>> matthew whitaker: yup! feet keeping time, while doctor limb and his team recorded his brain's activity levels with the m.r.i. scanner. >> limb: what you're seeing on this computer screen is some brain data that we obtained from matthew. >> alfonsi: then doctor limb put matthew through a different series of auditory tests. he showed us the results. >> limb: so we started out not by looking at music, but by looking at somebody like this who-- would give a lecture that most people would consider to be a little bit boring. >> in an effort to alleviate the effect of the-- anyone? anyone? >> limb: this is what happened when he was listening to that. and then, interestingly, because he is blind we looked at his visual cortex. and we didn't see any significant activity there at all-- >> alfonsi: so nothing's happening. >> limb: exactly. and then we switched the soundtrack for him. and we put on a band that he knows quite well, snarky puppy. ♪ ♪ this is what changes in his brain. >> alfonsi: jeez. lights up. look clo

matthew whitaker: quite prickly, that would be better.ey're not willing to protect the data problem privacy and not surveilled out the agreement that they produce in the country, and all the kinds of things that we would agree and a no-brainer, we need to not allow them to participate in the system. james: artificial intelligence and five g, the standards will be critical because with a high, ai, one of the homes that i hive, and this goes to congresswoman's rogers point, is that probably china will not be able to honor agreements on the properties of a eye o ai. on genetic research in humans, they have violated all of the standards and we've got to be very worried what comes out of china. it seems to me that in terms of the world, they will look to the united states because we advocate those things which the world wants. matthew whitaker: they are concerned about china. rep. cathy mcmorris rodgers: it will be the combination of the trump administration, president donald trump along with working with american industry to put that pressure

general matthew whitaker with us right now. can you help me with the legality of this?to the california city mayors who say, not in my house. not in my neighborhood. but i guess if the federal government pushes the point, the federal government wins the point? >> yeah, because under the national health emergency comic drama, he gives really extraordinary power to the federal government. there is really only one case on point it essentially says that the government can quarantine citizens for health purposes. i think the knot in my backyard, this is a moment where communities need to come together. citizens need to be informed and practice good hygiene, but nobody showed panic or be worried. unlike china, where you can't trust the information coming out of the government, the united states, the government is communicating very clearly the situation on a daily basis. i think we all need to practice not only individual good hygiene, but also be practicing being good citizens and doing our part. >> neil: the fear, it seems to be that it would affect citizens right in the ne

. >> matthew whitaker has been losing his sight since childhood. heta has come to the hos in oxford for groundbreaking gene therapy. >> i realize is the sight that i have and theseat tnts can prevent further deterioration, that is for me. fergus: the treatment costs an eye-00watering 600 pounds. but nhs discounted price with manufacturer novartis. >> i can kind of make it out. fergus: s theurgeon prepares the gene therapy. eye.y they will treat the right the left will be done in a few edeks. it is deliv via an injection under the retina of the back of the eye. the treatment delivers working copies of a 40-gene rpe 65. these are encased in a harmless virus, which breaks into the retinal cells. once inside the nucleus, the ree acement gck starts the action of a protein essential for healthy vision. this is a life-cnging treatment for patients hopefully preserving and improving vision for decades it should have the biggest impact with children. whole thing s-- hting sight loss before permanent damage is done. >> this is the first approved nhs and gene

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the the white house reviewing hisbo, say they are planning to censor it bit matthew whitaker is actingormer attorney general and he joins us tonight. i'm not going to ask you about john bolton eating ice cream because we agree that's repulsive. but what do you make of -- sorry about that. what do you make of his book and what do you think it will contain? >> first of all, tucker, no doubt there is significant policy areas on this. even before he became national security advisor, this is the same man who wrote on a notepad, 10,000 trip to columbia when venezuela was a hot-button iss issue. there was a very strong desire to have a very strong american foreign policy of sending troops wherever in the world they might go, which is inconsistent oftentimes with what president trump ran on in 2016. what i think this is is an attempt john bolton to sell more books. we know most of his disagreements and most of his thoughts on foreign policy, so he's got to stay relevant and talk about and make it sound like there are things in addition to the sprinkles that come with his book, there's actually

. >> reporter: former acting attorney general matthew whitaker touched on the russia threat in the uk, he told the crowd i'm never going to deny that russia tried to interfere in 2016, in 2018 and trying to interfere this 2020. jim acosta, cnn, the white house. >> so that is the reporting of how things stack up state side. how come things stack up there in russia? let's bring in nathan hodge there with the story. nathan, the u.s. president here saying again this we go again. bernie sanders quite blainely s plainly saying he is no friend of vladimir putin. how is this playing there through russian officials and media? >> reporter: yeah, we're also seeing kind of a repeat of what we've seen in the past, which is blanket russian denials. yesterday we were told warnings of russian meddling in the 2020 election were, quote, paranoid messages. and this squares very much with the messages that we've heard in the past from the kremlin, basically vladimir putin has said that russia does not, mass not and will not meddle in the elections of other countries. but it is also important to point out

neil: in the meantime, the acting homeland security secretary along with the attorney general matthew whitaker team to look at what's going now. >> dana: hello, everyone, i'm dana perino along with emily compagno, greg gutfeld, lawrence jones, and juan williams looking at me. this is "the five." for nato, breaking news coming out of washington. new outrage over the sentencing of roger stone, attorney general bill barr criticizing president trump for tweeting about the case but adding that he was not pressured by the white house to intervene. some democrats are not buying that explanation. >> very important to question the integrity of the attorney general and that's why the president's response was so muted. >> i would not be surprised if the attorney general and the president were not in cahoots. speak what he's really saying is i know what president trump wads, i'm going to do exactly what trump wants. i just wish he wouldn't tweet about it because it's so embarrassing. >> dana: calls for the attorney general to resigned our end to the intensifying. dropping the investigation into former fbi

. >> ryan, even the former acting attorney general matthew whitaker, a huge trump loyalist said this today, watch this. >> i'm never going to deny that russia tried to interfere in 2016. they tried to interfere in 2018. and they're trying to interfere in 2020. >> but his boss, trump, still calling this a hoax. does it all come down to his insecurity that this evidence suggests that his victory was somehow tainted, that it undermines his win? >> i think it's a mix. first of all it's kind of nuts that we have to give kudos to the former acting attorney general for stating the most basic facts about this but in the current environment this is a sort of -- you deserve a pat on the back, i guess, if you served in the trump administration and you're willing to defy trump on something this obvious but i think it's a mix of two things with trump. one is, as he's often said, he believes that the russia intervention in 2016 is used to delegitimize his victory. at the same time there seems to be a wink and a nod to the fact that, well, what's the big deal? right, if -- if he's going to get a li

matthew whitaker is acting former attorney general enjoins us tonight.ng to ask about john bolton eating ice cream because we both agree that's repulsive -- >> not a good visual. spoon i'm sorry about that. what do you make of his book and what you think it will contain? >> well, i think first of all, tucker, john bolton, there was no doubt there were significant areas of policy that he disagreed with the president even before he became national security advisor. one of those is iran. this is the same guy that wrote on a notepad, 10,000 troops to columbia when venezuela was a hot-button issue, so this is -- there is certainly kind of a very strong desire to have a very strong american foreign policy of sending troops wherever in the world they might go, which is inconsistent oftentimes with what president trump ran on in 2016. what i think this is is really just enough time for john bolton to sell more books. we know most of his disagreements and most of his thoughts on foreign policy, so he's got to stay relevant and talk about and make it sound like th

we'll put up on the team of members, it's being led by jared kushner, pat cipollone, pam bondi, matthew whitakerformer acting attorney general, van jones, democratic comment airor tore cnn, brett tulman, alice johnson previously pardoned by president trump, and jerron smith, the director of american innovation. usually this sort of thing is handled by doj. >> this is different. he's going outside the normal channels. it's largely been folks he saw on fox news or powerful friends advocated for. this is an attempt to sort of normalize the process. another thing to add to areaod kushner's portfolio. it speaks to a good re-election issue for him. alice johnson, her pardon was featured in the super bowl add. they think it could be a way to lure some new african-american support or at the very least they'll try to make the case to min mooids the differences between the president and whoever his democratic foe ends up being. >> and minimize the differences between the pardons he's handing out. thank you very much. >>> and coming up, the president has tapped a man without significant intelligence experi

neil: in the meantime, the acting homeland security secretary along with the attorney general matthew whitakerg now. >> dana: hello, everyone, i'm dana perino along with emily compagno, greg gutfeld, lawrence jones, and juan williams looking at me. this is "the five." for nato, breaking news coming out of washington. new outrage over the sentencing of roger stone, attorney general bill barr criticizing president trump for tweeting about the case but adding that he was not pressured by the white house to intervene. some democrats are not buying that explanation. >> very important to question the integrity of the attorney gen

another thing we should note this evening is that the president's former acting attorney general matthew whitaker just touched on the russian threat during an appearance at oxford in the uk earlier this evening. he told the crowd there quote i am never going to deny that russia tried to interfere in 2016, tried to interfere in 2018 and they are trying to interfere in 2020. that's from the president's former attorney general. the question is whether or not the president will accept that information. wolf. >> we'll see if he does. jim acosta. thank you very much. joining us now, denny heck, a democrat who serves on the house intelligence committee. thank you so much for joining us. first of all, what's your reaction to senator sanders getting this formal briefing that russia is also trying to interfere to boost his chances in 2020. >> well, wolf, obviously anything i may have learned in that closed and classified briefing last week i can neither confirm nor deny, but look, let me say this, i have not endorsed in this presidential rates. i have no skin in this game, but i saw senator sanders stakes

attorney general matthew whitaker team to look at what's going now. >> dana: hello, everyone, i'm danag with emily compagno, greg gutfeld, lawrence jones, and juan williams looking at me. this is "the five." for nato, breaking news coming out of washington. new outrage over the sentencing of roger stone, attorney general bill barr criticizing president trump for tweeting about the case but adding that he was not pressured by the white house to intervene. some democrats are not buying that explanation. >> very important to question the integrity of the attorney general and that's why the president's response w

matthew whitaker with his talk on this impeachment process that ostensibly wrapped up last night with the democrats failure to secure enough republican votes on witnesses. matthew, great to have you back. >> welcome to iowa. >> it's a great, a great, great state, but already, that's the reaction you're getting. it's a rigged process much as republicans had claimed about the house process, and here we go. your thoughts? >> well, what we're going to find out is, first of all, the house, obviously, the-- it was a bipartisan vote against impeachment and we're now going to see probably in the senate on wednesday a bipartisan vote to acquit the president. you know, the democrats have been trying to impeach andage of them said they wanted to impeach the president ever since he was elected and i think we're going to see it finally play out where we can get on with the business of the american people. in iowa where i'm from and you're at right now, when i go back people want to talk about trade, the economy, you know, farmers are very interested in this usmca deal. i was with the president on

matthew whitaker, a double standard at the justice department, after not charging andrew mccabe for lying to investigators, donald trump's support is facing years of prison for doing the same thing. the president tweeting about it moments ago. joe biden describing bernie sanders in unelectable in many states. bernie sanders's wife here to respond. good to have you. let's get to it. the latest on the coronavirus situation that goes bad to worse. garrett tenney has the latest from washington. >> new information by the state department about the 400 americans quarantined on a cruise ship off the coast of japan for the last two weeks. those americans will have a chance to evacuate the state department and health and human services, chartered several flights that will arrive in japan tomorrow evening to bring them home. a team from the cdc will screen passengers before they are allowed to board to receive treatment, those that do come home will be court teen for two weeks, and lack a for space in san antonio. 200 passengers on the diamond princess cruise ship have been infected with the corona