything to keep our home safe. lowes. home unites us. >>im 56 in kron 4 continues to salute the class of 2020 highlighting a different senior and today, it is lauren campbell yet lauren is graduating from summit high school out in el serino she says she'll be a tent attending azusa pacific university in southern california where she plans to pursue a major. >>in graphic design, so congratulations to lauren and tall you are graduating classmates and all the gradu

house foreign affairs committee says the president may have fired a government watchdog because he was investigating an arm sell to saudi arabia eliot engel says he asks the state department inspector general steve the nick to investigate donald trump's decision to declare an emergency to clear the way for the $8000000000.00 trump announced his plans to remove the neck on friday let's cross over now to washington d.c. where mike hanna is live for us at the white house mike tell us more. well indeedy a tangle who's the chairman of the house foreign relations committee has now issued a statement saying that the inspector general who was fired on friday night steve linnik was about to deliver a report on his investigation into the trump administration's state of the merchant sea which he believes was to bypass a congressional oversight for an $8000000000.00 arms sale to saudi arabia now the background to all of this speck in may last year president trump declared a state of emergency in order to prevent any congressional oversight of this arms sale to saudi arabia that being strong bipart

but the anger is growing among democrats with the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee whichversees the state department calling the firing outrageous alex marquardt cnn washington. and we are back again just checking the markets as we head to break here. the dow as expected up strongly now more than 763 points to the good side now 24,004 54. >>optimism high on wall street as we're getting some hopeful positive news about a coronavirus vaccine study that seems to be making some progress so stay tuned for more on that. >>morning news major league baseball is trying to sell its plan to resume play to the players. but are they i wanted my hepatitis c gone. i put off treating mine. epclusa treats all main types of chronic hep c. whatever your type, epclusa could be your kind of cure. i just found out about mine. i knew for years. epclusa has a 98% overall cure rate. i had no symptoms of hepatitis c mine caused liver damage. epclusa is only one pill, once a day, taken with or without food for 12 weeks. before starting epclusa, your doctor will test if you have had hepatitis b, whi

is a member of germany's parliament and speaks on the foreign affairs for the green party he also sits on the parliament's foreign affairs committee he told the w. it's time for europe to act obvious that we just cannot sit down and watch international law being broken by the chinese government and it's obvious that the implementation of the national security legislation would exactly bring this so it's obvious that the european countries have to come together as soon as possible to talk about consequences this could be a lot of different consequences which should hopefully should. put pressure on china to step back from from this measure if we do not if just we just do nothing and do not show any reactions the consequence going to be that there is no stop sign for china and the next stop would be other places they they could try to break the international law because the south china sea which is already a battlefield for international aegis lation it could be taiwan and we just cannot afford it and then watch them doing all of the things we are now saying. that he united states where demonstrations and looting have shaken the cit

mccaul brought the bill to the floor with eliot engel, our chairman of armed -- excuse me, foreign affairs committee. mr. sherman, mr. suozzi and others. jim mcgovern, of course, has been our champion on human rights in china and every place else in the world. so we're very pleased with that. now is the approach of the 31st anniversary of tiananmen scare, more focus on human rights in china -- square, more focus on human rights in china, tibet, hong kong, all of china, including beijing and of course with the uighurs. the statement that was made by the secretary of state about -- under the law that we passed last fall, which was a strengthening of the hong kong democracy act, the secretary of state had to certify that china as honoring the basic law, the terms of the relationship of one country, two systems. the secretary has stated that he cannot certify that that is the case. and so we want everyone to oppose this law that the chinese are putting forth to take away that autonomy from hong kong. so much going on. so much going on. again today on the floor, we are not going to be taking up the bill

on two investigations, including of pompeo himself, according to the chair of the house foreign affairs committee. congressman eliot engel telling abc news the watchdog was investigating pompeo's declaration of an emergency last may to sell $8 billion of arms to saudi arabia, bypassing congress. and accusations about pompeo's use of a staffer to run personal errands like dog-walking and picking up dry cleaning. >> maybe he'neinwiweapon so they would say, please, can you walk my dog? do you mind walking my dog? i'd rather have him on the phone with some world leader than have him wash dishes, because maybe his wife isn't there. >> reporter: pompeo telling "the washington post," he was unaway of the allegations. it was not possible that this decision was based on any effort to retaliate because i simply don't know i'm not briefed on these investigations. so why did pompoe fire linnick? he said he "wasn't performing a function in a way that we had tried to get him to, that was additive for the state department." >> martha, thank you. >>> meantime, we're learning about the deadly attack on the base i

coming up this morning, house foreign affairs committee member florida republican congressman ted yoho discusses u.s. relations with china during the covid-19 pandemic and tensions regarding hong kong. and then afl-cio's richard talks about his organization's efforts on behalf of workers directly affected by the pandemic and dr. marshall bloom, associate director for scientific management at the nih rocky mount laboratories on the investigations of infectious diseases. watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will ask -- the house will be in order. the house will be in order. the chair will ask all members in the chamber as well as members and staff throughout the capitol and members wherever you are to rise for a moment of silence in

. >> reporter: according to congressman eliot engel, head of the house foreign affairs committee, linicktigating pompeo's declaration of an emergency last may to sell arms to saudi arabia bypassing congress. linick was also investigating pompeo's use of a staffer to run personal errands like dog walking and picking up dry cleaning. >> maybe he's negotiating with kim jong-un, okay, about nuclear weapons, so that he'd say, please could you walk my dog? do you mind walking my dog? you know what, i'd rather have him on the phone with some world leader than have him wash dishes because maybe his wife isn't there. >> reporter: pompeo tells "the washington post" he was unaware of the investigation saying, it was not possible that this decision was based on any effort to retaliation because i simply don't know. i'm not briefed on these investigations. pompeo said he fired linick because he wasn't happy with his performance. meanwhile, this morning, in a surprise move, attorney general william barr appears to be breaking ranks with president trump when it comes to investigating and prosecuting fo

house foreign affairs committee says president trump may have fired a government watchdog because he was investigating an arms sale to saudi arabia eliot engel says he asked the state department inspector general steve linnik to investigate donald trump's decision to declare an emergency to clear the way for the 8000000000 dollars sale said on monday that he fired linny because secretary of state michael asked him to well i don't know anything about him other than the state department and mike in particular i guess they were happy with the job he's doing or something so because it's my right to do it i said sure i'll do it i've got rid of a lot of inspector generals every president has i think every president has got rid of probably more than i have. then jerry in military says it's killed 20 boko haram fighters the military says it intercepted a convoy that was on its way back to attack it wait to attack villages in baghdad in borno state the fighters were armed with mortars and rocket propelled grenades and government troops were injured in the operation. millions of tourists norma

the democratic chairman of the house foreign affairs committee denounced the firing and said lenox offers had opened investigation into the secretary of state mike pompeo. the senior state department official says pompeo recommend he be removed from the job but doesn't know the reasons why. going to take a quick break. when we come back, dangerous times for restaurants. some won't ever open their doors again. we'll have a look at one chef who is fighting, not just for his business but, for his life. we'll be right back. as homes become schools. at&t has created a $10 million dollar fund to help educators and families keep school in session. because the key to keeping kids learning, is keeping kids connected. restrictions in the asia-pacific region, countries are beginning to reopen. step by cautious step. it's offering a glimpse of what might become every day life. cnn's ivan watson, with more in hong kong. >> after a five-week closure, the bars in hong kong are back open. >> oh, that's good. this is my first beer in a bar in more than a month. and, you know, this city has done surprising

rob: house foreign affairs committee chairman elliott angle threatening to subpoena mike pompeo for documents provided to the senate committee investigating hunter biden writing the letter of the state department i'm deeply concerned by what appears to be a partisan -- a political smear of democratic presidential nominee, joe biden, this says a list from senators to governors to obama administration alumni emerges as possible running mates for biden. one name in particular, amy klobuchar believes to be on the shortlist after she was asked to submit to the vetting process. biden was pressed on it by stephen colbert. >> on the shortlist. >> amy is -- >> is first on the list? >> i'm not getting into that. >> interesting interview. biden said he would put republicans in his administration saying restoring the country isn't a partisan issue. >> thanks. >> fox news alert, the fbi on the hunt for a second suspect in the naval air station shooting in corpus christi texas after confirming it was in fact error related. >> this just days after the doj shooter was in contact with al qaeda. sources with t

nmenter general leave linick is being fired, fourth ig to be let go in recent weeks house foreign affairs committeengel said the watchdog opened an investigation into mike pompeo and a keusdz the president of an unlawful act of retaliation. >> linick had launched an investigation into secretary of state mike pompeo and whether, according to a congressional aide pompeii and his wife had misused a political appointee for personal tagsk. >> its ig was looking into whether pompeo made the a member of his staff walk his dog, pick up his dry cleaning and make reservations for the secretary and his wife. >> trevor: wow. president trump has fired his fourth inspector general in just the last few weeks. what makes this firing extra suspicious is that this inspector general was in the middle of investigating mike pompeo for using his official staff to do unofficial things. such as walk his dog and do his laundry. i'm sorry, but pompeo had to know he was going to get caught. sending people to pick up his dry cleaning? i mean he is the only person in washington whose shirts have a four food wide for neck hole,

house foreign affairs committee chair elliott wrangle and bob menendez called for all documents relate to go linick's removal to be turned over by friday, may 22nd. linick was fired a week earlier at the request of mike pompeo after investigating the secretary's use of a political appointee to run personal ashds and the sale of arms to saudi arabia without congressional approval. linick's investigations led to a lot of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to suspect the firing was retaliatory, prompting the request for related documents. secretary pompeo denies any retaliation. >>> and a federal judge ruled yesterday that it is unconstitutional to prevent felons from florida for voting because they can't afford to pay backcourt fees, fines and restitutions to victims. the law, passed last year, would have forced felons to pay all court fines and legal fees before they could register to vote. republicans and governor ron desantis pushed the measure after floridans overwhelmingly approved a measure to expand voting rights to felons who completed all their requirements. this is coming jus

the top democrats on the house foreign affairs committee and senate foreign relations committee are beginning an investigation into the steve linick firing, but it's unclear how empowered they are to really do anything to stop it. the president does have the authority to hire and fire inspectors general in the government. they are technically appointees of the executive branch. however, traditionally in this country, they've been treated with some degree of independence and they've not been considered traditional political appointees. so this is another one of those traditional norms of governance trump is busting through. but there's nothing to stop him from doing that and that's the quandry democrats in the congress are in if they want to hold the president accountable to these norms. >> a few republicans have expressed their displeasure with this. mitt romney, chuck grassley. beyond a statement, a tweet, are they going to do anything? >> you know, it's unclear. and the strongest statement, by the way, has been from mitt romney. the response from chuck grassley has been rather tepid. he's s

. >> reporter: the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee says the ig was close to finishing an investigation into pompeo's decision to fast-track an $8 billion arms sale to saudi arabia. the inspector general was also looking into whether pompeo had his staff perform personal errands like walking his golden retriever or picking up his dry cleaning. >> maybe he's busy and maybe he's negotiating with kim jong-un, okay, about nuclear weapons. >> reporter: pompeo told "the washington post" today that he was unaware of the latter investigation. so, quote, it's simply not possible for this to be an act of retaliation. >> reporter: now, wolf, in that fda guidance going back to hydroxychloroquine, they basically warned about the concerns about it if you already have heart disease or kidney disease. we know that sanjay gupta wrote that based on the president's last physical that he does have a common form of heart disease. so we've reached out to the white house and the white house medical office to try to get a statement from the president's physician about his use and his taking of