and mike rodgers, although he has a political past, he was an fbi agent and has shown us through many efforts that we've worked with him, that he is someone apapolitical. report from elijah cummings on the other side of the aisle, he's someone who crossed that divide many times to get the job done. we feel strongly he would be someone who works for the fbi, the american people, and supports the constitution and the rule of law. >> even though he was an elected republican politician, you said that about mike rodgers, you feel the same way about senator john cornyn who has got no experience working in federal law enforcement or within the fbi. >> so on saturday, our national executive board gathered for about seven hours, we sat down and looked at names, and we really believed the person who is involved in this process, the person we're going to stand behind is someone who should have former agent experience, and mike rodgers is the one who has that experience plus, as the head of the house intelligence committee, he worked with counterterrorism, counter espionage issues, and that, with

fisher, judge michael garcia, adam lee, judge hudson, frances townsend and former congressman mike rodgers. i want to ask you about senator cornyn he was quoted saying the idea he fired comey to squelch the russia probe is a "fake narrative." >> i'm not getting into specific names but i'd say this more generally, jake. first, the nominee should be not a partisan politician, not part of either party. this demands a serious down the middle investigation. second, it ought to be somebody who is experienced. you need a really good prosecutor here, somebody who knows how to do it and third, it should be someone with courage. if there is interference or attempted interference to shut down the investigation, to misdirect it, you need somebody who is going to stand up. so those are my three criteria. i'm not going to name any specific people, nor criticize or evaluate any people who have been named until they name somebody, by the criteria are pretty obvious. >> you just called for a special prosecutor to investigation this possible collusion between the trump team and russia. your party has not se

now, the last interview we're expecting to see today is mike rodgers. he should be here within the hour. he received a very big endorsement today from the fbi agents association. they represent a lot of active and a former fbi agent mike rodgers was in the fbi himself before he left to go into politics. julie. . julie: all right. and what is the timetable for all of this? could the administration make a decision soon? >> well, president trump says that it's possible there could be a decision as early as this week. take a listen to what he said on air force one. >> almost all of them are very well known. you know, they've been vetted over their lifetime, essentially. but very well known. highly respected. really talented people. and that's what we want of the fbi. >> the fbi director is a position that typically lasts for ten years and before that tenure can begin, the candidate would need senate confirmation. julie, back to you. julie: all right, ellison, thank you very much. a fox news alert with the pentagon confirming right now north korea has launch

mike rodgers is the choice of the fbi rank and file. we'll see if he's the choice of the president.don't know that. >> with mike rodgers, he was saying, and i'm sure this is the way that all of these folks are saying this, can they be independent? can they do their job without interference? >> we're standing by. turkish president erdogan is at the white house. the two leaders are about to speak publicly. "inside politics" will be right back. we're keeping an eye on that. with type 2 diabetes a lower a1c is a lot about choices. but it can be hard sometimes, 'cause different sides of you struggle with which ones to make. well, what if you kept making good ones? then? you could love your numbers. discover once-daily invokana®, a pill used along with diet and exercise to significantly lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. it's proven to lower a1c better than januvia®. invokana® works around the clock by sending some sugar out of your body through the process of urination. it's not for lowering systolic blood pressure or weight loss, but it may help with both. invokana® may c

at least eight candidates, including senator john cornan, and congressman, mike rodgers have been interviewed. with more likely to come. leading the interviews, deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein and attorney general jeff sessions. potentially awkward. sessions recused himself. >> recuse himself in the russian investigation should not be in the position? >> i think this is a process running completely as it should. >> rod rosenstein before the senate. all 100 senators are inviting to the briefing. a closed briefing which means we to say and confidential briefing. but you can bet he will face tough questions about his role in the firing. as for james comey, associates say he is willing to testify before open session, i talked to the committee, still no word exactly when that will happen. >> jonathan carl, abc news, washington. >>> we also have breaking news about the worldwide ransomware attack. cybersecurity researchers say there are clues linking it to north korea. several firms say earlier versions of the virus share similarities with preef yufs hacking attempts traced to north korea,

. >> but cbs news has confirmed president trump urged coates and nsa director mike rodgers to publicly deny the existence of any evidence of collusion. both men refused. mr. trump has repeatedly denied doing anything improper. >>> tonight the wife of an alameda county deputy says she's not guilty for a crash that killed a 3-year-old boy last year. yarenit malihan hid her face behind her lawyer as she entered her plea in court today. she's facing up to 11 years in prison for this crash last september on interstate 680 in san ramon. prosecutors say she was on drugs when her suv rear-ended another car the child was in. >> my case is currently still under investigation and we are making sure that we're making the right charging decisions as we proceed. >> hallahan's bail is -- malihan's bail is set at $3 million. she'll be in court again next month. >>> tonight a former football player from de la salle high school has been convicted of sexually assaulting a girl in the parking lot after a game. only on 5 tonight the victim's mother breaks her silence about what happened to her daughter and

. >> and you wouldn't have known today that admiral mike rodgers was also at the center of this controversy from his appearance before the subcommittee earlier today. he was in his capacity as the head of u.s. cyber command to talk about budget and saeb every issues but not one question from lawmakers about his discussions with the president. >> someone who questioned the former cia director today. terry sue el of alabama, i appreciate your time. you were in the room for the first time publicly acknowledging the former director of the cia that there were transactions between the trump campaign and russian officials. s this is the 230r78er director of the cia saying this. what's your reaction? >> the american people deserve to have a transparent and thorough and deliberate investigation. so look. today i think there were two take aways. you cited the first one which is that he confirmed that this is not a witch hunt, that there is in fact intelligence evidence that suggests both contact and interaction between the trump administration or trump campaign and russia. and the second thing is tha

former house intel chairman mike rodgers, congressman tray gowdy, john, and acting fbi director andrew mccabe. senator cornyn is among those being reviewed in this process tomorrow. joining me now to discuss russia's provocations, trump's decision to fire comey, the white house's efforts to replace the director. former cia thoracohost of the station chief podcast, scott and where do you want to start with this, scott? let's start with russia. >> sure. >> that's an area you know. and the fact that they are doing these provocations means what? >> well, the russia has always conducted provocations against our forces particularly in the soviet time. however, they are increasing lately because putin's increased confidence in dealing with the international community, which, you know, has not stood up to him for the past eight years or so. >> yeah. but there's a new sheriff in town. >> that's right. so -- >> is this a test on donald trump? >> it is a test, certainly. the russians will continue to move forward until they feel resistance. so perhaps the russians willful that on the diplomatic f

former house intel chairman mike rodgers, congressman tray gowdy, john, and acting fbi director andrew mccabe. senator cornyn is among those being reviewed in this process tomorrow. joining me now to discuss russia's provocations, trump's decision to fire comey, the white house's efforts to replace the director. former cia thoracohost of the station chief podcast, scott and where do you want to start with this, scott? let's start with russia. >> sure. >> that's an area you know. and the fact that they are doing these provocations means what? >> well, the russia has always conducted provocations against our forces particularly in the soviet time. however, they are increasing lately because putin's increased confidence in dealing with the international community, which, you know, has not stood up to him for the past eight years or so. >> yeah. but there's a new sheriff in town. >> that's right. so -- >> is this a test on donald trump? >> it is a test, certainly. the russians will continue to move forward until they feel resistance. so perhaps the russians willful that on the diplomatic f

mike rodgers, strong. fran townsend worked in the bush white house interesting and judge michael garcia has strong bipartisan support, so it's a very serious list there that he's working off, and if it's to be believed, it suggests that what trump will not do is put in some kind of crony, which he realizes would be very difficult. >> i think one of the tasks might be what these people have said on russia. john cornyn said this say valid line of inquiry. mccabe in his testimony, doesn't seem like he'd be on the top of the list after what he said last week. i think just some of these folks haven't talked about the russia investigation but i think that's going to be something that is worth looking at as we go through this process. >> ron, quickly, you know, there are reports out axios for one, not seeing it entirely matching yet there's a big white house shakeup coming. any thoughts on that? >> you could make the case, right? this has been as rocky a start as you can have with by far the lowest approval ratin

news has confirmed a washington post report that president trump urged coats and nsa director mike rodgersly deny the existence of any evidence of collusion. both men refused. >> it is just one more bit of evidence that, you know, there was an attempt by the president in my vei to under mine the investigation. >> reporter: on the opposite side of the investigation, cia director john brennan testified before the house intelligence committee, telling why he was concerned russia may have gained influence and cooperation. >> i own countered and aware of information and intelligence that revealed contacts and interactions between russian officials and u.s. persons involved in the trump campaign. >> while not an indictment, brennan's testimony complicate s trump insistence that the possibility of russian collusion is a hoax and witch hunt. former fbi director robert muhler is leading the agency's investigation and ethics panel cleared him to take charge as special counsel. seth lemon for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> sir roger moore, british actor best men for playing james bond died at age of 89

been considerable mention in the last 24 hours of former house intelligence committee chairman mike rodgers as the new fbi director. does the president have a meeting planned this weekend with congressman rodgers? >> i am not aware of anything of that nature on his schedule. as you know, we'll put out -- if there's a meeting, we'll put it out for you. generally, we put out the next day's schedule later in the evening, and we will do that as well. kristen? i'm sorry. sorry. >> i have a couple questions about the president's marks at the embassy about general flynn. he said that it wasn't an emergency, or he didn't think it was an emergency, that's why the firing didn't happen right away. couple questions about that. why did he think it was an emergency? was it because of the messenger? because information came from sally yates, who you called i think a political foe of the president, that he downplayed the situation? can you say what he men by that? >> i can't specifically say what he meant by that. look at the timeline that happened. we went over this the other day, and this has been asked

mike rodgers, a former fbi agent himself who is widely liked within the fbi. a few names are looking press likely at this the point. kelly ayotte, the former new hampshire republican senator, who would become the first woman to are not the agency but she was very critical of president trump during his campaign. and i find it hard to believe according to my reporting that he would ever appoint her. so there is a growing list. and the one thing all of these candidates have in common and this is intentional on the white house' part, they have no connection to speak of to president trump. the white house wants to turn the page here. hope they can put this behind them if that's possible and put forward a candidate who will have no appearance of any kind of cronyism. because president trump's associates are indeed under investigation by the various agencies these people would be picked to lead. >> what does the white house have to do if indeed, as you say, as the acting director says, the former dni, people in the area had respect for clapper -- sorry, almost for th

mike rodgers is a name that came up today.t this process to replace the fbi at the moment when the investigation is heating up? >> the spotlight would be on them. it is a thankless job. you have all this pressure on you. it would look terrible if the president were once again to fire you. but the president has been able to get away with almost everything he's done. >> can you imagine the president firing a second fbi director? it seems this might be the one person he appoints could never be fired. >> this is a very important decision. this is one republicans on capitol hill are pinning their homes on. the idea of a special prosecutor, an independent commission, if republicans feel they can point to the next choice to they had fbi and say this is an independent person. someone who will maintain the investigation. this is not a trump crony. they want to point to this person and say we're okay. you can trust this person. you don't need the special prosecutor. i think it is important to keep republicans in line, that this not be s

the senate intelligence committee will investigate worldwide threats, cia director mike pompeo and michael rodgers and national director dan coats cover -- testify. live coverage beginning at 10:00 eastern on c-span. the senate panel looks at 70 -- security and computer happening -- hacking. james clapper and former cia and nsa director michael hayden. live coverage from the armed services committee beginning at 9:30 eastern. you can watch live coverage of both hearings at c-span.org and listen using the c-span radio app. saturday, at noon eastern on book tv. military historians discuss their books on world war i at 2017 colby military writers symposium. speakers includes -- include other jennifer in key -- jennifer keene, michael with his book the path to war, how the first war war created modern america, retired colonel and his book "over there: america in the great war. and the recipient of this year's colby award and his book "waging war: the clash between president and congress." watch the 2017 colby military writer symposium saturday at noon eastern. on c-span two's book tv. afterwards, on p

been considerable mention in the last 24 hours of former house intelligence committee chairman mike rodgers as the new fbi director. does the president have a meeting planned this weekend with congressman rodgers? >> i'm not aware of anything of that nature on his schedule. but we'll put out if there's a meeting, we'll put it out for you. right now there's nothing that i'm aware of on the schedule but generalliwy put out the next day schedule lair in the evening and we'll do that as well. christian. >> you already called. >> i'm sorry. thank you. >> i had a couple questions about president's remarks in nbc about general flynn. he said that it wasn't an emergency or he didn't think it was an emergency that's why the firing dismissal didn't happen right away so couple questions about that. is it -- why didn't he think it wouldn't an merge and was it because of the the message was it the information that came through sally yates whom you call i think a political opponent of the president or -- downplay the information. can you explain what he meant? >> i can't specifically say what he men but

once we get to the q&a portion of the proceedings, we will have mike pompeo, michael rodgers commitments and stewart -- vincent stewart and so on. you can follow the whole thing on tv . >> systems will be at risk for years. ♪ mark: once again, we are monitoring a senate intelligence committee hearing live on capitol hill. acting fbi director andrew mccabe is set to field questions from lawmakers. this comes a day after james comey was fired from his director post. we will bring you the question and answer portion as soon as it begins. warner that is mark giving his prepared testimony now. will be giving his testimony and then we will get into the question and answers portion. time for futures and focus. oil climbing for a second consecutive day. is the us from the cme chief market strategist -- thank you for joining, bob. why are we getting a slight bounce for oil when stockpiles are really giving us the impression that we should be getting a drop? bob: there's a couple of reasons. i'm not necessarily seeing this as a slight rebound. i'm seeing it as a respectable move. we've had the

mike pompeo, michael rodgers and dan coats testify. live coverage beginning at 10:00 eastern here on c-span. c-span3, a senate panel looks at cyber security and state-sponsored computer hacking. witnesses included james clapper and michael hayden. live coverage beginning at 9:30 eastern. you can watch live coverage of both hearings at c-span.org and listen using the c-span radio app. ♪ >> c-span's washington journal live with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up this morning, heather mcghee will join us to talk about the aggressive agenda in the trump presidency. george washington university fbiessor, on the firing of director james comey. be sure to watch washington journal. join the discussion. ♪ >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and it is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> next senate democrats host a meeting on the republican of care replacement bill.

mike and alex. >>> 6:19. >> we have learn yesterday that the father of "fox news", and creator of "fox news" he founded it rodgerses has died. >> now we know how and y medical examiner says that there was blood on his brain, caused by a fall. i heard this six or seven days ago he fell down in florida down some stairs and hit his head. roger's death was announced in a statement by his wife, elizabeth, he founded "fox news" in 1996 but resigned from the network last july, under controversy after a sexual harassment lawsuit was filed by a former fox anchor, and many other anchors to follow. roger was 77 years old. >> 6:20. president trump leaves today for his first trip overseas but in the before responding about the appointment of the special counsel, and to medicine will in the election. law makers from both parties are applauding the decision to name fbi chief robert muhler as special counsel but president trump is defiant. >> did you at anytime urge fbi director james comey in anyway shape or form to close or back down investigation into michael flynn. >> no, no. next question. >> the entire thing has been a wit

including acting fbi director andrew mccabe, cia director mike pompeo, director of national intelligence dan coats, and nsa director admiral michael rodgers. the answer questions about the rush investigation and the firing of james comey. this is two hours and 20 minutes. coats.or dan 2:20 s sen. duckworth: sen. burr: i would like to call the hearing to order. i would like to welcome our witnesses today. the director of national intelligence, dan coats. good to see our former colleague. director of the central intelligence agency, mike pompeo. director of defense intelligence, vince stewart. director of the national security agency, mike rogers. director of geospatial intelligence agency, robert cardella. and acting director at the fbi, andrew mccabe. thank you for coming in on such short notice. since 1995, this committee has met in an open forum to hear about and discuss the security threats facing the united states of america. i understand that many people tuned in today are hopeful that we would focus solely on the russian investigation and their involvement in our elections. let me disappoint everybody up front. while the committee c

mike pence -- he is speaking at the rose garden. let's listen in as he gets ready to introduce president trump. chairwomanent pence: mcmorris rodgersrman brady, chairman walden, chairwoman black, congressman macarthur, congressman meadows, and all the principal members of congress who are standing with us here today, on behalf of president donald trump and the first family, welcome to the white house. [applause] vice president pence: and thanks of the leadership of president donald trump, welcome to the beginning of the end of obamacare. [cheers and applause] president pence: it was ago, 2010, 7 years democrats passed the government takeover of health care, and republicans in congress promised the american people the law would not stand. today, thanks to the perseverance, the determination, and the leadership of president donald trump, and all the support of those gathered here, we have taken an historic first step to repeal and replace obamacare and finally give the american people the kind of health care at a deserved. -- the kind of health care they deserve. [applause] today,esident pence: so with heartfelt gratitude for all he