jason chaffetz tweeted, if memo exists need to see it sooner rather than later. pen is ready. >> on a day we thought things couldn't get any worse, they have. >> if mr. comey is alleging the president did something inappropriate, don't want to read memo but hear from him. >> reporter: urgin comey to return to capitol hill. abc news washington. >> continuing coverage on "nightline" after "jimmy kimmel live." % >>> developing news from south bay, students gotten sick from likely nora virus outbreak. live at hassendda environmental school. >> reporter: 80 children caught the bug and spread quickly through the district from there. cleanup crews are attacking. the playground is off limits. >> best to do is tamp it down so it doesn't spread. >> reporter: 200 cases across ten campuses. not confirmed noer ovirus but all signs lead to it. district advises parents. >> if experiencing symptoms, report to the school. make sure they know. especially if you're keeping them out and be out for a couple of days without sympt before they go back. >> reporter: canceled book fair an

jason chaffetz tweeted, if memo exists need to see it sooner rather than later. pen is ready. >> on a day we thought things couldn't get any worse, they have. >> if mr. comey is alleging the president did something inappropriate, don't want to read memo but hear from him. >> reporter: urging comey to return to capitol hill. abc news washington. >> continuing coverage on "nightline" after "jimmy kimmel live." % >>> developing news from south bay, students gotten sick from likely nora virus outbreak. live at school. >> reporter: 80 children caught the bug and spread quickly through the district from cleanup crews are attacking. the playground is off limits. >> best to do is tamp it down so it doesn't spread. >> reporter: 200 cases across ten campuses. not confirmed noer ovirus but all signs lead to it. district advises parents. >> if experiencing symptoms, report to the school. make sure they know. especially if you're keeping them out and be out for a couple of days without symptoms before they go back. >> reporter: canceled book fair and other events. also freque

jason chaffetz tweeted if the memo exists i need to see it so after revelation on a day when we thought things couldn't get any worse, they have. >> mr. comey is alleging the president did something inappropriate, i don't want to read a memo. i want to hear from him. >> law make herbs urging comey are what he knows.ol hill to >> yesterday evening the house intelligence committee was briefed by the director of the cia on capitol hill. more members of congress want to hear from the white house on what was said in trump's meeting with the russians. diane, kendis. >> only wednesday morning, folks. hang on. white house in the meantime refusing to say whether president trump revealed classified information to the russians. the president defended himself on twitter saying he has an absolute right to share facts pertaining to terrorism with russia. we now know intelligence in question was given to the united states by israel. national security adviser, h.r. mcmaster said the president could not have told the russians the source of the information because he didn't know the source. >> that the p

congressman jason chaffetz tweeting that, in fact mueller has impeccable credentials. as far as the question you asked little while earlier about a change in tone amongst repuic today. and we heard change of tone on both sides. it's no secret, democrats have been hammering at this for weeks now. calling for investigations. calling for em panelment of special prosecutors. we heard top democrats kind of put the brakes on this and republicans sort of saying we're not exactly going to blindly defend the white house in every turn. that came from two key moments. senator joe mansion a democrat from west virginia on the senate intelligence committee. saying we need to let this process play out. saying he's not here to prejudge. not here to make ruling on anybody before all the evidence comes in. a distraught saying this process now in place needs to play itself out. on the other side, republican house speaker paul ryan, you just saw him there at the top of the broadcast said today was very key, jim and shawn. he said while acknowledging that the trump administration's politic

jason chaffetz tweeted quote, mueller is a great selection. with great credentials. adam schiff add this. >> i think there is a far greater chance with a truly independent crown that the public is more likely to accept the result. kennedy: we'll have to wait and see who cries foul and if mueller has the guts to knock it out of the park. i'm kennedy. there was never a special counsel appointed in the obama administration with all the illegal acts that took place in the clinton and obama administration. >> they are on a course correction. this stuff was getting way out of hand. and i would say that the arrival of rosenstein and now the addition of mueller as the special counsel tells us they are ready to get this cleaned up and gets over with and get on with it. kennedy: is there concern about the closeness of the relationship between comey and mueller? both men have been he fusive about one another in the past. mueller challenges then president george w. bush about mass surveillance with comey at his side as the deputy attorney general. and they obviously have a worki

jason chaffetz tweeted quote, mueller is a great selection. with great credentials. adam schiff add this. >> i think there is a far greater chance with a truly independent crown that the public is more likely to accept the result. kennedy: we'll have to wait and see who cries foul andf mueller has the guts to knock it out of the park. i'm kennedy. there was never a special counsel appointed in the obama administration with all the illegal acts that took place in the clinton and obama administration. >> they are on a course correction. this stuff was getting way out of hand. and i would say that the arrival of rosenstein and now the addition of mueller as the special counsel tells us they are ready to get this cleaned up and gets over with and get on with it. kennedy: is there concern about the closeness of the relationship between comey and mueller? both men have been he fusive about one another in the past. mueller challenges then president george w. bush about mass surveillance with comey at his side as the deputy attorney general. and they obviously have a working

and today house oversight committee jason chaffetz tweeted that he wants comey to testify at a hearingy. >> thank you. u.s. and european officials are meeting in belgium right now to discuss plans to ban laptops and other personal electronics bigger than a cell phone on all flights leaving europe for the u.s. so those items would have to be checked with your luggage. intelligence reviewed a potential isis plots to smuggle electronics on a commercial plane. there's already a ban from certain countries. this would thousands of passengers everyday. >> we decided to get a jump on summer and throw a block party. leon harris at the marleau heights community center. it looking pretty good out there. >> reporter: it's a hot party right about now. i don't know what doug said earlier but it feels like the temperature is going up not down. we're having a great time out here at the community center. i've been having a great time sitting here talking to this man here who runs this place. you got a really good crowd of people out here showing support. what's it mean for you to have these show up for

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. >> reporter: house oversight chair jason chaffetz tweeted this afternoon that he wants comey to testify next wednesday. the last time comey went before congress earlier this month he was specifically asked about interference from the trump administration. >> would you tell this committee if there is a lack of cooperation on the part of the white house. >> i won't commit to that. >> reporter: now questions are emerging about whether attorney general jeff sessions and deputy ag rod rosenstein knew about comey's memos when they recommended firing the fbi director. they will bring senators behind closed doors tomorrow. the president is meeting with four fbi director this afternoon at the white house. on that list, the former democrat turned independent senator from connecticut joe lieberman and two other names that haven't been mentioned before. frank keating, the former republican governor of oklahoma, also a former fbi agent and robert mcfeely, a former fbi agent who led the criminal and cyber branch and retired in 2014. the president will also meet today with andrew mccabe who is current

. >> reporter: but one republican, the chair of the house oversight committee jason chaffetz tweeted he's ready to issue a subpoena to obtain comey's memo if necessary before sending the fbi a formal request to supply all notes and recordings detailing conversations between comey and mr. trump by next wednesday. house speaker paul ryan telling reporters he agreed with the move add weg need to h -- addin need to have all the facts. >> frankly i think he should be more aggressive. >> this is not a time for republicans to hide. >> reporter: democrats on both the oversight and judiciary committees demanding an immediate investigation as a growing number of lawmakers call for comey to testify publicly as soon as possible. a move sources say the former fbi director supports. >> the country is being tested in unprecedented ways. history is watching. >> if these allegations are true, senator, are we getting closer and closer to the possibility of yet another impeachment process? >> i have to say yes because obstruction of justice is a serious offense. >> reporter: against this backdrop the p

but one republican -- the chair of the house oversight committee jason chaffetz ...tweeting he is readyomey's memo if necessary.before sending the fbi a formal request to supply all notes and recordings detailing conversations between comey and mr. trump by next wednesday. democrats on both the oversight and judiciary committees -- demanding an immediate investigation.as a growing number of lawmakers call for comey to testify ápubliclyá as soon as possible -- a move, sources say, the former fbi director supports.sen. angus king:"reluctantly, wolf, i have to say yes, simply because obstruction of justice is such a serious offense." ( james ) ( james ) checking the stocks this morning... ( darya ) jurors will hear more emotional testimony today in the penalty phase of convicted killer antolin garcia-torres. he was convicted of killing morgan hill teenager sierra lamar. the prosecution yesterday wasted no time bringing out the raw emotions from the trial. three of sierra lamar's classmates delivered highly emotional testimony about how her murder has affected their lives.

host: jason chaffetz put out a tweet when it came to the house investigations, saying officially a hearing at wednesday -- on wednesday at 9:30 with director comey. i need to speak with him, evidently he has a new phone number. what do you hope to see from this investigation? republican line. good morning, peter. your name is peter, now. you are north of the border. i am a voter, i am a white man, but i am a trump supporter. i hope he does what he can to hurt the brown man. york, hello. new caller: i am for a special investigator. don't you think we have gone long enough with this nonsense. he says everyone is lying about me and he turns around and says all these lies. host: what do you think the justice department investigation will give you? what do you think will set this apart? would like to think we will get to the truth. trump will deny it. i would like to think that. host: john, sebring, florida, republican line. man in we finally got a there instead of a wimp for president. this russian stuff is a bunch of bull. i don't know why you don't put a show on about the 7 million illegal a

jason chaffetz has demanded the fbi turn over all memos and communications between comey and president trump. congressman chaffetz tweetedht committee will get the comey memo if it exists. i need to see it sooner rather than later. i have my subpoena pen ready. jason chaffetz argued that he wouldn't open an investigation until there's evidence. mike emanuel continues live on can toll hill. congressman chaffetz said he's having trouble getting in touch with james comey. >> that's right. he told me a number that he used to communicate with the former fbi director is not working. so he's reaching out publicly to say he wants to track him down. that includes sending out a tweet earlier today. paul ryan made clear the relevant congressional committees will be thorough in doing their work. >> i will leave it to the committees doing investigations, just remember, there's an investigation occurring at the fbi. an investigation in the house and an investigation in the senate. we have three investigations going on. i'm not going to micro manage or armchair investigations. >> he went on to say their job is to get to the facts and t

house oversight committee chairman jason chaffetz scheduled a hearing with comey next week ... but tweeted that the former fbi chief has changed his phone number. "our democracy has become a mess. . the turmoil in washington triggered a sell=off on wall street .... stocks suffering their biggest one day drop since last september. " i think we're at a point where it seems like the presidency is starting to crackle and become vulnerable. i think wall street is feeling that for the first time. (pam) a san jose family is mourning the loss of a 6- year-old boy who has died after contracting meningitis. (steve)the young boy fell ill several weeks ago but wasn't diagnosed with meningitis until last week and by then it was too late. he passed away on tuesday. (pam)dbxthis afternoon, kron 4's charles clifford spoke with his family, who say they are devastated. by all accounts, 6-year-old jayden brizuela was a wonderful little boy. his

liz: house oversight committee chair, jason chaffetz said he just met with james comey. he tweetedhe wants to speak with special counsel prior to public testimony. this comes after president trump fired comey. the dow closing 90 points higher after president trump delivered an overseas deal, $400 billion worth on his first presidential overseas trip. thanks for having us in your home. charles: good evening. president trump visiting israel during this first internation trip in office addressing the iranian nuclear threat and terrorism and assuring israelis iran will never ever have a nuclear weapon. >> american welcomes the action and support of any nation willing to do the hard but vital work of eradicating the violent ideologies that caused so much needless blood head and killing here and all over the

also tweeting leann caldwell sending the tweet that the house could be voting on health care repeal on wednesday. outgoing house oversight chair jason chaffetz will be back, after surgery, to give them one critical vote. the house returning in about 20 minutes or so for votes at 6:30. while we wait for that, a look at the efforts to roll back climate change regulations from today's "washington journal." sl strategist at the dc-based organization, friends of earth. i know you've been very concern trumpce president took office about cuts to the environmentalprotection agency. deal comew a budget out overnight that didn't seem an $8 billionof budget, just a 1% cut totaling $80 million. guest: i think the first thing that's really important to recognize is that e.p.a. has been cut for basically the last four years. steep budget cuts at e.p.a. it's really already underfunded. we're seeing crisis like the water crisis in flint, michigan. we need actually more money and more investment in environmental protection and public health. so it's still disconcerning that cut but compared to the 30% cuts that were in the original trump proposal, this is mo

house oversight committee chairman jason chaffetz said, mueller has impeccable credentials. and schumer tweetedhis. he's the right kind of counsel to serve. they also w t over all information about comey's conversations with the president. >>> this is only the second time the justice department has appointed a special prosecutor under the current rules. jan crawford is cbs news chief legal correspondent. jan, as special counsel, how much power will mueller have to investigate the trump campaign ties to russia? >> in his letter, rod rosenstein gives mueller significant power to investigate any links associated with the campaign of president donald trump and other matters that may arise directly from investigation. now, the deputy attorney general will oversee mueller's work and he technically has the power. but mueller won't be subject to the day-to-day supervision. and if blocked, he would have to give an it's just to make sure there's no interference of the executive branch. we all know ken starr's wide-ranging investigation over bill clinton. people on both sides of the investigation had issu

congressman jason chaffetz is asking for all communications and later suggested in a tweet he would issue a subpoena for materials if need be. >> on the surface that seems like an an extraordinary use of influence to try to shut down an investigation being done by the fbi. i don't know if it's true yet but i want to find out if that's actually out there. >> newspaper articles are not admissible in any courtroom in the united states. i'm not knocking the reporter. the reporter does good work but we're a long ways from a conviction, the fact that we have a head line in "new york times." >> and he calls for more information, a number of lawmakers say they want more details, including from james comey himself. republican senator jeff flake yesterday tweeted congress needs to see the comey memo. chair of the house republican conference, kathy mcmorris rogers tweeted of course director comey should testify. i believe open, transparent government is most effective for the people we represent. and lindsey graham wants to hear from him as well. >> if mr. comey is alleging the president did somethi

and just moments ago, congressman jason chaffetz, the chairman of the house oversight government reform committee tweeted this, he said, spoke with comey. he wants to speak with special counsel prior to public testimony hearing west postponed. >> pamela brown, thanks very much. alease, excellent reporting on your report. >>> tonight the russia investigation is dogging the president during his first overseas visit as president. he blurted out a surprise remark about reports that he shared classified information with russia officials. jim, the president met with a crucial ally, the israeli prime minister, but he seemed to have veered off script. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. the white house is trying to change the narrative back home by showing off these alliances that the president is building here in the middle east but the president found a way to step on his message today earlier today when he was trying to explain why he passed classified israeli intelligence over to top level russian officials. he offered up an explanation that simply didn't add up. >> reporter: president trump is discovering it's

she's tweeting out this -- house oversight and government committee chair jason chaffetz says there's no actual crime. no proof of it yet. just as former obama top intelligence official james clapper testified and just as james comey said there was no political interference when he testified under oath on may 3rd. listen to the sound bite. >> i have not seen any evidence of actual collusion. where is the actual crime that they think they need a special prosecutor to prosecute? i haven't seen that. there's been a lot of flailing but that flailing started before january 20th. liz: harvard law professor alan dershowitz. good to see ualan. >> good to see you, thank you for having me on. liz: what evidence do you see of collusion? do you see anything? >> first of all, i don't see evidence of collusion. if there was major collusion, it's not a crime. hypothetically, if the administration or the candidate got together with the russians and said please help me become president, do whatever canou to help me, that wouldn't be a crime, it would be terrible politically but wouldn't be a crime. li

also tweeting leann caldwell sending the tweet that the house could be voting on health care repeal on wednesday. outgoing house oversight chair jason chaffetz will be back, after surgery, to give them one critical vote. the house returning in about 20 minutes or so for votes at 6:30. while we wait for that, a look at the efforts to roll back climate change regulations from today's "washington journal." sl strategist at the dc-based vi

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house oversight committee chairman jason chaffetz said mueller has impeccable credentials and chuck schumer tweetedhis, mueller is, quote, the right kind of individual to serve as special counsel. three congressional committees are asking james comey to testify and also want the fbi to turn over all information about comey's conversations with the president. >>> reuters reports this morning that michael flynn and other trump campaign advisors had at least 18 previously undisclosed contacts with russian officials and learning that the trump transition team knew flynn faced legal scrutiny weeks before the innagation. "the new york times" says flynn told transition lawyers in early january he was under federal investigation for secret work as a paid lobbyist for turkey. despite that warning flynn was sworn in as donald trump's national security adviser on january 22nd. flynn was forced to resign on february 13th. major garret is at the white house with more on the story. major, good morning. >> good morning. the new flynn revelations add to the white house woes and filling the fbi director vacancy has

tonight congressman jason chaffetz of utah giving the fbi a deadline, asking for all memos and recordings relating to comey's communications with the president by next wednesday. also tweeting, i have my subpoena pen ready. this comes as new reports claim president trump urged former fbi director james comey to drop the investigation into michael flynn who lost his job as national security advisor for lying about his ties to russia. >> he said general flynn was a good man and that the fbi needed to move beyond the investigation of him. this deeply concerned comey who immediately after leaving the white house wrote an extensive detailed two-page memo that outlined his conversations with the president. >> reporter: the white house insists the president never asked comey or anyone else to end the investigation. according to last week's testimony by acting fbi director andrew mccabe. >> there has been no effort to impede our investigation to date. >> reporter: this latest revelation caught republicans off guard. >> i doubt very much because if you were, you would have thought director comey would have reported this to someone earlier. >> reporter: democrats want to hear from co

. >> sandra: if he doesn't tweet out directly, the media do something else with his words. here's what jason chaffetz says about the special counsel. >> i have not seen any evidence of actual collusion. where is the actual crime that they think they need a special prosecutor to prosecute? i haven't seen that. there's been a lot of flailing, but that started before january january 20th. the >> kennedy: he's absolutely right. i think democrats are rushing to try and turn this into a scandal. the difference here between watergate and what we are seeing developing for us every single day, and obviously changes, where their crimes committed? that's something democrats are acting as though it's an absolute certainty, but unfortunately, i realize time is an important part of investigation, but in this day and age, with social media and the immediacy of news and news gathering, it's really hard for people to wait. i think that's something so critical. >> elizabeth: it can lead to a conviction. the context in general, the fbi said we are clearing michael flynn of any illicit activities and then in february, >

tweet, a festive dinner with president trump and first lady. welcome to jerusalem, the eternal capitol of the jewish people and united capital of israel. there you go, netanyahu on twitter. >> jason chaffetzith james comey today as comey prepares to testify on the role in3the russian meddling investigation. adam shapiro is live from the white house with the latest. adam? reporter: melissa, that meeting between chaffetz an comey will not be public. we'll not get too many details what they spoke about. remember, jason chaffetz will leave congress on june 30th. all attention regarding mr. comey will take place after may 29th because he is going to testify publicly before the senate intelligence committee. but that will take place after the memorial day holiday. but the attention in washington today when it comes to the issues of russia and russia's influence on the presidential election of last year has to do with michael flynn, and a letter his lawyers have sent to the small intelligence committee declining a request to turn over documents about flynn's business relationships with different parties. they cite the constitution's fifth amendment pointing out that quote, absent such assurances

jason chaffetz. maria: we will leave it there. great to see you, richard. we will be right back. stay here maria: welcome back, president trump is tweetingiting this, as president i wanted to share with russia at an openly scheduled white house meeting which i had the absolute right to do, facts pertain to go terrorism and airline safety. plus, i want russia to greatly step up their fight against isis and terrorism. president obviously responding to lots of outrage this morning that he may have inadvertently released classified information during the meeting. we are trying to figure out what he did release and where is this story, is it sort of in the middle or the mainstream media outrage this morning actually realistic, we will keep working on that. a high school student died after drinking too much caffeine. cheryl: sad, story, maria. 6-year-old collapsed in class that was caused by too much caffeine, large amounts of caffeine in a short amount of time. >> within two hours prior to his death, we know he consumed a large diet mountain dew, a coffee latte from mcdonalds and an energy drink. cheryl: sears is closing more stores beyond th