mike rogers and andrew mccabe, the acting director. the possibility that the president puts an interim director in place before making the push for the final choice one that could come with a political fight as democrats and some republicans have raised questions about the way james comey was fired. now there are some concerns about the selection process, in particular, the role of attorney general sessions who has recused himself from all matters related to russia but still actively involved in comey's firing and also involved in the picking of his replacement. the president signaled yesterday as you mentioned his decision could come quickly even before he leaves on this first big foreign trip at the end of next week. >> ryan nobles, thank you so much for wrapping it up for us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> the fbi agents association is endorsing we should point out mike rogers. he is the former chairman of the house permanent select committee on intelligence and in full disclosure also a cnn national security commentator so we

mike rogers, his name came up before. it's not the first time we heard about him for a position in the administration. he is well liked and respected by the other agents and staffers with the fbi, a long history of public service. he was an fbi agent and retired in 1995. and served at some point on the house homeland intelligence committee, i should say. so he has a history with this. people have pretty much good things to say about him. you know, you never really hear a lot of negative stuff about him, even-tempered kind of guy. and seems right now to have the support of staffers at the fbi, at the agency, frances townsend was sort of a surprise, her name came up before, she worked for president bush, was a homeland security adviser for him before, has a whole host of national security experience. that would seem to be a surprise on the late-night add. certainly both of these people, townsend and mike rogers have a lot of history with national security. have some respect within the intelligence community within the fbi a

and then, of course, there's mike rogers. mike rogers was formerly at the fbi as a special agent, a former republican congressman from michigan. he has actually been endorsed by the fbi agents association. they're pushing for president trump to make him their pick. so, also on that list of eight, you have current acting director andrew mccabe, also former assistant attorney general under president bush alice fisher, in addition to new york judge michael garcia, fbi special agent in charge adam lee, as well as judge henry hudson from virginia, and also frances townsend, the former homeland security adviser to george w. bush. she also served in the department of justice under president clinton. president trump also said it is possible he could pick someone before departing on this is overseas trip on friday. senator lindsey graham, meanwhile, is telling the president, look, keep politics out of this. >> i think it's now time to pick somebody that comes from within the ranks or of such reputation that has no political background

and national security agency director admiral mike rogers goes later today.his all comes as nbc news confirms a "washington post" report that president trump asked coats and rogers to publicly deny the existence of any evidence of coordination between his campaign and russia during the election. mike viqueira is on capitol hill. michael, tell us about these new details coming in? >> you're right. and that approach by president trump that nbc has confirmed to mike rogers, the director of the national security agency, admiral mike rogers, and dan coats, the director of national intelligence, to publicly push back on these aelllegations or e public information made public by james comey march 20th testimony to congress there was an active investigation into russian interference in the election. we will hear from the director of national intelligence can dotes coming before the senate armed services committee. this was a prescheduled hearing on worldwide threats and mike rogers, both men were concerned enough according to the reports, to compare notes on their en

also, mike rogers, a former fbi agent.e knows what it's like to be in the trenches and to dig -- get his hands dirty and i don't think he's afraid of zsh afraid of pursuing issues that may be countered -- that may not be very goodnessly for the white house. at the same time, i'm not sure if he would also be the kind of person who would go out and give testimony in front of congress, the kind that probably led president trump to call former fbi director comey a quote, showboat. >> well, on the heels of that jere jeremy, let's list to what the president said about firing comey. >> i thought this would be a very popular thing i did when i terminated comey because all of the democrats couldn't stand him. but because i terminate them, they say we get political points we'll go against trump. >> okay, is this manufactured outrage? are democrat s going for cheap political points here? >> i think that's part of it. i do think though that they have the moral high ground when they are talking about how a president is dismissing the h

take a listen. >> mike rogers is someone that we've worked with for years. he is a former fbi agent. what we're looking for in our next director, and we feel it is important for us to have a voice in this selection process, and that's why i'm here today. it is not normal for us to come out this publicly on things, but we feel it is important that we have that voice because the next director we want to have that person have the principles of understanding the centrality of the fbi agent and understanding what fbi agents do on a daily basis and how their work is so important. and we feel that this gentleman, mike rogers, is someone who fits those principles that we've set forward. >> mike rogers is no stranger to us who cover the fbi and really to the country. i mean he was a congressman. he was the chairman of the house senate -- house intel committee. so he has a pretty much history working with the fbi. he was an fbi agent. sometimes when -- it is a good thing to keep in mind when these associations come out and endorse someone, it actually hurts the person

interest, that of former representative mike rogers of michigan, endorsed by a group of former and current fbi agents. he is a former special agent. another, bill evanina who's been a counter-espionage chief at the cia as well. president trump spent saturday delivering his first commencement address before tens of thousands at liberty university encouraging students to shake up conventional wisdom and embrace being outside the mainstream. >> embrace that label. being an outsider is fine. embrace the label. because it's the outsiders who change the world and who make a real and lasting difference. >> reporter: that is, obviously, a sentiment that he has not only championed as a candidate, but also as the commander in chief. and something he was asked ab, chris, but fox news' judge jeanine pirro in an exclusive interview as well as the alleged request by then-director comey for his loyalty. >> did you ask that question? >> no. no, i didn't want.

the nsa's admiral mike rogers testifies in a few hours. director of national intelligence dan coats testified a short time ago. asked about the story, coats would neither confirm nor deny the report. >> i have always believed that given the nature of my position and the information in which we share it's not appropriate for me to comment publicly on any of that, so on this topic as well as other topics, i don't feel it's appropriate to characterize discussions and conversations with the president. >> over in the house, formeria director james brennan was repeatedly quizzed by republicans about whether there was specific evidence of collusion. >> did evidence exist of collusion, coordination, conspiracy, between the trump campaign and russian state actors at the time you learned of 2016 efforts? >> i encountered and am aware of information and intelligence that revealed contacts and interactions between russian officials and u.s. persons involved in the trump campaign. i don't know whether or not such collusion, and that's your term, such c

mike rogers has not been asked about this.ut on this, a day after this clear terror attack on britain can't be lost on town hall editor katie pavlich. i'm not minimizing what could be at stake or might or might not have happened. i do know what happened yesterday and what is an't cooing threat today. should our intelligence agencies be focused on that like a laser beam? >> it's a little unfair to imply they're not focused on terrorism as a priority and keeping americans safe. the fbi has 104 cities across the country has a terrorism task force. there's members working 24/7, 365 days a year to combat the type of terrorism that we saw yesterday. a lot of what the fbi does, a lot of what the intelligence agencies do, the majority of it, we never hear about. yes, sometimes things fall through the cracks and we have a horrible incident where a terrorist carries out an attack. they're focused on this. >> so you think this other stuff at the top level is a distraction? >> no. i think the agencies are capable of doing both. they take

>> well, actually, i know mike rogers, i served with him. i think he's a very, very honor abou able person. i wouldn't have a problem with him. trey gowdy is a friend of mine. he's not being interviewed today but he's, i guess, one of the dozen or so who have been mentioned by one of the few members of the congress. i would be very happy if trey was named. many of the others i don't know. other than mike rogers and trey gowdy would be an excellent head. >> and john delanie said last hour about meeting the strong candidates with postponement. >> to me, there should be criteria for this person. they should be commpolitical. and they should commission their acceptance of the job in assuring the reversources that needs. particularly james comey wants more resources and the answer to that is you're fired. >> i think the question of resources is one that needs to be resolved. i totally agree with john delanie on that. again, he has to be free of political influence. i'm not sure that you can ever take the politics out of the office. so, i'm not su

we both know mike rogers.is terrific but i'm not sure how much standing that would have, sort of for the white house. mike rogers, is a very strong candidate as is fran townsend. someone who was critical iof comey. the ones that will enrage people and also really raise the fire in term of the belief that trump did this, as he has now claimed, to essentially thwart the investigation or at least to slow a town he believes that there is nothing there. names like john cornyn. that makes a lot of people very nervous. he is a political person. the fbi rank in file really do not see themselves as a political agency. and i will say just stepping back. this sort of bachelorette or bachelor way of getting the next fbi director when obama did it and when bush did it it was much more quiet is actually you're hearing online and on facebook from fbi agents, they don't like it. they really don't view themselves as part of the political process and if trump likes doing that for political appointees this who gets the flower is

who change the world. >> today the fbi agents association backed former lawmaker and fbi agent mike rogers to replace outed fbi director james comey. the association president said rogers exemplifies the principals possessed by the next director for a full list of all eight candidates interviewed today g go to nbcbayarea.com. >> thank you very much. >>> president trump considering firing his press secretary and hiring a woman with bay area ties. "the new york times" is reporting mr. trump made drop sean spicer and replace him with kimberly gill foil. many six west wing officials told the times the president is not happy with several top aides but especially with spicer. the pop shake-up comes amid criticisms over the shifting accounts of the reasoning behind the president's decision to fire fbi director james comey. the cybersecurity researchers who discovered and stopped a worldwide malware attack are being praised by british government security officials. two of those researchers work for a south bay company. nbc bay area joining us with more on the company and efforts to install a kill

what do you make of mike rogers potentially in line, one of the top candidates to take over?so the most important thing is to restore the political independence and impartiality of the bureau. if there is anything we've learned in the last year, it's that politics and the fbi are a toxic combination. so this is deeply engrained in the bureau, whether it's somebody who is coming in with former experience as an agent or as a prosecutor, it's got to be somebody who understands how investigations work, that you leave your political beliefs at the door when you approach investigations, you leave no stone unturned and you state the facts as you see them regardless of how it's going to impact any political party. >> has trump positioned himself on the wrong side of the fbi? >> i don't know that he's really warmed the waters by what he's done, but, you know, again, the fbi is going to be politically impartial, and whoever comes in next is going to need the buy-in of all the agents. we're talking about 14,000 agents, 56 field offices with heads of all of those. this is a bureaucracy t

mike rogers, who was meeting in trump tower during the transition. there was talk of him being the director of national intelligence. i'm not saying he's trump's guy but certainly not somebody they considered an obama -- and they're saying no to him. >> richard nixon -- hate to bring this up. but you'll recall sdhg cia to get the fbi to end the investigation into watergate. >> i think that's one of the things in the trump cabinet, there are a lot of officials not necessarily have been trump cheerleaders all the way to the -- from the starting line. nikki haley, for one. she did not support donald trump during the primary. she was very critical of donald trump and you have seen her break from the trump administration on key issues. that's why it's going to be so interesting when dan coats is asked direct questions about whether the president pressured you to knock down reports because cotes, i know he's not necessarily someone who carries water for donald trump. he wasn't during the campaign. what will we do now -- >> one of the most fascinating thing

. >> justice jeanine: how about mike rogers? >> mike rogers betrayed the families in benghazi the for dead people with a politically corrupt investigation of benghazi when he was chairman of the house intelligence committee. under no circumstances should he good near the jagger hoover building. >> justice jeanine: indeed there are ethical questions about mike rogers wife as it relates her british company she was working for. maybe he should've recused himself. how about alice fisher, a woman to run the fbi? >> she's to be the assistant attorney general. she's a good person and suitable. my own favorable would be a breakup and a cop and that is ray. >> justice jeanine: based on the tweet of president trump saying jim comey and this offense, you better make she say the truth. would it be illegal if there would be a wiretap or something. >> absolutely not. the district of columbia and there's federal law to permit the president to tape his phone calls if he wants to in his meetings. >> justice jeanine: doesn't make sense? everyone

bush, forge err congressman from michigan mike rogers tops the list. i'll say it is interesting to know, we heard from group of f.b.i. agent over the weekends, who said think would actually endorse mike rogers, actually sent something to the president saying this is the guy that you should bring in they really like him. >> at one point required from congress couple of years ago, when you talk and file all goes back to what sarah huckabee sanders said, one of the reasons we heard so many reasons coming out the of the white house, he had -- rang and file lost confidence, then heard it wasn't true. then speculation when mccain said that, would that change his chances? >> getting to be very tough replacement process here. >> interesting thing here both republicans and democrats have been talking about this, and they've been little cautious about who the actual replacement may be. take a listen. >> i don't believe he should be part of this review process, having true recusal, and as well, i think, who ever the future fbi director ought to be it, should and

and more law enforcement type people who have background like ray kelly, mike rogers plays both fieldsng those groupings, political player -- >> if you consider chris christie and rudy to be political players, tremendous amount of experience, rudy giuliani, and i don't know if they want the job. don't know if they would be incredible but they have the experience but that will be up to rod rosenstein and that is up to general sessions. some people you and i said the fbi -- do disagree with that. it is all about law and order and so many women in the federal bureau vesting -- investigation. i have full faith. david: the change at the top is not going -- we see donald trump coming up, accepting an honorary degree, to his speech. >> determination to make america great again and and acknowledgment of his leadership of our nation with powers vested in me by the board of trustees of liberty university, the doctorate of law degree is conferred upon donald trump with all the rights and privileges pertaining therein. now to deliver our 44th commencement address join with me in welcoming back to

he had rougher relations with democrats than mike rogers did. that leaves some scars. >> bret: trey gowdy didn't have great things to say about mike rogers. >> you can get through a partyline vote, you can get through with 51 votes. it's possible you don't need any democrats but given the tenor of today, it would probably be helpful for the administration to put forward someone who generates bipartisan support. >> bret: that is key? building a rapport with congress? seems tough. >> it's vital. going back to your interview with paul ryan, you laid out all the things president trump was elected to do. above all, get the economy moving. make it happen and do it this year. you've got to have the sense of collaborative spirit that's completely shot to pieces. >> bret: panel, thank you. up next, life in washington, d.c., becomes a contact sport. ..ntact sport. >> it has been a crazy last 24 hours. the whole contact politics is not over yet. we will continue to bring all the breaking news on the firing of the fbi director james comey, will even have a

mike rogers. >> mike rogers is someone we've worked with for years. he is is a former fbi agent.r next director and we feel is important for us to have a voice in this selection process and that's why i'm here today. it's not normal for us to come out this publicly on things. but we feel it's important that we have that voice because the next director we want to have that person have the principles of understanding the centrality of the fbi agent and knowing what fbi agents do on a daily basis and how their work is so important. we feel that this gentleman, mike rogers, is someone who fits those principles that we've set forward. >> and this morning on nbc's meet the press senator lindsey graham insisted the next head of the fbi needs to be apolitical. >> i think it's now time to pick somebody that comes from within the ranks or is such a reputation that has no political background at all that can go into the job on day one. you know whor, who does the fib director work for? to me it's like appointing the judge. the president -- >> another favorite and candidate who would likely

a mike rogers who had an r behind their names? i have a doubt about that. my hope is not just a very broad and strong consensus. not 51 votes on the hill but 95 votes. because i think the country needs to embrace this next fbi director well. bret: you know, there's a number of names out there and catherine went over some of them, one not in the piece was merrick garland, up for supreme court nominee, orrin hatch, believe it or not, on the republican senator from utah, on judiciary, mentioned his name first to the white house, we're told, and then mike lee did, and now the senate majority leader has. is that a possibility? >> i think anything is a possibility right now. i'm not sure what the strategy is. not sure what the plan is. some of the choices seem a little unconventional in my estimation. however, if you look at this list of known candidates, there is significant capability, intellect, independence in a number of these folks, and at the same time, with a number of them, i think conservative principles, that the candidate could be within that, but it

so mike rogers who has been recommended by f.b.i. agents' association, a former colleague of yours in the house, you wouldn't want him to be in that class? >> nothing against mike rogers or either of the other house or senate candidates that have been mentioned, but i think the public would have the most confidence if someone who had no partisan background was completely apolitical, was brought in to run the bureau. >> dickerson: attorney general sessions has recused himself from the investigation into russia, but he is a part of the f.b.i. director's choice. does that bother you at all? >> it does bother me, and i think it also underscores both why we need a special prosecutor, but also if he plays any role in the interviewing of the director, he needs to absent himself from the russia investigation. how do you interview someone for the new director without talking about how they would handle and how they would restore public confidence in that investigation. >> all right, congressman schiff, thank you so much for being with us. >>

reporting that president trump asked the director of national intelligence, dan coats, and admiral mike rogers, head of the national security agency, to publicly say they saw no evidence the trump campaign had colluded with the russian effort to interfere in the 2016 election. both of them reportedly declined. director coates testified on capitol hill today, and while he didn't confirm the conversation happened, he didn't deny it, either. >> i have always believed that given the nature of my position and the information in which we share, it's not appropriate for me to comment public ly on any f that. so on this topic as well as other topics, i don't feel it's appropriate to characterize discussions and conversations with the president. >> if the record was wrong, do you think you would have corrected it? folks, coates did nothing there to correct the record. so that leads many to believe the reporting o of what the president said is true, and that's a member of the president's administration, an appointed cabinet meer, publicly protecting his own office rather than the president. admiral roge

trump made the same request of nsa director mike rogers. >> have you talked about this issue with admiralogers? >> that is something that i would like to withhold. that question. at this particular point in time. >> reporter: across the capitol, former cia director, john brennan described in the greatest detail yet why the trump campaign team first came under scrutiny. >> i was aware of intelligence and information about contacts between russian officials and u.s. persons that raised concerns in my mind about whether or not those individuals were cooperating with the russians. >> reporter: by last july, he says, the volume of contacts was large enough to warrant the creation of a working group, made up of agents from the cia, fbi, and nsa. >> having been involved in many counter intelligence cases in the past, i know what the russians try to do. they try to subborne individuals and try to get u.s. persons to act on their behalf either wittingly or unwittingly, and frequently people who are on the path don't realize they're on that path until it's too late. >> were you aware they were tryi

mike rogers has big nance the west wing. you could see, don't rule out merrick garland. he was floated by senator mike lee. who could be confirmed 100-0 in the senate. >> president obama's nominee for the supreme court. denied that. that would be aplaying. we have seen a lot >> don't rule it out. >> up next, we'll hear from nikki haley and her response to how the tumult is affecting america's standing in the world. stay with me, mr. parker. when a critical patient is far from the hospital, the hospital must come to the patient. stay with me, mr. parker. the at&t network is helping first responders connect with medical teams in near real time... stay with me, mr. parker. ...saving time when it matters most. stay with me, mrs. parker. that's the power of and. for all kinds of things... like walking.ewarded hey, honey. dad, where's the car? thought we'd walk. he's counting steps. walk, move and earn money... goal! dad... hey, we wanna welcome everyone to the father daughter dance. look at this dad,

he was also an fbi agent earlier in his career, so they are weighing in with the suggestion that mike rogers is their choice. we don't know exact ly when the president is going to begin doing his own interviews, but he is tauklking about the process that he had a little bit of the conversation with reporters on air force one today, and smaller version of air force one going only to lynchburg, virginia, and not very far and talking about what he is looking for and how quickly he can get this done. >> do you think that you might make a decision or announcement before you leave for saudi? >> there are outstanding people that are very well known, and the highest level, and so we can make a fast decision. >> reporter: before the week trip next week possibly? >> possibly. almost all of them are very well known, and they are vetted over their lifetime essentially and well known and highly respect and talented people and that is what we want from the fbi. >> and that reference to saudi arabia, and the president is going on his first foreign trip this coming week, and leavinging friday and he'll have

you also know there has been considerable mention in the last as mike rogers- as mike rogers at the new director. does the president have a meeting planned this week with congressman rogers? >> i'm not aware. if there is a meeting, we will put it out for you. right now, there is nothing i'm aware of. , we put the schedule out the next evening and we will do that as well. i had a couple questions about the president's remarks about general flynn. wasaid he did not think it an emergency and that's why the dismissal do not happen right away. was ann't he think it ?mergency -- hei can't typically say what meant by that. what i can tell you is look at the time i. we went over this the other day. general saidtorney i want to give you a heads up to something. for the documents. they refused him and he was asked to resign shortly thereafter. i think that was the difference. there wasn't a review process. he had been thinking about this for a long time. again, -- >> -- why was it not an emergency? dueook the time to do process. if someone comes he was an allegation, i think everyone deserves due

into the russian influence, just a few hours, mike rogers testified the senate armed services committee, it will be the first time we hear from him publicly on the unmasking. we hear more from donald trump on twitter. >> you can count on that. losing ground, one of the senators in adhering. >> classified information leaked to the media, not to be ignored. >> this is important to know, the unmasking of the conversation tween ambassador and general flynn. someone leaked at the washington post and you cannot allow intelligence to be politicized. there is a small universe of people that can ask the intelligence community to give them conversations between a foreign agent and american citizen. i talked to for leaders all the time. i am very much concerned that we have a system in place where you can capture conversations between american citizens, political leaders and somebody with a political bent can take that information and use it in political fashion like leaking it to the washington post. >> texas suing the city of austin for refusing to abide by a new law banning a legal safe havens,

the head of the nsa, admiral mike rogers was not asked about a bomb shell report that president trump asked him to publicly deny evidence, trump or his campaign colluded with russia. admiral rogers testified less than a day after the story broke but wasn't asked once by republicans or democrats during 75 minutes of testimony. hours earlier director of national intelligence dan coats who was also named in the story was grilled repeatedly about it during a senate hearing. he would not directly answer whether he was asked to go public with the denial on collusion. >>> friends and family of 22 victims, remembering their loved ones after the manchester terror attack. we'll tell you where the investigation turns from here when we come back on "early start". >>> united kingdom is on high alert raising its terror threat level from severe to critical the nation's highest for the first time in ten years. the change indicates another terrorist attack may be imminent. this comes a day after the manchester concert attack that killed 22 people. the suspected suicide bomber has been identified. we'r

fred townsend, andrew mccabe, and mike rogers. any particular name you want to throw out there? >> meghan: i love fred townsend. i like the idea of having a woman had the fbi. maybe it's too political for democrats, but it is a really sad day for me when people like chuck schumer and al franken are so deeply politicizing this. joe lieberman helped cofound -- he doesn't consider himself a democrat or republican anymore. he is of sound moral character. it was so surprising to me how vilified he became. i don't know you, but please don't sit here and act like elizabeth warren or bernie sanders had been nominated, you wouldn't be applauding in the street. everything is political. the fact that they came after joe lieberman -- >> mo: i can tell you i would have been against bernie sanders or elizabeth warren. if it had been anyone who served as a political figure -- i think there are a lot of people who come from the ranks of law enforcement who are career prosecutors, career law enforcement officials who can step into that role. >> sandra: you are not stating specific names. the con

mike rogers, former congressman, former fbi special agent, former of the house intel committee. in both worlds. both the political world, as house intel, and he would get the respect he needed from the grunts on the ground. he would be my bet. spew one it's going to be tough to please everyone. it meghan? >> meghan: i just want him to be bulletproof. and bipartisan. it doesn't matter what bullets are thrown at him or her, their record is so amazing that people can't attack them. it's going to be watched globally, it's going to be very intense. i don't want this to turn into a media circus. they're already too many media circus surrounding this administration as it is. and as it is -- by the way i do think that -- >> harris: morale is being talked about at the fbi, and i think they need to make this decision pretty quickly. i do feel like the work is obviously their focus and so important, and it really helps the morale if you can make a decision that everyone can get behind and make it quickly. not draw this out. because that invites all of the animals in under the tent at the c

the two intelligence directors, admiral mike rogers and the director of national intelligence, dan coatdirector coats would not confirm the story when he went before the house intelligence panel today. >> i have always believed that given the nature of my position and the information which we share it is not appropriate for me to comment publicly. >> joining me now, cnn chief washington correspondent, jake tapper, the anchor of the lead and state of the union. give us some context to this story and also those comments are interesting, because he could have said, we didn't discuss it. >> he could have denied it. he did not. he also didn't confirm it. with such a stark accusation out there and sources telling cnn and "the washington post" and others about this, that if it were not true, he would have denied it. the context according to a u.s. official who was briefed on the matter appears to be that white house officials were unsure of whether or not the president's power over the fbi extended to getting him to stop an investigation or stop the investigation into michael flynn as well as

intell chair that left congress, as a possible replacement at fbi. >> i think mike rogers would be aod choice. one thing the president can do is choose someone who is broadly sported a supported and seen as a person of integrity. he did it in a bipartisan way. one of the few times that it occurred in recent years. skpl ever. >> when you find someone that is not one sided as a good thing, rudy giuliani, fran townsend, how important is it with the job of fbi director, there have been terrible cases in history with bad choices at the fbi, but you had for nine years, the second longest stenure was william webster. >> they need someone, in this job particularly, that is above the fray or politics. this in part because it was designed as a tenure to sprat it from politics, that is a signature aspect of being fbi corrector or cia. so judge webster really stands as the arch-typical. they need that type of person. >> in the white house briefing room right now is peter alexand alexander, do you think they are close to making a decision on fbi director? they don't want anything to create a stum

mike rogers was also interviewed. along with acting fbi director andrew mccabe. republican senator john cornyn of texas, former assistance u.s. attorney general alice fisher. new york appeals court judge, michael garcia, district judge henry hudson and francis townsend and counter-terrorism adviser. >>> the housing crisis in the bay area has forced people to rent homes with toxic mold, no heat, bad plumbing. landlords are supposed to fix issues in 30 days but many of them don't. it isn't just bad business, this is about public safety. our investigative team reviewed thousands of housing records and found landlords escaping punishment and we learned about a new push to protect your home. >> this is hanging all over the place. >> growing up in the foster system, benecia spent many of her childhood living in group homes. so when the nurse assistant found this one bedroom apartment in oakland last sum. >> she rejoiced. >> it was a blessing for me. just such a relief for me. we're getting some stability going right now. >> reporter: but that was short-lived. from the

as poppy said, mike rogers expected to talk about u.s.hough he has been at the center of so many stories breaking in the last month or so, including russia's interference in the u.s. election. let's bring in ryan to get some preview of what we might hear. ryan. >> yeah. this is a hearing by the u.s. senate armed services committee. john mccain is the chair of this committee. and the topic is u.s. cyber command. when you look at the make-up of this committee, you have a number of democrats who may be running for president in 2020. you have the elizabeth warren and tim kaine of virginia. it seems when democrats have an opportunity to ask questions about russia, they usually take advantage of that opportunity. and it wouldn't be that big of a lane for them to go there today when talking about u.s. cyber command because, of course, russia is accused of interfering in the election. and considered to be someone who is a straight shooter. he has answered questions very honestly in these open hearings before. he is limited by what he could say, d

today in front of the senate armed services committee the director of the nsa, admiral mike rogers, wasioned by senators and this was how he described his agencies warnings to french officials. he had become aware of russian activity, we had talked to french cou nterpa rts activity, we had talked to french counterparts prior to the public announcements of the events that we re announcements of the events that were attributed last weekend, the russians were seeing them, penetrating some of your infrastructure. what can we do to try to assist? we were doing some other things with german counterparts. with but his counterparts, they have an upcoming election. admiral rogers is concerned cyberattacks are moving from the obtaining data — to manipulating it. but how else did the russians exert their influence over the us election and this administration? that is an open question. earlier today, the former us secretary of state condoleezza rice was speaking on us television and gave her own take, on russia's involvement in the us election. iam i am appalled by what the russians did, and the ar

there has been considerable mention in the last 24 hours from mike rogers -- of mike rogers as the next fbi director. does the president have a meeting scheduled with him? sean spicer: i am not aware of anything like that on his schedule. there isll put out if a meeting. right now, there is nothing i am aware of on the schedule, but normally we put out the next day's schedule out. i had a couple questions about his remarks about general flynn. he said he did not think it was an emergency, and that is why the dismissal did not happen right away. it was an not think emergency, and was it because of the messenger? because the information came from sally yates, who has been called a political opponent of the president? can you explain what he meant by that? sean spicer: i cannot specifically say what he meant by that, but i can tell you -- look at the timeline that happen. we went over this the other day, and it has been asked and answered several times. the acting attorney general said he wanted to give a heads up on something. they asked for the documents or materials that he had referred

later this afternoon the national security director admiral mike rogers will appear before the senateittee. he'll be expected to ask about reports that president trump asked him to deny evidence of russia collusion during the campaign. we'll have details on that and more when we come back. beyond is a natural pet food that goes beyond assuming ingredients are safe... to knowing they are. going beyond expectations... because our pets deserve it. beyond. natural pet food. daily life a guessing game. and bloating made will i have pain and bloating today? my doctor recommended ibgard to manage my ibs. take control. ask your doctor about nonprescription ibgard. mar >>> a request by president trump to intelligence chefs regarding the intelligence probe is raising more concerns this time from a u.s. military perspective. according to sources the president asked the head of the national security agency and the director of national intelligence to deny any collusion between trump a campaign team and the russians. our pentagon correspondent barbara starr is joining us now. barbara, what kind of

john cornyn, a former texas attorney general was interviewed against long with mike rogers and also on the short list, a bush appointee, henry e. hudson. over the weekend, republicans and democrats urged the president to avoid a partisan choice. >> whoever the future director should be is a future law enforcement professional. i hope the president won't choose a political nominee. >> it's time to pick somebody within the ranks or such a reputation that has no political background at all that can go into the job on day one. >> today brad sherman of california told fox news that he backs a special counsel and could not what say what senate tactic might get them there. the republicans have the majority, shep. >> shepard: thanks, catherine. a new legal showdown over the president's travel ban. the order that would suspend the refugee program and temporarily prevent new visas for anybody from iran, libya, somalia, sudan, syria and yemen. all pro dominantly muslim countries. a three-judge panel of the ninth u.s. circuit court heard argument. the unusual thing about this, it was streaming liv

they include republican senator john cornyn, former republican mike rogers, and president george w. bush's homeland security advisor. on capitol hill, democrats are threatening to vote against anyone the president picks unless a special prosecutor is named to take over the russian investigation. neither president trump nor his staff are elaborating on his tweet suggesting that he may have faked his conversations with comey during a visit to the white house in january. democrats and republicans say if they do exist, they want them preserved and turned over to congress. the full senate will get a briefing on thursday from deputy attorney general rob rosenstein. >>> a cyber attack hitting someone on friday spreading to asia. today the malware program is supposed to sell microsoft operating systems. here is how it works. it encrypts files and hackers demand some $300 to decode those fi more than a thousand users have been affected. the security experts say the u.s. did not get hit as hard as some other countries because most people in this country have updated versions of microsoft. let

jorge: el director de la agencia de seguridad nacional, mike rogers, dijo que estados unidos detectÓ alcalde de seattle retirÓ su candidatura al segundo mandato, luego de que dos jÓvenes denunciaran que fueron abusados sexualmente por Él durante su adolescencia. asegurÓ que es un ataque hacia los homosexuales y que cumplirÁ su mandato hasta finales de este aÑo. jorge: los surcoreanos votaron por un nuevo presidente, aparece como ganador moon jae-in. sus rivales aceptaron la derrota. marÍa: al menos, 60 heridos dejÓ la expresión de un coche bombajunto a un supermercado en una provincia de tailandia. en esa Área, donde se concentra parte de la insurgencia islÁmica, ha muerto más de 500 personas desde el 2004. jorge: la ciudad de manaos aprobÓ fondos de emergencia para ayudar al menos 350 venezolanos, la mayorÍa indÍgenas warao que han huido de la crisis de su paÍs. la mayorÍa acampa en las plazas de la ciudad, el terminal y las calles. indicaron que estÁn ofreciendo transporte gratis a sus ciudades de origen. marÍa: vamos con ilia que nos trae un adelanto de la visiÓn nocturna. ilia: a

being an obstruction of justice, you can expect dan coats the director of national intelligence and mike rogers to be very very important witnesses, not just for what they experienced, but as corroborating witnesses for each other. oops. that does it for us tonight. we'll see you again tomorrow, now it's time for the last word with lawrence o'donnel. good evening, lawrence. >> good evening rachel. if i did the pause right now, would that throw you off just a good ten seconds of silence? would that break the rhythm of this whole hand off thing? >> watching him pause for nine seconds, i felt like i could feel my molars to avoid -- to help himself figure out what to say there. >> i think he would suffer the most anxiety watching the pause today would be president donald trump. >> ding ding ding ding ding. >> thank you, lawrence. >> thank you very much, rachel. >> well, donald trump's choice of a criminal lawyer to help defend him in the russia investigation proves once again that the problem with the trump white house is donald trump. >> this is dangerously flirting with obstruction of justice. >>

we have the fox team, catherine herridge is covering that hearing from colonel mike rogers, a key part of the story is unmasking but we begin with kevin corke life at the white house. >> you're right, very busy 24 hours for the white house that begin yesterday with the dramatic testimony on the hill involving former acting ag sally yates and it continues actually on capitol hill today if you think about it because that is where we will find the vice president at this hour, meeting with senators over the policy lunch talking about, among other things, how to move forward on the affordable care act? this has to get done, people know it's not going to be the same thing the house was able to push over the finish line last week. likely to have ideas that widely vary, but still he's going to be there trying to make his case to get those senators on the move. meanwhile, the president is weighing in and weighing in on sending perhaps additional u.s. personnel to afghanistan, perhaps as few as 3,000, maybe even a lot more. we continue to weigh what that might look like. i think this is also imp

and i think that mike rogers is someone that our executive board, after meeting on saturday, we cameport mike rogers for this position. he is a fmer fbi agent. he obviously knows what it is to be an fbi agent, to work the streets, to work cases. he then became a congressman and was in charge of the house intelligence committee. and in that position, he had access to counter intelligence information, counterterrorism information. with his background as a criminal investigator and those two pieces that also fall into that, we think that he would support the agents. he's someone we've worked with over the years. he helped us with several pieces of legislation, helping us guide through that process. one of them being the sam hicks bill, which was designed -- if an fbi agent is killed in the line of duty, up until this bill was passed, his or her family had to pay for their last move back to their home state, which is really ridiculous. and now if an agent is killed in the line of duty -- actually, any federal agent is killed in the line of duty, their families are moved back to their loc