that we got from ric grenell, from john ratcliffe and thed good work that they're doing. chris wray would help us, but unfortunately he hasn't. the other thing that's to to important, remember, tomorrow jim commie's testified. -- jim comey's testifying. i hope he guess asked about the january 5, 2017, meeting in the oval office where president obama's -- this is where they hatched the strategy on how they were going to trap michael flynn, how they were going to get michael flynn. and the reason, lou, they had to get him, because as former head of defense intelligence, he would have figured out how this was a house of cards. he would have figured it out, and he was going to uncover the wrongs they did as the new national security adviser to the president of the united states. so they hatched a plan january 5th and took him out a few weeks later which is so sad, what they did to a three-star general. lou: it is so sad what they did to him, to his family, what they have done to them all for four years. can you imagine? we have been discussing this for four long years while t

director of national intelligence john ratcliffe, that was john ratcliffe talking about putting on pausetnal debriefings to members of congress on election security issues. they will still get the information in written format. they can still ask questions. they're going to get the information but democrats are really topspinning on this they're saying that the republicans are covering up. watch this liberal politician without proof going on cnn to say ratcliff's move is a, quote, pre-coverup. watch independent candidate, independent angus king from maine. watch this. >> i mean, john, i hate to say this but it looks like a pre-coverup. it looks like they don't want to share the information, they're covering up information that may or may not, i have don't know what they have got or not, what they have or don't have but it looks like they're trying to keep this information from the public. elizabeth: okay. republicans in congress say this is off the wall and totally wrong and misleading and false. welcome california republican party chair, he is tom dell vacarro. he back with us. great to

cross fire hurricane documents, they were declassified by the director of national intelligence, john ratcliffed released to lindsey graham yesterday, ratcliffe outlining in a letter to lindsey graham that hillary clinton approved a plan to link then candidate trump with vladimir putin and russia hackers of the dnc. the letter also says the obama administration was briefed on this and actually said hillary clinton was calling this. i broke this story during this interview on sunday morning futures that this declassification was coming. watch. even though we are likely not getting anything from john durham before election day, you believe you'll have more declassifications to educate the public on what went down in 2016, senator. >> yes. stay tuned. there's three buckets here. was there any legitimate reason for mueller to be investigating the trump team for a crime regarding russia? in 2017, there was no evidence that anybody in the trump campaigns was working with the russians. the fisa abuse is another lane that we're all looking at. the court was misled, lied to, the fbi lied its ass off to

so first, to this john ratcliffe letter. david spunt laid out well in terms of the just of it.ke this? do you think it is interesting that it came out right before the election? the donald trump's tax story, what do you make of it? >> well, i'm a little baffled by it because if the russians wanted to know that hillary clinton was trying to tie donald trump to putin and russian election hacking, all they had to do was watch tv. july 24th, 2016, robby mook my hillary clinton's campaign manager, went on abc and he tied donald trump to putin and russian election hacking. member the dnc hack had become news at that point, it was a huge thing being connected to russia and the clinton campaign was coming out and they were accusing donald trump of having something to do with it and "the new york times" that same day, july 24th 2016 said that these accusations of a trump-russia connection were becoming a theme of the clinton campaign. so i think it's pretty self-evident, anybody who were members that were members that that's exactly what hillary clinton is doing. >> martha: absolutely.

elizabeth: that was director of national intelligence john ratcliffe talking to maria bartiromo.ead of federal intelligence agencies. he is saying he has filed multiple crime reports and that there are investigations into illegal leaks of classified information to the media, maybe by members of congress. this after dni ratcliff announcing his office will put on pause in-person individual briefings to congress about security threats to the 2020 elections. they will still get reports. the committees will still be debriefed. we have matthew whitaker. your thoughts, sir? kt mcfarland says the leaks are really getting out of control and they're criminal. what do you think? >> liz, first of all, glad to be with you, tonight. what i think john ratcliffe is telling us something very important, and that is, there are members of both the intelligence community and possibly members of congress that are criminal leakers and this is not only un-american but it is really disgusting. these intelligence leaks that really don't allow the federal government to function the way it should. that it i

and after that john ratcliffe's letter today to lindsey graham that it's clear that peter strzok knewknew he was working on the case. it's all tying together now. lou: it is coming together now. i want to ask you two requests quickly. your thoughts about john durham. you know, we don't know if it's true, but the reports continue that he will not be producing either charges or any kind of interim report. and, most importantly for you and for your client, what is next? >> i'm appalled we have no indictments get from mr. durham. as long as this has gone on and as much evidence has been apparent, there could have been some significant charges brought and producedded even more charges because people apparently don't cooperate until they know their livelihoods are in the lines of fire. and what's next is judge sullivan will be ruling, he said, with dispatch, whatever that means since it hasn't happened yet, and we will be filing a motion to disqualify him within the next few days that adds from the transcript today and other things that have happened since the rehand. there's no way the d.c

tonight more developments in our quest for equal justice as the director of national intelligence john ratcliffeifferent confirmed he's been in contact with john durham's team carried he told us yesterday that he is optimistic he will be de- classifying additional documents soon and director radcliffe is also taking bold action against the deep state scaling back in person election briefings to members of congress. why? citing concerns about the illegal leaking of that classified information. of course, it prompted immediate outrage from the corrupt and general liar himself adam schiff. don't forget during the russia hoax, the contents of classified briefings were leaked to the press on more than one occasion. that is to push the false narrative about trump and russia. now the debunked narrative. former acting director of national intelligence rnc senior advisor for quinoa rick canel along with florida republican congressman matt gates. by the way, good to see you in washington, congressman gates. rick, you were involved in declassification of a lot of things. >> i had a conversation with john r

gowdy was one of only two gop congressmen along with john ratcliffe who saw the redacted documents inrump russia investigation as well as the hillary clinton investigation, the e-mail probe which the fbi was conducting simultaneously. trey gowdy joins me now, a fox news contributor, and author of a new book, it doesn't hurt to ask. you've done that so well over your career. we appreciate you joining us this weekend. good to see you, trey. >> yes, ma'am. you too. thank you. maria: where are we? we're waiting on the results of the criminal probe from john durham. we watched you interview john brennan back in 2017 where he said he didn't use the dossier at all. what's your take on the arrangement of the cia and the fbi and who is culpable here for using this piece of information, which we know was just hearsay, made up in a bar, as evidence or reason to get a warrant to wiretap carter page and the trump campaign? >> well, we certainly know the fbi is culpable. you don't have to take my word for it. michael horowitz is not a rock-ribbed republican, he was nominated by barack obama and una

the topic of newly-declassified information from the director of national intelligence, john ratcliffe, also was raised today. that information, well, it alleges hillary clinton was the one who hatched the plan to tie president trump to a, well, a phony russia hacking of the dnc and the conspiracy that followed. take a listen to this exchange between comey and senator graham. >> you've got a letter now from ratcliffe saying that there was -- they intercepted information about an effort in july where hillary clinton approved an effort to link trump to russia, the mob. did you have an investigation look and see whether that was true? >> i can't answer that. i've read mr. ratcliffe's letter which, frankly, i have trouble understanding. >> so what kind of system do we have? we look at all things trump all the time, and when we get exculpatory evidence, we keep looking. when we're told it's not reliable, we keep using it. and when there's suggestions that the other side may be up to no good, we just ignore it. lou: our first guest tonight also questioning the fired fbi director whose mental

and we now know there's a possibility that the odni, john ratcliffe, may declassify a report that devinys this all on the table. this could very well have been flawed in that intelligence community assessment, at least according to the sources i'm talking to. lou: well, here's one of the sources well known to our audience on this broadcast, fred fleitz. this is what he said about excluding russian intel. quote: when i was briefed on the house intelligence committee report january 2017, i uca, i was told john brennan politicized this assessment by excluding credible evidence that the russians wanted hillary clinton to win the 2016 election and ordered weak intelligence. i was also toll brennan took both actions over the objections of cia analysts. that's outrageous. your thoughts. >> it's outrageous -- we don't know it. it was kept a secret all this time. this is a pattern we've seen in russia collusion from day one. the fbi and cia know things, and they give us a different story than the facts that are in their possession, the evidence in their possession. it's time for the intelligence

john ratcliffe, the newly appointed director of national intelligence, told the intelligence committees late on friday that he's suspending all in-person briefings for congress on election security and foreign election interference just weeks before the upcoming election. they are no longer going to do those briefings. joining us now is congressman eric swalwell, democrat of california. he sits on the house intelligence committee, one of the committees whose members will no longer be getting these in-person election briefings. congressman swalwell, it's nice to see you. thanks for joining us tonight. >> you too. thank you, rachel. >> i feel like these stories are coming together in a way that is a little bit unnerving, both in terms of what we know but also what we deliberately don't know, what hasn't been investigated and now what congress won't be allowed to ask questions about. are you worried that this is going to materially change what congress knows, what you know about what's going on with this election? >> yes, but we're not helpless, rachel, and chairman schiff is leading us in

last declassification from john ratcliffe it went back to hillary clinton. asking for him to resign. >> we are. again. elizabeth: you're asking the fbi director asking him to resign, who else bides yourself. who else is asking him to resign? >> they can line up me for four or five months. i'm tired of christopher wray running department, making changes he is not making, we look at management and upper echelons for the fbi. time to go, time for a change, we repeated today it is time for him to resign. elizabeth: we're going to stay on the story. we have to move on what is going on with the supreme court nominee amy coney barrett. the senate democrats refused to meet with her. chuck schumer so said to do so would legitimatize the process. they will try to stonewall her nomination, so she doesn't get to rule on obamacare case in couple months that could invalidate it as an constitutional because of the individual mandate, forcing people to be hit with a tax, if they don't buy health insurance. can they get, can that happen if she is seated anyway, why stonewall

be grilled about still dossier troll in the fbi investigation and newly declassified intel from john ratcliffims ellery clinton approved a plan to create a scandal surrounding donald trump. jillian: supreme court justice ruth they are ginsburg has been laid to rest. police escorting her body to arlington national cemetery, she was buried beside her husband during a private ceremony. justice ginsburg died from pancreatic cancer two weeks ago at the age of 87. the fourteenth of justice to be buried at the cemetery. it is 39 after the hour, donald trump going after hunter biden during the debate. >> some $3.5 million. what did he do to deserve it? jillian: joe biden denying the president's facts. social media reacting to that heated exchange coming up next. robinhood believes now is the time to do money. without the commission fees. so, you can start investing today wherever you are - even hanging with your dog. so, what are you waiting for? download now and get your first stock on us. robinhood. >> and, here is more on that back and forth. carley: it wasn't on the list and no surprise to anybod

. >> devin nunes, john ratcliffe announced he will suspend in person briefings. you shed light for viewers on what that decision was? >> you can answer that question because you were with us as leaks consider on a daily basis. this is long overdue. we gain nothing from the briefers. a lot of these people are professionals. they have been out in the war zones. they come back into washington, into congress and what the democrats do is they play got cha and run upstairs and talk to the friends in the media. it's leaking classified information. it's always for one thing: to build whatever false narrative they are building for that day or week. we know how that ended with that russian collusion hoax where they decimated the fbi and the department of justice. >> you are still getting the intelligence. you are not getting it in the form that can be leaked; is that fair? >> absolutely. we are getting written briefings. we don't want to see the illegal leaks we have seen from schiff and democrats you. it's what we did with coogan's. you felt safe and, if you were safe, yo

in meantime big reaction to john ratcliffe announcement, and that's rather than oral briefs.peaker nancy pelosi is not happy. >> they have a responsibility to brief the communities and also duffel congress. we don't know of any leaks and we don't want any leaks and we will not condemn any leaks but that is not a reason, it's an excuse on the part of the president. >> melissa: licking in washington? never. gillian turner is live in washington with this battle. >> hi, melissa. this comes from a well-known cybersecurity firm that the trump campaign was hired to beef up the website ahead of the election. they are trying to make sure that his policy agenda and his campaign will make on the ground stops. the report says "they are attacking in both numbers and sophistication. the firm is now revealing how many total cyber attacks have hit those trump 2020 websites come up with a claim between march and june. hackers access the campaign's websites for multiple short periods of time and that peak disruption happened in june. the director of national intelligence says russia, china and

>> well, i think one interesting thing is how james comey dismissed john ratcliffe's letter as unimportantalso he had to admit and was forced to admit he interfered in the election when he reopened the investigation in october of 2016 into hillary clinton and weiner's laptop. we will get to the bottom through senator graham's investigation and the senate judiciary committee. we have a clear picture of what happened and the limitations of jim comey when he led the fbi to his willful blindness or his intentional malfeas an. >> harris: president trump is counting on the u.s. supreme court to examine the results of the presidential election going after mail-in ballots again. >> this is going to be a fraud like you have never seen. the other thing, it's nice on november 3rd, you are watching and you see who won the election. i think we will do well because people are really happen with the job we have done. we might not know for months because these ballots will be all over. >> harris: matt, what is your take on what lies ahead for us and what americans can do? >> well, first of all, everyone s

todd: the director of national intelligence john ratcliff told congress last week, written briefingstion to cut down on these, have not denied russia is trying to interfere but insists china is a greater threat. matt gates echoes the claim that china is a threat to watch while slamming democrat like adam schiff for congressional leaks. >> i would not trust adam schiff with the secret ingredient to my mother's lasagna recipe much less our nation's most sensitive intelligence but this dispute is not about intelligence. it is about politics. democrats want to use these briefings as a platform to scare the american people about russia. we know the real threat we face is from china and the democrats know that joe biden has a big china problem. if we rebuild this economy after coronavirus we need a president willing to confront china. that is what donald trump is done. todd: the senate intel committee chair marco rubio calls this a historic crisis but his committee still needs to continue receiving briefings. jillian: march madness may be on. the ncaa filing its trademark for the battle in

director of national intelligence john ratcliffe last week released documents of a fisa court opinionthe justice department. in that opinion the court wrote this, quote: the government acknowledges that there were material omissions, and the court has found violations of the government's duty of candor in all four applications. in previous filings the justice department had admitted only there were errors in two of those fisa applications. >>> up next, china joe biden doesn't seem to cower about the major swing -- cower about the major swing state of michigan this november. we'll take that up with republican national committee chair ronna mcdaniel in just a few moments. >>> and you can preorder my new book. it's "the trump century." it is subtitled "how our president changed the course of history forever," and it is available now at our new merchandise store for preorder, loudobbsshop.com, and that shop, loudobbsshop.com, is a place for all american patriots, be you republican, democrat or independent. i'll be doing a virtual book signing on september 23rd. meet we me and get your aut

. >> director of national intelligence john ratcliff told congress last week he would provide writtenefings until after the election to cut down on weeks. ratcliff is not denied russia is trying to interfere but insists china is the greater threat. >> rick grenell knows firsthand how big an issue, setting the record straight about the latest. >> we are still able to give all of the information to politicians on threats. they will get everything they always have gotten, they should be well prepared. putting it in writing will hopefully minimize the leaks. we have a real crisis with weeks. career intelligence officials applaud this move. they don't want to go to:brief politicians because their words are manipulated and their careers are ruined. >> acting chairman marco rubio calls congressional leaks a historic crisis but that his committee still needs to continue receiving briefings. 3 top democrats face aggressive challengers in key primaries in massachusetts. ed marky against congressman joe kennedy, closely watched senate race on the house side. ways and means committee chair richar

>> first i really miss john ratcliffe on judiciary but i am glad he is where he is right now.have to take this at it its very basis, today's declassification confirms from the beginning the fbi knew, or at the very least should have been skeptical that the entire russian collusion investigation was based on disinformation and collusion from the hillary clinton campaign. elizabeth: din ratcliff also says in a letter to lindsey graham that former cia director john brennan told barack obama about it and also intelligence officials told peter strzok and james comey about it. we've got james comey, mccabe coming up at a hearing shortly within the next couple weeks. james comey testifying tomorrow. should they be asked why didn't you know this was going on? that a russian spy was the main source for the anti-trump steele dossier? why didn't the mueller probe start investigating intelligence officials who were letting this happen in order just to block trump? we're talking john brennan allegedly and others? >> i mean, that is exactly right and they were briefed. it was not just comey

elizabeth: okay that was dni john ratcliffe back in december of 2019 when he was a texas congressmanistration in the trump-russia probe. new email surfacing from former fbi official i believe peter strzok. he was fired. they got it from a foia action. he was worried that he and his fbi's team work, would be made public. when this eventually does become public, it will be more picked over than even the clinton investigation was. joining me north dakota congressman kelly armstrong from house judiciary. great to have you back on, sir. why was peter strzok so worried about the public knowing details? >> if you go through the 330 pages released by "judicial watch." you can tell. they were completely coordinated. they were completely emersed how the media was covering this. they were speaking to reporters. they were trying to drive a narrative. when you put all of this together, no way a reasonable person can conclude that they weren't biased against the president, weren't actively pushing a investigation they knew they didn't have the goods on, more importantly they cannot claim a simple

the notes were released by director of national intelligence john ratcliffe. 4r5eu78d cia director john brennan briefed president obama about the plan in july of 2016 just days before the fbi opened its russia investigation into the trump campaign. ratliff's letter was released by senator lindsey graham. a marine fighter pilot is recovering after his jet collided with a refueling tanker in mid-air. the pilot ejected just after his f-35 clipped the plane's wing. the jet crashed into a field in southern california. the tanker made an emergency landing nearby. none of the crew members on board were hurt no. word on what caused the crash. anxiously? ainsley: all right. thanks so much, jillian. the debate over healthcare got pretty heathed last night in cleveland. watch. this your party wants to go socialist. >> the party is me right now i'm the democratic party. >> they are going to dominate you, joe, you know that. >> i am the democratic party right now. >> not according to harris. >> the democratic party is what i, in fact, approved of. >> you agreed with her. >>

john ratcliffe is not going to stand up.t head of the office of director of national intelligence. he's not going to stand up to donald trump. ric grenell didn't. he was more than willing to politicize the department. chad wolf. so you do see the intelligence projects -- products, the censorship of them, the withholding of them, the pushing alternate theories, pushing outright false information, and, you know, what's dangerous about this, among other things, about the durham investigation, the connection between the two is, you know, those that do look into these issues risk being the subject of some other bogus counterinvestigation like the one that bill barr is doing right now. and last thing we want are these career public servants and the intel agencies to be discouraged from doing their work. >> yeah, and speaking of bill barr and alternate theories, i want to play something that attorney general bill barr said last week when he was asked about foreign interference in our elections. take a listen to this. >> the intelli

liz: director of national intelligence john ratcliffe talking about putting o on pause debriefings tority issues. they will still get the information in written format, they can still ask questions ano going to get the information. but democrats are really tough spitting on this, they say the republicans are covering up. watch the liberal politician without proof going on cnn to say ratcliffe's move is a pre-cover-up. watch independent candidates, independent, watch this. >> i hate to say this but it looks like a pre-cover-up. it looks like they do not want to share the information, the covering up information that may or may not, i don't know what they got or what they have or don't have. but it looks like they are trying to keep this information from the public. liz: okay, republicans in congress say this is off-the-wall and totally miss misleading and false. let's welcome tom back with us, it's great to see you. what is your reaction to all of this? >> keep in mind, for three years, adam schiff of california selectively leaked and lied, the reason he does this is because he has alw

and then the new director of national intelligence, john ratcliffe, stunned congress by announcing hefings about election security, citing unspecified leaks. yes, that's the same trump defending former congressman who promised the senate he would always present the unvarnish ee truth, behind with the suppression of the dhs report it's hard not to see an administration that's trying to use the power of the federal government to advance the president's re-election by hiding information from the american people. this isn't just unethical, it would seem to be in violence of the law, section 6507 of the national defense authorization act which requires the dni and dhs secretary to brief congress within 14 days of an assessment that a foreign power is trying to interfere with our elections. this is exactly the kind of scenario that law anticipates, but tone comes from the top and the trump administration too often acts like the law doesn't apply to them. knowing by the time this is litigated, the election will be over. but don't forget, the federal government ultimately works for you. you h

john ratcliffe has to declassify this information to make it to the american public before the election. the political nature is if we don't provide that information. maria: well, there will be more declassifications as far as i'm hearing, that there will be more declassifications potentially this week, that could be very important in telling for the american people but i agree with you. i've spent a lot of time, three- plus years on this investigation and tried to seek out truth. i agree, the american people have a right to understand what took place here, before they go to the polls. it's very disheartening that now , that there will be no john durham interim report and no indictments before the election. >> let me disagree a little bit with chairman graham when he said he's pleased with the production out of the fbi. i am not. let me give you one example. here is a document we got from the general services administration. you can see that it's an e-mail, and everything is presented except for the very bottom, they redacted the mobile phone number of the person writing the e-mail here

breaking news, 35 days from the presidential election, the director of national intelligence john ratcliffe d classifies an intelligence assessment of hillary clinton's involvement in the russia and investigation, and in his, the judiciary chairman lindsey graham, radcliffe writ writes, according to his notes, former cia director brendan briefed obama and other security officials on the "alleged approval by hillary clinton in 2016 on a proposal from one of her former foreign policy advisors to vilify donald trump by stirring up a scandal claiming interference by russian security clearances." we will break that down, but first focusing on the debate and supreme court vacancy, former vice president was asked about packing the court, here is how that went down. speak of the american people should speak, you should go out and vote. you are voting now. vote and let your senators know how strong you feel. vote now, make sure you, in fact, let people know. i'm not going to answer the question -- >> why won't you answer that question -- >> the question is -- >> radical left -- >> will you shut up,

you have john ratcliff, running our intelligence service, pedaling russian propaganda directly to lindsey graham, not even having diane feinstein involved. graham just goes along with that. i guess he forgot that john mccain ever existed. you've got the republicans refusing to put a relief bill on the table to save american businesses. 20% of american small businesses are closed. there's still no deal. people have lost their unemployment insurance. i don't understand how it's possible to negotiate with these people any more. is there a single republican acting with any integrity? >> we're searching for one. it's like going back to these literary references, searching for an honest man or woman. it's hard to find. they are either -- they either go along with trump -- on the republican bill, there are 20 -- on the covid bill, there are 20 republican senators that don't want to spend a time. because their right wing financiers don't want to pay any taxes, don't want any government regulation. and we earl putting on the floor tomorrow -- i managed, you know, we're fighting this supreme court

. >> so, yes, dni, the director of national intelligence, john ratcliffe, said he will no longer brief members of congress in person. add that to the information we've received over the last few days from this whistle-blower inside the department of homeland security, brian murphy, who was head of intelligence in homeland security, who says that he had information about russian attacks on the election and was told not to make it public, because it would embarrass the president. you have those two things at once. and my question to you, senator, based on your position, you see things we don't, how much does this administration, does this white house really want to keep russia out of the 2020 elections? a >> that's a really good question and there's no evidence that they do. and you were right to put those two dots together. i re-read the whistle-blower complaint last night, and we have to note, those are allegations, those are unproven, but he's going to be appearing before the house intelligence committee, i think, next week, and basically, he's saying the worst nightmare, my worst nig

. >> i know you wrote a letter inviting john ratcliffe to come and testify before your committee.ave you heard back and if not are you going to issue a subpoena? >> we have not gotten an answer yet and we'll be discussing with the speaker, following up with whatever coercion we need to get answer. the dhs bulletin about the russians trying to denigrate and smear joe biden's health, that was withheld from law enforcement. we can't rely on documents if they're going to be with holding documents. you need to be able to ask questions. so, you know, we'll do whatever we need to do to get the information and protect the country. >> that sounds like a subpoena. >> well, you know, that's a decision that our leadership ultimately makes because it impacts the whole house. >> understand. okay. adam schiff, chairman of the house intelligence committee, thank you so much for coming on, especially this holiday weekend. appreciate it. >>> up next, president trump says he's optimistic a vaccine could be ready by election day. would kamala harris take it? >> i think that's going to be an issue for

maria: that was the director of national intelligence john ratcliffe speaking with me exclusively lastnday morning futures" in his first and only interview independence is being sworn into office, and the ground floor of the trump russia investigation he has long warned viewers on this program about dc leakers and corruption and the russia probe. devon nunes is the ranking member of the house intel committee and the author of the new book "countdown to socialism" which is on store shelves right now. congressman good morning to you thank you so much for joining us want to talk a bit about what's taking place this week. >> great to be with you. maria: we learned more than a dozen government-issued phones used by mueller's team during the russia probe were wiped clean. isn't this obstruction of justice? is that a federal crime, punish punishable up to 20 year? your reaction to this? >> well the way i look at this is thank god for judicial watch which was able to fight the department of justice to get this information. this looks like it occurred at a very interesting time. this is when th

excellence community or the politically-appointed obviously director of national intelligence john ratcliffe wants congress to know. so if you are getting a piece of paper, reading it, it's obviously too deep. you can't engage in the way you would with someone who is there, who is briefing you. you can ask questions and go back and forth. again, it does have a real impact. i believe the pretty to that point to say that russia was interfering for trump. they may not have ultimately released that statement. >> thank you. >>> next, we take a look at how parks and churches have become virtual learning spaces for students during this pandemic. stay tuned. spaces for students during this pandemic. stay tuned really? can it one up breakfast in bed? yeah, for sure. thanks, boys. what about that? uhh, yep! it can? yeah, even that! i would very much like to see that. me too. introducing tide power pods. one up the toughest stains with 50% more cleaning power than liquid detergent. any further questions? uh uh! nope! one up the power of liquid with tide power pods. don't settle for silver #1 for diabet

it comes a day after the intel chief john ratcliffe released unverified information claiming that hillary clinton approved a plan to survive a scandal by linking then candidate trump to russia. instead mike emanuel stepped through it today. >> missouri republican josh hawley press the former fbi director on the information in that explosive letter. >> did you open an investigation? >> i don't know what that refers to as i said earlier, that does not ring any bells when i read that. >> you did not receive any referral of this nature? >> i don't remember it. i don't remember receiving anything described in the letter. >> no surprise why mazie hirono in this political environment has a very different take than her republican colleagues on that letter. >> i find it amazing that we have dni radcliffe, issuing this kind of information, practically on the eve of an election, making an allegation, and in fact pushing off russia disinformation that it acknowledges. we can question him. >> james comey admitted that michael horowitz and the fbi actions at the start of the russia probe were problemat

john ratcliffe declassified this russian intelligence assessment on the eve of testimony by fired fbi radcliffe took over in may. former republican congressman from texas, and lindsey graham from the senate summarizing allegations that former secretary of state hillary clinton okayed a plan that would throw then candidate donald trump in the middle of a scandal with russia. in late july 2016, u.s. intelligence agencies obtained insight into russian intelligence analysis alleging u.s. presidential candidate hillary clinton had approved a scandal of donald trump by tying him to a scandal of hacking against the national committee peer than it goes on to say the ic does not know the accuracy of this allegation or the extent to with the russian intelligence analysis may reflect exaggeration or fabrication. it continues. according to handwritten notes, former cia agency director brennan briefed security officials on the intelligence and alleged approval by hillary clinton on july 26th, 2,016th of a proposal to vilify donald trump by stirring up a scandal claiming interference by russian sec

the director of national intelligence john ratcliffe says he's doing this to crack down on leaks. even though there is plenty of reporting the president just hates it when people bring up election interference. and has even punished officials who have the item merit to brief congress about it. democrats are outraged by canceling those briefings. joe biden says this is how american national security and sovereignty are violated and house speaker nancy pelosi and adam schiff said this is a shocking abdication of his lawful responsibility to keep the congress currently informed. and one of the people who authored that statement, house speaker nancy pelosi joins me now. let me first start, speaker, it is great to have you. >> thank you. >> your understanding of what this decision is, why it happens and what its implications are. >> well, let's just put it in its perspective. in the national security act of 1947, states very clearly that the intelligence community must fully and currently brief congress on intelligence matters. so they are flying in the face of a law which established

. >> something interesting came out yesterday from dni john ratcliffe, peter, where i guess this memoppears to show that hillary clinton approved of russia hacking into the dnc. this is what the says. to stir up a scandal against u.s. presidential candidate donald trump by tying thime putin and the russians' hacking of the democratic national committee. basically saying that she approved of this in order to distract from her emails. since this was released, both lindsey graham and dni ratcliffe have said they don't think the allegations are even true. so why release this? what's going on? >> to distract from the real issue. i mean, the administration, whether it's director wray, whether it's folks in the dni, have said russia right now is doing everything they can, directed by putin, to re-elect donald trump. so when i look at this reporting, it doesn't make a lot of sense, and you'll note it's a summary in the letter, but none of the underlying material has been released. i don't know if that's been declassified or not but it strikes me as very odd, both a nonissue and something that