attorney general. welcome, larry. good to see you. the honorable mark morrell, is that right, sir? >> moriel. president chief executive officer of the national urban leag league. ms. kate carrie, former presidential writer for president george h.w. bush. professor kneel kempkot professor of law georgia state university college of law, atlanta, georgia, professor jonathan turley, tv star, smart guy, that's enough. reverend sharon washington richer from charleston, south carolina, mother emanuel. god bless you, thank you for coming. mr. chuck canter berry, the national president fraternal order of the police. i will turn it over to senator feinstein. >> thank you. thanks very much, mr. chairman, and i very much enjoyed your leadership yesterday and look forward to it in the future. >> thank you. >> so thank you. i'd just like to take a moment to thank our panelists today and just a few comments, if i may, on the discussion that we had yesterday. yesterday many of us from, i think, both sides of the aisle

general and finally as attorney general of the united states. as attorney general bill oversaw a number of sense testify criminal investigations, including the investigation into the pan am flight 103 bombing. he prioritized fighting violent crime and became known as the law and order attorney general. throughout his time at the justice department bill earned a reputation as a fierce advocate for the rule of law, as a principled and independent decision-maker and as a lawyer's lawyer. he has shown his commitment to the constitution time and time again, while serving our that is why he has been confirmed by the senate unanimously three times. after completing his service at the doj, bill returned to the private sector working at law firms and as counsel for some of america's largest companies. i could go on at length describing bill's distinguished career. there is no question, none whatsoever, that bill is well qualified to serve as attorney general. he has held this position before and won high praise during his tenure for his fairness, his ten

the deputy attorney general, and finally the attorney general, and this committee unanimously approvedthose offices. 27 years ago at my confirmation hearing, i explained that the office of attorney general is not like any other cabinet post. it is unique and has a critical role to play under our constitutional system. i said then the attorney general has a very special obligation. unique obligations. he holds and trusts the fair and impartial administration of justice. it is the attorney general's responsibility to enforce the law even handedly and with integrity. the attorney general must ensure that the administration of justice, the enforcement of the law, is above and away from politics. nothing could be more destructive of our system of government of the rule of law or the department of justice as an institution than any toleration of political interference with the enforcement of the law. i believe this as strongly today as i did 27 years ago. indeed, more strongly. we live in a time when the country is deeply divided. in the current environment, the american people have to know

or the attorney general. >> i would hope so. the reason i'm hesitating is because some of these texts that we've all read are so weird and beyond my experience with the fbi, i don't know what was going on. >> these reports were stomach-turning in terms of the absolutely stunning and unprecedented kind of investigation that they reflect. you would agree? >> the reports of the investigation. >> i don't know what you mean by the reports of the investigation. >> the fbi opened an investigation of the president for working with a foreign adversary, russia. >> what what's stomais stomach- about that, the allegation against the president -- >> the fact an allegation would be made and be under investigation. let me move on. i want to talk about transparency. would you commit to this committee that you would not allow the president or his attorneys to edit or change the special counsel report before it is submitted to congress or the public? >> i've already said that i would not permit editing of my report, whatever r

generation are much higher.s we can afford to be much bolder and more daring with our ventures. and it means we are very different from the conservative ways of thinking of our parents. the entrepreneurs here understand their market. they are millennials selling to millennials. and why not? the potential is enormous. goldman sachs estimate the combined income of china's millennials will grow by $3 trillion in the next ten years. this is lazyeazy — it make raincoats for small dogs. they cost up to $65 each, but for a generation that grew up under china's one child policy and so don't have brothers or sisters, pets are perhaps more important than usual, and make for a very lucrative market. what is it that attracts the millennial market to this product? actually we millennials treat our pets like children. so we try to offer our best product, best quality, and also we try to actually, we treat them like very important family members. so the millennial market is the key market. it is the key market, 70% of the enti

in june, 1865, general lee wrote to general ulysses s. grant regarding u.s. district court judge john underwood's issuing an indictment for treason against him. president andrew johnson had pressed for this indictment. however, general grant did not, believing instead that by the terms of the surrender of the army of northern virginia at appomattox courthouse, general lee could not be tried for treason. president johnson and general grant argued over the indictment for four days until general grant threatened to resign. finally, president johnson ordered attorney general james speed to stop the prosecution of general lee and other confederate officers. historically, before the civil war, there were few trials for treason. two of 20 men were found guilty of treason after the whiskey rebellion. president george washington pardoned them both. john fries was convicted of treason for leading a rebellion regarding a tax levied by the federal government in 1798. this time, in april 1800, president john adams pardon him and granted amnesty to all involved in the rebe

or the attorney general, agreed? >> i would hope so. the reason i'm hesitating is because, you know, some of these texts that we've all read are so weird and beyond my experience with the fbi, i don't know what was going on. >> well, these reports are stomach churning in terms of the absolutely stunning and unprecedented kind of investigation that they reflect. you'd agree? >> you mean the texts are stomach turning? >> the reports of the investigation of the president. >> i'm not sure what you're talking about when you say the reports of the investigation. >> the reports that the fbi opened an investigation of the president for working with a foreign adversary, russia? >> and what's stomach churning about that? what is stomach churning? the allegation against the president or the fa. >> the fact that an allegation would be made and be under investigation. well, let me move on. i want to talk about transparency. would you commit -- will you commit to this committee that you will not allow the president or his attorney

or the attorney general, agreed? >> i would hope so. the reason i'm hesitating is because, you know, some of these texts that we've all read are so weird and beyond my experience with the fbi, i don't know what was going on. >> well, these reports are stomach churning in terms of the absolutely stunning and unprecedented kind of investigation that they reflect. you'd agree? >> you mean the texts are stomach turning? >> the reports of the investigation of the president. >> i'm not sure what you're talking about when you say the reports of the investigation. >> the reports that the fbi opened an investigation of the president for working with a foreign adversary, russia? >> and what's stomach churning about that? what is stomach churning? the allegation against the president or the fa. >> the fact that an allegation would be made and be under investigation. well, let me move on. i want to talk about transparency. would you commit -- will you commit to this committee that you will not allow the president or his attorney

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, the attorney general. and this committee unanimously approved me for each of those offices. 27 years ago at my confirmation hearing, i explained at the office of attorney general is not like any other cabinet post. it is unique and has a critical role to play under our constitutional system. i said then, the attorney general has a very special obligation. unique obligations. he holds and trusts the fair and impartial administration of justice. it is the attorney general's responsibility to enforce the law evenhandedly and with integrity. the attorney general must ensure that the administration of justice, the enforcement of the law, is above and away from politics. nothing could be more destructive of our system of government, of the rule of law or department of justice as an institution than any toleration of political interference with the enforcement of the law. i believe this as strongly today as i did 27 years ago. indeed, more strongly. we live in a time when the country is deeply divided. in the cur

attorney general. -- to be u.s. attorney general. through his service and his actions, he demonstrated he was the right man for the job. the fop believes he is the right man for the job again today. two years ago, after his inauguration, president trump issued three executive orders on law enforcement and public safety. the first directed to the federal government to develop strategies to enhance the protection and safety of officers on the beat. the others created a task force on public safety and for the development of a national strategy to combat transnational organizations trafficking human beings, weapons, and illicit drugs. during his tenure as attorney general, mr. barr oversaw a similar transformation at the justice department by refocusing its resources by making crimes of violence a top priority for law enforcement. i submit to this committee at mr. barr is perfect person to complete the work begun by general sessions with respect to focusing federal resources to fight violent crime. he has done it as attorney general. pre

barr for agreeing to serve a second time as attorney general. i noted in your statement you said it was 27 years ago that you sat in this chair and went through your first confirmation hearing. to me that says a lot about your character and your commitment to the rule of law that you would be willing to go through this process again and serve once again as the chief law enforcement officer of the country. thank you for doing that. thank you to your family, as well. to me, the attorney general is one of the most challenging cabinet offices to hold because as you point out in your opening statement, you are committed to the rule of law and enforcing the laws of the land, but you are also a political appointee of a president. if you are serving another cabinet position, certainly, you are committed to implementing the president's agenda or the agenda of the administration. as attorney general that is not an unequivocal commitment because there may be some things that the administration wants you to do that you cannot do consistent with the rule of

general and finally as attorney general of the united states. as attorney general bill oversaw a number of sense testify criminal investigations, including the investigation into the pan am flight 103 bombing. he prioritized fighting violent crime and became known as the law and order attorney general. throughout his time at the justice department bill earned a reputation as a fierce advocate for the rule of law, as a principled and independent decision-maker and as a lawyer's lawyer. he has shown his commitment to the constitution time and time again, while serving our that is why he has been confirmed by the senate unanimously three times. after completing his service at the doj, bill returned to the private sector working at law firms and as counsel for some of america's largest companies. i could go on at length describing bill's distinguished career. there is no question, none whatsoever, that bill is well qualified to serve as attorney general. he has held this position before and won high praise during his tenure for his fairness, his ten

from previous generations?eration is defined by our willingness and ability and desire to express ourselves. so i do think we focus quite a bit on ourselves and we are not shy about sharing it. selfish? i don't think so actually. i think there is a line between being individualistic and being selfish. i think you can be very individualistic but also care about people, the immediate people around you. you might not care about bigger society but i definitely do they like the friends around me care about each other and care about creating a better impact on the people who are immediately around you. i think what defines us is the word paradox. because a lot of us have been exposed to western culture like trying to learn to express themselves and all that kind of stuff but we also recently have a chinese cultural thing we have to follow like family, responsibility, that kind of stuff so i kind of feel like caught in between. not like the previous generation, we feel more pressure. and also maybe for my parents gene

the love generation the hippie generation then they became the yuppie generation and then they rule the america and they ruled wall street and everything came to them and we were ignored and now the millennial are coming out but one thing the millennial is have over what generation x. had was of course the fact that flights and flying and traveling around the world is so much easier and we have the internet to make the world so much smaller and closer so they do have a little bit more of a worldly sort of way about them which is probably why they have not only good food better food than generation x. ever came up with better maybe not really music but they definitely have ideas like medicare for all and stuff like that. is a genuine feeling of hope and change or as barack obama. who went into the campaign with those messages it seemed like he was faking it like i never thought he was so the siri was very dishonest in his presentation but you know see i really believe she is full of hope and change and she's full of beans she's full of energy she's ready for another so it's a cycle i

for the office of legal counsel, the deputy attorney general, and finally the attorney general, and this committee unanimously approved me for each of those offices. 27 years ago at my confirmation hearing, i explained that the office of attorney general is not like any other cabinet post. it is unique and has a critical role to play under our constitutional system. i said then the attorney general has a very special obligation. unique obligations. he holds and trusts the fair and impartial administration of justice. it is the attorney general's responsibility to enforce the law even handedly and with integrity. the attorney general must ensure that the administration of justice, the enforcement of the law is above and away from politics. nothing could be more destructive of our system of government, of the rule of law, or the department of justice as an institution than any toleration of political interference with the enforcement of the law. i believe this as strongly today as i did 27 years ago, indeed, more strongly. we live in a time when the country is deeply divided. in the c

, the attorney general. and this committee unanimously approved me for each of those offices. 27 years ago at my confirmation hearing, i explained that the office of attorney general is not like any other cabinet post. it is unique and has a critical role to play under our constitutional system. i said then, the attorney general has a very special obligation. unique obligations. he holds and trusts the fair and impartial administration of justice. it is the attorney general's responsibility to enforce the law, evenhandedly and with integrity. the attorney general must ensure that the administration of justice, the enforcement of the law, is above and away from politics. nothing could be more destructive of our system of government, of the rule of law, or department of justice as an institution than any toleration of political interference with the enforcement of the law. i believe this as strongly today as i did 27 years ago. indeed, more strongly. we live in a time when the country is deeply divided. in the

lieutenant general jordan stephenson and our very own lieutenant general kai swan, vice president for education here. somewhere here is that steve austin, assistant chief of the army reserve. thank you, steve, for joining us and sergeant major of the army retired ken creston known to all soldiers worldwide and we are proud to have him as vice president here it a usa. a reminder, tonight's program is being recorded by c-span for later broadcast, so get your well thought out probing questions ready so when it comes time you can wash later when it's broadcast and impress your family with your insightful questions that you posed at it tonight's. also, be on your best behavior. i would also, a special thanks to curry, many of you met coming in, director of the warfare and director of the program. they made tonight possible. how about round of applause for all of those that did the hard work? [applause]. >> if you were to seek a description of what it means to be a soldier scholar, you might well come across the image of tonight's guest lecturer in our continuing lecture series. douglas mas

again, generation on the right side. the generation costs will be going down. for the generation rate reduction, the p. c.i.a. will be going up, and the credit will offset that change to the two bars are equal. that is the whole point here. >> can i ask a question? >> sure. >> i understand you are thinking around your reasoning and i think it is good to have p. c.i.a. as a separate line item for future programming and what not. but will they know the small commercial customers if they are not looking that closely at their bill about any of this? i mean the bill is basically the same. >> rights. there will be an outreach effort to help explain to customers about the changes that are coming up. we have several months to work on this. we will work on messaging back we will work on noticing on the bills in terms of these changes. we will look at current and putting articles out to the customer so they will get a sense of what these changes are. >> my point is that this is so complicated, the staff. and it is hard to make it simple it is communicated in some ways. b

there probably would be information shared with the deputy attorney general, or the attorney general. agreed? >> i would hope so. the reason i'm hesitating is because -- you know, some of these texts that we've all read are so weird and beyond my experience with the fbi. i don't know what was going on. >> these reports are stomach-turning in terms of the absolutely stunning and unprecedented kind of investigation that they reflect. do you agree? >> you mean the texts are stomach-turning? >> the report of the investigation of the president. >> i'm not sure what you're talking about when you see the reports of the investigation. >> the reports that the fbi opened an investigation of the president for working with a foreign adversary, russia. >> and what is stomach-turning about that? what is stomach-turning? the allegation against the president? >> the fact that an allegation would be made and put under investigation. let me move on. i want to talk about transparency. with you commit -- will you commit to this committee that you will not allow the president or his attorneys to edit or c

and the next generation.he rural nature of our state might create higher internet connection costs, but i wouldn't trade it for the struggles and lifestyle that you have in d.c. or out on the coast in california. it's hard to beat heading out on a saturday morning in october with family and friends to enjoy the pheasant opener. we celebrated a century of pheasant hunting in south dakota. it's a tradition that my family has enjoyed for many years. it was our livelihood. after my dad passed away we opened a hunting lodge. so to us hunting isn't just a sport. it's a way of life. it's an economic engine for our state. today bird hunters nearly a qua quarter of billion dollars in south dakota. we support full time and part-time jobs. that's a huge boost to our economy. my family has been blessed with prime pheasant habitat on our land. of course we've worked hard to preserve those grounds. we've participated in the crp program. it's hard to blame folks for making decisions when land values are high but it has an i

it cost him an attorney general. it cost him a deputy attorney general. it caused such a huge national uproar at the time that he was worse off when it came to watergate than he was before he pulled that stunt. i mean, now the congress and public were demanding a new special prosecutor be appointed to take the place of the guy who nixon had to go way out of his way to fire, and nixon now needed to get a new attorney general, a fourth attorney general confirmed by the senate and what do you think congress in that instance wanted to talk to that nominee about? right, given the circumstances in which he was named to that office, what do you think congress wanted to get assurances from that nominee about. when nixon was looking around for somebody who he could get confirmed to be his fourth attorney general at a time when the country was in uproar and ig kn the endings of the three previous attorneys general, meant that nobody trusted him any further than they could throw him at that point. when it came to nominees in that position, nixon was not going to get

the president has often said he knows more than the generals or our generals as i said, or my generals. what's new is how many of his generals he has actually driven away or insulted. what's new is how the consequences of the things he says and does are beginning to be felt, whether it's the shortage of people to run crucial cabinet departments, or the sagging stock market or hard times from farmers and manufacturers caught in a trade war that the president has said again and again are easy to win. and even now, he shows no sign of recognizing that what he said today can come back and bite him tomorrow. enjoy the ride. so, there's that and there's the shutdown. we have breaking news on that, as well. today, the president invited lawmakers to the situation room, presumably to work out a deal to reopen the government. maybe it was just a photo op. the president hope to fund the wall he once said mexico would pay for. tonight, cnn has more reporting on how the president may see a possible deal with democrats who control the house starting tomorrow. cnn's kaitlan collins joins us now with

or the attorney general? agreed? >> i would hope so. the reason i'm hesitating is because, you know, some of these texts we've all read are so weird and beyond my experience with the fbi, i don't know what was going on. >> these reports are stomach turning in terms of absolutely stunning and unprecedented kind of investigation that they reflect, you agree? >> you mean the texts are stomach turning? >> the reports of the investigation of the president. >> i'm not sure what you're talking about when you say reports of the investigation. >> the reports that the fbi opened an investigation of the president for working with a foreign adversary, russia. >> what's stomach churning about that? i'm -- what is stormic churning, the allegation against the president or the fact that an allegation would be made and be under investigation? >> well, let me move on. i want to talk about tra transparency. would you commit to this committee you would not allow the president or his attorneys to edit or change the special counse

general counsel for verizon.that i think has been honorable and note-worthy and accomplished. i want to thank you for being willing to take this task on. we have a lot of problems at the department of justice. i think morale is low and we need to change that. i look forward to this hearing. you will be challenged. you should be challenged. the memo, there will be a lot of talk about it, as there should be. i just want to let you know, mr. barr, that we appreciate you stepping up at a time when the country needs somebody of your background and temperament to be in charge of the rule of law. with that, i will turn it over to my colleague senator feinstein. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i want you to know i really look forward to working with you and i think we can work productively together. senator grassley, i want to thank you for the time we worked together. it really was a pleasure and i had an opportunity to get to know you as the fine person that you are. so thank you very much. i want to say just one

i was surprised at the exit interview by general kelly when he said that attorney general sessions was responsible for the zero tolerance policy that was announced in mid 2018. and it was because of that policy, one of the reasons, why he was being asked to leave. that's the first i had ever heard. are you familiar with the zero tolerance policy? >> generally, senator, yes. >> i can tell you that it was an effort to take escorted children, infants, toddlers and children and forcibly remove them from their parents at the border. this policy by our government separated up to 2,800 of those children and put them into the system, the same system as unaccompanied children. the results were horrible. i saw them first-hand. and you have alluded in your opening statement from stopping people from crashing lightning the bordere erborderer. those young children for the most part were being brought to the country by their parents to seek asylum. you can present yourself at america's border and seek asylum legally, can you not? >> yes, senator, you can. >> so separating those children from their p

a general election would mean the opposite. far from helping parliament finish the job, and fulfill our promise to the people of the united kingdom, it would be extending article 50 and delaying brexit for who knows how long. >> she's lost a quarter of her cabinet. gone.mbers of her -- are she has experienced the biggest defeat in parliamentary history. what shred of credibility does our government have left? p.m. may: the honorable gentleman might not have noticed that what we are debating today is a vote of no-confidence in the government. he has an opportunity to express his opinion in a vote. >> as somebody who was only defeated last night by 230 votes , may i encourage the prime kbo, and never tire of reminding the country are one nation record will be put at risk by a very extreme left wing it and high taxation party. he is absolutely right. i will speak about this later in my speech, but it's over the last years since 2010 that conservatives in government have been able to turn this economy around, and give the people in

he's the next pick for attorney general. if you've been watching the testimony, barr promising to uphold the justice department and to maintain his own personal independence as well. from everything we've seen in the past two years, he says he's promised the president nothing. >> president trump has sought no assurances, promises, or commitments from me of any kind, either expressed or implied, and i have not given him any other than i would run the department with professionalism and integrity. as attorney general, my allegiance will be to the rule of law, the constitution, and the american people. this is how it should be, this is how it must be, and if you confirm me, this is how it will be. >> democrats and even many of the republicans, of course, concerned first and foremost how would an attorney general bill barr handle the mueller investigation? if the president is watching, i might have been a little bit surprised to learn his nominee sda disagrees with him about a lot of things, given that jeff sessions shouldn't ha

we can't rely on this attorney general. if we have to pass a law, that all of this comes forward to the american public and congress, so be it. will the president sign it? maybe he'll have to. >> would there be enough votes in the house and senate to override a presidential veto? you need two-thirds. that's not easy. >> let's find out what's being hidden. we'll see. >> let's see what the report -- when they come back and conclude the report. as far as roger stone, president's longtime friend and associate going back decades to the '80s, maybe the '70s. the white house argues that stone's indictment the other day has nothing to do with the president, according to sarah sanders, the white house press secretary, and only concerns his testimony for congress. what does that tell you about stone facing charges related to conspiracy? >> the charges, this, as i understand them, and has been reported, are very, very much into the conspiracy issue. >> he hasn't formally been charged with conspiracy or collusion. he's been charged wit

we now have an attorney general. now, we read these reports that rosenstein is still receiving information reports from bob mueller but that can only be with the aprobation of the acting attorney general. jonathan: well, yes, but he was in charge for most of the period of investigation. in this case, jeff sessions was the one who did the ethically correct thing. he removed himself and had no role in it and was right to do so. greta: sir, your question? >> a different perspective than your husband. i'm really curious, let's say that the special counsel comes out and proves and it is verified by a jury or whatever the process would be that donald trump gained the presidency illegally. he had a conspiracy with russia, he defrauded the american people, one illegality after the other and therefore would be considered in the legitimate -- an illegitimate president. and having gained that office illegitimately. richard painter and i agree, the former bush ethics lawyer, that void abniche yo would be an appropriate principle

general in general creighton abrams and these conversations occurred during some of the most turbulent episodes of the u.s. withdrawal from vietnam. the defense for the 1972 easter offensive. some might even say this is nick sony and, the dialogue , itrtheless came to picture shows an aspect of nixon's attempt to withdraw from vietnam achieved what he and his inner circle achieve peace with honor. and i would like to talk about this evening how this language highlighted the importance of how civilian policymakers talk to senior military leaders and perhaps more importantly, what they expect from them, especially in a time of war. believe that we are in an era of enduring war, for eventual conflict, then why would suggest is a story we are going to tell you tonight matters. as the story and, i think it's important to have your thesis upfront. here's what i would like to argue tonight. is that this dysfunctional relationship between the white house and the military assistance command vietnam headquarters, one of the few acronyms i will use tonight, of thehe president united states was as

you were the attorney general. he also said that immigration is not just a link to america's past, but a bridge to america's future. do you agree with those statements? >> as i said, i think illegal immigration -- we have a great system potential. i think it needs reforming, but legal in immigration has been good for united states. it's been great for the country. >> that's why we were trying to work on that reform. i want to briefly turn to fbi leadership. the president has made statements accusing the fbi of making politically-motivated decisions. many of us up here and in the senate have confidence in director wray and the leadership at the fbi, and believe they could do their jobs without politics getting the way. do you agree with that? >> if i'm confirmed, i am looking forward to getting to know christopher wray. from what i know, i think very highly of him. >> okay, thank you. in the memo from back in june -- the one comment that senator grassley made, he talked about how much the mueller investigation was c

and i think the attorneys general job is both. it is both to protect against interference, but it's also to provide oversight to make sure that in each individual case the same rule that would be applied broadly is being applied to the individual. >> thank you, mr. chairman. six quick yes or no questions. will you commit to no interference with the scope of the special counsel's investigation? >> i will -- the scope of the special counsel's investigation -- >> by not -- >> is set by his charter and by the regulations and i will ensure that those are maintained. >> will you commit to providing mr. mueller with the resources, funds, and time needed to complete his investigation? >> yes. >> will you commit to ensuring the special counsel mueller is not terminated without good cause consistent with the department regulations? >> absolutely. >> if special counsel muler makes any request for aides about the scope of his investigation or resources for his investigation, will you commit to notifying congress if you deny that request? >> i

and then the commander tried to blame the general. because they tried to say his lack of enthusiasm for the operation not that he tried to escape it. this is outrageous as far as british generals were more concerned with preserving their own reputation. and the idea with these serious charges were pretty serious and then to be proven right afterwards was too much for them to swallow so that's why he was treated so abominably he even said he didn't want that and then under that british military authority and with those british publishers and then the jackets that they designed. >> the american and the british suffered many casualties and damage to their reputations but according to your book those that suffered the most in large numbers and in terrible ways you talk movingly about their capacity for forgiveness and they had much to forgive? . >> i think the military history has changed thank god in the last 20 years. not much more what the professor would say that one has to look at the suffering and in particular one of the reasons fo

and i think the attorneys general's job is both. it is both to protect against interference, but it's also to provide oversight to make sure that in each individual case, the same rule that would be applied broadly is being applied to the individual. >> thank you, mr. chairman. six quick yes or no questions. will you commit to no interference with the scope of the special counsel's investigation? >> i will -- the scope of the special counsel's investigation -- >> by not limiting -- >> is set by his charter and the regulations. and i will ensure that those are maintained. >> will you commit to providing mr. mueller with the resources, funds and time needed to complete his investigation? >> yes. >> will you commit to ensuring the special counsel mueller is not terminated without good cause consistent with department regulations? >> absolutely. >> if special counsel mueller makes any request, for instance, about the scope of this investigation or resources for his investigation, will you commit to notifying congress if you deny that re

follow, they are not rogue attorney generals. it's clear to me that lynch and holder were somebody that a democratic president would pick from a policy point of view and qualifications point of view. that hard for me to believe that mr. barr is not qualified in terms of his understanding of the department of justice, his role as attorney general, and i'm just hoping we can get back to a more traditional way of doing business. i voted for lynch and eric holder because i thought they were qualified and i'm asking more of my democratic colleagues if they can see how a qualified would be a good steward of the law. commit.dn't fully >> nor should he have. the regulation is clear. the reports limited to him by the special counsel is to be -- as ifd a private you're looking at a criminal investigation. those are not given to the public at large. the report will be leaked before he gets it. and that mr. mueller and mr. barr have a long-standing working relationship, and that he is going to respect mr. mueller, work that mr. mueller's wor

thank you, attorney general whitacre, for hosting us today. -- attorney general whitaker, for hosting us today. and thank you to all of our interagency partners at justice, the fbi and dhs, for your outstanding work on this case. the trump administration continues to be tougher on those who violate our sanctions and our export control laws than any administration in history. as secretary, one of my very first actions was to punish zte for its violations, and we continue to monitor them more strictly than any other company in our history. for years, chinese firms have broken our export laws and undermined sanctions, often using u.s. financial systems to facilitate their illegal activities. this will end. the men and women of our bureau of industry and security have been at the forefront of our efforts, and i commend them again for their work. despite their small size, just 400 or so hard-working public servants, they do an amazing job helping to keep america safe from those who would do us harm. but these doja-led indictments also show what our united states government can do when we c

decides to hold a fresh referendum or general election donald trump's nominee for attorney general william barr has told a senate confirmation hearing he doesn't believe the special counsel's investigation is a witch hunt. of course this is referring to robert muller who is looking into allegations rush or interfered in the twenty sixteen us presidential election bar has already served as attorney general once under president george h.w. bush in the early ninety's but some democrats now are concerned about taking charge of the miller inquiry alan fischer with more on the nominee. he's the man donald trump wants to run the department of justice respected by republicans and respected by democrats he will be nominated for the united states attorney general. hopefully that process will go very quickly bill barr has already been attorney general he said for two years during the george h.w. bush administration in the early one nine hundred ninety s. it's the attorney general's responsibility don't force the law even handedly and with integrity the attorney general must ensure that the administra

in your previous confirmation hearing for attorney general, you stated that the attorney general is the president's lawyer. you have also said that the attorney general's ultimate allegiance must be to the rule of law. so i'm going to characterize that as the people's lawyer. and there have been times throughout our history, including during watergate, when the personal interests of the president do not align with the interests of the country. in those critical moments, is the attorney general the people's lawyer or the president's lawyer? >> well, as -- the reason i referred to the attorney general as the president's lawyer is because in 1789, they said thaty general is to provide legal advice to the president and the cabinet and that's in their official capacity. and my view on that is that, like any lawyer, you give the best advice as to your view of the law, but if the president determined that he wanted to do something that you thought was still a reasonable construction of the law, even though you might not have decided it that way as an article 3 judge, just as you support congre

barr served as attorney general for george h.w. bush from 1991 to 1993, but senators asked few questions about barr's past record while focusing heavily on his views about special counsel robert mueller's probe into russian meddling in the 2016 election. barr vowed to allow mueller to compmplete the probe, but suggested mueller's long-awaited report might not be made public. he also defended writing an unsolicited memo last year to deputy attorney general rod rosenstein in which he criticized mueller's investigation. we'll have much more on william barr's confirmation hearings after headlines. in kenya, armed men burst into an upscale hotel c complex in te capital nairobi tuesday, killing 14 people and launching a hostage crisis that stretched on for nearly a day. the somali-based militant group al-shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack on . in similar assault by al-shabaab 2013, a killed at least 67 people at a nairobi shopping mall. last year, the trump administration targeted al-shabaab with an unprecedented number of air

call or go online and find out more. >>> i have generals that are great generals.hese are great fighters. >> i see my generals. those generals are going to keep us so safe. these are central casting. if i'm doing a movie, i'd pick you, general. >> my generals and my military, they have decision-making ability. >> for a president who routinely boasts about his generals, donald trump seems perpetually at war with them. michael flynn is awaiting a prison sentence. his replacement, h.r. mcmaster, who apparently looks like a beer salesman according to trump, left the administration amid rumors the two of them clashed. then you have john kelly with today being his last day as chief of staff. he is resigning following all those months of will here or won't he be fired reports. you might remember he had to deny that he once called trump an idiot. and finally there's james mattis, the first secretary of defense to ever resign in protest. although on that note, the president today thought to rewrite the somewhat embarrassing narrative surrounding mattis' departure, deploying

mark: and they will deliver it to the attorney general and the attorney general will be pressure to delivert there could be grand jury information in their and national security information that honestly has to be removed and so, it seems to me, the left whether journalists or members of congress will argue cover-up, cover-up and they will not even let it go with the report, do you think? >> i'm sure there will be huge uproar over all of it. mark: let me ask you this from a constitutional perspective, a prosecutor issuing a report accusing people of stuff, is that constitutional? >> it is wholly inappropriate because the only charges the prosecutor is supposed to bring are in an indictment and the report should be as minimal as possible and only for the eyes of the attorney general, otherwise it's like what james comey did in his july 5. it is inappropriate from every perspective and it should either be charges being brought or charges not been brought. mark: completely undermines the bill of rights, do prices, presumption of innocence and a president who cannot be -- how does he get his na