last year, trump's former chief of staff, john kelley wrote a memo saying the president had ordered quote -- that contradicts comments made at the time by the president last month. >>. >> no, i don't think i have the authority to do that. i'm not sure i do. but i wouldn't do it. >> elijah cummings is threatening to subpoena the white house if they don't cooperate. saying in a statement, the security clearance process is supposed to function in an even handed and neutral manner based on the national security interests of the united states. white house press secretary sara sanders issuing a statement saying we don't do -- >>> a ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held in san francisco for california pacific medical center on van ness. the 11-story 274-bed hospital officially opens for patients tomorrow morning. it will specialize in maternity, pediatric care, as well as emergency and cardiac care. patients will be moved from two hospitals over the weekend. >>> it looks like a scene out of jurassic park. maybe godzilla. mercury news photographer karl monday done captured this photo as floodwater

the paper suggests that last year, former chief of staff john kelley wrote a memo saying the presidentad ordered him to clear kushner's path. the president previously told the times that he would not overrule security officials. the white house says it does not comment on security clearances. >>> happening today a ribbon-cutting ceremony for sutter health, new california pacific medical center on van ness. mayor london breed and state senator scott wiener among the dignitaries that will be at the morning's event. the 11-story 274-bed hospital officially opens for patients tomorrow morning. it will specialize in maternity, pediatric care and emergency and cardiac care. patients will be moved from two other hospitals over the weekend. >>> this next video looks like something out of a sci-fi film. but it is 100% real. it is a gigantic rare fish. it was identified as a hoodwinker sunfish. it's never been seen before in north america. it washed up on the beach last week in southern california. the 7-foot fish was a long way from home on the other side of the world from wherever it lived bec

the paper suggests that last year former chief of staff john kelley wrote a memo saying the presidentim to clear kushner's path. the president previously told the times he would not overrule security officials. the white house says it does not comment on security clearances >> in the east bay, teachers rejected a contract offer from the district. their strike will continue for a 7th day. >> hundreds rallied at city hall yesterday and also marched to the california state building where the oakland education association and the district had resumed their negotiations. the district is now offering a 2% bonus plus 8% raise over four years. three years.ted 12% raise over they will meet today at 2:00 p.m. their meeting was shut down on wednesday because of demonstrators. >>> oakland unified is offering seniors extra help applying for college financial aid today. >> it usually helps students during school hours. but many have not been going to school. starting at 9:00, college advisers will be on hand at mills college in stern hall and lane i college in building a, youth up rising macarthur

acting inspector general john b kelley said the department of homeland security was not fully preparedor the administration zero-tolerance policy. the house homeland security chairman applauded the move. >> i'm not surprised that people looking at it as if what i'm hearing today doesn't give me any confidence at all. >> also today chuck grassley and dianne feinstein asked the health and human services inspector general to investigate allegations of sexual abuse of unaccompanied minors, bret. >> bret: mike, thanks. president trump to rally senate republicans to his cause to prevent more defections over the national emergency declaration. chief white house correspondent john roberts has that story from the north lawn, good evening john. >> john: good evening to you and the factors on the republican side of the aisle support the president strongly on border security. but when it comes to the white house trying to circumvent that congressional operations process, allies quickly become opponents. >> the senate vote is unexpected for another eight days, but the white house is putting the har

change in the security status finally the president ordered john kelly the chief of staff to give mr kushner the security clearance mr kelley apparently was so disturbed by this that according to the new york times he wrote a private memo noting that he was giving the security clearance to jericho or against his own best judgment it's worth keeping in mind that before he went to the white house john kelly had been a four star marine corps general and had some real appreciation of what it meant for someone to have a top security clearance israel's attendee general says he plans to indict prime minister benjamin netanyahu in three separate corruption cases national who has dismissed the allegations as politically most of aces. at least ten people have been killed in an attack apparently targeting the home of a judge in somalia's capital police say a car bomb was detonated in a plot to assassinate omar the chief judge of somalia's appeals court says it was behind the attack pakistan's prime minister says his country will release a captured indian pilots on friday as a gesture of peace a day earlier india and pakistan said they

john robinson didn't pass away until 1933, but after raising of a very large family, a successful business, and some of the robinson family members are buried in the backyard of the kelley/robinson house. so right here in the little village of appomattox county, we can see the 'so what' of the surrender. it unfolds right here before our very eyes. we have only had to look a more deeply to see these untold stories. >> tonight on lectures in history, professor jane daly teaches a class about the 19 year presidential election and president nixon's first term. here's a preview. >> this is when college campuses explode with students out in the quads, our ever protesting the american policies, protesting the war, protesting the draft. at kent state university in ohio, you have seen this image am sure. publicate was a university with a largely working-class white student body. burned a copy of the constitution and then burned down the campus rotc building. not good behavior for the president of the university, but that is what they did as a protest. the governor of ohio denounced the students as the worst type of people we harbor in america. he dispatched national guard troops

change in the security status finally the president ordered john kelly the chief of staff to give mr kushner the security clearance mr kelley apparently was so disturbed by this that according to the new york times he wrote a private memo noting that he was giving the security clearance to jericho or against his own best judgment it's worth keeping in mind that before he went to the white house john kelly had been a four star marine corps general and had some real appreciation of what it meant for someone to have a top security clearance while donald trump has returned. to washington and straight into a political storm following his former lawyers testimony to congress the u.s. president says it was ninety five percent lies from michael cohen he says cohen's only truthful statement was that trump didn't collude with russia to win the twenty six thousand election coming accuse trump of racism and breaking campaign finance laws to cover up an affair with an adult film star he lied but it was very interesting because he didn't lie about one thing he said no collusion with the russian hoax and i said i wonder why he didn't just

donald trump ordered his former chief of staff john kelly to grant his son in law jerry cushion a top security clearance back in may the newspaper says kelley wrote an internal memo confirming the fact of the senior officials in the white house were troubled by the decision question as clearance was later suspended in two thousand and eighteen. and the venezuelan opposition leader who was traveling to argentina for a meeting with president married. has been travelling across south america to gain support for a change of government in venezuela the united states says it will continue to take appropriate action against the venezuelan president nicolas maduro will bring you more on that story and everything else we're covering in the news hour in twenty five minutes time i'll see you then head to head now continues. what about to head to head on al-jazeera english my guest tonight is going to reveal international affairs adviser to the bangladeshi prime ministership hasina in recent years garvey one of the biggest challenges bangladesh has had to face has not come from the inside of the outside from neighboring myanmar more than a million musl