earlier today i spoke to someone, jim rogers, and askedif spoke to someone, jim rogers, and asked ifved. good news is going to come. but then later in the year, donald trump will go back to protectionism is. at heart he is a protectionist. the people around now a protectionist and they think the trade wars are good. they are not. at mrtrump—kim trade wars are good. they are not. at mr trump—kim fears smarter so he will come back later in the year. —— however mr trump thinks he is smarter. there are worries that the us economy could suffer. why the end of the year we will be in trouble and we will have the worst financial problems in my lifetime. bigger than 2008. there was big problems than. since then big debts... it has gone skyhigh. it will be worth. the debt is so much higher. the american central bank alone has increased its debt by 500% in ten years. central bank alone has increased its debt by 50096 in ten years. and crypto currencies that were stellar performers in the first half of last year but folded in the second half. this is what he had to say about crypto currencies. i

and jim rogers added that cryptocurrencies will collapse to zero.rade will cast a shadow over 2018. we started the year with hope that the resolution would occur to the conflict, however theissueis would occur to the conflict, however the issue is beijing's overseas investment under its belt and road initiative which china insists is an infrastructure programme to boost trade and prosperity, but critics are warning of "debt trap diplomacy", as our correspondent reports. this is the main road connecting pakistan with china, it is nearly 1000 kilometres long, but its single lanes 1000 kilometres long, but its single la nes ofte n 1000 kilometres long, but its single lanes often become clogged with traffic. to reducejourney times, the new highway is being built along this stretch, with the help of a chinese loan. it is part of a broader series of chinese funded infrastructure and energy projects, the china — pakistan economic project. for both countries the advantages of kpec are clear, through this project china can access the arabian sea on the pakis

jim rogers here. when you have the military with you, you're golden. for the time-being mr. maduro is golden. for how long? >> that is the conventional wisdom, neil, but the upper ranks of the military who are all complicit in many of these crimes, some are under indictment in the united states, they have everything to lose if maduro goes. so of course they will rally to him. the real story is the junior officers and enlisted troops, many of whom are starving along with the rest of venezuelan people because of failed latin american socialist policies because of hugo chavez and nicolas maduro. if enough of them with guns refuse to fire on fellow venezuelans or refuse to follow the generals orders we'll see. that is interesting how it will play out. neil: what you're looking for a crack in the military, among the generals who are fat and happy and get everything they want, and have no interest and self-interest, for preservation reasons alone to shift allegiances to juan guaido. it is juan guaido, is the western world is rallying around including the united states and most of

roger stone didn't even work for me anywhere near the election." and yesterday white house press secretary sarah sanders said this to a question from cnn's jim acosta. >> roger stone last week. paul manafort. michael cohen. michael flynn. are you concerned, is the president concerned that as more and more of his associates, former aides are brought in to this investigation, are indi indicted, plead guilty in this investigation, that this presidency is in danger? >> not at all. in fact, i think nothing could be further from the truth. the more that this goes on the more and more we see that none of these things have anything to do with the president. in roger stone's case the charges of that indictment have literally nothing to do with the president and have to do with his communications with congress. so in fact, i think the further we get into the process the more and more we see that this has nothing to do with president trump. >> noub, keeping them honest, whether or not it turns out the president broke even one law during the campaign, the investigation has everything to do with him because, and i'm going to say this slowly, it was his campaign

roger stone. perhaps more charges to come. jim? >> lots of unanswered questions. thank you so much. >> let's bring in laura from the justice department. when it comes anything about robert mueller and the russia probe, it just takes a few words in front of an open mic to start a controversy. walk us through exactly what he said. >> that's right. we all pay attention any time mueller's name is mentioned, especially from mueller's boss, the acting attorney general, who offered a rare glimpse into what is going on, something the justice department never talks about, especially in public to reporters the way that whitaker did yesterday. while he didn't provide a precise timetable of when mueller's probe will wind down, he made it pretty clear we are in the end of days and he's been kept up to speed on the status of the investigation. take a look to how exactly he described it to us. >> you know, i have been fully briefed on the investigation. and, you know, i look forward to director mueller delivering the final report. but right now the investigation is, i think, clo

attacks like this show that armed groups still pose a threat to peace in the region jim duggan al jazeera manila. roger stone a longtime ally of donald trump has told us media he'll consider cooperating with special counsel robert mueller as russert investigation stone is denying charges of lying to congress obstruction and witness tampering if there is wrongdoing by other people in the campaign that i know about which i know of no one but if there is i would certainly testify honestly i'd also testify honestly about any other matter including any communications with the president it's true that we spoke on the phone but those communications are political in nature there but now i and there is there is certainly no conspiracy with russia diane estabrook joining us from washington so is this is a change from what stone was saying just last week it's a bit of a pivot from what he said on friday he said he would not bear witness against president trump and now he's saying well i'll talk to my attorney and i may be willing to talk to the moeller team one of the things that came out in the indictment there

>> i think people like roger stone, jim corsi, people like that, have been providing information to the president's lawyers. jared kushner and donald trump jr.'s attorneys are also sharing information. but i think you're right, what you're seeing is there is sort of a closing in of the circle here, and what it means is that the president's lawyers are ever more in the dark because they don't know what else mueller has. he may have intelligence intercepts showing that people in -- on the russian side were talking about what they were hearing from inside the trump campaign, so these are the types of things they're completely in the dark about and it's unnerving. that's what you're seeing from giuliani because this polling thing was a very big surprise to them, and it unnerves them to no end. >>> next the president says the democratic party has been hacked. the president says by the radical left. what makes this simple salad the best simple salad ever? great tasting, heart-healthy california walnuts. so simple, so good. get the recipes at walnuts.org. about the colonial penn program. here

we'll have more on roger stone in just a moment. we begin with cnn's jim acosta. we'll have the latest from the white house. >> reporter: president trump's demand for a wall came tumbling down as he backed off from democrats. he made an unthinkable concession. he agreed to sign a spending bill without money for his border wall. >> i will sign a bill to open our government for three weeks until february 15th. i will make sure that all employees receive their back pay very quickly or as soon as possible. it will happen fast. >> reporter: but the president cautioned the short-term agreement to reopen the government will only last three weeks, warning, if he doesn't have his wall then, a shutdown could happen all over again, raising the prospect he called declare a national emergency. >> if we don't get a fair deal from congress the government will either shut down on february 15th, again, or i will use the powers afforded to me under the laws and the constitution of the united states to address this emergency. >> reporter: senate minority leader chuck schumer welcome

the former chairman of the strategic subcommittee, mike rogers, ranking member, now chairman jim cooper, they have done a ton of great work on this, on what we need to do to properly emphasize space without wasting money. i am going to follow their lead. our bill will have specific instructions about the right way to increase emphasis on space but not waste money. >> armed services committee chairman adam smith. so many issues and not enough time. please come back. adam smith: thank you. >> let me start with expectations for this committee under his gavel. he listed so many issues he is interested in. i should tell people that he has a military presence in his home district. it is home to fort lewis and mccord air force base. washington state has many defense contractors. he comes with a lot of experience and a lot of time on the committee. what can people expect under his watch? >> the first hearing he is calling is about the border. he is going to emphasize his differences with the president on how that should be handled. we heard him speak about his concerns about cost and appropriat

course to protect our alliances around the world, and i'm really curious if you have talked to jim inhofe or roger services committee in the senate. it seems to me the republicans have a moment they could all speak out about nato and it would make a difference. >> i didn't catch what happened specifically regarding nato in the last 24 hours but generally speaking people and including the president don't realize that n nato is as much a benefit to us as it is to nato. we got through a cold war without firing a shot with the russians because of the existence of nato. that's our frontier there. protecting the democracies of nato like protecting our own elections is extremely essential. putting up these walls and let the rest of the world just fight itself because it doesn't matter to us, i can make huge arguments that the reason we are the richest country in the world is because we are involved around the world pro at the titecting lanes,e et cetera. >> it's been reported that the president is advocating pulling out of nato. >> that would be a massive mistake. i get concerned because i'm seeing isola

we will see whether they continue the carrot or the stick with roger stone. >> thank you so much. jim, a key question is about the intel community. what was known? >> absolutely. we are joined on the phone by former director of national intelligence. director clapper, thanks very much for joining us. you were of course d.n.i. when this was happening. i don't want you to get into classified intelligence, but based on these series of communications that stone was having with senior trump campaign officials often in advance of wiki leaks releases, e-mails stolen we know by russia, what does that show to you? is that evidence in your view of coordination between the trump campaign and russia? >> well, it does to me. i say that not as an attorney but as a layman. i think it does show a connection. i might just mention that i wrote about in my book which is the striking parallels and similarities between what the russians were saying and doing and what the trump campaign was saying and doing particularly and specifically about hillary clinton. >> director clapper, listening to the white hou

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roger goodell will give his annual state of the league address later today. he might talk about a little football game coming up this weekend, i think, sunday is it? yeah. >> we're getting jime the stadium in atlanta. >> reporter: we can expect roger goodell to get a lot of questions about what happened in the championship game. they decided not to address that big blown call in that saints/rams game. this is despite cnn and many other outlets reaching out to them trying to get a comment about what the league thought about what happened. that blown call and the officiating and why the league decided not to say anything at all will surely be a topic during the press conference this afternoon. roger goodell going to take to the podium at 1:00 eastern. at the same time cancelling maroon 5's press conference scheduled for thursday. the nfl said the artists will let their show do the talking as they prepare to take the stage this sunday. this year's act has been in the news because many artists said they would not do the super bowl halftime show in support of colin kaepernick. tom brady, of course, a big topic of conversation for this year's super bowl. he's 41 years old now. he

jim, remember, for months we kept wondering why mueller's team had not spoken be roger stone yet.s that? >> there had been a lot of word that he expected to be indicted. we learned robert mueller takes his time, acts when he's ready. he was ready today. let's bring in a former fbi special agent who worked for james comey, josh campbell. these are extraordinary measures. the fbi didn't give roger stone the option of appearing in court voluntarily as they did paul manafort. they raided his home but didn't arrest him at home. why does the fbi take a step like this -- predawn, tactical suits, no warning in advance. why would they do this? >> it will be interesting to find out if he had the option to turn himself in and what discussions were under way between prosecutors and his own attorneys. he's been out there saying, you know, i won't turn on the president. being defiant. it may have come to the point where the fbi said, okay, we have a warrant. time to get him. we are not going to wait for him to come show up. what we are seeing in the amazing video from david shortell, our collea

. >> the other big news, jim already referenced in part, out of washington, that's roger stone, former to the president, arrested by the fbi and indicted by a federal grand jury aymeamon javers has the latest s the white house is now responding. >> reporter: sarah huckabee sanders on cnn offering the first reaction from the administration to this news of roger stone's arrest early this morning in ft. lauderdale, florida. sarah sanders saying this has nothing to do with the president or the white house she went on to say she was a member of the campaign there was no collusion or wrongdoing by the president. says sarah sanders this morning. we'll expect to see more statements throughout the day from the president's legal team. and those close to roger stone for his defense. but here's what we know so far in terms of the allegations in this indictment. there is one count of obstruction. five counts of false statements. one count of witness tampering we know roger stone will appear in a federal court in ft. lauderdale, florida, at 11:00 eastern time this morning. important to note here, ca

roger stone will appear in court very shortly. much more for our viewers, including the president, next. >>> a very good tuesday morning to you. i'm jimto. >> i'm poppy harlow. >> one of the president's most ardent supporters is due before a federal judge in washington. roger stone is expected to plead not guilty to seven charges arising from his allegedly dishonest testimony about the trump presidential campaign and wikileaks and democratic e-mails stolen by russians. and while he's still a very long way from trial, we now have the longest signals yet of the special counsel's investigation which produced his own indictment and many others a winding down. >> robert mueller's ross, the acting attorney general cal matthew whitaker sent eye withdraws raising when he said the probe is close to being

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roger stone being arrested by the f.b.i. jim with cnn tweeting out, the f.b.i. cuting a search warrant at the new york residence of roger stone, according to kristen davis, who shares the duplex with rogers. he was noticed at 6:00 a.m. by the f.b.i. sarah sanders in the white house driveway taking questions. she had this to say about the arrest of stone. sarah: i am not an attorney. i don't can't to get into things i don't know. what i do know this has nothing to do with the president, has nothing to do with the white house. and beyond that i am not going to get into it. reporter: have you spoken with the president about roger stone? today? sarah: i have spoken with the president. host: sarah sanders at the white house earlier today. let's hear from ann whoess in arizona -- who's in arizona. ann. caller: i think this is showing, there's just no respect. you know, we had to respect the office when obama was in there. and apparently lying is the big crime of the year. and why is it the american people can't indict the politicians for lying to us? i wish they would

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jim acosta. >> can you assure the american people that during these conversations that roger stone had with wi can kileaks individuals tied to the dumping of that material, that at no time the president had any interactions with roger stone, that nobody close to the president had interactions with roger stone who may have told the president what was going on in those conversations? all of this when it comes to roger stone is a complete surprise to the president? he didn't know about any of this. is that what you're saying? >> what i can tell you is that the president did nothing wrong throughout this process and the charges of the indictment against mr. stone have absolutely nothing to do with the president. >> of course that didn't answer the question. and while we do not know mueller's exact timeline for completing the russia investigation other than that he's close, according to the acting matt whitaker, we do know that the president's former fixer, michael cohen, has agreed to testify before the house intelligence committee next week. i want to start with evan perez at this hour. highly un

after text message, it is devastating. >> jim, do you see it the same way. >> there's some real problems here on paper as it relates to this indictment for roger without question that he talks about context and other things. no doubt about that. but here we have -- do not underestimate roger's love of the limelight here. he walks out with his hands in the air. he loves the limelight. he loves being the object of this attention. so to say that he's just going on here to get a pardon from the president that he's known for 40 years, not something he needs to do on television if he so chooses to do it. to say that's the only reason he's out is underestimating his love of the limelight. >> i'm reading the tweet that the president himself issued in december which was effectively roger stay firm and, you know, other people are rats and they're not going to get pardons but someone like you is. so he's just following the president's lead here which i found very, very damaging to the rule of law back in december. >> her point is smarter than where my head was on it about whether or not he would be able -- the pardon would be seen as a self-pardon effect

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roger stone. sarah: i'm not going to talk out hypotheticals that are impossible. never thought i'd be shut do you think one reporter to go to jim acosta. reporter: marco rubio said over the weekend that working with wiki leaks should be considered a crime. does the president agree? sarah: look, i think every single outlet that you all represent looked for and searched for information that wiki leaks was providing including reporting on it. i think there's a responsibility by members of the media. i'm not aware of anybody here ever working with wiki leaks in any capacity but i do know that every individual that represents a media organization here looks for that information, most of you reported on that information, so i think you're just as accountable as anybody lse in that process. reporter: roger stone last week, paul manafort, michael cohen, michael flynn, are you consider concerned is the president concerned, that as more and more of his associates, former aides, are brought into this investigation, are indicted, plead guilty in the investigation, that this presidency is in danger? sarah: not at all. in fact i think nothin

what discourt proceeding, what roger stone's role in this indictment means to the president. just yesterday our jimsta asked sarah sanders if the president is concerned as more and more of his associates are indicted and swept up in this. she said not at all. she argued actually to the contrary saying the more this goes on the more that they see that this has nothing to do with the president. >> she has to say that because she has to defend the president and more importantly she knows that the audience that is most important to her, the president of the united states, is watching and has that expectation. i'm just pausing to see if that's -- you interrupt me when we need to go to this. >> you never know what we are looking at. >> exactly. that is the expectation from the white house. it's not necessarily the reality because we have been looking at the indictment in particular. this is just one example. we have been talking about it now for several days. paragraph number 12 where it says that a senior adviser was directed to reach out. so it was directed was in passive voice. it seemed to be done on

jim acosta, thank you very much. >>> now to the russia investigation. today's not guilty plea by roger stone. we're joined by sara murray and jeffrey toobin. you were there in the courtroom today as all of this is unfolding. how did it go? >> roger stone entered his not guilty plea for the seven charges he is facing for lying, on struk obstructing justice. he was in and out in 15 minutes. i think he wanted to speak to cameras, speak to the reporters who were outside afterwards. it was just mayhem when roger stone was leaving the courthouse. there was someone with a speaker playing "back in the ussr." people were chanting, lock him up. he was doing the vichl ining tv on his way out. he will be back in court on friday afternoon. that's his first appearance before the judge who will end up overseeing this case. >> you have reporting -- you have been doing excellent reporting, that mueller may have more in store for stone? >> that's right. this comes from another associate of roger stone's, andrew miller. he has been challenging his grand jury subpoena, challenging mueller's authority in court. w

jim gagliano. gentlemen, good morning. >> good morning, christi. >> good morning. >> joey, you first, you just heard from roger stone.action? >> my reaction is as follows. the collusion is separately and apart. and the investigation it leading as to that matter. and whether or not there's any collusion. that's chute that everyone is waiting to drop for, that's what everyone is waiting with's. at the same time, i'll also tell you christi, that is irrelevant, i repeat, irrelevant. it's about telling the truth. we have this thing in law talking about the speaking indictment. it speaks to the issues of what you're being indicted about, it tells the story. if you can think about the indictment that speaks to the criminality, this is an indictment that sings. i don't know what happened, he's entitled to the presumption of innocence. but i did tell you this, after reading that indictment in the event that the federal government can prove their case and the allegations there are true, he's in a world of hurt. why? because he accused him of lying, right? not of colluding, of lying. he was brought before a house committee and

roger stone made it up to make him treerm back immigrants. >> and the fig leaf lierngs jim, is so importantere because fundamentally this is about the president's ego and saving face at this point. >> exactly. that's rur why the word fig leaf is so interesting. again their message is all over the place. they said they want a down payment, then they said later on, they wanted a significant down payment. a pro-rated down payment >> pro yeah. me and you both, pal. so but again if they think they're getting something significant out of this, they got another thing come canning. again wrv rr been watching both the house and senate and especially after the votes in the senate, there's no will to caught deal with this guy. having said that, to be clear the house is going to unveil a proposal tomorrow. we'll see what it looks like and if trump bites at it. but in the mean time schumer kaunl are still talking and we'll see what they come up with as well. >> the thing about the house proposal is the house proposal will have to not give him a figging leaf. it will be here's money for judges and humani

jim comey lied to congress. john brennan lied to congress. clapper. and hillary. that woman lied every time she opened her mouth. need i go on? rogerne is charged with i'ms after the fact -- is -- with crimes after the fact that have to do with procedure. the only reason cheryl mills and huma abedin are not charged with process crimes is because jim comey who himself should be indicted never bothered to investigate. god help america. that's my second open. tell me what you think about it on twitter and facebook, hashtag judge jeanine. here with reaction. dan bongino and chris hahn. dan, you have law enforcement experience. have you ever seen a takedown like this for this kind of crime? >> no, judge. i'm with you. early morning raids are not unusual. but early morning raids for a non-violent process crime who is a zero flight risk, an easily recognizable public figure who has already cooperate by offering statements to congress is utterly absurd. don't you find the timing of this convenient? remember the manafort raid which was equally unnecessary happened the same week we found out about the peter strzok text messages? we found out

jim sciutto. the former trump campaign adviser who was rousted out of bed will show himself at the federal courthouse in washington. roger stone due to be arraigned on seven counts arising from his dishonest testimony from congress about the outreach to wiki leaks in 2016. there are strong indications that the latest target of the special counsel indictment may be one of the last. >> that's right. we are watching this hearing. these are live pictures from capitol hill. it is a worldwide threat assessment hearing. it happens every year. the leaders, all of the main u.s. intelligence community leaders are there. you will hear from them. this is really significant. despite the president's claim just in december that isis is defeated in syria or nearly so, the intel leaders are warning that that is not the case and that the terror group still commands thousands of fighters in iraq and syria and those fighters quote very likely will continue to plot against the u.s. we cannot overstate how significant that is. le that is really big. this is just the beginning. >> reporter: this is just the beginning and a much different tone

jim comey was fired. both of those things seem on track. they are looking at issues on both. to david's point, what roger lied about -- the substance -- he lied about the fact that he was communicating with wikileaks, which mike pompeo has said is a hostel for an intelligent aligned with russia, to release hillary clinton's stolen emails. i don't know who in the term campaign knew that. i don't know if donald trump knew. but in this indictment, the substance of what he lied about actually matters here. yesterday on george stephanopoulos' show we played that clip. roger stone went on to say, "well, if i said anything that wasn't true, it's just because i didn't remember it." where there are hundreds of text messages and emails that are totally at odds with what he said about working with wikileaks. >> david: one piece of evidence has come out that suggests that any actions that have occurred because taylor clinton the election. her approval rating was the same in january of 2016 as it was in november of 2016. >> marie: david, you're moving the goal post. >> harris: i see a large thought bubble over kenned

jim miller really and i'll just. cut you. off about the al-jazeera news hour with means the whole robin a reminder of the top stories this hour the u.s. president's close ally roger stone has been arrested as part of special counsel probable as investigation into possible russian pollution in the twenty sixteen election he's been charged with obstructing official proceedings making false statements and witness tampering. and in greece politicians have just agreed on a landmark agreement with neighboring macedonia the balkan state will now be called the republic of north macedonia the settlement hopes to end a twenty eight year old dispute between the two countries. the united nations special rapporteur on me and my yang he is calling on bangladesh to allow the un to make an assessment before the refugees are moved to a remote island about one hundred thousand are to be moved to bus and shot in the bay of bengal. israel says it's. ireland's ambassador to reprimand her now is in response to the irish parliament advancing legislation which aims to criminalize any business that deals with israeli settlements in the occupied west bank prime minister benjamin netanyahu

jim acosta did today. >> folks are wondering whether or not we might see a bright shiny object before the end of the day after that stunning news the indictment of rogere of the president's long time advisors and friends. it appears we have one. the question is whether or not at this hour briannena, is that bright shiny object potentially light at the end of the tunnel in terms of this government shutdown. >> sean: that doesn't sound like opinion at all. unbiased journalist. guess what he is writing a book entitled enemy of the people. dangerous time to tell the truth in america. dangerous if you are conservative. joining us now reaction senior advisor fox news contributor tammy bruce. tammy, i look at that. i see the book deal and i'm thinking oh, okay. you just tell everybody you are a journalist not a talk show host like we are. we are the whole newspaper. this is supposed to be one part of it but they are really not. are they? >> yeah. and just even based on the title of his book it's not going to affect him at all he is not a journalist. he has made a mockery. others have made mockery of incredibly important industry. president trump by existing

. >> chairman rogers, this weekend the president called in to do an interview with one of his favorite interviewers on fox news, and he was asked point blank if -- >> it was not jim sciutto? >> not yet. >> i'm sorry. he was asked point blank if he had ever acted as an agent, wittingly or unwittingly of russia. he didn't say no. here's what he said instead. oh, you can't hear it. let me read it. quote, i think it's the most insulting thing i've ever been asked. i think it's the most insulting article i've ever had written. and if you read the article, you'd see they found absolutely nothing. he could have just said no. what do you make of that? >> i'm not so concerned about it as i can tell you as a political figure where people ask leading questions that you passionately disagree with, your first reaction is not to dignify the question. and maybe that's -- i'll give the president a little benefit of a doubt there that that's what he's doing. not going to dignify this with an answer. i'm insulted by the question. okay. got that. the president's problem is just a larger narrative. and he keeps walking into that narrative. i mean, the only time the president is not

jim acosta, thank you very much. >>> let's get more on the stone indictment. sara murray has been reporting extensively on stone. mueller's charges seem to show the clearest link yet between the trump campaign, roger stone and wikileaks. >> that's right. roger stone may not have been charged with conspiracy, the indictment makes it clear he reached out time and time again, or campaign officials reached out to him. it shows a pattern of just how eager the trump campaign was to get their hands on the information that was coming from wikileaks. roger stone reveling in the post arrest limelight, after his initial appearance before a judge in florida. >> as i have always said, the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about. >> reporter: only after the pre-dawn raid stone hoped to avoid. >> fbi. open the door. >> reporter: agents swarmed stone's home, arresting president trump's longtime political adviser and friend. searching stone's homes in florida and new york. >> they terrorized my wife, my dogs. >> reporter: stone vowed to fight the charges against him. >> i will plead not guilty to these charges. i will defeat them in court. >> reporter: the indictment describes how he coo

roger stone? >> i won't talk about hypotheticals that are ridiculous of things i haven't talked about. reporter: [inaudible] >> i never thought i would be shutting down one reporter to go to jim acosta. here we are. >> said over the weekend, sarah -- considered -- [inaudible]. >> sorry i didn't hear the last part? reporter: marco rubio said over the weekend working with wikileaks should be considered a crime? does the president agree? >> i think every single outlet that you all represent looked for and searched for information that wikileaks was provided including reporting on it. so i think there is responsibility by members of media. i'm not aware of anybody here ever working with wikileaks in any capacity. but i do know that every individual that represents media organization here looked for that information. most of you reported on that information. so i think you're just as accountable as anybody else in that process. go ahead. reporter: if i can jump in. roger stone last week, paul manafort, michael cohen, michael flynn, are you concerned, is the president concerned as more and more of his associates, former aides are brought into this investigation, are indicted, plead