attorney jeffrey berman. leading off our discussion tonight is congressman adam schiff of california. he's the chairman of the house intelligence committee. chairman schiff, thank you very much for joining us tonight. i want to begin with this u.s. attorney situation in manmanhat. as you watched this unfold this weekend, as a former u.s. attorney yourself, and this is a presidency that might only have months left in it, it is very strange to see any u.s. attorney replaced in this timing on the calendar. what were you watching as this drama unfolded? >> well, first, lawrence, in the interest of full disclosure, i was an assistant u.s. attorney. i appreciate the promotion. i think you're absolutely right. this strinks to high heaven this effort to push out this independent u.s. attorney from an office known for its independence and replace him in the last few months, the presidency, with some golfing buddy of the president's who has no prosecutorial experience. so, you know, i think what's going on is quite cle

. >> bill barr announced jeffrey berman's resignation last night. ersaw the prosecution of michael cohen, jeffrey epstein, rudy giuliani. >> so, the latest dispute, i know, is happening as barr faces accusations that he's politicized the justice department. walk us through what's happened in the last 12 hours or so. >> reporter: sure. good morning. this is really an extraordinary moment last night. about 9:00 the attorney general through the department of justice issued a statement saying jeffrey berman the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york was stepping down. he said the president nominated somebody else for his position and berman would be leaving the office on july 3rd. two hours later jeffrey berman issued an extraordinary statement which he said he did not resign and he was not resigning. i want to read a portion of it. he said i will step down when a presidentially appointed nominee is confirmed by the senate. until then our investigations will move forward without delay or interruption. i cherish every day i work with the men

agree that jeffrey berman's deputy would take over his duties after president trump then fired jeffreyn on saturday. congresswoman katie porter was in today's hearing, and she used some of her questioning to focus on just how independent jay clayton can be from donald trump's influence in his current job at the securities and exchange commission and at any future possible job like u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. mr. clayton insisted that his work has not been influenced by donald trump in any way. and then congresswoman porter said this. >> how many times have you and president trump golfed together? >> i'm not going to get into this. this is, you know, it -- it's -- >> is it a large number and you have trouble recalling it? >> no, no, no. look, i have -- i have played golf with the president a handful of times. >> okay. what did you talk about? >> those are private conversations. >> are you willing to affirm to this committee that you did not discuss any sec business? >> there are no conversations that i have had that make me in any way uncomfortable with any inde

and we read the statement from jeffrey berman saying you can't fire me. >> yeah, don, that sets up a really interesting legal question that i don't know what the answer is. i don't know whether berman is right, that the attorney general doesn't have the power to fire him. it does, it is not something that we've ever seen before, where frankly just the circumstances that we're living in. keep in mind, we've seen this before in this administration, a lot of incompetence in the way they've handled a lot of things. one of them, the fact that they never managed to get a senate confirmed u.s. attorney in manhattan. it's one of the most important prosecutor jobs in this country. and they never bothered to even get it done. so it's -- this is the reason why berman is in that office, an appointee of the court, because they could never actually get their stuff together. this is the reason why berman is saying you can't fire me, because i was put here by the judges. and we'll see whether he's right. i don't know if he is or not. >> i have to ask you -- go ahead, preet. >> i've been thinking abou

but jeffrey berman says he didn't resign. and he has no intention to resign. >> during his tenure, jeffrey per hand has overseen investigations in to michael cohen and rudy giuliani. >> this dispute also comes as the attorney general is facing the accusations that for some time now we look at what we have been before the release of twite mueller report and roger stone. >> reporter: good morning. i mean this is the latest example of that. the u.s. attorney's office in manhattan has a reputation for being one of the most independent u.s. attorney offices. they brought the case against michael cohen as you noted. they are investigating rudy giuliani and what he was doing in ukraine on behalf of the president. so, you know, the move here on a friday night to announce that jeffrey berman the u.s. attorney of manhattan is stepping down when he's not agreed to that, is another, another example where people are going look and say was this politically motivated, of it because of these investigations that were under way. this unfolded v

tell us what we know about jeffrey berman and what's going on there. >> reporter: jeffrey berman is someone been a republican donor, the president put in this role in a temporary capacity. he was then put into a permanent capacity by the judges on that court, and that's why it's creating even more complications for the president and for attorney general barr as they try to apparently get rid of him with legal questions surrounding whether they have the authority to do that now that jeffrey berman is saying he refuses to go. he's not stepping down. in fact, we know that he was spotted going into his office this morning telling reporters as he was arriving that he is there to do his job. >> now he, as we mentioned is the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, which includes manhattan, the bronx and counties nearby. his office prosecuted michael cohen, it's investigating rudy giuliani, it investigated lev parnas and igor furman. do we know anything that would explain this late night announcement? >> reporter: yes. they had their prosecutorial tentacles all over the trump world. w

describing him as stepping down after 2 and a half years of service their only problem is jeffrey berman says he's not going anywhere releasing his own statement i learned in a press release from the attorney general tonight that i was stepping down as united states attorney i have not resigned and have no intention of resigning my position the trumpet ministration has a growing reputation for forcing out anyone seen as disloyal in recent weeks the president has fired a number of agency watchdogs including the inspector general of the intelligence community whose actions led to the impeachment inquiry bob offered no explanation for attempting to replace berman a republican who once donated to trump's campaign democrats have accused barr of politicizing the department of justice and acting more like trump's personal lawyer barr. or. her. senate democrat chuck schumer of new york has tweeted the dismissal reeks of potential corruption of the legal process questioning what action by berman had motivated the president burmans laid cases against transform a personal lawyer michael cohen and c

as the top federal prosecutor in manhattan jeffrey berman has led several investigations into corruption close to the u.s. president's inner circle today an indictment charging of. igor. in october last year he announced charges against 2 men linked to donald trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani they were accused of trying to buy influence over u.s. policy in ukraine and a case that added fuel to the calls for troops in peach meant they saw political influence not only to advance their own financial interests but to advance the political interests of a foreign official these cases and an investigation into giuliani have concern to the trumpet ministration on friday night attorney general william announced berman was leaving his position saying that the president intends to nominate jay clayton the current chairman of the securities and exchange commission a lawyer with no experience as a prosecutor statement ending by thanking jeffrey berman describing him as stepping down after 2 and a half years of service their only problem is jeffrey berman says he's not going anywhere releasing his

raises national security concerns he couldn't stop its publication powerful new york prosecutor jeffrey berman is refusing to leave his job despite the u.s. attorney general saying he's been fired berman had been investigating associates of president trump including his personal lawyer rudy giuliani of course in the democratic republic of congo has sentenced former presidential chief of staff was how come our head to 20 years in prison with hard labor he's been convicted of embezzling more than $50000000.00 in public funds our correspondent mohammed joe is in nairobi and has been gauging reaction. do you support those people in saying gov this was a political witch hunt something i was in. to. drive away without coming from the political scene in that horrible given dog park to be hard with the current president he could be 2001 team when he cleared the way for him and agreed to be prime minister if the wind elections. become. come to the fore go call the show in 202030 about is when the next elections will behold big people mooses think this is a political witch and now for the 4th weekend in

attorney -- that department -- that attorney general who was fired, jeffrey berman, jeffrey berman is now available to testify before congress if anybody wants to hear from him because we still don't really know what the heck happened here. joining me now for more on the removal of jeffrey berman is a member of the senate judiciary committee. he previously served as a u.s. attorney himself, the u.s. attorney for rhode island. in that capacity as a senator, as a man who held a job similar to jeffrey berman's, what did you make of this when you heard this friday night? what is this? >> i don't know. it's somewhere between the gong show and that black comedy "the death of stalin." it is just an array of misfires. first of all, there is the lie about the u.s. attorney resigning. then it turns out that nobody bothered to tell barr or they had forgotten that this was a judicially appointed u.s. attorney, a rare thing. so it is actually not clear that barr can fire him. >> right. >> which gave him the leverage to hold out and demand that instead of the new jersey u.s. attorney coming in that

probably in no crisis he would but there was an unusual appointment of jeffrey berman by the judges in fact all the southern district of new york which is basically a man action settlement signing that attorney general william but doesn't have the authority ace kind of standing in my eyes standing his ground and arguing that or i'm the guy once the senate appoint someone now then to suggest that a person to replace. someone with no experience as a prosecutor and given that this investigation will mentioned in both great lake and some in their own company worried about it just isn't the political climate that it might not have otherwise very important area for each and that he said again rudy giuliani and claims about what the trump and i and particularly come from the graduations and taking money from foreign governments something that was apparently in there that is what is attorney general bill by rolling all this has often been accused of acting more as president transpersonal lawyer rather than acting in the interest of the us justice department what is in his role in this by takin

attorney jeffrey berman on announcement by attorney general. and the statement says i learned in a press release from the attorney general tonight that i was stepping down as u.s. -- united states attorney. i have not resigned, and have no intention of resigning my position, to which i was appointed by the judges of the united states district court for the southern district of new york. i will step down, when a presidentially-appointed nominee is confirmed by the senate. until then, our investigations will move forward, without delay or interruption. i cherish every day that i work with the men and women of this office to pursue justice, without fear or favor. and intend to ensure that this office's important cases continue, unimpeded. talk to me, evan. >> good for him. >> well, i mean, look. i think -- preet -- preet knows exactly what this playbook looks like because this is sort of a little bit of what happened with preet. but, this is what we were hearing. we were hearing that berman was not going, willingly. that he was, essentially, being

jeffrey berman said he did not step down, he was fired. so barr lied about that.hs before the election, so what does this tell you? >> it tells me there's something very fishy going on. and we've seen a disloyalty purge by president trump since the impeachment. there are obviously, we know of, at least an investigation into rudy giuliani in the southern district and there may be others. it's a very unusual, almost unique timing to remove a u.s. attorney that, by the way, he was nominated by trump himself. so all of this is very fishy. and then youed ed add the crediy issues that bill barr has prior to this layered on with his lie about the fact that berman was stepping down and he had to say, no, i'm not. in addition, they tried to put in the u.s. attorney in new jersey as the acting, which also never happened. so all of this circumstantial evidence leads one to believe that there's some bad faith reason why they were -- trump and barr were trying to remove the top prosecutor in the southern district of new york. we don't know what it is, but we need to find out.

attorney general jeffrey berman initially refused to resign continue his corruption investigations into president trump's associates in another legal battle the white house has failed to block a tell all memoir by the former national security adviser my cannery for some washington respect from bolton was president trump's 3rd national security adviser and had a front row seat to some of the administration's most sensitive and perhaps controversial decisions now he's set to release a book about what he witnessed and it's not good reading for the white house that's why it tried to stop the book's publication but a federal judge has now ruled that while bolton had gambled with national security the administration had not shown how it would suffer harm if the publication of the book went ahead and he refused to grant an emergency injunction the phrase used by the judge was the horse is out of the barn he also indicated the administration may have heard greater success if it had brought the injunction at the time that john bolton allegedly walked away from the review process and before the w

attorney general william barr announcing jeffrey berman, u.s. attorney in manhattan, overseeing key probes, by the way, into trump's allies, steps down only for berman to push back hours later saying he has no plans to resign. >> absolutely fascinating. josh is at the white house, following this story. the justice department and the southern district here in new york. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, kendis. another friday night firing from the trump administration this time it's in the clear it's going to work with u.s. attorney jeffrey berman refusing to resign in the face of pressure from attorney general barr. we can't emphasize enough how central thiss attorney has been into the investigations and into president trump and people around him, including his former personal attorney, michael cohen, who got a prison sentence as a result from this u.s. attorney. his other personal attorney, rudy juligiuliani also under investigation by this office. this played out over the last 12 hours or so, kendis, in a stunning chain of events.

describing him as stepping down after 2 and a half years of service the only problem is jeffrey berman says he's not going anywhere releasing his own statement i learned in a press release from the attorney general tonight that i was stepping down as united states attorney i have not resigned and have no intention of resigning my position to trumpet ministration as a growing reputation for forcing out anyone seen as disloyal in recent weeks the president has fired a number of agency watchdogs including the inspector general of the intelligence community whose actions led to the impeachment inquiry bob offered no explanation for attempting to replace berman a republican who once donated to trump's campaign democrats have accused barr of politicizing the department of justice and acting more like trump's personal lawyer by our right. or. her. senate democrat chuck schumer of new york has tweeted the dismissal reeks of potential corruption of the legal process questioning what action by berman had motivated the president burmans laid cases against transform a personal lawyer michael cohen

as the top federal prosecutor in manhattan jeffrey berman has led several investigations into corruption close to the u.s. president's inner circle today seeing an indictment charging of parness igor. in october last year he announced charges against 2 men linked to donald trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani they were accused of trying to buy influence over u.s. policy in ukraine and a case that added fuel to the calls for trump's impeachment they saw political influence not only to advance their own financial interests but to advance the political interests of at least one foreign official these cases and an investigation into giuliani have concern to the trumpet ministration on friday night attorney general william announced berman was leaving his position saying that the president intends to nominate jay clayton the current chairman of the securities and exchange commission a lawyer with no experience as a prosecutor statement ending by thanking jeffrey berman describing him as stepping down after 2 and a half years of service their only problem is jeffrey berman says he's not going

i'm not involved. >> evan perez with more details. >> reporter: president trump fired jeffrey berman, the manhattan u.s. attorney who had refused to resign after bill barr, the attorney general, had tried to oust him on friday. the attorney general delivered the news in a letter to berman saying, quote, unfortunately with your statement of last night, you have chosen public spectacle over public service. because you have no intention of resigning, i have asked the president to remove you as of today and he has done so. berman was overseeing a number of sensitive investigations, including the investigation into rudy giuliani, the president's personal attorney. berman says that he is making way for his deputy, audrey strauss, who is highly regarded in the u.s. attorney's office and who says will be able to protect all of the sensitive investigations going on in the u.s. attorney's office in manhattan. >> let's talk more about this with cnn legal and national security analyst, anga joining us from white river junction in vermont. been a while since you've been on. >> yes. thank you. >> g

attorney jeffrey berman.eatening to slash barr's entire personal office budget if barr doesn't do what he wants. nadler, that is. presumably under subpoena, demanding the attorney general show up. nadler hasn't changed a bit, none of the. [laughter] -wing radical -- one of the left-wing rad call the dems have, so it's just going to be another chapter from their tiresome, tiresome efforts to overthrow and to block, to oppose this president. >>> breaking news tonight from just the news.com and john solomon. newly-obtained e-mails show that in 2018 former u.s. attorney build cummins reached out -- bud cummins reached out to recently-fired berman regarding concerns that then-you iranian prosecutor general yuri lute seven coe e had about joe and hunter biden as well as evidence of wrongdoing in the paul manafort corruption case, wishing to meet with him regarding the allegations that joe biden had protected burisma as his son hunter sat on burisma's board. the prosecutor also charging that former u.s. ambassador m

eric: jeffrey berman is the u.s.r new york southern district, that's considered preeminent u.s. attorney's office in the nation. you know, giuliani once held the job before elected mayor of new york in 1993. well, the current occupant, mr. berman is pushing back because the administration announced last night that she's resigning and setting potential standoff with the justice department. berman says, nope, i'm not leaving, berman overseeing several probes of allies of the president including mr. giuliani says ain't going anywhere until the senate approves and then gets my successor, so what is this all about, fox news contributor, brad blakeman, former assistant to george w. bush. brad, let me start with you, you know what critics are saying that president and barr are politicizing prosecutions, an attempt to derail the investigations that include not just giuliani but trump campaign financing or reporter probe into super pac, deutsche bank that did business with the trump organization and the administration is tryi

jeffrey berman will leave his position, one day after he said he would not resign. the president asked william barr to fire him. >> president trump fired jeffrey berman, the attorney that refused to assign, after bill barr tried to oust him on friday. quote, unfortunately with your statement of last night, you have chosen public spectacle over public service. because you have delaired you have no intention of resigning, i asked the president to remove you and he has done so. berman says he is making way for his deputy, andre strauss. he says will be able to protect all of the sensitive investigations that are ongoing in the u.s. attorney's office. >> jeffrey toobin says the firing was inappropriate. >> it is a certainty that the u.s. attorney's office has been investigating the rudy giuliani and his associates. two of the associates who were intimately involved in the impeachment of the president of the united states, the two associates to go to ukraine, to get burden under biden, are wanted in the southern district of new york. now, also, in john bolton's new book,

i mean, we do have jeffrey berman's, current deputy as acting u.s. attorney for the southern district, but this was -- startling, to say the least? >> yeah. the very best you can say for it, andrea it was poorly handled. ham-handed. i did serve as u.s. attorney in two different districts. we all understand when we're in that role we serve at the pleasure of the president and that we could be removed. but removing a u.s. attorney for what appears to be a political reason. meaning, interference in ongoing investigations is deeply troubling. you know, i wouldn't necessarily lead to that conclusion in the ordinary administration, in the ordinary course, but when you're talking about mr. barr and what he has displayed, including management of cases in the district of columbia involving allies of the president like roger stone and general flynn, it's hard not to lead to that conclusion. so the office is in good hands. i'm not worried about it. i'm worried about the leadership at the very top of the department of justice. that's where the interference has c

attorney jeffrey berman is out after 2 1/2 years. attorney general william barr announced friday night that he would be stepping down so that president trump could nominate his replacement, jay clayton, the chairman of the securities and exchange commission, who is not an experienced prosecutor. clayton told the president that he was interested in the job and would leave thesec. berman said he would stay on the job until his successor was confirmed by the senate. on saturday, barr said in a letter that he recommended that president trump fire berman. that's what happened. the president said later he had nothing to do with it. this move did set off alarm bells. berman isn't just another u.s. attorney. his office is investigating the business practices of trump lawyer rudy giuliani and two of his ex-associates. republicans and democrats say it's going to be hard for clayton to be confirmed. barr said he is directing the justice department's inspector general to monitor the new york office to make sure that all the cases there continue

but jeffrey berman refused to step down they should just tell you that over the last night i have nothing to add to that. this morning i'm just here to do my job just waiting in his office though was a letter from the attorney general confirming that president trump had agreed to ply him with immediate effect on the 33 year old car. where you know that the carbon dioxide far below but we have a very good very good early i've got it. says berman's deputy will run the department until the president's new choice is in place and he will now supervise among other cases the investigation up a turkish bank that has been indicted on fraud money laundering and sanctions offenses we've had a great relationship in his book john bolton alleges turkish president to one offs president trying to use his influence to get the charges dropped and the president said to aaron i want one point look those prosecutors in new york are obama people wait till i get my people in and then we'll take care of this and i thought to myself and i'm a department of justice alumnus myself i've never heard any president say

cases against president trump's allies says he won't resign despite an attempt to remove him jeffrey berman led the case against former president and lawyer michael cohen and is investigating his current lawyer already giuliani. people in hong kong are waiting to learn of china's top decision making body will approve or reject a draft of a controversial new security bill a review of the proposal is expected to end in the next few days this. sanding committee of the national people's congress is expected to pass a law despite widespread criticism it previously failed to pass in hong kong legislation due to a strong backlash edgin brown has more from hong kong where efforts are on already underway to organize a petition to rejects that security laws. we're in one tyson which is traditionally a place where people come to have their fortunes told in hong kong but of course no one can predict at the moment when this new security law is going to take effect we're outside a church a catholic church which has been turned into a makeshift polling station for this vote and workers are being asked to

powerful attorney in new york overseeing investigations into president donald trump's allies jeffrey berman insists he's not resigning and that his investigations into trump's lawyer rudy giuliani will continue it comes days after allegations trump tried to interfere with an investigation related to his dealings with president. you're up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera as always more news on our website at al-jazeera dot com i'll be back with more news right after inside story to stay with us. if you want to help save the world. a win for the dream as the u.s. supreme court upholds protections for the children of undocumented immigrants but will president trump try again to reverse the policy and how will this ruling shape the election just 5 months away this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program iran call on the known as the dreamers the children of undocumented immigrants who sought a better life in the united states and their american dream is safe for now the supreme court has blocked the president's attempt to end a program that parts.

last night, last friday night, the attorney general claimed the jeffrey berman, the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york wasic stepping down. a short time later, he said that the attorney general was lying that he was in fact stepping down. over the past two days, this ham-handed plot by president trump and attorney general to oust the well-respected u.s. attorney and out of public view. but for mr. berman's principal stance, the white house and doj chain of succession at the southern district of new york. to install u.s. attorney for new jersey in mr. berman's place. thankfully, due to his courage, the plan was afforded. mr. berman's deputy will take over the leadership of the southern district. and continue their important work. she is a fine reputation as a prosecutor and someone of integrity. people of integrity don't seem to be welcome in this administration. then the drg announcement that present intended to have jake clayton replace mr. berman. as a senator from new york i will not return of the slope. mr. clayton's nomination. but regardless, jake c

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oust a top federal prosecutor overseeing investigations into president donald trump's allies jeffrey berman says he has no intention of resigning but and says he learned about the plan to replace him from a press release he's vowed to continue his investigations and this comes days after allegations that trump wanted to interfere with an investigation related to his dealings with the turkish president. protesters in the u.s. have torn down 3 more statues of confederate soldiers as anger over racist monuments continues to grow. one of the statues was pulled down in the capital washington d.c. and that angered president trump who sent a tweet calling the act to describe and demanding the protestors be arrested. egypt has called on the united nations security council to intervene in a dispute over a controversial dam being constructed by ethiopia on the river cairo is blaming ethiopia all these stalled negotiations the egyptian government worries the dam would take away water its people need to survive if you're happy or sees a project as an important step in helping to pull millions out of po

attorney jeffrey berman. >> the real unanswered question here is why did the president and mr. o it. >> house jishy chairman gerald nadler says he's invited berman to testify. ian. >> he certainly deserves impeachment. >> the prentd he wasn't involved but in his new book john bolton recalled the president previously floating the idea of intervening in an investigation by berman's office of a turkish bank. >> he said at one point look those prosecutors in new york are obama people. wait till i get my people in and we'll take care of this. alumnust to myself -- and i'm myself -- i'd never heard any president say anything like that, ever. >> the book will officially be released tuesday. the president said any money he mexico off of it should be given back. >> garrett: let's turn to ed o'keefe now. ed. >> president trump's rally crowd fell far short of expectations, pulling in t 6,000 is the sesment to the president's continued political poll. the song played at the end of the rally was the rolling stones saying "you can't always get what you want" and the president certainly didn't

federal prosecutor is disputing a claim by the trumpet ministration that he's stepping down jeffrey berman says he only learned of his resignation when he read a press release about it berman is known for overseeing the prosecution of several allies of president donald trump. a year later as have failed to reach agreement on rescue packages to help the bloc through the worst economic crisis in its history a virtual summit to discuss a 750000000000 euro coronavirus recovery fund ended with no consensus a new round of in person talks is planned for major lines. tens of thousands of people in mali have taken to the streets demanding the resignation of the country's president abraham. is accused of corruption and failing to contain a jihad of insurgency it's the 2nd protest this month and is being spearheaded by a newly formed a coalition of opposition groups. indian prime minister narendra modi says his country is hurt and angry following monday's border clash with chinese troops that killed at least 20 indian soldiers each side blames the other for the violence the deadliest clash in the dis

federal prosecutor is disputing a claim by the trumpet ministration that he's stepping down jeffrey berman says he only learned of his resignation when he read a press release about it and is known for overseeing the prosecution of several allies of president on trump. indian prime minister narendra modi says his country is hurt and angry following monday's border clash with chinese troops in which at least 20 indian soldiers were killed 8 side blames the other for the violence the deadliest clash in the disputed himalayan border region in 4 decades the prime minister has warned he's given the indian army free rein to respond to any new aggression from china. saying goodbye to a father family members and the community attend the funeral of seeing the indian soldier was one of at least 20 who died in violent clashes with chinese soldiers in the disputed garwin valley on monday indian prime minister narendra modi says no territory was lost in the incident and warned of his military capabilities. erikson the whole whether it be action or counter-action our armed forces are doing what is neces

federal prosecutor is disputing a claim by the trumpet ministration that he's stepping down jeffrey berman says he only learned of his resignation when he read a press release about it thurman is known for overseeing the prosecution of several allies of president donald trump. a year later as have failed to reach agreement on rescue packages to help the bloc through the worst economic crisis in its history a virtual summit to discuss a 750000000000 euro coronavirus recovery fund ended with no consensus a new round of in person talks is planned for mid july. police in belarus arrested demonstrators and journalists on friday to break up new protests against president alexander lukashenko for the 2nd day in a row opposition supporters had gathered in the capital minsk to protest against the jailing of viktor babbar recoat the main rival in all this presidential election. indian prime minister narendra modi's says his country is hurt and angry following monday's order clash with chinese troops in which at least 20 indian soldiers were killed 8 side blames the other for the violence the deadlie

federal prosecutor is disputing a claim by the trumpet ministration that he's stepping down jeffrey berman says he only learned of his resignation when he read a press release about it berman is known for overseeing the prosecution of several allies of president donald trump. east africa is bracing for a 3rd outbreak of desert locusts threatening food supplies in a region reeling from damaging rains and the coronavirus the migratory pests have descended on the area in record numbers since late last year despite these the pesticides. brazil is approaching a grim milestone in its corona virus outbreak it's about to become the 2nd country after the u.s. to pass a 1000000 confirmed cases to date almost 50000 residents have died from coated 19. in canada's prime minister justin trudeau says he's disappointed at china's decision to formally charged 2 canadians with spying the pair were detained 18 months ago shortly after huawei executive men one was arrested in canada china's move comes weeks after a canadian judge ruled the proceedings to extradite to the u.s. could go ahead. indian prime mini

jeffrey berman dismissed months before the election. why? after meeting with berman on friday bill barr said berman had resigned and someone who has never been a prosecutor would be required to lead the office. berman said he had not reminded and he was fired at trump's request. trump immediately distanced himself from the situation. >> i called up to the attorney general, attorney general barr is working on that. that's his department. we have a very capable attorney general. i'm not involved. >> not involved. the federal prosecutor in manhattan has a very long history of political independence. berman leaves behind a lot. the president was tagged as individual one. it sent his former fixer, michael cohen, to prison. the bottom line here, if you and your associates were under investigation and then you fire the prosecutor, it's going to raise some serious questions. getting a permanent placement for berman is not likely before the election. >>> seven minutes past the hour. we have a quick math lesson for you this monday morning. if you

moments after barr announced that jeffrey berman was stepping down, berman denied resigning, insisting he has no intention of leaving. and then cnn caught up with him just moments ago. >> i have nothing to add to that this morning. i'm just here to do my job. >> here to do his job. cnn's kara skinell joining us now. what more can you tell us about what is going on here? >> geoff berman has been doing that job since 2018. while he's been u.s. attorney for the southern district, his office has investigated multiple cases that have ties to the president. they investigated and prosecuted michael cohen, trump's former personal attorney. they also have investigated his company, the inaugural fund created for the inauguration. they also are investigating rudy giuliani, the president's personal attorney, and his activities that he was doing in ukraine on behalf of the president. they also indicted two of giuliani's associates who helped him in that effort. so many investigations by the southern district of new york that have touched the trump administration and donald trump personally. that ha

attorney in manhattan, jeffrey berman is now officially fired. attorney general william barr announced the form 8 termination after a standoff over berman's supposed resignation. barr claimed the u.s. attorney chose to step down. the u.s. attorney said that was not so. then barr released a statement accusing berman of choosing, in his words, public spectacle over public service. the attorney general added that as a result, he asked president trump to remove berman and the president agreed. berman was the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. his office oversaw investigations into several allies of mr. trump including rudy giuliani and michael cohen. the current deputy u.s. attorney audrey strauss will take the top job. all after another bombshell from the president's national security adviser, former, john bolton. in his book he claimed the president tried to interfere with berman's team investigating a turkish bank called hull bank as the request of turkey the president, erdogan. >> the president said to erdogan at one point, look,