officer and president of diligence llc, mike baker, the first guest in this new hour of "kennedy." welcome, mike. >> thank you very much, kennedy. thank you. kennedy: this is such a crazy story. so now the saudis appear to be admitting that it was an interrogation gone wrong, whatever that means. what does it mean to you? >> well, look, given the saudis' reaction in the immediate aftermath of this when khashoggi's disappearance was reported, sort of their deer in the headlights reaction rather than some sort of coordinated, you know, after-action, it cheerily shows -- clearly shows something went wrong. either it was a hastily put together -- [inaudible] because they realized they were going to get a shot at him so they hastily put together this operation, or as being indicated in this latest report, he came back in, and they had decided, okay, we're going to spend a little time with him, and something obviously, clearly,

liz: mike baker is a former cia covert operations officer. he joins us now. great to see you, mike. what are you look at that law enforcement is likely scrutinizing right now? >> this is a massive forensic exercise, and the local, state and federal authorities are well versed in this. the frustrating part for the general public is any investigation takes time. we are all trained because of speed of information to want immediate answers. that's not how investigations work. because we have unexploded devices, as has been pointed out earlier in the day by authorities. that's not a good thing for us. anything from the type of explosive used to fingerprints to a piece of hair. you start tracking back and looking where were these items bout, where were the wires bought, where were the envelopes purchased. all these things come together but it takes time. liz: since the packages have similar characteristics do you think they have an idea where the packages came from? >> they will get there. the methodology used in trying to identify all this, how were these purchased. can we identify a reg

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joining us is mike baker. >> thank you for coughing something other than kavanaugh. everybody i know is consumed with that. but you are rightly pointing out that there is a lot of other things going on in the world. they are going to keep going on and be important despite us always chasing the shiny object in the u.s. >> that's what we end up doing a lot. we can't take our eye off iran. one of the biggest mistakes that was made is not only giving them a pallet full of cash, but it enabled them to do bad things. the international court of justice wants to tell america who's boss. the worry is they will bully this country out of some of its most of basic freedoms. >> the international court of justice, it's sort of the world court of the u.n. and frankly the u.s. has never paid much attention to it because rightly so, we here in the u.s. don't believe we should be subjected to some sort of world-dominating court. so we never paid much attention. the iranian regime went to the icga and tried to get all these sanctions turned over or set aside. kennedy: and the united st

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directing mike baker british court records emails and other documents indicate that at least five sources other government agencies were fed the dossier directly to the fbi, creating what critics called an echo chamber letting credibility to the opposition research that was used as intelligence by the fbi. a month ago the president tweeted that he would immediately declassify the surveillance records from the campaign and then backed off. over the weekend on sunday morning futures, congressman john ratcliffe said the records contain exculpatory evidence that undercuts the pretext for opening the 2016 fbi russia cas case. >> i can tell you as a former federal prosecutor, my opinion is that declassify noble expose any national security information, would not expose ay sources and methods. it would expose certain folks at the obama justice department and fbi and their actions and their actions taken to conceal material facts from the foreign intelligence surveillance court. >> you mentioned the committee and justice department failed to agree on terms for the capitol hill appearance last wee

to have guys like lindsey a modern campaign for me, lindsey gets a better tell mike baker crowd -- >>re both in trouble, i'm warning you right now. [laughter] senator graham, this is really important. i personally think, the only state i am worried about is a little bit in florida, but i think rick scott will come back. he's up by 2 and the latest poll, and ron desantis for governor. i think marsha blackburn but win time no see. i don't think claire mccaskill is going back to to the synaps. she caught on tape lying to the people of missouri who she really is. we have seen the same in your adjacent state, kyrsten sinema, it's okay to join the tele- band, i can't imagine the people of arizona voting for that. heidi heitkamp is a possible up at indiana, and joe donnelly will be saying goodbye in january. senator graham, what are the top issues? >> one, attitude. he is a great attitude. dean heller represents the happy warrior. he crosses partyde lines when it makes sense for nevada. the big issue, what you talked before, what kind of country are we going to be? do we respect elections, d

. >> matt, that's my question for you, donald trump said to maggie haberman, peter baker, mike schmidt, that businesses were a red line, if rob mueller got close to them, that might be a red line. there's now a huge piece out we've been poring through for the hour. they have threatened to sue. their statement threatens legal action. >> of course. >> they call it defamatory. it seems like to prove that that's the case, they'd have to prove, disprove everything in the story which doesn't seem likely. require opening the books to a degree they've never done. >> yeah, i don't think they're going to sue. >> they never do. >> and allow "the new york times" attorneys to put donald trump into depositions and having subpoena power over the records. >> right. >> something which they revealed already in this story. i think to the point about whether anyone gets to take a look at his finances, you know, he is the subject of two criminal investigations. one by bob mueller which we think has probably never gotten into these questions of money laundering. one in new york which has come very -- right

from "the new york times," mike schmidt and peter baker. frank figliuzzi, former fbi assistant director for counterintelligence and joining us on set, a never before seen combination, steve schmidt, former republican strategist, now an msnbc contributor and co-host of the podcast words matter, and rosie o'donnell, actor and activist. she's known donald trump and been at odds with him for a long, long time which we'll get to over the course of the mourp mike schmidt, what do you make of rod rosenstein stepping out doing this interview with "the wall street journal" at a time when i think most of us understand his relationship with the president he serves to be rather tenuous and fragile? >> yeah, rosenstein still in this tenuous position. the president has chosen to keep him around even after the disclosure that rosenstein had discussed invoking the 5th amendment just four months into trump's office and wearing a wire. it's not really clear, why is it that the president has kept rosenstein there? we've been told that the president doesn't re

mike: lawmakers interviewed former fbi agent jim baker saying there was another unnamed source feedingmation to the fbi before the fbi launched their investigation of the trump campaign. that individual has been identified as michael sussman with links to the democratic national committee. >> you have one of the top lawyers for department krat and clinton campaign feeding information directly to the top lawyer at the fbi, before even the fisa warrant. so now you have absolute proof that that wasn't told to the fisa court. you want your evidence of fisa abuse? there it is right there. mike are's a former prosecutor and united states attorney. what do you make of fox news report being a senior fbi official being in touch with a dnc lawyer sharing information about the trump campaign? >> i think it's probably much ado about nothing. the key word is dnc-linked. somebody who used to work in counter espionage or cyber-security at the fbi had a different client that he wanted to take to his former colleagues. that happens all the time. that's why these lawyers when they go into private practi

mike coffman. they insist within the last 30 days things have been turning around because of kavanaugh and it's mobilizing new resources for baker in nebraska and plum in iowa up. they say there is reason to be opt in -- optimistic. >> there are four seats in minnesota that our app -- two republicans are on defense in the suburbs pick. >> democrats say they have bailed on some candidates their plan put in place shortltook of woare on offense. another piece of the strategy is to take a significant verbal can outside money advantage and stretch them them. >>> democrats are more aggressive. the senate majority back is jumping in to help menendez. the democratic dollars going to the garden state following blistering attacks bond human the republican. >> when will we as a society will begin to trust. >> right now both parties are trying to figure out how to get the most bang for their book for the next three weeks and while republicans believe they are closing the enthusiasm gap with democrats a lot can change in the next three weeks. on capitol hill, peter ducey, fox news. >>> taiwan's worst crane -- train crash in 30 years. up next

light rain falling across the south baker's cyst heading up both sides of the peninsula to fremont and san mateo. it will keep getting wetter this morning. >> thanks, mike. 19 million people have registered to vote in california with five weeks to go in the midterm election. that is three-quarters of all californians who are registered to vote. this year california implemented a new program that allows voters to register while they're at the dmv. october 22nd is the last day to register. election day is tuesday, november 6th. we have all the voters information you need on abc7news.com/election. >>> san francisco district attorney george gagagaga run for re-election. it does not allow him time to care for his 90-year-old mother. he said at this time of my life it's the only choice i can live with. he thanked the city for their support. his term expires at the end of 2019. >>> the giants are making changes to get fans home a little earlier. fans will start at 6:45 instead of 7:15. on the weekend, they will continue to keep the later start time. the ceo says the change will better serve fans and families during the workweek >>> a new study finds 1 in 3 adu

mike. we are starting off with an issue with bart here this morning. about a 20-minute delay for 'em baker darrow in the antioch and dublin directions. normal service is resuming. that was some issue they had on the track. hopefully that starts to come down soon. quiet start for the south bay.r. we have not had any incidents so far in san jose. drive times looking good. highway 4 to the maze, 2 is minutes. you're in the green. 11 minutes across the bay bridge. san francisco to sfo in the green at 9 minutes >>> thanks, alexis. get ready for the return of electric scooters in san francisco. >>> you will see them back on streets next week. scoot and skip can rent up to 1,200 scooters in the first facings of a pilot program. they must be parked in designated areas. helmets are required. they are banned from sidewalks. >> interesting to see how it works out this time. construction started at bart's dublin pleasanton station. the new garage will add 700 spaces. many commuters can't find spaces after 8:00 in the morning when the existing 2900 spots are full. bart did not want to build a new garag

house meeting, president trump and mike pompeo said to be debriefed on the visit to saudi arabia and turkey. plus brand-new video of former f.b.i. attorney james bakerthe hill a moment ago. a big hearing behind closed doors. republicans want to know what he knew about the rosenstein wiretapping report. is it true or not? regardless we'll talk to john pistole who worked as bob mueller's deputy f.b.i. director for several years and will be our guest live shortly coming up right here. there's a guarantee. annuities can provide protected income for life. learn more at retireyourrisk.org annuities can provide protected income for life. - [announcer] powerful cleaning. that's what you expect from shark, and our newest robot vacuum is no exception. from floors to carpets, it tackles all kinds of debris, even pet hair, with ease. but what about cleaning above the floor? that's why we created the shark ion robot cleaning system, our innovative robot vacuum paired with a built-in powerful shark handheld. the shark ion robot cleaning system. one dock, two sharks. cleaning on a whole new level. (bright percussive music) take prilosec otc and take control of hea

mike. listening and watching and wondering. i am telling you what i am wondering about is of the fact before -- the fact is the summer before 9/11, james bakerhe third set up law offices and fbi offices throughout the middle east and i am just wondering why the fbi, if we set up offices in the middle east, i think saudi arabia, jordan, israel and some bush-cheneyhe administration wanted to create chaos throughout the middle east. that was their main agenda when they took office. why the fwondering the eye, if we set offices up throughout the middle east, why they are not involved in the investigation into this matter. host: we don't know that. they very well may be. the president yesterday saying his a administration is doing everything they can to come up with some answers. you could assume that they would be part of that investigation. caller: i tell you what the answer is, it is oil. o is oil, i is is real and l -- logisticalnd l is location. host: the president making news in a 60 minutes interview which is jasonght and this from the washington post website talking about his friend and colleague who has been missing since october the sec