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22nd the president asked the director of national intelligence, daniel coats and cia director michael pompeo to stay behind in the oval office after a presidential daily briefing. putting two the president asked them whether between russia. responded that the office of the director of national intelligence nothing to do with the investigations and it was not his role to make a public statement on the russia investigation. pompeo had no recollection of being asked to stay behind after the march 22 briefing but he recalled that the president regularly urged officials to get the word out that he had done to hold the office of the president never is the about the fbi investigation. efforts however had a different recollection for described the meeting immediately after it occurred. according to senior od and i official, michael dempsey, coats said after the meeting that the president had brought up the russia investigation and asked him to contact comey to see if there was a way to get past the investigation, get it over with, and it were words to that effect. dempsey said that coats described t

pompeo in d.o.j. inspector general michael. christopher steele, who as you know, put together that unverified dossier was used to obtain to survey trump campaign officials. this morning, president tweeted this, figure it, i became president of the u.s. one of the most hard-fought consequential elections in the history of our great nation. from long before i ever took office, i was under a sick and unlawful investigation concerning what's become known as the russian hoax. my campaign was being seriously spied upon by intel agencies and democrats, it's never happened before in american history. it's about to be a total scam. a witchhunt that yielded no collusion, no objection. this must never be allowed to happen again. chairman of the senate judiciary committee, he also certain the appropriate insurance foreign and budget committees. >> got a cold, i apologize. >> it's extraordinary that he one. given the fact that you had the american government might, the power of the american government working against him. the d.o.j., fbi, s

pompeo said nahh not a big deal. i disgrew with him i got to go. >> you say the briefing fell short of what you wanted to hear. >> mike michael mike mclegal lead republican on the foreign affairs for me. it was a specific threat briefing we married from iran. they have launched several attacks through proxies including a rocket attack near our embassy in baghdad. ships and persian gulf and drone attacks in saudi arabia. there was an escalation by iran in its proxies. this is a response to deescalate and provide a deterrent strategy so that iran does not become aggressive. it was made very chlorthe administration -- i've talked to secretary pompeo and ambassador bolton, there is no intention to go to war in the region. this is -- this is a deterrent operation to stop iran's escalation and aggression in the region. >> was there any talk of a new uamf any falk of linking iran to al qaeda. you said there was no discussion of war. but what was discussed >> this is purely iranian and proxy-based threat at this point in time. that was discussed. the secretary said he complied with the law. and yeah, i think it's premature though to

elizabeth: michael perez and secretary of state pompeo blasting hard laugh congresswoman omar to blame america for the devastation by communism in venezuela. >> she doesn't know what she's talking about. >> for a member of congress who sits on an important national security committee to make a statement not only ignorance but disgusting. >> this is what the congresswoman said the other day. >> lot of the policies put in place have kind of help to lead to that devastation in venezuela and to set the stage. elizabeth: here is her a few minutes ago firing back to say women of color have heard this before instead of disagreeing she doesn't know what she is talking about this from an administration who thinks climate change is a chinese hoax. we have the former governor and venezuelan ambassador to the united nations security council has property seized by chavez taken by the communist regime. thank you so much. >>. elizabeth: you have been watching. we have been covering this over three years. >> what is your reaction to the congresswoman and with those associates of some parts of the worl

will go to iran and the conflict that secretary of state pompeo secretary of briefed lawmakers on yesterday. welcome now representative michaelexas. he comes from the capital. thank you for being with us. rep. mccaul: thank you. david: what can you tell us about what you learned yesterday about the situation? do you know anything different today? rep. mccaul: yes, some detail in terms of what our response is. there is clearly a specific and credible threat coming out of iran, at the very top. issued or proclaimed his proxies prepare for war. that is what we are responding to. thatimportant to note going to war is the furthest thing from the truth. it is more of a defensive deterrent that we are engaged in. a showing of force to iran that they better not get aggressive and hit our allies. four tankers in the persian gulf. they came within a mile of our embassy in iraq. david: my question is going to be in part to what extent is protecting the u.s. interests and u.s. assets as opposed to things like saudi arabia and israel? rep. mccaul: protecting our allies in the region like israel and saudi arabia, the gulf states and making

pompeo, f for talks in finland. russia has sent military advisors to support venezuelan president nicolas maduro. michael cohe, president trump's former u.s. fix or an attorney is starting a three-year presence of its today. he spoke to reporters as he left his home from new york. he is convicted of crimes including campaign-finance violations, he says he looks forward to sharing the truth one day. he will be imprisoned for three years. a million species are at risk of extinction from climate change, overfishing, and pollution. united nations'first report on biodiversity out today. it tells us that this unprecedented decline in nature is caused by and is threatening, you guessed it, costs -- us. here so the key stats. there are an estimated 8 million animal and plant species living on our planet. this new u.n. report says that up to one million of them are now threatened by extinction. that means that 40% of all known amphibians, 25% of all mammals are on the brink of annihilation. >> across the land, throughout the seas, and in the sky. the assault on nature byby humas has reached every corner of our pl

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michael, your take on this story. >> thank for having me. credible intelligence results in a military show of force and a trip to iraq by secretary pompeo to talkto talk to iraq, a country that we want to remain pro-u.s. and we want to take them out of the iranian sphere of influence. credible threats a and sanctions working. that regime is under pressure. liz: we're showing a shot of the secretary of state arriving in a surprise visit earlier today in baghdad iraq. to your point, here is what -- we cover business here in the markets. 19 million-barrels of oil per day flow through the straight. iranian petro chemical passes through the same strait. would iran shoot their own feet off and cut their own throat if they shut the height? strait? what do you think? >> they actually hurt themselveses if they do this. the difference between the iranian navy shutting down the strait and a designated terrorist organization shutting down the strait gives the military more options. that's what we're seeing with the movement of the airier group into the region and a bomber capability into the region as well. liz: we know that iran back groups really attacke

pompeo and bolton, three month, six month, one month, he's out. he won't win this. >> let's see what happens. >> bet book, he'll be out. >>> everybody stand by. michaellegal troubles get worse as the lawyer is charged with stealing from stormy daniels. the client who put him on. w at . get your choice of soup or salad, entrée like our signature sirloin, and dessert, starting at $14.99. hurry in for this complete dinner before it's completely gone. outback steakhouse: aussie rules. most of us don't know how much ♪ combined for the first time. when you're near an xfinity hotspot, you're connected to wifi, saving on data. when you're not, you pay for data one gig at a time. use a little, pay a little. use a lot, just switch to unlimited. get $250 back when you buy a new samsung galaxy. call, visit or click today. >>> congress to get ahold of mr. trump's state tax returns. let's go back to our congressional correspondent. this is another win for democrats in congress. how soon will they get mr. trump's new york state tax returns? >> reporter: the new york governor is expected to sign this legislation into law very soon. this certainly is a significant mo

michael cohen. he will report to a federal prison north of new york city. he's been sentenced to three years for tax evasion, lying to congress, campaign finance crimes. the 10 could she is prisons. mike pompeoith the russian foreign minister next week. sidelinesmeet on the of the council in finland. there are high tensions between russia and the u.s. over the venezuela crisis. last electionhe as illegitimate. russia is backing maduro. council in afghanistan ended today with a call for peace within. to hammere gathered out a strategy for future negotiations with the hallow -- taliban. several boycotted the meeting. this expose the deepening rifts in the administration. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries, this is bloomberg. david: we will look at the u.s. consumer and what wage growth could be. margaret keane will be joining us next. this is bloomberg. loomberg. david: the american consumer is the driver of the u.s. economy. they have supported solid growth. there may be some indications of some weakening, particularly in the liquid season credit card payments. we welcome margaret keane. servicing a million credit card hold

pompeo has been taking part in a meeting of the artic counsel still in finland. overnight president trump pardons army lieutenant convicted of murdering a suspected terrorist in iraq. army first lieutenant michael says he shot and killed the prisoner in self-defense in 2008. al qaeda operative was being questioned in connection with a roadside bombs that killed two soldiers. prosecutors argued he opened fire on purpose. he was released on parole in 2014. social media going wild over the newest addition to the royal family. the duchess of sussex meghan and prince harry announcing the birth of their son but not revealing his name just yet. top name circling online for baby sussex are arthur, alexander and albert. baby sussex is seventh to the throne. it was so cute when prince harry came out and did that attle announcement. ainsley: it was the best thing. so cool. what do you want the name to be. jillian: i don't know. whatever they pick it will be perfect. ainsley: probably beauregard. steve: i suggest stuart. ainsley: why? steve: socialist bernie sanders cannot define socialism. >> republicans want to run against socialism. is it time for you to disavow that label. >> the problem is and on a te

the secretary of state, michael pompeo, has an obligation to warn president putin that any action to interfere in our elections will be met with an immediate and robust response. secretary of state pompeo must make clear that the cost of trying to interfere with american elections will be dear. secretary of state pompeo must deliver a shot across the bow to putin and any other foreign adversary that would dare think about trying to influence our elections. anything less from secretary pompeo will be a failure of diplomacy. here in congress our response also must be strong. in the wake of multiple warnings about future election interference, we must do everything we can to harden our election infrastructure before 2020. there are multiple bills, bipartisan, sponsored by democrats and republicans, in committee right now that would do just that. but leader mcconnell will not commit to bringing them to the floor -- another example of his legislative graveyard. instead, he just schedules nomination after nomination. this is now the third week in a row that the senate will spend processing