manus: i am anna edwards. >> i am manus cranny in dubai. this is your all new bloomberg daybreak: europe. these are our top stories. >> steven mnuchin and is hopeful a deal can be reached with china as investors continue to assess the terror of impact. friday selloff continues into asian trading, but u.s. futures push higher. manus: tightening the screws on putin. president trump is expected to take his most aggressive actions yet against russia in response to the nerve gas attack in the u.k.. beijing's oil push. china launches its first-ever crude futures contract as it is more power over pricing and challenges benchmarks in the united states and europe. good morning, everybody. this is "bloomberg daybreak europe." manus is with us in dubai. i am in london. let's put the overnight trading picture together. let's start with the asian session. asian-pacific down. the market is struggling to get the size and scope of what the u.s. administration wants to do with china on trade. we don't know the details. mnuchin says he is hopeful. last week,

manus, nejra? manus: thank you very much.ary cohn is resigning as white house administration advisor. based on the steel and aluminum imports. nejra: the former goldman sachs president quit just hours after a confrontation with the president over at the tariff plan. joining us now from hong kong is schneider.jodi what is this th departure mean for the trump administration? jodi: this is going to be a very complicated role towhat is thi e trump administration. mr. cohn was respected on wall street, in the business community. he basically was the person who for business interests, for business friendly policies. for business interests, for business friendly policies. he was not an american first type, clearly. he was against these tariffs. therefore, he was an important conduit to the business and investment community in the u.s. he also helped push through the tax law changes of the end of last year. so, it will be complicated. this is a time at which the administration has other openings, other positions to fill and there has

manus: sorry.what it was to lose money in five minutes. >> we saw what happened last year when mario mentioned tapering at the central conference in june. the euro to got like a horse that had been by of the. -- took off like a horse that bee.een bit by a i think the market to some extent deserve this. yet is the best currency ever. i think margin. globally. it is the best of the major currencies we see now. we all expect him to grow back from here and fight very hard -- to stick his finger and a dike to hold the water back. he does not want what the what -- foreign market will do. is makingget , wear-yen for the hundred get back into a japanese version of a tantrum that gets everyone saying, -- this is why everyone is determined -- reliance on everyone else. it is going to be to step forward and one step back all the way. manus: hold that thought. there are five tests from this lady, you prime minister. she is promising the nation that you can reference brexit will not her job. we will discuss tha

manus: many u.k.ufactures are considering building up stockpiles to ease the risk of brexit related trade delays. anna: that's according to the british chambers of commerce. also looking to expand storage capacity to deliver to the same timescale after britain leaves the. this is the story coming out of the bcc where they say many members of thinking about how they will cope with the potential disruptions that could exist around border issues and customs issues in march 2019 or perhaps later. we are getting into the meat of things now, aren't we? does it feel like were getting to the rub here? >> i think the long waiting game is coming to an end. we are well into this next business cycle. given the standoff that appears to be developing between the u.k. government and the brussels position, with respect to financial services. but businesses are starting to take the risk on their own balance sheet and that will have a huge impact on investment and hiring decisions. is,his point, the question with assum

this is bloomberg. ♪ manus: good morning from the city of london, i am manus cranny. edwards. this is daybreak europe. ands: asian equities rise begin falls after donald trump agrees to talks with kim jong-un. anna: trump's protectionist play, slapping tariffs on steel and aluminum but excludes mexico and canada. we await today's payroll report. delay, saudi minister tells bloomberg the giant oil company's ipo could be pushed back to 2019. between december 3 -- 31st and january 1, there is no value loss for the kingdom. deadline youhis refer to as being significant in our decision-making. anna: good morning, this is daybreak: europe. 7:00 in london, 8:00 in germany. let's get a sense of where we pick up our news. we have january industrial wasut, -0.1%, the estimate for an increase of 0.6%. this is below estimates, the second time this week we have had data below estimates. let's keep an eye on euro-dollar, see if we get any impact. one's worth, but coming off of other disappointing data sets. the bigger picture story is risk on. we have carried it into our european t

manus: good morning. i am manus cranny. matt: these are today's top stories.are mixedn as the selloff in tech shares shows no signs of letting up in the u.s. matt: softbank moves closer to ri that stake in swiss would value the insurer at three $9 billion. manus: the kingdom is added to the emerging markets list. billions of dollars of additional investment could now flow into the country. a very warm welcome to "bloomberg daybreak: europe." we are global. equity markets are pausing. it is a train wreck in tech that is for sure. the question for the vix, that inthe precursor, bleeding the u.s., the vix finished the day at the bottom of the screen at 22.87. is that of risk indicator? it is per meeting across the european complex. the dax futures are up by 15 pips. london, we are counting down a year in theory until we leave the eu. what would that look like? volatility in the u.s. the last few times we saw this level was a precursor to 2008 at a precursor to lehmans and the dot-com bubble. you're seeing a temperate mood in the equity markets. driving be importa

manus: i'm manus cranny live from dubai. these are today's top stories. anna: asia stocks slide after a selloff in u.s. tech shares. 10-year treasury yields fall. meets kims. china says the north korean theer is willing to give up nuclear weapons and hold a summit with the united states. anna: the trump administration is said to be blocking chinese investments in technology that the u.s. seems sensitive. ♪ anna: very good morning. this is bloomberg daybreak: europe. it is 6:00 in london. we have to check out what is happening on the asian equity session. asia-pacific down by one and a quarter percent right now. this really a reaction to the tech selloff we saw yesterday in the u.s. the s&p down 1.7%. those really being hit, rattled by a host of factories. news around shortselling on twitter. facebook's ongoing news. all of that adding up to concern around technology and spreading globally. we've got a way of telling two stoies. ries. the pound on the right against the japanese yen. just to show you what we have got because the pound is higher. the times i

manus: the u.s. president stands by plants to slap tariffs on steel and aluminum with no exceptions for american allies. ♪ manus: a warm welcome to daybreak. the markets face a variety of concerns. tariffs from the u.s. hung parliaments in italy. what does it mean for markets? stoicism. london is up by 0.6%. given the risks in the markets, -- london is up by three bips. no higher if possible in practice. "higher ifce possible" was omitted. we are turning a little red on the dax. market.he paris i would take a green splash anywhere on the screen this morning. anna: take green given what you are seeing in the asia session. marketsf concerns for that deal with equity markets. to put it into context, it is the american tariff story and the italian election story. as we saw from the european futures, there is a downside yet to come in europe. as a p futures pointing firmly down and in the red. bounceay, we saw a late in equities. the s&p staging a late rally on a host of market assumptions. trying to put

manus: thank you very much.cta the classic trump trade, which is the distance between rhetoric and action. let's get more on the markets. our bloomberg strategist is with us. it is amazing how we almost , risk on, risk off. there are 20 of room for wins here. mark: that might be the case. i have sympathy with the fact that over time this may be a verbal spat. trump and these tariffs in the next few days, it is unlikely to lead to a major trade war. that is not the dynamic that will affect markets at the moment. it is a more binary situation. investors basically care, have we seen the height of tariff panic. they say trump will back down and this mobile over -- this will blow over and we will go back to a bull market. or is there a risk of retaliation? is retaliation that investors are worried about. areill see if equities decided on the move. what potential impact could this have on mario draghi and the ecb later this week? does it put a cap on the euro upside, and the italian election playing into this as well?

manus: i am manus cranny. these are today's top stories.nna: bouncing back, stocks climb in asia, and the united states, there is concerns over trade tensions. the biggest one-day jump since august, 2015. retaliation against the kremlin. 100 and voice will be sent home. this in the wake of the nerve agent attacks on british soil. i will putin respond. anna: the ceo -- the ceo of the oil giant, investor skepticism grows. >> it will show ultimately how and how we are the highest producer, the most efficient, the most reliable. so, this is a great company. ♪ anna: very good morning. this is "bloomberg daybreak: europe." we will get you through the markets and a moment, but let's go to breaking news. selling the stake in health care, for 13 billion. they see the completion in the .econd quarter of 2018 a few more details coming through. the $13 billion exchanged here. inartis is selling its stake health care. let's talk a little bit about what is going on in markets. picture across the asian equity markets. asian stocks higher -- following unit

manus: bhanu baweja joining us from ubs.e the conversation and talk more about china. that is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ matt: we are 30 minutes into trading. king the dollar and coming dollar and king coming economic advisor --. who in -- vladimir putin's response. the u.k. government decided to throw out 23 russian diplomat's. we are watching a live briefing out of moscow. pulling the lever. unilever delivers a blow to theresa may by opting for a dutch domicile. how will investors respond to this moment? good morning, and welcome to bloomberg markets. i am matt miller in berlin alongside guy johnson in london. manus: 30 minutes -- guy: this is the tour we find ourselves with. of -- up.ere kind of omb is picking up a little bit and generali picking up a bit as well. anglo has gone xd today. there is an interesting note from goldman sachs relating to the u.k. they are concerned that maybe a little bit of momentum is beginning to fade out. hammerson is trading down this morning. throughhe exd's coming every thursday. hennes

manus cranny: this is about you balancing. have rate hikes on one side and this is your proposed strategy to balance against that. would you consider lower reserve requirements? >> at this point, it is not contemplative because we have liquidity in the system. our banks have a very high capital ratio at 18.9% versus the requirement of 12%. all in all, liquidity is abundant. the banking sector has to withdraw to support the economy. manus cranny looking at the uae, : is than having any impact at all in terms of the environment or in terms of real economy? mr. al mansoori: of course, there is a higher cost of borrowing. but when i want to mention is that the margins between libor over ibor has been shrinking. that is because of confidence in the banking sector. manus cranny: the individual cores that you segregate. is there another way of adding liquidity? many of the central banks use the repo. but you could turn on a dime. mr. al mansoori: we have resources that are available. we have not seen any requirement from the banks. y

manu raju on capitol hill with the latest from there. manu? >> the first time that corey lewandowski came before this committee, he declined to answer a range of questions about any topic after he left the trump campaign in june of 2016. fist, first, he said he was not prepared to answer those topics and then refused to say afterwards that democrats needed to come back and answer questions but then refused and said he wasn't going to come back and now he's agreed to come back and answer more questions. questions right now is will he actually answer the queries about topics that occurred after the campaign, will he answer questions about any of these conversations that he had with trump when he became president? those have been off limits when other people have ask -- other witnesses have come forward, like hope hicks, steve bannon, both of whom have suggested that executive privilege needed to be asserted to protect the president's private conversations. will corey lewandowski do the same thing before the committee? this could be one of the la

manu, you're up first. who is making the decision to shut down the house investigation and what's the basis? >> well, the republicans are united behind this. republicans on the house intelligence committee. you have heard republican after republican for weeks now telling me, telling other reporters and making it very clear, very publicly that they don't believe that this investigation can go on. they believe that they have reached the essential conclusion, that there was no collusion between the trump associates and the russians. and they feel that they have reached a dead end, they have gone every which way and that's the conclusion they've reached. and they're getting support not just from the rank and file members on that committee, but also the republican who's running the russian investigation, mike conway, and the republican chairman, devin nunes, who even though he temporarily stepped aside amid controversy last year, has kept a foot in this investigation. has been very influential behind the scenes,

manu, it does bear repeating both the post and the times do not have the details of what words were uttered allegedly by john dowd. he denies there was any kind of offer or quid pro quo or even discussion about pardons. >> that's very true. the words are significant, but what we do know with this president is that he makes decisions off the cuff with his gut, and he may suddenly decide to move forward with the pardon process. remember, typically when you go through the pardon process, there's some sort of justice department review. the justice department goes through this, and this is a very serious matter that happens throughout the government. but when you look what he did with the last pardon, joe arpaio, there was no real justice department review. it was the president's ultimate decision to move forward here. presumably if john dowd did move forward with this, there was some decision by the president

but to the whole point, to your point, manu, this white house has a history of lying. this president has a history of lying that no matter what they say, john dowd frankly has a hi history of lying when he said he tweeted something out of the president's twitter account after the president tweeted it. and nobody believes that. and so, you know, to the point of his lawyers, including john dowd, have never done him, i don't think, any good or any justice. they're not, i think, working in the best interest of their client. >> i just wanted to add one little point here which is that this may not only be impeachable. it may be a crime. and if it is a crime, i mean just because the president has the power to pardon doesn't mean he can't -- for example, if he takes a bribe to issue a pardon, he can't be prosecuted for it? of course he could be prospecti prosecuted for it. the point is if this is a crime, then there is no attorney-client privilege between donald trump and john dowd because a lawyer and a client can't collude to commit a friem. >>> a lawsuit has been allowed to

manu makes a good point.resident's numbers have gone up a few points in recent days, up to above 40% now and see the tax cuts, tax reforms republicans did last year, those have become more popular as a public -- the polls show they have become more popular. i think the president cuts both ways in 2018. a lot of places that suburban districts, moderate districts, candidates will probably not want to be near the president. other places where maybe he's an asset. >> josh dawsey, manu raju, page pate, thank you very much. ♪ today is a good day to make a plan for your financial goals and your everyday ones too. pnc can help. we'll be with you every step of the way. let's start today. we'll be with you every step of the way. you wouldn't accept from any one else. why accept it from your allergy pills? flonase relieves your worst symptoms including nasal congestion, which most pills don't. flonase helps block 6 key inflammatory substances. most pills only block one. flonase. i'm a fighter. always have been. when i f

cnn's manu raju makes his panel debut tonight. also tonight, kirsten powers, paris dennard, maria cardona, alice stewart, along with attorney and former congresswoman elizabeth holtzman, who served on the house judiciary committee as it weighed articles of impeachment against richard nixon. manu, it does bear repeating that both "the post" and "the times" do not have the details of what words were uttered allegedly by john dowd. he denies there was any kind of offer or quid pro quo or even discussion about pardons. >> that's very true. the words are significant, but what we do know with this president is that he makes decisions off the cuff with his gut, and he may suddenly decide to move forward with the pardon process. remember, typically when you go through the pardon process, there's some sort of justice department review. the justice department goes through this, and this is a very serious matter that happens throughout the government. but when you look what he did with the last pardon, joe arpaio, there was no real justice d

manu, thank you very much.ju up on capitol hill. >>> senator jack reid of rhode island is joining us. he's a member of the senate intelligence committee, the armed services committee. senator, thank you so much for joining us. >> thanks, wolf. >> let's start with questions about that meeting in the seychelles islands. during that transition, whether there was an effort to set up back-channel communications with russia. what is the significance, from your perspective, of that? >> first of all, it's been confirmed by all of our intelligence agencies that there was active engagement by the russians in our election in 2016. the question is, was there a direct relationship or a prominent relationship with the trump campaign and the russians? and this meeting sort of sticks out because it's in the transition period, and it's a dialogue between someone who was involved with the campaign, the trump campaign, and a russian, and again now. . this all sort of seems to be leading to the question of -- which mr. mueller is

cnn's manu raju live on capitol hill. >> the first time he came before the panel, he refused to answerions about any topics after he left the trump campaign in june of 2016, questions about what he discussed with now president trump, and he would not disclose those discussions. the question today, john, is whether or not lewandowski will answer those questions on those range of topics that particularly democrats want answered. john, this could be one of the last major witnesses to come before the house intelligence committee as republicans look to wrap up this investigation and democrats say there's a lot more to look into that the republicans are resisting at this point, john. >> very importantly, manu, getting new details on this meeting that took place in the seychelles shortly before the inauguration. what's the deal here? >> this is a meeting that allegedly was sort of a back channel discussion between the kremlin and the incoming trump administration. the participants include erik prince, the funder of the security firm blackwater as well as uae officials and a russian banker who

like the cyclone the story hit home for hull fc‘s manu sika.he damage that was done in tonga, it hurts but to be back there, to just to give a helping hand, distributing tools, to help clean up and handing out tents to those who lost their homes, and giving water, there wasn't much going round, it was good to go back and help out. he was a rugby league superstar in tonga, as team captain he was a poster boy for a country that lit up the rugby world cup, losing to england in the semifinal, following the cyclone he wanted to be home, and felt moved while doing his bit. what got me the most was the kids, they didn't have much. they lost their homes but they were still running round smiling, and enjoying themselves, so hopefully they can rebuild quicker than usual and get back to normal life. for manu sika normal life resumes back in the cold contrasting super league. incredible story there. next to the incredible impact of sir david tanner, the man who has masterminded great britain's success at the olympics and the paralympics over the last two d

i want to go live to cnn's manu raju there on the hill for us. manu, the ranking member of the house intel committee just spoke about someone different, right? erik prince, a trump associate who testified back in november, and the argument here is that he may have misled them during his testimony. tell us about this. >> yeah, that's right. the -- one of the big reasons why erik prince came before this committee was questions about this meeting that he had attended in the seychelles islands in january of 2017 and whether or not he was sent by anyone associated with the incoming trump administration to set up a back channel discussion with the kremlin, something that prince denied furiously before this committee. and when he was asked about that seychelles meeting in his november testimony, he said he met with some uae officials, and met separately with a russian banker at the request of someone at the uae. and said it was just a discussion about business opportunities, nothing about the trump administration and certainly no back channel discussion

our cnn adviser manu raju is here. what else have you learned, manu? there was a time during the bush administration when things like this were commonplace. during the bush administration she had overseen one of the cia black sites in thailand. she was also director of the cia's destruction of interrogation tapes being destroyed in 2005. during a discussion with senators, she was nominated earlier this month, and she's made it quite clear that that was a different time. in her words, it was a post-9/11 mindset, it was a different set of laws then. in 2015 congress passed legislation to outlaw torture across the government. she told senators, wolf, she will follow the law and noted very clearly that waterboarding is not permissible under current law. in addition to that, wolf, she has told senators that that 2005 destruction of tapes were ordered not by her but by her supervisor at the time. that supervisor's name is jose rodriguez who has publicly revealed that he asked her to repair a capable granting permission to destroy the tapes, and she did reite

first, let's go to manu raju with the latest from capitol hill. you had a chance to speak with a congressman, republican congressman leading the investigation, mike conway. >> that's right. he made clear the republicans finished the witness portion of the investigation. they're done with all their witness interviews, roughly 73 over the past year. they reached a number of findings and are bound to cause division with democrats. among them, key findings the republicans made as part of the russian investigation. they're going to assert no evidence of collusion between the trump campaign and russia during the 2016 election. mike conway said any context heard between trump officials and russian officials were inadvertent, it was not an explicit effort to coordinate knowingly with russian officials to meddle in elections. the republicans are going to make this key finding, they're going to disagree with january, 2017 intelligence community assessment that vladimir putin directed a cyber campaign to help donald trump win the presidency. they're going to

there's been a lot out of this hearing, manu? >> reporter: that's right.defending its response on how exactly to deal with the threat going forward and members themselves of this committee issuing a series of recommendations. they believe the states should take ahead of the 2018 elections to ensure that nothing happens like this again. one thing that they are debating here, whether or not enough was done in 2016 to ensure that the state prevented russian efforts to influence the elections back then. that's why you have jeh johnson, former homeland security secretary saying that he preferred that the administration -- the government took steps to label state systems as so-called critical infrastructure to ensure the federal government could do more to clamp down and prevent this kind of activity. but outside of the hearing, john, there have been a lot of discussions about another controversy, vladimir putin and that conversation that president trump had with vladimir putin and the con grat la tri phone call, i had a chance to ask chuck grassley whether or n

manu raju is outfront breaking this. why do they believe prince at the very least misled them?> during this house with the house intelligence committee last november, prince was questioned about that meeting, whether it was effort back channel between the trump administration and kremlin. he denied. he said he had two pleat ings wh meetings with uae officials and russian banker. met separately with russian banker at a bar had a beer and that was it. didn't talk any policy whatsoever. we heard from nader businessman someone middle east expertise ties and cooperating with robert mueller in russian meddling, also at the meeting with the uae officials. now no where in this testimony, erin, did eric prince reveal that nader was at this meeting. did not mention that at all. we looked through all 105 pages of publicly released transcript and did not reveal this. and they are saying if he did meet with nader during this meeting then he lied to this committee under oathment and they say this is something they need to investigate further. republicans are not going that far. but prince sp

thank you, manu. now to that point, this is a fire alarm for republicans.do they get it. the next question is, if you're a republican, the climate is bad for incumbents still. the same climate that gave us donald trump is still out there. that's evidence. i think conor lamb in pennsylvania, newcomer, against nancy pelosi too. i'm against washington. i'm not the washington person. the other guy is a state representative who says i'm more trump than trump. so the climate is still out there. but if you're a republican, you still want your incumbents to run because they can raise more money and their battle tested in the district. if you had to replace them now, the mayors and state legislators would say, no way. >> my question is what exactly republicans can do in this situation. i'm not sure it's all that much. i mean, what could democrats do after obama had passed the affordable care act. it was not getting good head lines. it didn't have great approval ratings in the country. i think republicans face the same sort of situation. apart from trying to fend off

our cnn congressional correspondent, manu raju, is joining us from capitol hill. manu, there are republicans now calling out the president for actually congratulating putin. >> reporter: yeah, powerful republicans perplexed at the president's handling of vladimir putin. they don't understand why he hasn't called out putin. they also, certainly, don't agree with the decision to call putin, congratulating him for elections that were, in their view, not free and certainly not fair. and they also don't understand why he has not explicitly called out vladimir putin on election meddlin meddling. >> reporter: tonight, republicans on capitol hill sharply criticizing president trump's phone call with vladimir putin. >> i haven't heard anybody over in the legislative branch say they thought that was a great idea. >> what do you think of it? >> i don't think it's a great idea. >> reporter: the white house confirmed that the two men did not discuss two serious actions that have been blamed on russia. the nerve agent attack on a former rupssian spy and his daughter on british

"outfront" now from capitol hill, manu raju. manu, first, there are now growing calls tonight for an investigation into this whole situation. this firm, hired by the trump campaign, and what they did with tens of millions of personal information from americans. >> yeah, and you're hearing a lot of those concerns predominantly at this moment from democrats, erin. on the house side, adam schiff, the top democrat on the house intelligence committee is calling for alexander nix to come before his committee. last year, nix did speak to the house intelligence committee via video conference. and members on the democratic side have complained that it was limited in scope and that there were members that were not actually present there and a lot of this information that has just come out is new to them. and they want to question him on it. but republicans on that committee have closed out the investigation, and just tonight, the republican who's running the russia investigation, mike conway, made very clear he does not plan to bring any

let's go to our senior congressional correspondent, manu raju. manu, you've been talking to some republicans about the president's new tirade against the special counsel. what are you hearing? >> reporter: yeah, republicans do not like the attacks the president has been waging against the special counsel. they are asking him to back off, to cool it, to not go after the special counsel. they believe it's not helpful for his cause and they certainly do not want him to fire robert mueller. they believe that he did take steps to do that, it would cause a revolt on capitol hill. but, wolf, republicans by and large do not support moving any legislation to protect robert mueller. there's a push from democrats and some republicans to do just that. even those one republican today, bob corker, suggested that a bill to protect robert mueller should be added to a must-pass bill to keep the government open by friday. the president launched all of these attacks against bob mueller over the weekend. i wonder if you feel -- if you're okay with that? >> uh, no. i

manu, what are you hearing? i've got to believe that republicans already kind of jittery and worrying about a so-called blue wave are not reassured by what they're seeing on their tv screens. >> no question about it. they're very nervous about this midterm environment. they're seeing trump's poor numbers. they're seeing what's happening here in pennsylvania. they're also nervous that they've not been able to effectively sell their new tax law because of the daily chaos that seems to be coming out of washington. tomorrow i'm hearing that behind closed doors republican leaders in the house will have a briefing with their members of the house republican conference to layout the real challenges and opportunities that present themselves ahead of the midterm elections. they'll take a lot of questions. the committee that oversees this effort, he's going to take questions from house republicans about what went wrong here. assuming they do lose this seat tonight, as well as how they can keep their majority. republicans f

our panel, our cnn political analyst david gregory is with us, our cnn congressional correspondent manu raju, our senior correspondent john king and our senior analyst gore gloria borger. most of the senators have split, they're out of town already, and if he doesn't sign this into law, the government shuts down. >> and he doesn't get to go to mar-a-lago, and john and i were discussing this earlier, i think he's scheduled to go later this afternoon. i think what the president wants to do, particularly if he signs this, is be on the record saying, this is what i don't like about it, and the democrats are forgetting the dreamers, and what about my wall, and i'm going to make these demands. but otherwise he would be shutting the government down, and our reporting says he doesn't want to do that. >> but it is a remarkable moment in a sense that what the president is about to do, assuming the sources are correct and he doesn't pull the rug out from underneath everybody again, sur is under the chaos and dysfunction of his presidency. the people said vote for it, vote for it, the president spo

. >> manu raju is outfront breaking the story.u, republicans were willing, majority, as schiff refers to, they were willing to subpoena steve bannon when he refused to answer questions before the committee. are they willing to do that for lewandowski. >> reporter: i'm not getting any indication they are willing to go that far. in fact, republicans that i've talked to afterwards are saying that they believe that he answered all, quote, relevant questions. and that's the buzz word of loouds wh lewandowski when he left the hearing committee, he said i answered all relevant questions. but he chose what questions were relevant and what were not. and democrats said questions left unanswered including as you mentioned how that statement was drafted about that donald trump junior meeting with the russians as well as what he knew about the firing of james comey. because lewandowski, despite having left the trump campaign june 2016 remained contact with white house officials and with the president himself. but republicans seem willing to mo

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our senior congressional correspondent, manu raju, is up on capitol hill. manu, the house intelligence committee's investigation is ending very, very ugly. >> and this is the way it's gone for roughly a year, wolf. both sides accusing the other of not acting in good faith, as part of this investigation. democrats saying a number of issues were just completely ignored by republicans. and republicans turning back and saying that democrats are trying to go on a fishing expedition, and they believe that they have come to that conclusion on their side, that president trump did nothing wrong and his campaign did nothing wrong in 2018. but one democratic congressman, mike quigley, said the republicans lacked courage. republicans in the house are officially pulling the plug on the russia probe, rejecting democratic demands to reopen the investigation. >> there are fishing expeditions available across the entire scope of things that we don't believe would be productive in getting to the answers that we need. we're not running a criminal investigation. >> reporter: i

manu, thank you very much with that last report up on capitol hill.ing collusion. he will be holding a joint news conference later this afternoon with the business prime minister of sweden. he will be taking questions from reporters. we will, of course have live coverage of that all that and a lot more coming up. with liberty, we could afford a real babysitter instead of your brother. hey! oh, that's my robe. is it? when you switch to liberty mutual, you could save $782 on auto and home insurance. and still get great coverage for you and your family. call for a free quote today. you could save $782 when liberty stands with you. liberty mutual insurance. >>> hi there. thank you so much for being with me. are you watching chn. president trump will soon take questions from reporters. there is a lot to ask him about as he gets ready to hold this conference with the prime minister of sweden. this is happening after recent high profile

but tickly of manu mccrone it is he said immediately after this became clear this is good news for europe the belgian prime minister shouts michel he said now get on germany do your job and sort of push europe a bit forward and of course e.u. commissioners and everybody else here congratulated berlin on the result of this this questioning the base is the basis of the social democrats so general sigh of relief because what europe really wants needs is german stability angela merkel has been the beacon of stability for so many years now and this would have been a really bad point for european politics for her to sort of leave the scene as she knows how to make compromises in europe she knows how to handle people she is a fantastic negotiator behind the scenes and everybody really relies on her to bring forth compromises in the future about the e.u. reforms about the brics seek new negotiations and of course about the deep divide that is opening up between western and eastern european states and bottle of briefly once anglo-american is sworn in and a government is installed here in germany w

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manu raju up on the hill. you just talked to senator warner. what did he share with you? >> this is in response to what the house republicans on the house intelligence committee concluded in their report. in that conclusion it said that nothing they have seen and none of the underlying intelligence supports the notion that vladimir putin and the russians did anything to favor donald trump in the 2016 elections. they contradicted what the intelligence community said andn that january 2017 assessment. i spoke to mark warner, top democrat on the intelligence committee whether or not that conclusion was accurate, this is what he said. >> senator, house republicans concluded that there's not enough evidence to support the notion that vladimir putin was trying to help donald trump become president. what's your reaction? >> my reaction is that since that whole investigation has broken down partisan lines, we have a group of folks who will say or do anything to protect this president, i believe in the intelligence community's assessment. they spent months working on across the bo

cnn's manu raju joining us now. saying trump did nothing about russian meddling, but a former official is turning that blame toward the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell. tell us about this. >> this back and forth has been going on for some time about what the obama administration did and didn't do in 2016 as the intelligence community was learning more and more about efforts by the russians to interfeinte interfere in the elections. then candidate trump was raising concerns about a, quote, rigged system. saying over and over again, the system was rigged. well, then the obama administration was nervous about making a statement just along party lines to say the russians were in fact trying to interfere with the elections, they wanted a bipartisan response to what they are viewing from the intelligence reports. now, according to denis mcdonough, the former white house chief of staff under president obama, suggested that they would have put out a much stronger worded statement in september of 2016 but got push ba

manus: the bank of ireland will pay a dividend for the first time since 2008.pany's full underlying profit reached 1.08 billion. can we draw a line under the financial woes of bank of ireland? is this the end of crisis management as we know it, in your bank? >> it's the first time in 10 years that we are confirming our intentions to pay a dividend to our shareholders. we do consider that a pivotal moment for the bank. the second key point that we are concerned the bank of ireland is the largest under for the irish economy. and that is the fourth year in a row. that reflects strong support of the irish business sector. we have seen lending growth that over 40%. we have also significantly increased our new mortgage lending portion segment in ireland. more than 9000 mortgages sold and half of those are to a really important buyer -- important first-time buyer segment. we are also announcing our intention to reenter the broker market. manus: let's talk about the federal bank now. this is eastern europe's second-largest lender. they reported fourth-quarter net incom

manu raju live on capitol hill, part of the team breaking this story. i think the headline here, manu, i'll let you get to it, the headline here, the president considering the head of the epa scott pruitt perhaps as the next attorney general. >> reporter: discussions that are under way at the white house to potentially replace jeff sessions with scott pruitt, very controversial epa administrator. and it is uncertain whether the president is going to go that route because pushback among republicans -- republicans very significant to replacing or getting rid of jeff sessions. just talking to a number of senate republicans over the last couple of days, you hear the pushback, the concern about replacing their former senate colleague for a number of reasons. one, republicans are concerned about this would reopen the controversy over the president's handling of the russia investigation, something that is very difficult to deal with in this election year. and also very difficult to get the votes to pass -- to confirm any replacement to jeff sessions even if pa

manu, break down the issues that matter here. >> reporter: well, george nader, who is a businessman,e learned was in the seychelles and attended one of those meetings, he's now cooperating with bob mueller's investigation. what we understand, as part of mueller's investigation, he is determining whether or not this meeting was part of an effort to set up this back-channel discussion between the kremlin and washington when the trump administration came to power. when erik prince met with the intelligence committee last november, he denied this discussion and downplayed these meetings and did not mention at all that george nader apparently was part of these meetings. now, democrats in particular are raising new concerns over erik prince's testimony, saying that perhaps he was not truthful when he met with his committee last year. here's what adam schiff said moments ago. >> do you think erik prince lied to the committee about the seychelles meeting? >> i don't know if the public reports about what mr. nader may be saying are accurate or not. all i can say is if those reports are accura

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bouncing off what manu said, i am hearing the same thing.that this district has been in gop hands for 16 years. republicans are hoping this is a wake up call to take this seriously. >> mitt romney won the district by 17 points. >> let's go over to john king. set the scene for us. >> as you can see, it is southwest pennsylvania, the district stretches over four counties, and everybody has been talking about the history. president trump won over hillary clinton. this is the big test tonight for lamb. this is the most democratic area in the district. can the democrat candidate turn out the votes. this is what we will look for, the suburbs south of pittsburgh and the challenge for rick saccone. we will start counting votes any second. >> moments away from polls closing. tonight will be an important test for the president of the united states. >> first key race alert of the night. too early to call, the polls have just closed clearly in pennsylvania. too early to call between conor lamb the democrat and rick saccone, the republican. let's go to a

. >> with us this sunday to share their reporting and insight abby phillip, michael bender, manu raju and mary katherine hand. >> the trump white house is chaotic now more than ever. this president does not hide what drives his thinking, especially his constant anger. >> she's a great gentleman he's now president for live. president for life! he's great -- he was able to do that, i think it's great. we may want to give that a shot some day. he's the most powerful president in 100 years in china. >> that was as a fund raiser yesterday. the president of the world leading deposition praises a dictator. president trump then launched into an attack for investigating him, not hillary clinton. >> i tell you, it's a rigged system, folks. i've been saying it for a long time. it's a rigged system. we don't have the right people. we have a lot of great people put on certain things we don't have the right people in. >> it's no secret why the president is angry and isolated. the headlines about the russian investigation are eye popping. the president's business dealings are a focus, so or his son-

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as manu said, the senior democrat or republican on the senate side says the same thing. so does dianne feinstein, the senior democrat on the senate committee. so did director clapper. i mean i would invite anyone, tell me the strongest piece of evidence that you have that supports the theory of collusion because, anderson, there just isn't. and we've been looking at this for going on 15 months now. >> let me ask, the community didn't interview paul manafort, didn't interview rick gates, michael flynn, george papadopoulos, didn't subpoena bank records, steve bannon, hope hicks, corey lewandowsky, donald trump jr. they refused to answer a number of the committee's questions. given that, how is the investigation complete? how should the american people have confidence that it's complete? >> there's two groups of people there. the first four individuals that you talked about are under indictment by the special counsel. we cannot interview them now. we will allow the special counsel to continue with his investigation. so anyone who brings up those four people either doesn't u