have have access to some extremely sensitive security sensitive information and so instead it was pushed into the in the the security committee the intelligence and security committee and many people at the time and i remember the time i was chief executive of an organization called freedom from torture and i remember going to see ken clarke who was the justice set for at the time urging him to reinstate the judge led inquiry but it was put into the intelligence and security committee and many people thought that it was going to be a whitewash well i think we can say with the revelations from that committee now that is certainly not the case there is no question of a whitewash here and i think the time of course there were serious questions and had to be answered now i think will still have to be answered if we are going to get another proper judicial inquiry into this by those who are in positions of political prominence of the time my understanding from the cases which nearly always were settled out of court by the u.k. government because they were terrified of having all this information laid bare in a court of law the every single act of

would have led to a demand to take action against them as we heard in the report the intelligence and security committee of the produced it was denied access to military and security agency stuff and the detainees themselves by the british government the report therefore would be able to paint a full picture of the abuses suffered by detainees i mean what isn't this report telling us then well it's telling us that the united kingdom government work with the united states after nine eleven and was complicit in a lot of the things that that the united states did but unlike the united states where we have an independent a legislative branch the this committee the parliamentary committee could not force people to testify it couldn't subpoena people because in a parliamentary system you know you have the one government then obviously the the a prime minister may does not want to deal with this now given all the other issues you're dealing with like for example as well as president trump undermining of the atlantic alliance has the u.k. breached its commitments the international prohibition of cruel inhumane

britain's intelligence and security committee said it was beyond doubt that the u.k. new how america handled some detainees. but the committee founded no evidence of a policy to deliberately overlook such cases. you are watching "bbc world news am 1-0l to come, england loses to belgium. winning their next matchne --the match is against colombia. the duke of cambridge has visited some oferusalem's most sacred sites on the final day of his tour of the middle east, including the temple mount. this report w from our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, does contain flash photography. it is a city which has tha sacred significance fo followers of three different judaism, islam, from the mount of olives, william looked over to the oldle city of jerusa fought over in centuries past and still a placof dispute. on temple mount, generated by jews and muslims, he visited the qsa mosque, the third holiest site in the islamic faith. the imams who showed him around said williams visit sent a message of hope and support. the church of the holy sepulcher is one of the holiest plac

and the mistreatment of detainees the british parliament intelligence committee report says the security agency supplied questions for the interrogation of prisoners they knew or suspected was subjected to cruel inhumane and degrading treatment paul brennan reports. the brutal methods of western intelligence agencies after nine eleven included waterboarding starvation sleep deprivation stress positions verbal threats and physical assaults on the u.k.'s intelligence and security committee set out to uncover the extent of british involvement after fifty hours of testimony and forty thousand documents the conclusion was clear in the view the united kingdom tolerated actions and took others that we regard as inexcusable the committee declared itself astonished that despite rendition being illegal in britain there is still no clear policy on the u.k.'s involvement in the practice by other countries via the u.k. and while there was no smoking gun showing british agents had physically abused detainees there were hundreds of cases where agents had been involved in interrogations despite knowing

a committee of british mps has found that intelligence officers in the uk had tolerated the inexcusable treatment of detainees by american agents after the 9/11 attacks. the intelligence and securityit was "beyond doubt" the agencies knew what was happening. the findings have sparked fresh calls for an independent, judge—led inquiry. president trump and vladimir putin are to hold a summit in the finnish capital, helsinki, next month. the meeting will take place onjuly 16. the white house said the two presidents would discuss us—russian relations and a range of national security issues. leaders from the european union are expected to talk late into the night to decide a new approach to migration. italy's new populist government is taking a hard line and germany's angela merkle is under pressure at home. ——merkel our europe editor, katya adler is in brussels. we have had high drama here tonight, when the italians basically said they would be blocking any decisions at this summit until they get concrete help with migrant arrivals on their shores. you see, yes, the main focus at this summit is migration, but leaders are also here to discuss brexit, the economy, security, and defence.

a committee of british mps has found that intelligence officers in the uk had tolerated the inexcusable treatment of detainees by american agents after the 9/11 attacks. the intelligence and securityee said it was beyond doubt the agencies knew what was happening. the findings have sparked fresh calls for an independent, judge—led inquiry. president trump and vladimir putin are to hold a summit in the finnish capital, helsinki, next month. the meeting will take place on 16july. the white house said the two presidents would discuss us—russian relations and a range of national security issues. a team of specialist british divers have landed in thailand to help in the search for 12 teenagers and their 25—year—old football coach who remain trapped in an underground cave network. the boys went off to explore the caves after their usual saturday morning football practice. but a sudden rainstorm flooded the entrance to the caves, leaving the youngsters stranded inside. prince william has laid flowers at the tomb of princess alice, the duke of edinburgh's mother, at the church of mary magdalene. the prince also prayed at the most sacred site in judaism when he visited the western wall in

intelligence agents knew about and tolerated hundreds of cases in which prisoners were tortured or mistreated by the americans or other allies after 9/11, according to a new report by mps. the intelligence and security committeeubt" that the uk knew about us behaviour, and it described the americans' treatment of detainees as "inexcusable". 0ur security correspondent, gordon corera, joins me now. gordon, this report sounds really damning. i think it's one of the most damning reports we've ever seen from the oversight body that holds britain's spiced account. the context was after 9/11, when there was huge pressure to gather intelligence and prevent more attacks, and it was clear that, for the us, the gloves came off but britain was slow to realise what its closest ally was doing, even as some british officers reported from the field what they were seeing. but also i think this report reveals they were more complicit in some of these activities than we previously understood. in 13 cases, they witnessed mistreatment, in two cases, they were party to it. in hundreds of cases, they were providing questions when they suspected somebody was being mistreated and in some cases they offered to pa pal mistreated and in

you make the first thing to say is that dominic grieve he chaired this inquiry the intelligence and security committee is a conservative but nonetheless one of the most well respected who is on all sides of politics in the u.k. parliament and i think that he and his committee have done an excellent job but within certain constraints so for example this committee ultimately answers to the prime minister and can only publish such material as is allowed by number ten downing street and the committee itself said that it wasn't allowed to interview the individual witnesses from the agencies and bouts of the problem and so i think that it's very important now that we have a full blown gigia. inquired they said a judge can actually call those witnesses and demand to be attendance of individuals because you know there will still be on the answer questions on the pulse of victims of torture and on the part of the british public i think secondly and this is equally damning the committee talked about present guidance this is guidance it's in operation even today in the nation to how agencies deal with detainees

the intelligence and security committee itself said it was unable to get to the bottom of everything e of the officers involved and thatis some of the officers involved and that is why some people think there should be a judge —— enquiry. lessons learned? should be a judge —— enquiry. lessons learned ? the should be a judge —— enquiry. lessons learned? the committee have concerned about the current guidance and whether it is fit for purpose including over rendition. and unprecedented times? we have a president on the campaign trail who talked about returning to water boarding so it's not inconceivable that perhaps god forbid after a terrorist attack you could see similar circumstances so this report isn't just about the past but similar circumstances so this report isn'tjust about the past but it is important about the future as well. a meeting between president trump and the russian president, vladimir putin, has been confirmed for the 16th ofjuly in helsinki. it'll be the first summit between the two leaders since donald trump came to office and the second time they have met. the me

the intelligence and security committee itself said it was not able to get to the bottom of every gamenterview some of the officers involved. that is why some people still think there should bea some people still think there should be a judge leading quarry. have a lessons being learned ? be a judge leading quarry. have a lessons being learned? the committee has concerns about the current guidance on whether it is fully fit for purpose, including over rendition. finally, unprecedented times. in the white house we have a president who won the campaign trail talked about returning to water boarding. it is not an conceivable that after a terrorist attack, god forbid it happened you could see similar circumstances again. for that reason this report is notjust about past but it is important about the future as well. england narrowly lost their world cup group match to belgium this evening. they went down 1—0 in kaliningrad. it means they finish second in their group but have qualified for the knock out stages of the tournament. our sports editor dan roan watched the action. the crunch match

thank you also to this just to thisjust in to this just in from the parliament intelligent and security committeethis country tolerated inexcusable treatment of detainees by america in the so—called war on terror that followed the 9/11 attacks in 2001. we will have more on that through the programme of course. do get in touch with us throughout the morning — use the hashtage victorialive and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. this is from someone who said that it is arrogant to assume england will have an easier passage if they finish running up, beating tunisia and anorak is no barometer of their chances. —— and panama. let's get some sport now. sarah is at the bbc sport centre. i think most of us and all of germany are coming to terms with the fa ct germany are coming to terms with the fact the defending champions are out to the world cup, on their way home after the earliest exit in 80 years after the earliest exit in 80 years after losing 2—0 to south korea. they considered twice in injury time as they pressed for a goal that would have sent them through with kim y

the intelligence and security committee said it was "beyond doubt" the uk knew the us mistreated prisonersell us more. a really damning report from the oversight body which holds our spies to account here in the uk. it says in terms of this mistreatment, which happened in the yea rs mistreatment, which happened in the years after 9/11, it was mainly carried out by the united states, british spies were directly involved —— were not directly involved in terms of actually torturing anyone themselves but we did find out a lot more about what they knew and their involvement with us mistreatment. this included two times when uk officials were party to mistreatment, 13 times when they witnessed mistreatment, 232 cases where they supplied questions for interrogation the people they knew or suspected were being mistreated, three times when apparently they we re three times when apparently they were either financing or offering to finance rendition operations, which is when a detainee is transferred to another country to be mistreated. so we got a lot more detail today. the real criticism is that th

intelligence agents knew about and tolerated hundreds of cases in which prisoners were tortured or mistreated by the americans or other allies after 9/11, according to a new report by mps. the intelligence and security committeehat the uk knew about us behaviour — and it described the americans' treatment of detainees as ‘inexcusable.’ 0ur security correspondent gordon corera has more. i mean the context was that period after 9/11, after the attacks in the wind there was huge pressure to gather intelligence to prevent more attacks, to save lives. and it was clear that for the us the gloves came off, but that britain was slow to realise what its closest ally was doing. even as some british officers reported from the field what they were seeing, and also i think this report reveals that they were more complicit in some of these activities than we previously understood. in 13 cases they witnessed mistreatment, in two cases they were party to it, in hundreds of cases they were providing questions when they suspected someone was being mistreated. in some cases they actually paid, were offered to pay for rendition, now that's the process when you fly a detainee to another country with the expectation tortured, or m

and reports. the brutal methods of western intelligence agencies after nine eleven included waterboarding starvation sleep deprivation stress positions verbal threats and physical assaults on the u.k.'s intelligence and security committee set out to uncover the extent of british involvement after fifty hours of testimony and forty thousand documents the conclusion was clear in the view the united kingdom tolerated actions and took others that we regard as inexcusable the committee declared itself astonished that despite rendition being illegal in britain there is still no clear policy on the u.k.'s involvement in the practice by other countries via the u.k. and while there was no smoking gun showing british agents had physically abused detainees there were hundreds of cases where agents had been involved in interrogations despite knowing or suspecting mistreatment but crucially the committee was prevented from talking to the agents involved we want to talk to the people who were in those posts back at that time and in addition to that we want to talk to people who were in the field at that time because without it you call fill in potential gaps campaigners say it's time for a judge led independent inquiry which has gre

the intelligence and security committee say it‘s "beyond doubt" that british authorities knew the americanselves mistreated detainees. conservative mp, dominic grieve, is chair of the committee. we have not found any evidence that uk agency offices or defence intelligence personnel directly carried out physical mistreatment of detainees. we have found evidence of uk officers making verbal threats in nine cases. we also found two cases in which uk personnel were party to detainee mistreatment administered by others. with me is cori crider — she represented abdul hakim belhaj and fatima boudchar in their rendition case against the uk government and is former director at human rights organisation reprieve. what do you make of this report? the reality is this is the most damning report into the intelligence agency ever produced by parliament. it is absolutely extraordinary and jaw—dropping. it is notjust exhibit ain jaw—dropping. it is notjust exhibit a in the argument for a judge later enquiry, the ise has exposed several matters for the police. what was jack straw doing when in october 2004 h

> brennan: we turn now to republican congressman will hurd of texas he sits on intelligence and homeland security committees joins us live from san antonio. congressman, good morning to you. i want to quickly ask you this "new york times" obtained letter from the president's attorneys laying out their agriculture you'llment saying he as president has complete control over federal investigations, cannot be compelled to testify and could not have obstructed the fbi's probe into rushelecon. sitting on house intelligence as do you what do you make of this argue. [. >> well, this is going to be something that will be supported out through the judicial system i'm not a lawyer. but one of the things i've learned is if you are innocent, act like you're innocent and bob mueller should be allowed to continue his investigation and turn over any stone and pursue any lead. >> brennan: should the president be compelled to testify to bob mueller, the special counsel? >> this will be a judicial issue that -- what is, what can he be compelled to do. if you don't have anything to hide why wouldn't you testify. that would hel

and the president. the former director of security for the senate intelligence committee wants to handle classified information, james wolf wasn't cited and arrested accused of making false statements to the fbi when investigating leaks of classified information. some of those allegedly occurred as the intel committee was investigating russian interference in the presidential election. wolf is charged with lying to three reporters including use of encrypted messaging acts. the city chair and vice chair are cooperating with investigators. the new york times reporting that the doj seized email and phone records from allie watkins, the information seized predated the work when she was at buzz feed and fbi agents were seeking information about a previous 3-year romantic relationship with james wolf, the senate intelligence committee's former director of security saying they were investigating unauthorized leaks. we will follow it. the long-awaited inspector general report on fbi handling of the hillary clinton investigation. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge following new developments overnight.

and involved in what is still obviously a developing story is the intelligence committee. this long time staffer from the intelligence committee who is reportedly under investigation for unauthorized disclosure of information, he is the securityirector at the intelligence committee. and as far as i understand it, that means that he would have been responsible on the intelligence committee for making sure that classified information and secret information was closely and appropriately held. under that circumstance, if -- if he was involved in any unauthorized disclosure of information particularly from the very important perch is that the sort of thing that congress policies itself or would you expect the justice department would get involved in that as a potentially criminal matter? >> you know, the -- this raises really important kind of constitutional questions between the two branchs you've seen before where the justice department tried to investigate leaks from congress and congress has been resistant about turning over information to the justice department. i think one of the things we don't know here is what leak the justice department is investigating. and this really is important. because there are leaks i would argue

and the justice department watchdog report from two influential republican lawmakers, congressman devin nunes is chairman of the house intelligence committee and michael mccall leads the house homeland security committee. that is tomorrow, 10:00 a.m. eastern on fox news channel. a fox news alert now. with security at the world cup already ramped up in russia, there was quite a scare after a taxi plowed into a crowd in moscow's red square, injuring at least eight people. police say they believe the driver lost control of his vehicle. what more do we know? brian is live in the new york city newsroom with more. >> reporter: the russian news agency is reporting the taxi driver is telling russian police he fell asleep behind the wheel, causing his car to go onto a busy sidewalk, mowing down pedestrians at red square in moscow. eight people are injured, two of the injured are mexican. the streets of moscow are festive and packed with viewing parties and fans that are all there for the world cup. these are photos from the scene but video online is really just horrific and we're efforting to get it. it shows the taxi driver coming to an almost complete stop before it swerves to the right, accelerati

and president. the former director of security for the senate intelligence committee who was to handle or classified information, james wells, has been indicted and arrested. he's accused of making false to all my statements to the fbi while they were investigating weeks of classified information. some of those apparently allegedly occurred nicely until committee was investigating potential russian interference in the presidential election. wolfe has charge of lying about his contacts with three reporters including through his use of encrypted messaging apps. the senate intelligence committee chair and vice chair say they are cooperating with investigators. meanwhile, "the new york times" reporting tonight that the doj secretly seized emails and phone records from reporter ali watkin. they said the information seized predated her work there back when she was at buzzfeed, and that "fbi agents approached watkins seeking information about a previous three-year romantic relationship with james a wolfe. the senate intelligence committee's former director security. they were investigating unauthorized lea

and never heard his voice. the man who is director of security operations for the senate intelligence committee, was seen escorting witnesses in and out of the secure areas of the senate buildings where these interviews would take place. all throughout last year. in that role he also handled a lot of sensitive and classified information. now, you heard the president talk about the leaking of classified information. that's not actually what wolfe is charged with. wolfe is in this indictment unsealed last night charged with lying to the fbi about his contact with several different reporters, and while some stories dealt with subjects close to the russia investigation and things that may or may not have been classified, that was not in the indictment itself last night, although we could learn more today. we've followed the story a little while, heard rumbling it might be coming. nbc reach the wolfe wednesday night and told us he had not been contacted by the fbi at all. that wasn't true. thursday night, reached him. he said no comment. he's not shown up at the courthouse we're able to tell yet today. unclear what, if

president trump this committee, which is really spearheaded by the treasury secretary and made up of various folks in the intelligence community and not too transparent, unlike the securitiesnd exchange commission. partsare several moving committees. very quickly, i would note former president obama used it twice in his entire eight-year term. president trump has already used it twice in just his first two years. david: we just heard about the correlation. let's talk about the causation. was going on the stock market right now? the correlation would suggest that stocks were trading off of idiosyncratic factors. that would suggest it is more of a macro issue. -- thely the element elephant in the room is the rumored announcement that the administrative going to put up walls in terms of foreigners investing. i am not sure the treasury secretary's tweet is supposed to be good news, saying we don't just not what china's money come up we don't when anyone else's either. then you referred to harley davidson kumal which i think is an interesting sort of beacon. if you -- davidson, which i think is an interesting sort of begin. you got this image of these guys riding harleys" to th

intelligence committee and house intelligence committee have oversight over the fbi, cia and nsa and as a result the folks on the committee and work for those committees have access to our most sensitive national security matters. it's always a good thing we see investigation and prosecution of folks if they're not handling that information appropriately. >> bill: what did you think about the president's comment about james comey, "james comey and his band of thieves." >> the president always has colorful language to describe mr. comey. i'm interested in the language general horowitz uses to describe mr. comey when we see the report next week. it's expected next week and we'll have hearings following that over in the house and in the senate. i think what i would remind your viewers as we call it the hillary clinton e-mail investigation but it's an investigation whether the secretary of state violated the espionage act and that would be serious and we saw a case where no grand jury wasn't convened and witnesses representing each other and witnesses sitting in on interviews with alleged co-conspirators. folks lying to the fbi given immunity agreements. all those things, bill, as a federal prosecutor and

national security interests and as you laid out in your remarks there, way back in 2012, the house intelligence committeeting testimony from national security experts concluded on a bipartisan basis that zte and huawei, another telecommunications company posed a threat, a risk to u.s. national security and that hasn't changed. as recently as february, you had the director of the fbi, the head of the cia, all the other intelligence folks say, it's a bad idea to allow zte or huawei to be doing business in the united states. the federal trade commission has recommended that u.s. telecom companies not do any business with zte. so this is a national security issue which is why another part of the amendment that senator cotton and i proposed would prohibit u.s. government agencies from purchasing phones or equipment from zte. >> let me ask you about north korea. in the wake of the summit that president trump had with kim jong-un in singapore, do you believe that america is safer today from the north korean threat than it was on monday? >> i do not believe that the threat has changed and here's why. because nor

we know the name of the staffer is james wolfe, senate intelligence committee, he was in charge of maintaining the security andmittee. he's charged now with lying repeatedly to fbi agents in december of 2017 about repeated contacts with three reporters, including through his use of encrypted messaging applications? >> reporter: that's right, lawrence. we also know he's being charged with improperly handling sensitive committee materials. they say this represents a major breach. obviously, though, there are political undertones to all of this. it's a matter of where he is leaking this information and i don't think it can be taken totally in a vacuum considering that tonight the "new york times" is reporting that one of its own reporters had her telephone and electronic communication seized by the justice. we understand that's ally watkins, she's someone who cover the same beat i do. we know they cover the robert mueller investigation. so i don't think they can be taken separately. first, yes, someone in wolfe's position is supposed to be sensitive about the way they handle materials and certainly they can be ch

prosecutors say that james wolf, the former director of security for the senate intelligence committee denied having contact with reporters, and then lied to the fbi. a recently unsealed indictment describes both had regular contact with three journalists from too thousand 15-to thousand 17 . >> it's a very important leader. it's very interesting. i am getting information on it now. it happened last niulbe aat s going to gressively hunt down pe press. >> to sports now. golden state warrior fans are getting their grooves ready tonight and putting the champagne on ice . >> we are ready to do a little sleeping. the doves have a chance to sweep the cavaliers in cleveland tonight and when another nba title. >>> this was the celebration at the warriors watch party at oracle arena after wednesday's victory. another watch party is planned there tonight. tickets, no surprise, are already sold out. but, here is a look at some other watch parties in the bay area this evening. in oakland, on ninth street between washington street and broadway. if you are in alameda, you can head to the alameda theater on central avennew knee stadium. and

and initial government response to cyber security warnings about russia. witnesses predict that china will most likely be the next major cyber security threat to the u.s. from the senate intelligence committee this is an hour and a half.

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and offensively? >> the last year or so has been hard on the american u.s. intelligence committee. you have seen that with various releases from the national securitygency and the cia through groups like the shadow broker's and wikileaks. our defensive capabilities are considered the pinnacle in this space. however we have taken a significant hit over the last few years and i think that will have an impact on how we respond. with respect to his comments a moment ago, as international community this is not to say u.s. problem, we have to determine how we are going to respond to these tests of incidents. when is it appropriate to use force for example and response to a cyberattack attack? when are sanctions appropriate? it has been talked about ad nauseam and there is no easy answer. if there were, we would not be in the situation. >> sanctions have been tightened or extended on russia. how concerned do we need to be about russia? >> you bring up a good point. a lot of the sanctions that have been put on russia have not seems to have that much of an effect. vladimir putin got reelected. the price of oil is rising again. they are hosting the world cup

the man tasked with overseeing security and classified information to the senate intelligence committee has been indicted and arrested amid allegations of multiple reporters including one from the new york times when the committee was investigating russian interference in the presidential election. plus reaction from paul ryan's comments on this bygate controversy. and henry digging into the pres.'s unconventional to somatic --

and mr trump's visit to the united kingdom. the parliamentary committee that oversees the work of the intelligence and security services has accusedited states. there were 13 incidents after the september the 11th terror attacks where detainees we re 11th terror attacks where detainees were mistreated by the us. the committee found no evidence uk officers carried out physical mistreatment. we will be bringing you the business news in a moment, but first the headlines on afternoon live. 100 soldiers arrived to help firefighters tackle all and blazing greater manchester. it has been burning forfour greater manchester. it has been burning for four days greater manchester. it has been burning forfour days a greater manchester. it has been burning for four days a last weeks because of the weather. eu leaders arrive in brussels for talks despite being told time is running out to strike a deal. theresa may is confident of making progress. the pressure is off. england fans prepare for the world cup match against belgian and russia knowing england are already through to the final 16. the business headlines. energy supplier as as he has pai

received in hearings, briefings and meetings with secretary mattis, chairman dunford, the leadership of the mitary services, the intelligence committee, and other national security experts. the bill provides a total of $675 billion to the department of fiss -- for fiscal year 2019. this is d 19 billion above the fiss -- d 19 billion above the fiscal -- $19 billion above the fiscal 2018 level and is consistent with the total funding level in the house-passed authorization bill. the bill provides full funding to address military personnel needs, including full funding for an additional 16,400 active, guard and reserve soldiers, sailors and airmen. and fully funding for the 2.6% pay raise for our troops. the bill provides critical funding to repair and improve our military readiness, including $1 billion over the request for training and equipping our troops, including the national guard and reserve, and for ting, equipment, maintenance and spare parts and base operations. it includes $21 billion for depot maintenance, to get our planes and ships back in working order. for procurement, the bill provides adequate funding to modernize the force. major investments inc

concerned about the justice department's decision to seize phone and email records, the former director for security of the senate intelligence committee with leaking information and lying about it to the fbi. >> reporter: james wolf appeared in a federal courtroom friday to face charges he lied to the fbi. for months wolff was escorting some of the prominent witnesses in the russia probe before senate investigators. as the senate intelligence committee's director of security, he had access to classified information some of which investigators say he was rm er leakintobuzzfeed reporter ali watkins. wolf and watkins had a four-yea. prosecutors say they exchanged tens of thousands of electronic communications including daily texts and phone calls and they'd mestairwells, restaurants and the inetreporter's apartme. investigators long wolff leaked information about s and people under scrutinyubpo by th senate intelligence committee. in this article april 3rd, 2017 watkins wrote about foreign poll at this adviser carter page who agreed to cooperate with the senate investigation. in december of 2017, fbi agents interviewed wolff about his co

and how he wraektsz will be something that most folks probably will be watching for today. >> thanks very much. let's bring in national security commentator mike rogers, former chair of the house intelligence committee and jeffrey tube bin joins us now. mr. chairman, i want to start with you. i think that the speculation is it's going to be very tough on james comey. in how he handled the hillary clinton probe, what are you looking for specifically and what questions do you think this will answer? >> for the first part of this, all that really sharp edge partisan that's been coming off on capitol hill on who did what and when, this probably will be the one that calls the balls and strikes on what actually happening. inspector general horwitz has a great reputation. this will be probably the definitive argument on what happened. i don't think it's going to be good for the senior levels of the fbi, unfortunately, and i don't think it's going to be good for the dojf. you look at the way they're trying to warm up the framing of, you think there are lots of bad decisions. criminal decisions, probably not but bad decisions, probably a lot of them. >> jeffrey, we talked a little bit. i think we should play

and that's where our universities come in. that's where most of the important research takes place. this past february, f.b.i. director wray testified before the senate intelligence committee about the security risks posed by certain foreign students and visiting scientists and scholars at america's colleges and universities. directors wray's were brief, and because of the sensitive and classified nature of the issue, he could not provide the full context and breadth of the concerns in an open setting. but what he has said publicly is alarming. he said that the f.b.i. is watching warily, he said naivete was exacerbating the problem. i think by nay kwraoef taeu, he -- b'nai kwraoef taeu, he meant a lack of public awareness of problem and a lack of vigilance on the part of our university systems and the public generally that is what he was referring to as naivete and it's hurting our national security. he also said the chinese government has been very aggressive about planting spies, foreign intelligence officers, on our university campuses, in our research facilities in order to accomplish its goals. that's not the only way they're doing it, but that is a significant way they are trying to ac

trump administration and a fascinating example of the debate between security and freedom, federal prosecutors are accusing a former staff employee of the senate intelligence committeeames wolfe of lying about his contacts with reporters. his position would give him access to classified information. he made his first court appearance in a baltimore courtroom earlier today. he faces three counts of making false statements to the fbi. that's important. the charges are about false statements not about the leaking of information. he was ordered to appear in a court in washington next tuesday. this case is about more than just leaks. consider how investigators built their case. they secretly seized years worth of phone and e-mail records of a "new york times" reporter. the times writes, this is the first known instance of the justice department going after a reporter's data under president trump. earlier today the president praise the arrest but added he is a fan of press freedom. >> very interesting that they caught a leaker, and a very important -- a very important leaker. so it's very interesting. i believe strongly in freedom of the press. i am a big, big believer in

and the fox news at night team. shannon: digging for answers in the case of james wolf, the former director of security for the senate intelligence committee. you heard the news break right here last night. wolf it appeared made avidin his sensitive role of communicating with the media including a college intern with whom he reportedly had a romantic relationship. what is behind it all? love and leaks or anti-trump bias? breaking news from atty. gen. jeff sessions speaking for the first time since declaring he will not defend the constitutionality of key sections of obamacare. we investigate what it means for the signature event of donald trump's predecessor. can a farmer be banned from selling his goods because he won't condone same-sex weddings in his orchard. tonight, james will, former director of security for the senate intelligence committee walks past cameras after his first day in court charged with lying to federal investigators about his contact with reporters some of whom were reporting heavily on the russia investigation one of whom was in a romantic relationship with him. catherine herridge is here with the latest. >> reporter

information handled by the senate intelligence committee and he was talking to a number of reporters about sensitive stuff, innocent until proven guilty. >> he's director of security. it wasn't an in consequential task. it appears if you read through the indictment, it appears he was almost a serial leaker. it wasn't just with ali watkins, it was with a number of reporters and over a fairly lengthy period of time. look, i have no idea why he seemed to have a jones for being a source for reporters but they even have messages as an example. one message he sent to a reporter identified in the indictment, reporter number four in which he volunteered his services to the reporter as a source and then admonished them to ensure they never release or identify him by name. he knew what he was doing. for whenever reason, for why ever he got off on being a source and whether he found it exciting or whether in part to impress the journalist or whether in part he was aligned against the president of the current administration, i have no idea. it's all speculation. but from an operational standpoint he signed serious agreements to handle the classified information and broke thos

the man tasked with overseeing security unclassified information for the senate intelligence committee has just been indicted andmid allegations that he leaked multiple reports, including one from "the new york times." during that time the committee was investigating russian interference with the presidential election. plus, reaction to speaker paul ryan's comments on the spygate controversy from our judiciary chairman bob goodlatte. paul ryan is taking you to the president's unconventional diplomatic style, e

securityed with clearances. they just weren't cleared by the central intelligence agency so even if they had a security we really only could answer questions to the hill for house and senate intelligence committees and occasionally the defense theopriators because funding comes through the defense appropriations act so principally our relationship was committees. we constantly got letters of information from other committees, other members, phone calls from members directly to the inspector general seeking information or fortunately or unfortunately, we referred all parties on theal hill over to either the house or senate intelligence committee and they were the broker for that relationship. we didn't go -- whether it was defense, or affairs,rs or foreign we always went back through the senate or house. while it might have been think that the members, certainly the members of the -- the chairman of the and senate intelligence committees certainlyescted the fact that we were respecting unique statutory authorities and relationship with the inspector general. they also -- they also took on mantle of having to manage the relationship among the members of the senate and the and took that monkey off

now, manafort and a russian- ukrainian associate face charges involving alleged witnessta ering. separately, the former security director for the u.s. senate intelligence committee is caught rr in a leak investigation. james wolfe wasted and charged thursday to lying to the i. about his contacts wi reporters. it allegedly happened as the committeprobed the trump mpaign's relations with russia. new details tonight on first lady melania trump, who has been dney procedure a month ago.a her office has given out little informatio but the president says, in fact, it was a "big operation" that lasted nearly four hours. herays doctors do not want flying yet, so she is not attending the g7 meetings. on wall street, stoc ended the week with modest gains. the dow jones industrial average was up 75 points to close at 25,316. the nasdaq rose ten, and the s&p 500 added eight. and, sad news today from charles krauthammer, the syndicated columnist and fox news contributor. he has been off the air for nearly a yea and in a public tter today, he announced that he has terminal cancer, with only a few wkrks to live. thammer is 68. is life with no regrets." leave we're sorry to hear