at least three members of mahler's special council team have made donations to democratic presidential campaigns including clinton's twenty sixteen campaign so the people mahler is assembling to take a look at russia's meddling to get trampled acted by the same people who gave thousands of dollars to hillary clinton to be trump now how impartial do you think they'll be one of them is james quarrel's was given nearly thirty three thousand dollars to political campaigns over the years by far that we did democrats in presidential campaigns he gave to michael dukakis al gore john kerry barack obama and yes hillary clinton he also gave more than ten grand to help democrats in congress to another of mahler's special team members as andrew waste of men who led the enron investigation and he gave a lot of dough to obama so you can only imagine how fair and impartial he feels toward trump but those two aren't the ones that made me go whoa the one that really made me go well was jeanne you read because the actual investigation team member read not only gave to democrats she maxed out her contrib

offer any advice with the special counsel or what advice would you give when it came to firing robert mahler?. >> that this is david fisa would give publicly that i thought it was a mistake to fire the special counsel. i have been saying that for the past couple of weeks that this issue has been out there for a while. the president himself treated he still has the right to terminate but he was reserving back right and i certainly think he has a legitimate case to terminate special counsel. always remember that there is no underlying crime that has been committed. there is no evidence of a crime or not even a serious allegation that has been committed. nothing.ne and that is against the president or his administration so why on that basis just because there is smoke with some wild claims on certain cablele networks would to appoint a special counsel to begin with? i think it sounds odd and i understand the frustration the president and senior officials have this is dragged out for political purposes. he calls it a political witch hunt. that so i am a person that thinks to do a job to be fair

at least three members of mahler's special council team have made donations to democratic presidential campaigns including clinton's twenty six thousand campaign so the people mahler is a sound way to take a look at rush's meddling to get trouble acted are the same people who gave thousands of dollars to hillary clinton to be trying now how impartial do you think they'll be one of them is james quarrel's was given nearly thirty three thousand dollars to political campaigns over the years by far that we democrats in presidential campaigns he gave to michael dukakis al gore john kerry barack obama and yes hillary clinton he also gave more than ten grand to help democrats in congress. and the weather service in sterling virginia issued a special brief warning for chesapeake bay from paul's island to sandy point there with chesapeake bay north of pools island maryland just a river to queens still maryland patapsco river including baltimore harbor will be pm at five fifty four pm strong thunderstorms will be along the line of extending from twenty nautical miles northwest of little river to

with the special counsel investigation or have all resources necessary been transferred to director mahler's office?. >> call have been assigned to that after to to director mueller the fbi continues to maintain responsibility for counterterrorism issues including the russian adversary so we still do work with russia counterintelligence it we are careful to leave to the special counsel. >> director comey felt uncomfortable he said and told general sessions that meeting with the president so that you met with president trump or how many times and would you feel uncomfortable meeting along with the president?. >> have met with president trump on a very few occasions which there have been many other people present. i have not felt uncomfortable in those meetings. i'm sorry what was the rest of your question?. >> would you feel uncomfortable to meet alone? >> we have a well-developed and long known white house contact policy and i am aware of what that policy is and i do everything it can to ensure my contact with the white house president trump or anybody else's in with the scope of that policy

arthel: tara mahler, thank you for joining us. >> thanks for having me.'re out on the streets this saturday, some anti-trump protesters,rallying across the country. coming up, we'll delve into some of the answers that they're seeking. >>> plus, defense secretary james mattis is in singapore with a new warning about north korea, and he's issuing it in asia, looking to keep china on its toes. and despite the warmer relationship with the trump administration, what does this trip mean? general jack keane is here on what could result from the defense secretary's strategy. ♪ lights. camera. ♪ strike a pose. your eyes work as hard as you do. but do they need help making more of their own tears? if you have chronic dry eye caused by reduced tear production due to inflammation, restasis multidose™ can help... with continued use twice a day, every day, one drop at a time. restasis multidose™ helps increase your eyes' natural ability to produce tears, which may be reduced by inflammation due to chronic dry eye. restasis multidose™ did not increase tear production in

relevant to the investigation, we should also say cnn reached out to the white house, dni, nsa and mahler's office and all declined to comment. >> dana, you noted, both dan coats and admiral rogers reluctant to talk about this in an open setting. why? >> reporter: according to one congressional source i spoke with, coats and rogers asked before that public hearing for guidance from the white house on whether the president would claim executive privilege, which would mean they couldn't tell congress about the conversations. they didn't get an answer before their testimony. so they weren't sure what to say and it ended with that awkward and contentious hearing. we are told both men were much more forthcoming in private, with both the special prosecutor's team and with the senate. >> interesting, by not answering, maybe the administration or got want it wanted. famously documenting his conversations with the president, james comey, in memos. did either dan coats or mike rogers do the same? >> reporter: the answer is yes, when it comes to rogers. he had interaction with the president and docume

comey and mahler go way back, they've had a long relationship working together.omey went into this knowing already areas that were definitely off-limits and at some point there was a question of making sure he wasn't going to step on something that robert mueller is going to work on. expect any cut testimony from ron rosenstein who has taken over this part of the investigation from jeff sessions, who had to recuse himself? down the road, will he likely be called to testify? it's a little unclear. obviously he's handed off his responsibilities to robert mueller come the special counsel, but he does still have some role in overseeing certain elements of this, we think. he will be on the hill tomorrow along with several other officials including the acting fbi director. it will be an unrelated hearing that looks at four intelligence asked and authorities that expire at the end of the year. we had no idea what questions if any rob rosenstein or the other officials up there are going to answer, but there is little bit of a warm-up act tomorrow before comey hits the ma

the problem is, this is when the togetherness spirit starts to split, we say, "why isjoe mahler not ine right man for thejob! i may be slightly biased, but he is pa rt may be slightly biased, but he is part of the shake—up, along with george north and johnathan joseph. they will both start against the carrick rangers on tuesday —— the hurricane aims. and rory best returns as captain. he was skipper for their best win on the tour against the chiefs last week. and gatland believes all their problems from the first test can be sorted out for the next two. those things are all fixable for me. the all blacks haven't played champagne rugby and throwing the ball all over the place, fairness to them, they were very direct up front so we need to make sure we're better in those areas in terms of combating them for next week. england's cricketers had a really disappointing start to the women's world cup. in the opening match, they lost by 35 runs against india in derby. it would have been a record—breaking victory if they'd made their target of 282 — but they fell short, asjoe wilson reports. thi

today a friend of the president was reported that president trump was considering removingsi director mahler as special c counsel to have confidence in him to conduct impartially?. >> i didn't know about these reports. >> but i am asking. >> i have known mr. mueller over the years serving 12 years as deputy fbi director and i knew him before that and i am confident. but i will not discuss any o hypothetical or a situation in the future i am not aware of today because i know nothing of the investigation >> to believe the presidentto has confidence?. >> i have no idea. >> as you commit to this committee not to take any personal actions that may result in his firing?. >> i think i could say thate with confidence because i recused from the investigation in fact, the way that works is the acting attorney general. >> edges wanted to get you on the record. >> so you would not take any actions to your knowledge you have any justice of department officials about any presidential pardons. >> i cannot comment on conversations and that is a violation of the communications rule. >> so as the basis of fac

. >> director mahler is an important part of that equation.f >> u.s. bank assets as a hero or a villain depending on the perspective during the clinton e-mail investigation and. e-mail but clearly were troubled by the conduct of this sitting attorney general lynch with a clique -- e-mail characterization the youth have been asked to except it is a matter not a criminalsk investigation it was a matter of president clinton's meeting on a the tarmac with a sittingto attorney general when his wife was subject to a criminal investigation to be subject to other matters in a classified setting but it seems to me you clearly believe that already lynch had the appearance of a conflict of interest. is that correct?. >> i didn't think would that be appropriate by the attorney general to appoint a special counsel is that an appropriate step. >> it is possible are you aware ms. lynch was requested a few times and refused?. >> yes yes, sir,. >> i did on multiple occasions. and that i in your concernsnce o that caused you to makert within incredibly painful decision