h.r. 1808 is a bipartisan proposal. i urge my colleagues to support the improving support for missing and exploited children act of 2017. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. all time has expired. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 1808, as amended. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is -- table. -- is laid upon the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? mr. roe: i call up h.r. 2288 as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of he bill. does the gentleman move to suspend the rules and pass the bill? mr. roe: yes. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 22le 88, a bill to amend title 38 united states code to re

i urge my colleagues to vote yes on h.r. 1616. and i thank chairman goodlatte and my senate colleagues for their support. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from virginia has all the remaining time. mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, i have no objection to yielding time to the gentleman from maryland or -- reclaiming the time you intentionally yielded back. mr. raskin: thank you, mr. chairman. to close i want to echo congressman ratcliffe it is police week. we highlight the efforts already taking place to combat cybercrime as the operator of the national computer forensics institute, the secret service has demonstrated its excellence and diligence in pursuing cybercrime, both domestically and worldwide. they produced more than 4,000 arrests involving more than $1 billion in fraud and saving the public billions of dollars more in potential fraud that would have taken place absent their intervention. h.r. 1616 will strengthen these efforts in continuing to combat electronic and cybercrime. i

today i rise to support h.r. 2052. protecting the rights of vids against technological exploitation. or also known as the private act. this act will amend the uniform code of military justice to prohibit the wrongful broadcast or distribution of intimate visual images. as technology evolves, so too must our judicial systems, and it is clear, a -- clear, especially after the marined united scandal, that there is a gap in the ucmj. this bill addresses that gap. and gives commanders the tools they need to address this horrific crime of posting or sharing intimate images that were previously privately shared. the bill clearly states that distributing or broadcasting intimate visual images without consent would result in punishment. this change in the ucmj will send a strong message to any bad actors in our military and remind them that honor, trust and respect are paramount, whether you are deployed or back home. service members will know that sharing, broadcasting or posting intimate images are illegal and will be punishe

h.r. 1312. a bill to amend the small business investment incentive act of 1980, to require an annual review by the securities and exchange commission of the annual government business forum on capital formation that is held pursuant to such act. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from arkansas, mr. hill, and the gentlewoman from new york, ms. velazquez, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from arkansas. mr. hill: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on this bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. hill: i thank the speaker. today i rise in support of h.r. 1312, the small business capital formation act, which would require the s.e.c. to respond to the recommendations from its annual forum on small business capital formation. small businesses are the backbone of the u.s. economy, and according to the s.b.a.,

h.r. 1862 by the yeas and nays, h.r. 1842 by the yeas and nays. the first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote. remaining electronic votes will be conducted as 5-minute votes. the unfinished business is the vote on the the gentleman from virginia, mr. goodlatte, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1862 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the bill. the clerk: h.r. 1862, a bill to amend title 18 united states code to expand the scope of certain definitions pertaining to unlawful sexual conduct and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on

h.r. 1679. the first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote. remaining electronic votes will be conducted as five-minute votes. the unfinished business is the vote on ordering the previous question on house resolution 299 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 44, house resolution 299. resolution providing for consideration of the bill h.r. 1180, to amend the fair labor standards act of 1938 to provide compensatory time for employees in the private sector, providing for proceedings during the period from may 5, 2017, through may 15, 2017, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on ordering the previous question. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of th

the clerk: h.r. -- union calendar number 80, h.r. 2266, a bill to amend title 28 of the united states code to authorize the appointment of additional bankruptcy judges, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. members will take their onversations from the floor. pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from virginia, mr. goodlatte, and the gentleman from michigan, mr. conyers, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia. mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and and their remarks include extraneous materials on h.r. 2266, currently under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, i recognize myself for such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. goodlatte: we are here today to address an imposing threat to one of the foundational aspects of our economy -- the national bankruptcy system, a well-functioning bankruptcy system provides relief to consumers, allows busin

s h.r. capabilities. i know the bill we are considering today is about that data but the spirit it is being moved forward is not about trying to illuminate how official time has helped our veterans. vacant e 49,380 positions at the v.a. rolling back the use of owe fish time will increase demands on the v.a.'s human resource staff making it hard to recruit and retain quality providers. official time benefits our veterans. in pittsburgh, as was mentioned before my colleague from new jersey, an a.f.g. president used official time to press the v.a. to address liege near disease. her actions helped saved veterans' lives and used official time to do it. at the phoenix v.a. there was a 29% turnover rate for licensed practical nurses. union officials used to cut the turnover rate in half. less turnover means better care for veterans. i warn my colleagues against this bill and future misguided legislation to undermine official time and the function of our federal agencies. i yield back, mr. speaker. the speaker pr

h.r. mcmaster, his national security adviser, said just last night? >> it seems to, kate. you know, this has become sort of a common refrain within the white house. the story goes something like this. a crisis situation breaks, white house staff and administration officials scramble to address and explain it, and then the president comes out with his own version of events, seeming to contradict the previous explanation, and that really is how it went down after the "washington post" broke that story that president trump revealed classified information to the russian foreign minister. when it happened, the white house first issued several statements, one from secretary of state rex tillerson, where he said that threats in counterterrorism were the only things discussed and not sources. then deputy national security adviser dina powell said flatly that the story was false and that president trump only discussed common threats. and then, of course, there was that brisk on-camera experience by

i rise in support of h.r. 1678 as amended. and at this time, i am pleased and proud to yield to my friend from florida, the author and sponsor of this legislation such time as she may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. frankel: thank you for yielding and i want to thank chairman shuster and barletta and ranking members for their continued support. i have had the honor of working on this legislation with my friend from florida. i have said this before and i'm going to say it again, florida knows hurricanes. in 2004 and 2005, charlie, francis, jean, wilma and katrina tore through our state leaving families stranded and property damaged. i was the mayor of the city of west palm beach when we saw trees crash to the ground ripping power lines and blocking flooded streets. water systems were compromised and our local governments around the clock did a miraculous job, cleaning debris and getting life back to normal. it takes a lot to get it done. when hurricanes strike, communities are ravaged and so

h.r. mcmaster to walk out and make a statement. our live coverage continues with erin burnett "outfront" right now. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> good evening within i'm erin burnett. breaking news. the washington post reporting this evening that the president of the united states has reveal top secret classified information to russia. according rgd to the post trump shared the classified information with the rush hand ambassador and the russian minister last week. this information involved isis. the report states it jeopardized a critical source of intelligence and we're awaiting a briefing from the national security adviser at those cameras. deena powell saying tonight the story is false. the president only discussed the common threats that the country faces. the u.s. ambassador is known to be a top russian spy. sara murray begins our coverage outside the white house as we await h.r. mcmaster approaching the cameras and speaking to the press. the moment that happens we'll bring you t

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. 2052 and suspending the rules and passing h.r. 467. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 225, the nays are 187 with one recorded as present. the motion is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the vote on ordering the previous question on house resolution 352 on which the yeas and nays are ordered this eclerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 352, house resolution 352, resolution providing for consideration of the bill h.r. 1973 to prevent the sexual abuse of minors and amateur athletes by requiring the prompt reporting of sexual abuse to law enforcement authority and for other purposes. providing f

h.r. mcmaster will be and the briefing room at 11:30 this morning. this is to tee up the president's trip to saudi arabia, israel, belgium, and italy which begins at the end of this week. you can bet the most of what will be talked about this morning is the story that broke last night. h.r. mcmaster came out of the white house last evening, just before 8:00 to say that the story but the president did something inappropriate was completely false. listen here. >> two other senior officials, including the secretary of stat state, -- the on the record accounts should outweigh those of the sources. i was in the room, it didn't happen. thanks everybody. >> what do we know? of course, there is the meeting at the president had last tuesday with the russian foreign minister in the russian ambassador to the united states. terrorism was on the agenda for that meeting. the president tweeted this morning. as president, i want to share with russia, at an openly scheduled white house meeting, which i hav

h.r. mcmaster to issue a carefully worded denial. >> the story that came out tonight as reported is false. at no time, at no time, were intelligence sources or methods discussed, and the president did not disclose military operations that were not already known. i was in the room. it did not happen. >> once again, we are expecting to hear from h.r. mcmaster less than half an hour from now. the briefing w ining was just a. greg miller broke the story. i thank you for being with us. this was, as i pointed out to hallie jackson a few minutes ago, a quick turn around for the white house. they clearly realize very quickly how damaging this could be. i want to know, first off, what do you make of hr mcmaster's response? >> well, i mean, i think as you ipd kndicated there, this was a carefully worded statement that didn't really address the fundamental points of our story. our story did not say that trump had discussed sources and methods with his russian guests. it said that he had reveal eed in

and kevin madden, h.r.cmaster, general mcmaster, the national security adviser, he briefs, i think at 1:30 today. how important is that briefing, you know, not just for the white house, but also for republicans who want to find out more information here, and how complicated is it for the general now that the president, if not directly contradicting what the general said last night, coming out with a different explanation of what happened, the president saying, yeah, i shared information? >> well, look, i think the public briefing is more about offering some sort of reassurance that the white house has a better handle on dealing with some of the scrutiny that they're going to get about this particular incident. but i think just as important, john, will be folks like henry mcmaster and others inside the administration with national security credentials, with a background of dealing with intelligence, privately reaching out to all of these members and assuring them that, you know, that this is not the issue, o

h.r. 2659. a bipartisan bill that permanently authorizes the u.s.-israel binational agriculture research and development program otherwise known as bard, which is celebrating his 40th introducer, congressman yoho, as well as you, mr. speaker, for being a co-sponsor and many others in the florida delegation. i could wax ecstatic and poetic about bard but let me just say this the program works. it inspires healthy computation of good -- competition of good ideas. beneficial to both countries. and provides a fantastic return on investment. mr. soto: over $440 million worth of benefits for the united states and $300 million in benefits for israel. bard is focused on urgent goals like increasing agricultural productivity, particularly in hot an dry climates. bard is training the next generation of innovators through ag science, workshops an post-doctoral fellowships. it has programs in over 25 states including our great state of florida. it strengths our relationship with our best ally in the middle east, israel, and this is a forward-looking, commonsens

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today h.r.alks about this issue and about the trip that president trump is about to take but he doesn't talk about a foreign policy agenda. he doesn't say here are our objectives visa vee russia. none of that. very appalling. >> steve kornacki has a question for you. >> please. >> bigger picture here because i was talking about this on the show yesterday. we can ask the question why does this stuff keep happening with the russians. is it intentional. is there some sort of underlying connection there? is there also, can you see a scenario here where, look, this is donald trump who in the campaign talked about he wanted to have a closer relationship with russia, and then all of the controversy over comey. it's a thin-skinned president who can't deal with criticism, who lashes out in a blunt and dramatic way, doesn't think of the consequences, won't back down. can you see a scenario here where there's a lot more smoke than there actually is fire? >> yes. but the smoke is disturbing enough because h

h.r. mcmaster there. he response to the allegations that the president somehow released sensitive information to the russian ambassador and the russian foreign minister during a meeting in the oval office last week. and the words of the national security advisor, the president and no way compromised sources or methods during this conversation. the arguing will go on. please stay tuned to fox news channel and this fox station for continuing coverage of this story. on jon scott in new york. as we continue to cover the words of the national security advisor and the reporting of various papers that broke the story, it first broke in "the washington post" yesterday. other stories and papers picked up on this, our coverage continues and "outnumbered" search right now. >> sandra: firing back, the white house fiercely defensive conversations that president trump had with officials saying that he leads classified information on those talks. h.r. mcmaster saying nothing the president did was inappro

i want to again encourage my colleagues to support h.r. 1180. with that, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair yields back the time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia. --i yield two minutes to the mr. scott: i yield two minutes to the gentlelady from connecticut, ms. delauro. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. ms. delauro: i yield -- a rise in strong opposition to this bill which would give workers less flexibility and less pay. the economic challenge of our time is people are in jobs today that don't pay them enough to live on. they are struggling to make ends meet. and this bill would make that worse. it forces workers to decide between time and a half overtime pay and paid time off when they work more than 40 hours a week. it enables employers to exert more control over employee's wages and hours than hinders the worker's ability to plan family time, to have flexible and stable schedules, and yes to make ends meet. rather than helping american workers earn be

h.r. 1039 is a reasonable and responsible remedy to this very real problem. this bill, which has the support of the judicial conference of the united states and the federal law enforcement officers association, will protect probation officers and enhance their ability to do their job by giving them authority to arrest a third party who forcibly interferes with an officer's performance of his or her official duties. this bill would not give probation officers general arrest authority. rather, as noted, it grants them the very limited authority to arrest the third party who is interfering with the duties of the officer, which is already a federal crime. . i ask that my colleagues support this measure so they have the necessary authorities to undertake their duties safely and effectively. and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from texas. ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, i unanimous consent to speak for such time as i might consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is reco

here is how h.r.. >> the premise of that article is false, that in any way the president had a conversation that was inappropriate or that resulted in any kind of lapse in national security. we have back channel communications with a number of countries. what that allows you to do is to communicate in a discreet manner so it doesn't predispose you toward any sort of content of that conversation or anything. so, no, i would not be concerned about it. >> so you're saying what's happening there is mcmaster is the one being degraded? >> yes. and i think he is making a crazy situation with this white house look better. he adds an air of rationality to it. mcmaster is a very intelligent, well respected general. now he is lending his reputation and uniform to this real disaster of a presidency. i say step away from the abyss, let trump and the people around him stew in their own incompetence. the less trump does, the less effective he is, the better. the analogy would be would you rather have a mafia family

h.r. 910. a bill to direct the securities and, he change commission to provide a safe harbor -- and security commission to provide a safe harbor for reports and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minuted vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 405, the nays are 2. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the bill is pass -- the rule is -- the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from arkansas, mr. hill,

h.r. mcmaster, coming after the "washington post" broke the story that president trump shared classified information with russia's foreign minister and ambassador in a meeting at the white house last week. now, cnn has confirmed the main details of this story. one thing is clear, despite the white house's denial, this has certainly sent the white house off of its message. they were hoping to reset this week after the president's controversial firing of fbi director james comey and instead focused on their new fbi director, focus on the upcoming foreign trip. but if monday is any indication, it's clear that's not going to come easy. back to you guys. >> all right, sara murray. thank you for that. >>> joining us this morning as we break down this big story "weekly standard"'s senior writer michael warren live in our washington bureau. michael, good to see you this morning. a lot to get to. let's start with the "washington post" report. greg miller, one of the two reporters responsible for th

national security adviser h.r. mcmaster and economic adviser gary cohen out with a new op-ed this morning. titled america first doesn't mean america alone. >> both were on the overseas trip with fortunate. they offered a staunch defense of his global outlook. they said in part the president embarked on his first foreign trip with a clear-eyed outlook that the world is not a global community but an arena where nations, nongovernmental actors and businesses engage and compete for advantage. >> we bring unmatched military, political, economic, cultural and moral strength. they are message keep america first. >> sean spicer gave this less than measured take on the president's trip. >> it was an unprecedented first trip abroad. four months into this administration and it shows how quickly and decisively the president is acting to strengthen alliances to build new partnerships. we've never seen before at this point in the presidency sweeping reassurance of american interest and inauguration of a r foreign policy strategy

h.r.aster, the national security advisor. we'll take you there when he comes out. let's go to catherine herridge, the chief intelligence correspondence with the latest on the story tonight. catherine. >> martha, based on on on them as stories, "the washington post" is reporting that based on the meeting, they were talking by the current threat picture involving isis and the severity of that threat and the specificity of that threat and how it impacted aviation into the united states as well as globally and that threat involved laptop computers being used as bombs with explosives packed inside and out is what has been one of the recent reasons that we have had these changes to aviation security overseas, coming on flights in the united states. "the washington post" says that the president alleges -- the president discussed where this came from and one of the cities held by isis in syria. also, that it related to this computer or laptop. we have, just within the left hour, reached out to the

>> i think i saw h.r.sell a little bit of his soul over the last ten days or so. >> ooh. >> and he is a man of great soul. when you talk to him and he gets emotional, his voice thickens, his shoulders roll. unlike david petraeus, who kind of always presented a hard, shiny facade, h.r. mcmaster is a very sort of emotional guy. i think he must feel under enormous pressure, and i think he must be staying in the job so they don't get some bannonite to replace him, some yahoo from that side of the trump administration. so, i think he's doing the country a good duty by staying on as national security adviser. but you can see these people's souls leaving them the longer they're into these difficult jobs. i don't think that kellyanne conway or sean spicer has much soul left. >> well, i mean, i appreciate your commentary, but i can assure you that, i would assume h.r. mcmaster, kellyanne conway and sean spicer would take exception to that description, but i will ask for them to come on so we can continue that kind

so, i think you will see h.r.night, that this information was available to the public, that he was in the meeting, that he saw it. now, there's obviously going to be questions about the seeming contradiction offered by the president's tweets. >> right. >> i don't know how he squares that circle. >> to be clear, the president said things that general mcmaster didn't. >> that's right. >> the president said in his tweet this morning, yes, i said stuff and it's okay that i said this stuff. general mcmaster last night was saying, no, he didn't say stuff. so that is where these two arguments are different. i do want to take note of h.r. mcmaster, though, the general, who is -- you know, this is a different cat, if you're looking at this, than sean spicer. >> yep. >> you know, you're talking about someone highly respected on both sides of the aisle with a military record. and when he says things, people do take notice. it comes with a certain amount of credibility. >> absolutely, and i think that's why some folks put on

you heard h.r.cmaster say a limited number of people in the oval office -- clearly there were some aids as well present, but the fact is the details of this meeting with such a small circle of people got out was baffling. however, for us as journalists, he did not say what the nature of the information was that the president shared. here's what we get into a little bit of an area that is concerned for people who have been in this business a long time. this was said to meet. an intelligence document that was developed by one of our partners, it may be a partner in the region, and that the president didn't have ownership of this, he can go out there and talk about anything he wants, classified or not. the fact that this might have come from a third country is something that is troubling because it might actually compromised in the hands of the russians of the sources and methods used by that country to develop their intelligence. >> kimberly: we will take it around the table. dana. >> dana: i have a c

rex tillerson and h.r. mcmaster made this statement on camera >> the story came out tonight as reported is false. two other officials present, including the secretary of state was there. i was in the room. it didn't happen. >> shannon: are there mixed messages coming from the white house today? >> bill: two words, it's complicated. keep this in mind. white house officials are quick to point out in a world where a story can be floated because it's plausible but not on the record, often you can end of chasing accusations all the time and so they're very frustrated by this story by the "washington post" as you showed a moment ago, h.r. mcmaster and others in the administrations are strongly denying the post's account. so while we don't know exactly what the president said or didn't say for that matter in the meeting with the russians, he is trying to explain it himself this morning by way of twitter. let me share with the folks at home. here is what he is saying so far. as president i wanted to share with russ

and if we pass h.r. 953 today, for decade and decade to come, e.p.a. will continue to regulate pesticides in this country. but as the result of litigation, mr. speaker, the courts are forcing e.p.a. not to regulate pesticides as pesticides but to regulate pesticides as pollutant discharges, as if there's something else to do with pesticide other than to spray it. they're saying you can't just get a permit to use your pesticide, mr. speaker. you can't just read the label and the proper application and get a permit to apply as indicated on the label, you must also get a permit to discharge a pollutant as if the pesticide is not already regulated as a pesticide itself. mr. speaker, it makes no sense. and the good news is i'm surrounded by a team of excellence here in the united states house of representatives and in a bipartisan way we've already agreed that it makes no sense. you'll recall, mr. speaker, we brought a substantially similar measure to the floor. we passed it under a process called suspend the rules. it's a process we save for those bills th

here's national security advisor h.r. mcmaster during an off-camera briefing with reporters this morning. >> we're all wondering why somebody who is now a senior administration official would want or need a back channel to russia, and from your view what the security concerns are surrounding that, if it's appropriate to set something like that up? >> no, it's not that i'm in any way been involved with or have any knowledge of. >> president trump made no mention of the new reports to troops in sicily earlier as he wrapped up his nine-day trip. here's the president doubling down on comments he made before nato leaders this week. >> a big difference over the last year. money is actually starting to pour into nato from countries that would not have been doing what they're doing now had i not been elected, i can tell you that. money is starting to pour in. >> joining me now is nbc's ken dilanian. ken, good to see you. nbc has not confirmed the reporting from "the washington post" that was reportedly intercepted from this ball,

. 1492 -- of h.r. 192, the passage of h.r. 1628 and the passage of 1644. the first vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote. the remaining votes will be conducted as five-minute votes. the unfinished business is the vote on passage of h.r. 219. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h r. 2192, a bill to amend the public health service act to eliminate the nonapplication of certain state waiver provisions to members of congress and congressional staff. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on passage of the bill. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 227. -- nays are the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 429. the nays are zero. the

h.r. mcmaster briefing reporters on the exclosive "washington post" story that claimed president trump shared highly. >> clay: classified material with the russians in the oval office, a story that's been krocory on rated by other news organizations. that the story in "the washington post" was false. the premise was fault and that what the president did reveal was appropriate for the conversation. john, what did you make of those comments from the general? >> well, the it was interesting and like last night, the remarks by h.r. mcmaster were in the way of a nondenial denial. he said false in the sense that national security had been harmed, but he declined to say whether or not president trump had revealed classified information to the russian officials saying we don't say what's classified and what's not. he did not deny that the president had identified a city where gleaned, that he was passing on. he try ied to minimize that by saying well, there aren't that many cities in the places we

just a short time ago, national security adviser general h.r. mcmaster was in the room when the president met with the russians and the national security adviser stressed that the president did absolutely nothing wrong. mcmaster also provided the context of what the president was saying at the time. >> the president was emphasizing, we have common interests here. we have to work together and we have cooperation with trans national terrorist organizations, isis in particular, they took down a russian airline and murdered over 200 people in 2013. so this was the context of the conversation in which it was totally appropriate to share what the threat was as a basis for common action and coordination. >> let's go to cnn chief washington correspondent jake tapper and anchor of "the lead." jake, sources say that the president shared this classified information. >> reporte >> h.r. mcmaster and others, when they pushed back on the story originally yesterday, they were saying that the president did not divulge sources and methods and mcmaster saying he d

liz: listen to what h.r. mcmaster said earlier about two hours ago about who might have been compromised. here's the sound bite. >> the president in no way compromise any sources or methods in the course of this conversation? liz: how can he be so sure of that? he said shortly after the story was broken, and we all know the russians, the russians will take information, they'll triangulate it, figure it out, take back channels and trace it. we've known in the past they then killed spies they thought were at the center of revealing something. i don't know, the israelis say they're fine with this. do you think that's just a line? >> what are the israelis going to say? they don't want a spat with the united states. i'm sure they're furious. and liz, you are exactly right, the russians can take the information, and apparently reportedly, the president told them which city -- now we know israeli spy was in, well, that guy may not be long for this world. this guy seems to be single best source of intelligence and is

also, coming out, h.r. mcmaster doubles down on president trump's right to share information with russia. he would not say whether the information was classified. >> there is no other day, let's try another way. >> keep watching all you aging rockers. we will celebrate pink floyd. turkish president has met u.s. president donald trump for the first time. relations were cool. they remained cool when the men came at. the allies pledged to support each other and boost economic ties but their main points of disagreement remain. >> building bridges in washington. it was president erdogan's first face-to-face meeting with donald trump. he was on a charm offensive. >> once again, i would like to congratulate president trump for the legendary triumph you want any election. it has led to the awakening of an new set of aspirations, expectations and hopes in our region. seeking to repair with a key nato ally. especially important to her turkish president increasingly isolated from the european union. but tensions remai

national security advisor h.r. mcmaster strongly defending the president an hour ago when he was asked point-blank if he denies that the president revealed information given to the u.s. by intelligence partner. >> reporter: are you denying that he revealed information given to the u.s. by an intelligence partner? >> what we do not do is discuss what is and is not classified but in the context of that discussion, what the president discussed with the foreign minister was wholly appropriate to that conversation and is consistent with the routine sharing of information between the president and any leaders with whom he is engaged. >> reporter: was it received from an intelligence partner? >> i'm not going to be the one to confirm that sort of information that could jeopardize, could jeopardize our security. >> jon: we have life fox team coverage, mike emanuel on capitol hill with reaction from lawmakers but we begin with kevin corke who is live right now at the white house. >> real frustration faintly on the part of w

and it was surprising to hear that h.r.oken to tom bossert about why he alerted the agencies about donald trump's comment. everyone is focused on the nuances of what donald trump said in the oval office when he was meeting with kislyak and lavrov. when you look at the big picture, this is a huge question of judgment. h.r. mcmaster is saying that his behavior was wholly appropriate. donald trump has created a huge communication crisis. he's tweeted more than 40 times about the russians and/or department of justice officials since it was known to us that he was under investigation. and one of those tweets was about tapes. it was a provocative veiled threat about james comey warning him not to leak because there may be tapes. now it's coming back to haunt him. if you have tapes, we want transcripts and we want to hear what you've said to the russians. he's created huge questions about his judgment. >> cedric, we just heard the president say that it was a great meeting with the foreign minister of russia, very successful meetin

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h.r. mcmaster addressing reporters earlier this evening, declaring that this story is just not accurate. here's what he had to say. >> there's nothing that the president takes more seriously than the security of the american people. the story that came out tonight as reported is false. the president and the foreign minister reviewed a range of common threats to our two countries, including threats to civil aviation, at no time, at no time, were intelligence sources or methods discussed and the president did not disclose any military operations that were not already publicly known. to oth two other senior officials that were present, including the secretary of state remember the meeting the same way and have said so. i was in the room, it didn't happen. thanks, everybody. thank you. >> and that was it, anderson. h.r. mcmaster did not take any questions from reporters, he did not answer the questions, but you heard h.r. mcmaster say that the president did not reveal any sources or methods, h

nicole: white house national security advisor h.r.g again with partners in the region and globally and that involves enforcement of the human sanctions in place. it may mean ratcheting up sanctions even further and also means being prepared for military operations if necessary. nicole: this comes after north korea this country and test fired a ballistic missile. the missile launch appeared to have failed. meanwhile, australia's prime minister saying his country would not tolerate north korea's drag to regional peace previous translator to meet with donald trump on thursday right here in new york. lauren: he is busy meeting with important leaders. steve mnuchin sitting down to discuss how the economic sanctions are a key tool for national security. >> we just came out with 250 new sanctions on. entities. sanctions on north korea, administering iran sanctions in russia's sanctions. these are important programs that we work hard at and that the intelligence community. >> when you want to impact something can you cut off the funding. >> a

is this going to rattle h.r. mcmaster? >> i think so.it is -- i understand what mcmaster is trying -- probably had in his mind when he came there and people like mattis and general kelly at dhs, too, right? let me get in there, they'll be grown-ups, if trump isn't responsible, we can contain the damage and if he is, we can make something of this presidency. but they're not having impact and, in fact, what they're doing is, you know, they say he's going to back article 5 in nato, and then he doesn't do it and it's all been more hurtful to american credibility when he doesn't do it. i think it's -- i grew up in a military family, myself, and i know that's a difficult situation to be in when you feel like you're in a political conflict. they should leave and let the american people -- and not prop this presidency up and let the american people, and let the republican party, see what this presidency really is about and figure out what they want to do about it. >> do you have any reporting on the dynamic, the personal dynamic between general

royce: i move the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. syria is is the caesar civilian protection act as amended. the clerk: h.r. 1677, the halt of the wholesteal slaughter of the syrian people and hold syrian human rights abusers accountable for their crimes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. royce, and the gentleman from new york, mr. engel, each will control 20 minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. royce: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include any extraneous material in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. royce: i also ask unanimous consent to place into the record exchanges of letters with other committees regarding this bill. the speaker pro tempore: also without objection. mr. royce: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for such time. mr. royce: mr. speaker

up, national security adviser lieutenant general h.r. trump's conversation with russian officials was "wholly appropriate and routine." we will have more on that next and the turkish president's visit to washington, d.c. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ vonnie: this is "bloomberg markets." want to bring me some headlines on your -- twitter. about two and a quarter percent following that announcement. once again, it's don't returning to the current -- business stone to thestone returning company. in hot waterse is after reports president trump disclosed highly classified information on an islamic state plot with russia's foreign minister and ambassador. the intelligence involved a plan to use laptops as weapons aboard commercial flights. i want to bring in rob levinso n with us from our washington, d.c. bureau. i assume you heard what h.r. .cmaster said excuse me, we will back -- get back to you in a second, let's get to the president of the united states. president trump: it is a great honor to have president erdogan from turkey here. andre going

the fact h.r.cmaster, the national security adviser used the words at no time were intelligence methods discussed. wrote this story, said i think the white house is playing word games. you see it in much more stark terms. you see mcmaster as playing us. >> he is. he knows what he's doing. i think he's lost credibility in the last 24 hours. any sbl person taken intel 101 can figure out what general mcmaster is doing. two elements of intel, what you collect and how you collect it. how you collect it is the most sensitive, potential part of this. that is how you intercept someone's communications, whether you have an informant within isis or al qaeda. what mcmaster said the president debate reveal anything about sources, how anything was collected. excuse me, of course. the question isn't whether he revealed anything about sources and methods, he probably doesn't know. the question is whether he talked about top secret intelligence. general mcmaster artfully avoided that. i assume what happened here i

now you have h.r. national security adviser, sterling reputation having to ask questions, -- answer questions, in this case not answer questions about whether the president of the united states disrupted sovereignty with russia who stand accused of interfering in our election, and then being asked whether he was consulted by the president about what to say if the comey situation came up. and then what we haven't talked about is what did mcmaster say if and when that did happen in the oval office? h.r. mcmaster is in an impossible situation right now. so are a lot of people in the trump administration, quite frankly. >> and joan, you've heard all these powers of intrigue that have come out, one saying president trump is frustrated with general mcmaster, that he's a pain, quote, unquote, but at the same time mcmaster seems to have had a great deal of influence over what was said inside saudi arabia today. it almost sounded like the old bush administration not d denigreden denigrating them as a faith. can